2023 Grand Prix de France Men's Free Skate

[DancingCactus]

I'm glad that Adam won, but Ilia's way too high PCS let me suspect soon he will get the Nathan Chen treatment. He should not get 9s at all.
Yuma deserves 9s for SS though, I feel he was lowballed here.
Lukas was very good, way better than all the men at SC last week.
Love Adam.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Yikes to some comments on here...

Finally back from walking around on vacation. Caught up on Ilia's FP. Kind of sad that without the mistakes on both days that Ilia would have won. But oh well. He made the GPF and Adam is a great competitor. This will be interesting come time of the GPF and Worlds...

 

[lariko]

Ha-hah, seems I missed all the excitement while taking care of my green babies. Can't wait to see the last two skates, but I am starting from the beginning, and gosh, Memola's height is as impressive as ever. And, more quads! Yay! Very decent free.

 

[lariko]

Ouch, given Pulkenen's terribad skate and that he went ahead of Gogolev, do I even want to see Gogolev's skate?

 

[lariko]

Actually, it was almost okay. Maybe he is settling into his height finally?

 

[lariko]

Damn, i am so in agreement with everyone who said they wished Lukas had that skate in a different event! Fantastic!

 

[lariko]

I still wish Kagiyama had personality--any personality--to go with his soft knees...

 

[Lutzedge]

Is there anywhere I can find videos of these programs in the USA? I've been looking for different skaters programs on YouTube and places on the internet, but I can't find them.

I don't have Peacock, but there would be times people posted these programs on things like YouTube and Dailymotion. But I'm finding very little for Grand Prix de France.

 

[lariko]

Despite silver, Malinin has absolutely shown his champion quality and one hell of a strategy, because he scored 300+ twice in a row, and his team left room to grow TES as the season builds up. I am hoping to see 4Lo by GPF. 4A is stupid-undervalued atm, so I dunno.

Also, I am fascinated that before his scores are announced, he calmly shakes his head at his dad's quiet question and says, "306? No, won't." He knows he is not going to score as high as Adam, and he is fine with it.

Great work from him and his team.

 

[lariko]

Is there anywhere I can find videos of these programs in the USA? I've been looking for different skaters programs on YouTube and places on the internet, but I can't find them.

I don't have Peacock, but there would be times people posted these programs on things like YouTube and Dailymotion. But I'm finding very little for Grand Prix de France.

Can you access this?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/winter/figure%20skating

 

[Jeanie19]

Despite silver, Malinin has absolutely shown his champion quality and one hell of a strategy, because he scored 300+ twice in a row, and his team left room to grow TES as the season builds up. I am hoping to see 4Lo by GPF. 4A is stupid-undervalued atm, so I dunno.

Also, I am fascinated that before his scores are announced, he calmly shakes his head at his dad's quiet question and says, "306? No, won't." He knows he is not going to score as high as Adam, and he is fine with it.

Great work from him and his team.

Its a crime that the 4A is not worth more.

 

[Lutzedge]

Can you access this?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/winter/figure%20skating

It didn't work when I tried. It might be that it is either for people in Canada, or you have to create an account.

 

[Arriba627]

Just watched the men on the replay. Enjoyable competition! The top 3 men were stellar. PCS leader should be Yuma. So good to have him back. Those marshmallow knees! He is still a force to be reckoned with, even though he's not at 100%. His work with Carolina Kostner is paying off. I like Ilia's programs this season, and I'm glad to see he is committing to improving his presentation. His posture looks better, his moves look more finished. Working with Shae Lynn seems to have helped him. I'm in awe of the spring in his 4Lz. It has that "He could have changed a light bulb while he was up there" look. Look forward to seeing him in the GPF. I really appreciate and enjoy Adam's expressiveness.

Congrats to all the medalists!

 

[lariko]

It didn't work when I tried. It might be that it is either for people in Canada, or you have to create an account.

I think it's geoblocked b/c I don't have an account

 

[lariko]

Its a crime that the 4A is not worth more.

Alas, not happening. They are dead determined to cancel it.

 

[cailuj365]

I didn't get to watch in real time, but what a podium!!!

I loved Adam. So many wow moments. I am biased toward skaters with big tech content, and Adam absolutely deserves the win with those two skates and elements. He has great body movement. Really glad he did so well in front of the home crowd.

Ilia is not invincible, especially with his current layout (triple loop? really? can't he do a triple lutz in his sleep?). I was somewhat surprised that the majority of people predicted he would win. He's not consistently clean from competition to competition, and if he has technical mistakes, someone like Adam or Shoma could absolutely beat him as those two also start from higher PCS. He did really well though to keep it mostly together and still score 300+.

Glad to see Yuma coming back in the mix. I felt that he would win the next Olympics after seeing him in Beijing. Not as confident about that now, but if he is fully back technically, it could still happen...

Men's is really stacked right now. We have at least three skaters with 300+ scoring potential.

 

[sworddance21]

I'm just catching up. What??? Boyang with musicality, transitions, and choreo in and out of jumps? I'm super impressed by that.

 

[el henry]

I'm just catching up. What??? Boyang with musicality, transitions, and choreo in and out of jumps? I'm super impressed by that.

Not to mention a shirt that I for one appreciated. But I may have been alone

 

[Greengemmonster]

I’m late but managed to catch the top 3 skates! Wonderful! So lovely to have Yuma back! Now all I ask is that everyone stay healthy!

Ilia is such a sweetheart! On Instagram he has so many pictures of himself with Adam and Yuma! I love his attitude! Great sportsmanship!

 

[moonvine]

@moonvine Landry on ice

I forgot to set my alarm