2025 Canadian Nationals: SR Men's Short Program | Jan 17, 2025

[Jeanie19]

Rio. Nice outfit and program. Not the skate he wanted.

 

[FlossieH]

Not the skate Rio wanted. He can be really engaging when it works, but he's inconsistent.

 

[el henry]

I appreciate that Rio was trying, but not his night. Good that he is challenging himself with a Rohene program.

 

[saine]

Matthew's 3A isn't back.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

...can we start a petition to put Bruce, Matthew, and Edrian in solo dance? All three of them are such special skaters and I would love to watch them show off their skating without having to do jumps.

 

[FlossieH]

Some costly mistakes for Matthew. Hopefully the pressure is off now and he will come good in the free.

 

[4everchan]

The Antho Antho Antho are wild

 

[Jeanie19]

Matthew. Nice shirt. Good program. Except the 1A, good skate.

 

[auser]

Matthew has lovely extension and skating style even if all the jumps did not go his way today.

 

[el henry]

I'm so sad when skaters look disappointed. You are still elegant Matthew with a mini spiral (yes!) and some lovely spins.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

oh Anthony is so back... this is the best I've ever seen his jumps, he totally fed off of the crowd's energy and yet stayed focused on the job at hand. Everything was so good... his spins, his skating skills, his performance, his confidence with the jumps, the landing position... he deserves an extremely high score for this program. Absolutely incredible. what little stumbles in the steps? I didn't see them.

 

[4everchan]

Huge standing ovation. Strangely, the jumps worked better than some of the choreo.. he was a bit wobbly

 

[Jeanie19]

Anthony. The audience loves him. Really good performance.

 

[FlossieH]

Great skate from Anthony. I hope they won't count that stumble at the end of the step sequence as a fall like they did for Shaidorov at the GP.

 

[yelyoh]

Anthony is a world apart and that's a good thing.

 

[Seven Sisters]

The synchro girls (I presume!) in the audience seem like they are really into Anthony

Reminds me a bit of Ilia and his vampire thing, but less jump heavy obviously

 

[el henry]

Anthony

A little bobble, that was part of the choreo, wasn't it?

Why I watch skating: programs like this.

 

[4everchan]

I'm calling out scores to my friend who is amazed as I am almost always right

 

[FlossieH]

He likes that score!

 

[4everchan]

Must be hard to skate after Anthony. Two falls but also, slowwww