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I watched the FDs in the meantime and I agree. Such a fresh and beautiful take on the Firebird-theme. Massimo did a superb job with the choreography. I think this is already one of my favourite FDs of the season.
Both of Utamasa’s programs are very strong and probably designed to be competitive internationally. I genuinely believe that with this material they could contend with a strong team like Lim/Quan.I thought the gap between Utana/Masaya and Azusa/Shingo for FD would be wider.
I agree with J4, who is an ISU judge.
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Interesting, I would have had a larger gap between them in the RD. Azushin’s FD is more “conservative” (for lack of a better word) and has less complex lifts than Utamasa’s, but it was very well executed with attention to detail and good flow. Their FD allows them to demonstrate their skating skills more than their RD (due to the choreography, not because it’s the longer program
). Imo they already visibly improved in the FD since their first outing at Souvenir Georges-Ethier.I have little hope, but the federation should give both, Utamasa and Azushin, international assignments. One of them should’ve also been given an NHK host spot, instead of routinely giving it away to an overseas team.
, so they won't be able to compete at 4CC.
