2025 World Championships Practice Reports

[Seven Sisters]

Okay a resurface and lunch break for me..
Men SP or FS
Group 3 11:50-12:25
Maurizio ZANDRON AUT
Daiwei DAI CHN
Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN
Shun SATO JPN
Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN

I’m hoping you are back by now and appreciating that Mr Zandron’s hobbies include “personal growth.”
Well said, sir

 

[labgoat]

Maurizio ZANDRON AUT skates marking the opening jumps. Yes his hobbies include books and personal growth and Nature. His music is Earthsong...

 

[Seven Sisters]

Yuma kind of a mixed bag jump-wise but oh! Those knees! Absolutely captivating knee action

 

[labgoat]

Daiwei DAI CHN skates his SP. His hobbies include swimming and he was born in St. Petersburg , RUS. That is one very nice spin to open his program. What happened to Boyang JIN?

 

[labgoat]

Yuma kind of a mixed bag jump-wise but oh! Those knees! Absolutely captivating knee action

Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN skates his free to Romanza. He is a bit off axis today - jet lag most likely. He seems healthy and I love the full run through even with mistakes.

 

[labgoat]

Shun SATO JPN skating his FS - he too looks a bit off axis and pops a 3F. Another attempt at the 3F this time a beauty. Seems a bit under rotated on the axels today. It is a long trip from Japan so they need time to acclimatize. This music is pretty but really doesn't take me anywhere.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN skates his free to Romanza. He is a bit off axis today - jet lag most likely. He seems healthy and I love the full run through even with mistakes.

Yuma spent the past week in Toronto, so he wouldn't have any jet lag, but he was supposed to arrive in Boston on Sunday but had a cancelled flight and had to wake up at 4:00 on Monday to catch his flight. He skated really well in practice yesterday, but I'm guessing the chaos caught up to him a bit today.

 

[saine]

Daiwei DAI CHN skates his SP. His hobbies include swimming and he was born in St. Petersburg , RUS. That is one very nice spin to open his program. What happened to Boyang JIN?

I think Boyang has been out with a back injury, I don't remember where that came out. It was after Cup of China I think.

 

[labgoat]

Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN skates his FS to I Pagliacci which is big music and I feel he needs to grow into in maturity. I would like to see him keep this music for next year. He is a big talent and pretty consistent - he just needs to find his skating identity and develop his skating skills a bit more.

 

[Seven Sisters]

I think Boyang has been out with a back injury, I don't remember where that came out. It was after Cup of China I think.

Which is a pity, as his free is set to More than a Feeling, by Boston, the band. I’m sure he was looking forward to bringing down the house; I love that cheeky sense of humor

 

[labgoat]

The announcers are keeping a tight schedule - the second a skater stops the next is expected to be ready to start - too bad if your start position is on top of the guy who just finished.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

oof, this rink announcer is struggling... we just had Deniss Vasileva of Latvia take to the ice

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Not only is Lori Nichol here with Team Japan, but apparently Shoma Uno is too! I'm assuming he's doing something with the Japanese media, but I'm sure he's a reassuring presence for two skaters making their Worlds debut.

 

[labgoat]

Men SP or FS
Group 4 12:25-13:00
Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE
Edward APPLEBY GBR
Lev VINOKUR ISR
Fedir KULISH LAT
Deniss VASILJEVS LAT
Kyrylo MARSAK UKR

 

[Seven Sisters]

oof, this rink announcer is struggling... we just had Deniss Vasileva of Latvia take to the ice

And the female announcer, who handled the women’s practice earlier, was spectacular with the names, I didn’t hear her stumble in the slightest—making this fellow sound like Ted Barton in comparison

 

[labgoat]

Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE has some problem with his GOT music for his run through and pops his jumps. He is also sporting a new? mustache. He gamely tries to get the most out of this session landing most everything else.

 

[msteach3]

Are you watching this practice online?

 

[CoyoteChris]

 

[labgoat]

Edward APPLEBY GBR skates his FS in the brightest neon red jacket. He enjoys Rubik's cubes. Some powerful music - Sand Wick, Excommunicado and John Wick Mode by Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard and Le Castle Vania. Very intense. My connection just died thanks to family rebooting without warning.

 

[Arigato]

I'm still scratching my head this season wondering what has happened to Yuma's 3A. The stability hasn't been there and still isn't, even in practice. Hopefully he can kick it in when it counts this week. Love the long program.