2025 Grand Prix of France Women's Short Program

[LazyFuzai]

Overally TOP4 great performances.
Rion my choice for the program of the day.Everything felt in place there.Lets see how Ami handle the pressure.

Dissappoitment in Korean skaters,but it may come a standard i fear...

See you in free and hope for some redemptions.

 

[Ichatdelune]

I will go see the protocols, if I am upset with what's displayed I will go to bed, so if I'm absent for pairs I'm probably in bed having bad dreams

 

[4everchan]

that was fun. I am going to work so I cannot watch pairs... take care of my max for me.. meaning making sure @CellarDweller doesn't get too close to him while I am away

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Lmao, Kaori was not even expecting as good a score as she got.

I think the scoring was pretty fine here, I would have maybe given slightly different PCS, but TES made the biggest difference today. Now, the Free skate will be another battle entirely - Mostly one of who has the best nerves.

 

[Arigato]

"There's a triple axel and it was a cracker!" I love Chris.

 

[Isk]

Ami was great, no, she is not a junior, wow, I loved that program.

 

[Rikku]

Has she announced retirement after this season?

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/sakamoto-kaori-set-to-retire-after-milano-cortina-olympics

 

[Kris135]

You can still hate Issabeu if you want,but you have to respect her work on landings over last two years.Its much much much better.
As for program she could be more energetic,but overally it looks solid.Nothing impressive tho.

This is a good point. She simplifying her jump combo and though it looks pretty nothing stands out about it pure and simple.

 

[Kris135]

Has she announced retirement after this season?

Yes she said this is her last season. She planning to go into coaching next.

 

[pesto]

If the cameramen could lose singles skaters for several seconds during a short programme, I dread to think how they will cope with pairs where the two skaters can be miles apart.

I am expecting to see mostly a montage of bare ice with a bad soundtrack.

At least I am able to read the scorebox, even if the skaters themselves are out of shot.

 

[cathlen]

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/sakamoto-kaori-set-to-retire-after-milano-cortina-olympics

Thank you. I will miss her....

 

[4everchan]

Yea I smell a q

no q but low GOE on the lutz !

 

[Joekaz]

Good competion except for nerves for the Koreans. Ami was maybe a little high in PCS, but deserved first place. Kaori was good, but not real sharp. Definitely overscored. Got away with two sloppy landings and was under on her combo. They did call her edge on the lutz though. Levito was good and had surprisingly solid landings. Was overscored on PCS, though. Too slow. Rion was good, but was short on her combo. Fair score.

 

[Dawn825]

I'm just not happy about Chaeyoung's scores, even with a fall she is way better than what they gave her.

 

[Paulipau]

no q but low GOE on the lutz !

They called it? Gods

 

[ChiGal]

Just finished watching the women's short, and I was somewhat underwhelmed by these programs? Perhaps it can be expected, since this is the first major competition. Hopefully these programs can gain more life/energy as the season goes on. I don't think the slow music themes help either. IMHO none of these screams "Olympic" program just yet.

 

[16Olympics]

Sakamoto almost lost the end pose. The song is one of my favorites and I don’t think she skated well to it. I think she’ll sell it by the end of the season, though. Opening choreography doesn’t make sense. That 2A was gorgeous though. Nakai should win the SP.

She was a surprised by the score. She knew. Looking forward to the free skate.

 

[Mathman]

Moral of the story -- get to work on your triple Axel, ladies.

 

[Joekaz]

Moral of the story -- get to work on your triple Axel, ladies.

Being clean the rest of the way helps too. Many times girls get so fixated on the 3A they screw up something else.

 

[pesto]

Is it bad to watch the second half of Isabeau's programme singing "Scooby dooby doo, dooby doo, dooby do, where are you?"?