2025 Cup of China Men's Short Program

[Ares]

Really good score for Boyang

 

[TallyT]

Tons of plushies.

I think he gets the most of any skater in their home country these days... they do love him.

 

[labgoat]

Go Tomoki !

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

4. Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
SP: "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, choreo by Cathy Reed

4T
3Aq
FCSp3
3Lz+3T
StSq3
CSSp2
CCoSp3V (wild on camel, slows down so much at the end, overall a messy spin)

SP: 79.07

Soooooo good from Tomoki! Another great music choice, I think his packaging and overall skating has really improved since training at Kinoshita. He's cut back to doing only one quad in the short, and it works so well. He's such a charismatic performer and has so many fun transitions and choreo elements that his choreographer can play with. But please work on your spins, I don't ever want to see that CCoSp again.

Tomoki we could've had 84 easy if you did decent spin

 

[Karoltyna]

wo-ha american boys are fighting for the spots...

 

[cocteautwin]

Tomoki really found his form this season. If he continues to skate like that I wouldn't write him off olympic team.

 

[Jeanie19]

Tomoki. Great outfit and program. Great skate.

 

[labgoat]

Yeah! Finding his consistency this year. A fantastic bundle of energy and clean jumps!
So happy for him.

 

[labgoat]

Tomoki really found his form this season. If he continues to skate like that I wouldn't write him off olympic team.

As of now he is in the top 4 so far - feels like Jimmy Ma last year.

 

[Kris135]

Good skate. What is crazy though if he actually makes the Olympic team he would go there first instead of Worlds just crazy

 

[labgoat]

That is a go for broke, no regrets type of skate

 

[Arriba627]

Nice skate for Tomoki. Glad to see him control his energy a little better. Uh oh. Needs work on the spins.

 

[auser]

Love Tomoki's performance energy. Well done. Is anyone else missing score box on ISU YT stream?

 

[labgoat]

Love Tomoki's performance energy. Well done. Is anyone else missing score box on ISU YT stream?

It is MIA for me

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

5. Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE
SP: "Leon" by Eric Serra, choreo by Leonid Sviridenko, Egor Murashov

4T (chatters, holds on)
3A (forward, holds on)
FCSp4
3F+3T (steps out)
CSSp2
StSq2
CCoSp4

SP: 73.84 (3rd)

This program is so weird, at this point I think Vladimir is just trolling us with the random voiceovers and sound effects. He's also given us incredible programs such as Lion King in a tiger shirt and his free this year is wild. I respect the manbun, but this was not his best skate, he looked really tight in the legs all throughout.

 

[EdgeCall]

A little rough in parts but quite energetic.

 

[labgoat]

I think Vladimir has very stiff knees today on these landings.
I love that he is discovering that he can tell a story with his skating.

 

[Jeanie19]

Vladimir. Nice outfit and program. Tight jump landings, but a good skate.

 

[TallyT]

Is anyone else missing score box on ISU YT stream?

It's also missing on my Australian SBS stream.

PS - his music was giving me toothache.

 

[Kris135]

Rough skate.i always that this guy needs better packaging. The voice were strange to say the least. One question did keep his old free skate or did at least get new for the Olympic season just eNt to know.