Men - Short Program

[evangeline]

65.69 for Contesti
6th place


Wait...no Grutter in the kiss and cry? Did Contesti have a coaching change?

 

[dorispulaski]

The good Tomas is back!!

But Kurt will always be my favorite Singin in the Rain!

74.10 new SB into 1st

 

[evangeline]

Tomas Verner!!
Singing in the Rain

Big audience cheer for Tomas

3F-3T - yay!
3A
3Lz - good!

I'm so glad about this newfound consistency from Tomas....looks like Canada is doign him a world of good

He is so lovely

 

[Mirunna]

Jeremy lands his jumps! Good for him

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

I love Abbott's program, hand motions included.

 

[dorispulaski]

Indeed, good for him. I could do with not quite so much arm movement in this program. It's distracting.

77.61 new SB into 1st

 

[museksk8r]

Jeremy lands his jumps! Good for him

*HUGE sigh of relief* Tomas and Jeremy both skated well . . . that was my biggest hope for today's event!

 

[evangeline]

Missed most of Jeremy due to my buffering feed....

3Lz? - good

After Stephane....Jeremy's flamenco seems so bland. Hopefully the SP will fit him better with more mileage in it later in the season.

 

[Mirunna]

Patrick lands 4T-3T but down on the 3A

 

[dorispulaski]

That was really a lovely combination 4t3t
81.96 into 1st

 

[evangeline]

Was that 3A UR?

ETA: guess not....

 

[museksk8r]

Utterly ridiculous! See, he is over-scored everywhere, not just in Canada!

 

[dorispulaski]

They didn't downgrade it at SC, and it looked the same.

 

[Trewyn]

Chan leads again with a fall. Big surprise. *rolls eyes* Great that he landed a 4T-3T, can't wait to see that in ten minutes

 

[evangeline]

81.96
Hmmm.

Well, well, well...what a surprise. I wonder how much this program will score if skated clean.

 

[wallylutz]

Utterly ridiculous! See, he is over-scored everywhere, not just in Canada!

And the basis of your esteem opinion is based on what exactly? Did anyone else land a 4t+3t today?

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Utterly ridiculous! See, he is over-scored everywhere, not just in Canada!

You've gotta wonder, if he's scored that high everywhere, maybe it's not the every single judge on the planet is wrong but that the rules are condusive to said score. Just a thought.

Or else it's the hometown bonus, Canadian-mafia-led massive corruption that's infiltrated the Russian Federation. <Insert mustache twirling, evil laughter villain here>

 

[ranjake]

Thank you all for the recaps. I'm looking forward to watching it here this afternoon, to see if I can finally see what the judges see re: Chan, because so far I'm not getting it.

 

[wallylutz]

They didn't downgrade it at SC, and it looked the same.

Definitely fully rotated here, confirmed on replay

 

[MissIzzy]

Or maybe the Russians have swapped a deal; gold medals for Chan now, gold medals for Gachinski later?

Or maybe, just maybe, all this moaning and groaning about how necessary the quad is has caused the value to be pushed up so high now the guy who does it wins even when his falls on his triple axel? Ooops.