International Counter Match Figure Skating Competition USA vs JPN

[sorcerer]

Any links to an International Counter Match website yet?

Though all in Japanese language:
http://www.tbs.co.jp/figureskate/index-j.html

Some amateur FS editor/reporter seems to be writing the contents of this site.

 

[leode]

Today, Japan Skating Federation is announced officially that Jeremy Abbott would participate in this competition. I'm sorry to hear that Evan Lysacek will not attend this event because of his injury.

JSF announcement (in Japanese)
http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/cgi-bin/news/usrNewsView.cgi?10690

 

[feraina]

Evan Lysacek has an injury? How serious? What kind? What else (if any) is affected on his schedule?

 

[Mathman]

Let's see if Evan makes a miraculous recovery in time for Skate America.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Jeremy has a nice program (see The Edge topic on videos) but imo, he is not up to the top NINE (Joubert, Daisuke, Lambiel, Buttle, Oda, Weir, Lysacek, Verner, and Carriere not to mention Mabee, Preaubert.) We'll see.

Joe

 

[Sylvia]

Abbott did place ahead of Carriere at 2007 U.S. Nationals (4th to 9th) and the two of them were very close in the Sr. SP at Liberty in July (Carriere scored 63.04 and Abbott 62.98, landing his first 4T-3T combo in comp.). I'm happy Abbott is getting this opportunity in Japan!

 

[sorcerer]

Let's see if Evan makes a miraculous recovery in time for Skate America.

Do you think he'll appear in Kurt's show?
http://www.kurtfiles.com/events/gottaskate07.php

 

[kandidy]

The tickets were put on sale, mainly online, about 16 hours ago and were sold out in few minutes.
I tried my best but couldn't get any; got only a subscription spot in a long queue waiting for canselled seats.

In forums and blogs here in Japan, you can see the fans excited about this event, taking it as the first and a very rare chance to see Zhang, Flatt, Nagasu and Liang, ALL AT ONCE and LIVE! (It will be our first chance to witness Zhang's "pearl" spin!)....And Lysacek, Bradley, Weir, Carriere, which are the very top US men ALSO at once!!

TBS changed the plan and will televise both the saturday comp and the sunday gala, each on the same day but a little afterwards.

I am sorry you couldn't get ticket. Did you try auction? Cause I got world's ticket last March by auction (around 10 times more expensive than the real price, though).
Can you tell me which channel and when will it boradcast?

 

[sorcerer]

Can you tell me which channel and when will it boradcast?

TBS (ch.6) changed the plan and will televise the Saturday comp on the same Saturday 7-9pm and the Sunday gala on Sunday 7-9pm, both not live, each a little after the event.

 

[feraina]

I'm so jealous. I wish we could watch all this on TV in the US too.

 

[kandidy]

TBS (ch.6) changed the plan and will televise the Saturday comp on the same Saturday 7-9pm and the Sunday gala on Sunday 7-9pm, both not live, each a little after the event.

^^ Oh thank you!
So, finally did you get the ticket?
I will do nothing but sitting in front of television on Saturday and Sunday night^^

 

[kandidy]

The tickets were put on sale, mainly online, about 16 hours ago and were sold out in few minutes.
I tried my best but couldn't get any; got only a subscription spot in a long queue waiting for canselled seats.

In forums and blogs here in Japan, you can see the fans excited about this event, taking it as the first and a very rare chance to see Zhang, Flatt, Nagasu and Liang, ALL AT ONCE and LIVE! (It will be our first chance to witness Zhang's "pearl" spin!)....And Lysacek, Bradley, Weir, Carriere, which are the very top US men ALSO at once!!

TBS changed the plan and will televise both the saturday comp and the sunday gala, each on the same day but a little afterwards.

Sorry once again, can you give me some of the link of skate fans forum in Japan? I tried search some from 2channel. ( I can read Japanese , I think so haha)

 

[sorcerer]

^^ Oh thank you!
So, finally did you get the ticket?
I will do nothing but sitting in front of television on Saturday and Sunday night^^

None of the cancelled tickets were left for me, so I'll probably do the same as you.
(There will be 150 tickets sold on site for standing spectation, the ticket queue will start very early in the morning outside the arena, sales itself starting at 1pm, and you'll be standing all way to 7pm till the ladies will have finished. I don't have enough confidence that I can endure all that.)

Sorry once again, can you give me some of the link of skate fans forum in Japan? I tried search some from 2channel. ( I can read Japanese , I think so haha)

Here is a link site that'll lead you to everywhere within the Japanese cyber FS environment:
http://ringonice.main.jp/

 

[ae9177]

Today, Japan Skating Federation is announced officially that Jeremy Abbott would participate in this competition. I'm sorry to hear that Evan Lysacek will not attend this event because of his injury.

JSF announcement (in Japanese)
http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/cgi-bin/news/usrNewsView.cgi?10690

Thank you for the sharing, sorry to hear that, wish Evan a very speedy recovery!

Ladies' competition will be very interesting this year, can't wait.

 

[bibi]

any news?!

 

[Lightspear]

any news?!

Results are on the another thread on this same subject

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

Hey, everyone....you can watch this competiton and the exhibitions FREE on icenetwork.com. Just go to the Video Highlights and watch either the Men's, Ladies or Exhibitions and it should play for you