2025 Cup of China Men's Free Skate

[TallyT]

I can identify Andrea by just a few notes; I've watched entirely too much skating.

 

[elbkup]

Boyang!! Saw him live and it’s great to see him again

 

[flanker]

Boyang Jin did what he could, but it is obvious that years left marks on him.

 

[Sabsi]

1.4 billion people in China and he’s still the best. We’ll always love you, Boyang!

 

[elektra blue]

Sota ganbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[demitasse]

was quietly sitting by myself with my laptop and then remembered i do have this account! the emotional whiplash i had from junhwan () to suddenly hearing the soft piano notes of tomoki's program and squinting like. "is that...? no, it can't be... no...."

 

[Sabsi]

me: Ed Sheeran...this can't get any worse

Bocelli: hi!

(ps: the italian lyrics are soooooooooo cheesy)

Hallelujah

 

[flanker]

Yamamoto that 4T entry...

 

[museksk8r]

Aww, it’s sad to see Sota Yamamoto struggling like this. Not at all what he is capable of!

 

[cathlen]

I thought maybe Men will be better than Women today, but no....

 

[Sabsi]

Sota our wild child … never disappointing us.

 

[museksk8r]

This is THE competition of the HORRIBLE music covers! I don’t know that my ears have ever ached so much from a skating competition before.

 

[TT_Fin]

Oh what a shame. Do they close the score box too early?

 

[GGFan]

Sota has always been an enigma to me: beautiful edges, can skate big, and has the most gorgeous spread eagle, but then just looks completely unengaged for swaths of a program. I hope he gets the jumps together so he can at least challenge for an Olympic spot.

 

[Lunalovesskating]

Sotaa ((

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

9. Sota YAMAMOTO JPN
FS: "Hallelujah;" choreo by Lori Nichol

4Sq
4T< (fall)
3F (turns out)
ChSq1
2A (steps out)
3A< (holds on)
*skates through a lutz attempt, no box called*
FCSp3
StSq2
3F(forwards)+2A<+SEQ
CCoSp3
CSSp4

SP: 87.57 (4th)
FS: 124.10 (8th)
TOT: 211.67 (6th)

Oh noooo, Sota . He's still battling a back injury, so this wasn't a surprise to me, but that was a really rough skate. I love the spread eagles throughout, he does so well with that element. Missing the lutz and only getting one combo will tank his BV. I am still sad he didn't keep his FS from last season, I loved that program and it never really reached its full potential. It certainly was very Olympic-feeling and it was my favourite free of his. This one is a little more generic, although the errors here didn't help. I hope he's okay, he might want to WD from his next GP event to heal up for Nationals.

 

[TallyT]

I do like how Sota's costume flatters him, but the ice gods are being less than kind.

 

[Kris135]

Lovely music I just wish that he could done better because I like the program.

 

[readernick]

My goodness, Sota! Tomoki is the only one who wants to go to the Olympics here..... OTOH, I often think Sota's programs are just a good demonstration of his pretty crossovers but he did try to perform through the mess.

 

[Jeanie19]

Sota. Nice shirt and program. He is injured so he did the best he could.