2024 Cup of China Men's Free Skate

[FlossieH]

Hyungyeom's amazing skate and Deniss's redemption

I will watch those later.

What happened with Yudong Chen? The marks suggest he's plummeted down the standings. I am still a bit traumatised from the JGP the other year when he carried on when clearly really injured. I don't want to watch if anything like that has happened with him again?

 

[TallyT]

I do like Boyang's costume, really beautiful.

What happened with Yudong Chen? The marks suggest he's plummeted down the standings. I am still a bit traumatised from the JGP the other year when he carried on when clearly really injured. I don't want to watch if anything like that has happened with him again?

Meltdown, really hard to watch even though his good qualities still shone through.

 

[Jeanie19]

I hate to say this, but Deniss was underscored

He was.

 

[YuBluByMe]

I have a bet with my brother (before the SP even started) that Sato will take the gold. Bro thinks Siao Him Fa will. I’ll be rooting for Sato until I’m hoarse. Hundred bucks and trash talk is on the line here.

 

[cocteautwin]

I wish Boyang has a decent skate, he really needs it

 

[museksk8r]

It would be interesting to make a list of the skaters for the last 10-15 years who could entrance an audience even if they couldn't do any jumps at all...

I would open it up to the last 30 years. My list would include: Kurt Browning, Christopher Bowman, Paul Wylie, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Emanuel Sandhu, Shawn Sawyer, Matthew Savoie, Kristoffer Berntsson, Ilia Klimkin, Tomas Verner, Jeremy Abbott, Denis Ten, Daisuke Takahashi, Patrick Chan, Joshua Farris, Yuzuru Hanyu, Tatsuki Machida, Mikhail Kolyada, Jason Brown, Shoma Uno, Jun-hwan Cha, Kevin Aymoz, Deniss Vasiļjevs, Yuma Kagiyama, and Aleksandr Selevko. Skaters showing potential to be added are: Anthony Paradis, Adam Siao Him Fa, Koshiro Shimada. I may have more to add later.

 

[FlossieH]

I do like Boyang's costume, really beautiful.

Meltdown, really hard to watch even though his good qualities still shone through.

Thanks for the warning. A meltdown is better than skating when really injured, but I think I might skip his skate.

 

[FlossieH]

Sound....?

 

[anonymoose_au]

Oh dear had anyone else lost their sound?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Has anybody else lost the audio on the stream? It cut out when the skaters were leaving the ice, and hasn't come back.

Never mind. It's back now. But Boyang has already started.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[museksk8r]

Agh, what happened to the volume?!

 

[museksk8r]

Sound is back!!

 

[EdgeCall]

I wish Boyang has a decent skate, he really needs it

Rinky heard that.

 

[TallyT]

I would open it up to the last 30 years. My list would include: Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Matthew Savoie, Jeremy Abbott, Denis Ten, Daisuke Takahashi, Patrick Chan, Joshua Farris, Yuzuru Hanyu, Tatsuki Machida, Jason Brown, Shoma Uno, Kevin Aymoz, Deniss Vasiļjevs, Yuma Kagiyama. Skaters showing potential to be added are: Anthony Paradis, Adam Siao Him Fa, Koshiro Shimada. I may have more to add later.

I like a lot of them... maybe the question can be moved to a separate thread tomorrow so everyone can have a go? (Mikhail too...)

 

[elektra blue]

Boyang delivering at home!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Here comes the Stuffielanche!!!

 

[EdgeCall]

Rough start with a fall but he recovered well. Very decent skate indeed!

We need more rock in the rink.

 

[cocteautwin]

Still long way to go but much better than in France. No meltdown today, ufff

 

[GGFan]

Super happy for Boyang! He put a smile on my face today.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

And it´s raining plushies