2024 European Championships Men's Free Skate

[CrazyKittenLady]

Mark is consistent but he also rarely does something to me...it must be because he's not a cactus

These consistent skaters, they just don't pull on our heartstrings...

 

[Ichatdelune]

Second half bonus

Not in this case, two 3As in a row means the second 3A isn't going to get the bonus

 

[Coivië]

Yay, Mark! He seems to have gained some good confidence and consistency this season. Still a bit dicey at times, but so pleased to see he doing a bit better cause I really like his skating and he has some amazing qualities when he's on. I also quite like this free. It gives him a great range to work with.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I feel like the Europeans don't make much sense this way. There are so many countries who all have a spot... but there are hardly any boys doing figure skating... and it's all just Russians, mostly still living, training and not speaking the country's language they skate for... I dislike country quotas anyway, but this just leads the system ad absurdum.

I was actually just thinking it would be nice to have a more generous quota system for Europeans. A lot of smaller countries could use a second spot to help develop their skaters even if neither is capable of placing higher than 12-15th.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

You know, I think Chris has improved his commentary, with more skating terms and background knowledge. He does seem to be rooting for people more

I do make a lot of fun of some of Chris comments, but I still like him a lot. He is much much better then Simon!

 

[Lutzedge]

Second half bonus

But it wasn't for the bonus. He was doing a triple axel as the first jump, and a triple axel in combination for the second jumping pass. Because of that, when he fell, he got repetition. He wouldn't have if he did a combo on the first triple axel.

 

[ana]

Go Andreas!

 

[cheerknithanson]

Chaos is the right word I chose for this event.

 

[bartlebooth]

I'm back in time to see Andreas falling twice

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Well it looks like we’re getting the beginning of Batman’s training, not the final form…

 

[TontoK]

Well that was a high point!

I suspect I've found my new Czech cactus. He's got the coach for it!

My potential cactus is going to make Top 10! And he can still move up.

 

[TT_Fin]

I feel like the Europeans don't make much sense this way. There are so many countries who all have a spot... but there are hardly any boys doing figure skating... and it's all just Russians, mostly still living, training and not speaking the country's language they skate for... I dislike country quotas anyway, but this just leads the system ad absurdum.

Finland's Makar is a Russian born, but has lived in Finland since he was 4 and speaks Finnish at native level. Finland has good amount of skaters now but level is not high - yet.

 

[elektra blue]

Mama's love! Stay on your feet!

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Omfg I didn’t even see how that fall happened

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Andreas needs to place top 12 if Sweden is going to keep the two spots

 

[cheerknithanson]

I hope the last group brings it.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I think the Joker won this round…

 

[elektra blue]

Chaos is the right word I chose for this event.

Or any men event

 

[TT_Fin]

Oh dear

 

[icewhite]

Finland's Makar is a Russian born, but has lived in Finland since he was 4 and speaks Finnish at native level. Finland has good amount of skaters now but level is not high - yet.

Yes, but that's not the case I mean. People have migration backgrounds, that's totally fine.