2023 U.S. Nationals Sr. Men's Free Skate

[bigsisjiejie]

Oh dear, I fear Tomoki has just sunk his chances of medalling.

 

[Horsefeathers]

It's funny how people yammer about how Ilia has no artistic merit and meanwhile yammer that Jason is boring or has no tech merit since he doesn't do Ultra-C. You can never satisfy some folks.

 

[labgoat]

Beautiful heartfelt personal skating. The jumps were punctuation marks and the spins flourishes. it doesn’t matter where he lands. The one flaw reminds us that all good things will come to an end someday but not today.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

No no nooo ouch

 

[Ruthypegs]

I don't care about that fall. That was sublime! I love you Jason! Been a proud fan for almost 9 years (Has it really been that long?!??!?!?!??!?!).

Me too, and can't believe it's been 9 years!

 

[skatedreamer]

"The Impossible Dream" suits Jason so well. That last bobble just killed me; I yelled OH HONEY, NOOOOOO!

Otherwise, simply stunning. The Ena Bauer and his lovely spiral, split jumps, and spread eagles...

Great score in spite of the stumble, plus a million-dollar smile to boot!

 

[bigsisjiejie]

I like The Artist, but somehow it doesn't work for Tomoki.

 

[cheerknithanson]

It's funny how people yammer about how Ilia has no artistic merit and meanwhile yammer that Jason is boring or has no tech merit since he doesn't do Ultra-C. You can never satisfy some folks.

I like both skaters for their strengths they have. And I do have a little bit of bias towards Ilia since he is from my home county.

 

[elbkup]

I love Tomoki… always will..

 

[msteach3]

Maybe if Tomoki skated to something less franetic, he'd have more success. It's always the same thing from him.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Holy moly, Torgashev is going to get bronze.

 

[GGFan]

When Tomoki skates into a jump I have no idea what will happen. So sad.

Those Russian splits were everything though.

 

[Horsefeathers]

Tomoki's got potential. That was a good music choice, if he could have just met it head on. He could be a great entertainer.

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Nightmare skate. Feel for Tomoki. He's going to really drop in the standings. Torgashev is going to medal!

 

[cheerknithanson]

Wait a minute, who's going to get the #3 spot for Worlds?

 

[Jeanie19]

Gosh, the screams do no even sound enthusiastic but like the building is on fire.

Its horrible.

 

[auser]

Sparkling choreo sequence from Tomoki. Don't envy him having to follow Jason.

 

[Horsefeathers]

And now we sit here and wait to see what Ilia's going to throw at us.

 

[RatedPG]

Breathtaking, even with the fluke fall

(even if I wish he’d used a different vocalist than Groban, that’s just nitpicking)

Sadly, it is not a fluke fall. He fell on this very same jump in the Japan Open too. I suggested he change his jump layout back then….

 

[GGFan]

It's funny how people yammer about how Ilia has no artistic merit and meanwhile yammer that Jason is boring or has no tech merit since he doesn't do Ultra-C. You can never satisfy some folks.

Actually I think this is what makes the sport interesting. This debate has been going on for decades and will never end.