Javier Fernandez of Spain redeemed himself with a win at the 2017 Internationaux de France de Patinage after placing sixth two weeks ago at Cup of China. Shoma Uno settled for silver, while Uzbekistan’s Misha Ge came from sixth to claim a surprise bronze.
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“Anything is possible in figure skating,” said Fernandez. “We saw Evan Lysacek win the Olympics without a quad. Anything can happen. It depends on every skater, how they skate. If it’s a good performance, and it’s the best performance of the night, it doesn’t matter how many quads you might do. A perfect skater is a skater that skates the best, jumps the best, do the best transitions, the best skating skills, everything. That person is supposed to be the Olympic champion, the world champion, everything. It’s not all about only one thing. It’s about everything that creates the complete skater.”
“We all have our own talents,” said Uno regarding what is considered a “perfect” skater. “The young skaters, the old skaters, and everybody is unique in their own way. A younger skater might be able to do something that an older skater can’t, and there’s some stuff that we can do better than they do. It’s good that we all do the best we can. It’s really important that we look as skating as an all-around sport, not only one particular thing.”
Ge has announced that he will retire after this season. “Really, at my last Grand Prix to get a medal is unbelievable. We got an Olympic spot for 2018 for Uzbekistan to help the skating and those kids to push them forward to do the sport.”
Kudos to Ge! What are your thoughts on the men's event? What did you take away from it?
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