Men's LP...play-by-play coverage/comments

[Frau Muller]

My clock says 12:59pm EST. It all begins in one minute.

Here's the start list:

Warm-Up Group No. 1
1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52
3 LI Chengjiang CHN 21 60.23
4 BERNTSSON Kristoffer SWE 23 59.55
5 TOTH Zoltan HUN 24 55.07
6 DAMBIER Frederic FRA 19 61.17
Warm-Up Group No. 2
7 KLIMKIN Ilia RUS 18 61.61
8 PFEIFER Viktor AUT 17 62.17
9 DAVYDOV Sergei BLR 14 64.65
10 VAN DER PERREN Kevin BEL 13 65.36
11 KOVALEVSKI Anton UKR 16 63.41
12 DINEV Ivan BUL 15 63.64
Resurfacing of the Ice
Warm-Up Group No. 3
13 LYSACEK Evan USA 10 67.55
14 SAVOIE Matthew USA 8 69.15
15 CHIPER Gheorghe ROM 9 67.66
16 SANDHU Emanuel CAN 7 69.75
17 ZHANG Min CHN 11 67.39
18 SAWYER Shawn CAN 12 67.20
Warm-Up Group No. 4
19 PLUSHENKO Evgeni RUS 1 90.66
20 LAMBIEL Stephane SUI 3 79.04
21 WEIR Johnny USA 2 80.00
22 BUTTLE Jeffrey CAN 6 73.29
23 JOUBERT Brian FRA 4 77.77
24 TAKAHASHI Daisuke JPN 5 73.77

 

[phantomfriar]

Will CCTV pick up any of this or do you think they will hold it over for a later time slot (since it's, what, the middle of the night in China?). They have women's luge, which i assume is live, on there now.

 

[childfreegirl]

Frau, is your audio spotty? Mine keeps spazzing out for a sec every few seconds.

 

[Kirkbiggestfan]

Thanks in advance for doing play by play!

 

[childfreegirl]

Verner:

1A
4something - hand down
3L/3t
3?s
3L
3a
(I like his music)
120.36, total 180.07

 

[Frau Muller]

thanks for starting, childfreegirl - it took me a while to find the audia within Eurosport site. It's tricky & takes several steps. Sounds like Verner is doing a decent job so far. I was amazed that NBC showed his SP the other night!!!

 

[Doggygirl]

Absent video coverage (for now anyway, I'm still hoping) I like keeping an eye on the planned elements http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/1501421/detail.html while listening to Eurosport.

Just in case everyone hasn't figured that section out - I missed it for some earlier events.

DG

 

[Frau Muller]

Verner - personal best

1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 1 120.36 1 180.07

Lindemann up next.

 

[Frau Muller]

Lindemann - The Big Bounce

quad...shades of 2 nights ago

3 ax - 3 toe next.....little off axis...2bled the 3toe.

doubled out of 3loop

3 flip-3 toe turned into a miss on the first jump

3 lutz - maybe 2 foot?...all over the place, I'm afraid

Even the 3 sal is beyond him tonight...sympathetic applause...
[oh no...]

 

[childfreegirl]

Linderman:

(tried quad, fell?)
3a
2l
3f
3L
2f/3t - all over the place
3s - beyond him (did he fall or pop?)
A shadow of himself, I'm afraid.

 

[Doggygirl]

Looks like CCTV-5 coverage might be starting. During Lindemann's skate, a replay of some of Plush's SP just came on. Fingers crossed.

DG

 

[Frau Muller]

Doggygirl, the live results pop up instantly here, too:

http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/FS/RT_FSM010100.html

 

[childfreegirl]

Frau, I'll just let you take it today, if you don't mind since I expect to get interruptions shortly. Work, work, work.

 

[Frau Muller]

childfree - I'll do what I can but in an hour or so I have a report to edit!!! Yikes!

 

[Frau Muller]

1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 1 120.36 1 180.07
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52 2 112.05 2 172.57

Chenjiang Li up next. (my error earlier...not Min Z.)

Good start (quad-triple)...unpredictable middle section.

3 ax - 2 toe near the end! "A little scratchy."

"He had more to sell than Lindeman...but not much more."

Li into 1st -

3 LI Chengjiang CHN 21 60.23 1 121.98 1 182.21
1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 2 120.36 2 180.07
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52 3 112.05 3 172.57

 

[Doggygirl]

YEAH for CCTV-5! My only regret is the slight delay. I would love to have the CCTV-5 video + Eurosport audio if they were synched. Oh well - if wishes were horses.....

DG

 

[Frau Muller]

Berntsson of Sweden next. Bombay Dreams.

(Chris Howarth now joins Simon)

LOVELY start - 3 ax!

3 flip - 3 toe with just small turn in between

3 lutz combo...oh...too much to ask

......(skip some)
2nd 3 axel missed.

losing power..."not graceful"..."sold out at the end"..."a tale of two halves"

into 4th - last place so far

LI Chengjiang CHN 21 60.23 1 121.98 1 182.21
1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 2 120.36 2 180.07
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52 3 112.05 3 172.57
4 BERNTSSON Kristoffer SWE 23 59.55 4 102.40 4 161.95

 

[Frau Muller]

Doggygirl - I succeeded in getting CCTV-5 too & turned it off because of delay AND frequently-frozen screen. The Eurosport audio is crisp, clear & easier to 'translate' for readers. Thanks for the tip, though. [I'll rely on the video sites to see the vids sharply later.]

 

[Jasper]

I'm watching the skating on CCTV-5 as well as a tennis tournament on another web link. Hoorah.

 

[Frau Muller]

Zoltan Toth of Hungary...in last place in SP but delighted to have qualified. Beethoven.

3flip - 2 toe (intended 3-3)

3 loop - hard fall

3 lutz-3 toe....didn't complete

.....(missed middle...got phonecall)

2 axel OK

LOVELY 3 sal out of spreadeagle (hoorah!)

"It left a little bit to be desired...the tallest guy here...maybe too tall?"

3 LI Chengjiang CHN 21 60.23 1 121.98 1 182.21
1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 2 120.36 2 180.07
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52 3 112.05 3 172.57
4 BERNTSSON Kristoffer SWE 23 59.55 4 102.40 4 161.95
5 TOTH Zoltan HUN 24 55.07 5 90.40 5 145.47