2025 Cup of China Men's Free Skate

[museksk8r]

Hope he is not injured.

Yeah, hard to tell if there is an injury or if it’s just that he’s feeling brokenhearted given his financial circumstances with the Latvian federation.

 

[TT_Fin]

Where is the score box?

 

[museksk8r]

Ugh, time to get prickly!

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

3. Zhiming PENG CHN
FS: "Fast X" by Brian Tyler; "Aviation Schism" by Brian Tyler; "See You Again" by Henry Lau; "Finale X" by Brian Tyler; choreo by Zhigang Yang, Songyu Sun

4S+3T
4T<
4S (steps out)
1A
CCoSp3 (travels throughout)
ChSq1
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
*stumbles in transition*
3F<<
3Lo<+2Tq (two-footed)
StSqB (falls on steps, lots of fatigue)
FCSp2
FCCoSp2V

SP: 67.41 (10th)
FS: 117.11 (3rd)
TOT: 184.52 (3rdd)

OMG A FAST & FURIOUS PROGRAM!!!!!!!! This is such a good idea for a quadster like Zhiming, but now I really want someone to ironically do a Fast & Furious program, Vladimir Litvinsev please get on this ASAP. We could do voiceovers about family and random car sound effects There was basically no choreography in this program but the quads were nicely done, he got really tired towards the end though and the steps and spins really suffered as a result.

 

[Sabsi]

Such a chaotic program …

 

[Jeanie19]

Zhiming. Nice outfit and program. He started strong. I think he might be hurt.

 

[Ares]

Peng already had to fight very hard to avoid a fall while doing transitions/linking steps when he stumbled twice so I was scared for the upcoming step sequence. My worries came true
His skating skills need a lot of improvement. There were two quads landed but the TES is not gonna be high

 

[TallyT]

He still has amazing hair....

 

[museksk8r]

Ok, I must take a coffee break after Jacob. I am having caffeine withdrawals.

 

[museksk8r]

I love Jacob’s costume! 2 gorgeous 3Axels to open!

 

[TallyT]

And now we have mismatched blues....... I like the top though, it suits him. It's a little but Shomaesque.

 

[museksk8r]

I would like to see Jacob really hold and finish his choreography and better accentuate his body line. That was a very costly 1Salchow at the end.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

4. Jacob SANCHEZ USA
FS: "Mercy Duet" by Max Richter, Ros Stephen; "Mercy Voiceless" by Max Richter, Ros Stephen; "Refuge" by Max Richter, Ros Stephen; choreo by Rohene Ward

3A+2T
3A
3Lz
3Lo
FCCoSp4
CCoSp4
StSq3
FSSp3
3F!+2T (holds on)
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ (steps out, disguised as choreo)
1S
ChSq1

SP: 72.40 (9th)
FS: 148.81 (1st)
TOT: 221.21 (1st)
well-deserved scores for his quality, so excited to see what he does next!

What a stellar GP debut! Jacob has so much potential and a lot of time, he's only 18 and has really strong basics. I love that he's getting Rohene choreo, this program has a lot of really good choreo moments and it's gorgeous music. The second-half jumps were a little scrappy and he lost some BV without the 3+3 but overall he looks thrilled with that skate, which is what counts, and he had great energy throughout the program.

 

[GGFan]

Love how floaty Jacob's jumps looked today. I like this minimalist program. I think it will improve him as a performer in the long run. Except for the last jump that was a great performance for him.

 

[Ares]

Every other skater dies on the ice today, what's going on?

 

[Jeanie19]

Jacob. Great outfit and program. Except 1S, Great skate. Great debut. I really like this program.

 

[YuBluByMe]

That was a great skate for Sanchez. Just the pop on the last jumping pass. A solid GP debut! He should be proud of himself.

 

[Sabsi]

Jacob skated almost flawlessly, and it was such a beauty of a skate. I’m so happy to see him in seniors, he has an amazing career ahead of him.

 

[Kris135]

Lovely skate. He wants that jump back. Just needs to figure out how to get a quad now.

 

[TallyT]

Every other skater dies on the ice today, what's going on?

Every other skater is better than in the women.....