Men's Short Program

[janetfan]

Very good from Patrick - I like his program

 

[iriseyes]

No falls for Chan! Scores will be through the roof then??

 

[evangeline]

Finally, no falls from Patrick.

Scores should be high....

 

[Mirunna]

What was patrick's combination?

 

[evangeline]

85.59

Hmmmm? I honestly thought they would be higher!
Second place.

 

[janetfan]

Dai should be behind Oda and Chan

 

[iriseyes]

Slip on the footwork... he won't be happy about that little bobble! Still sold the program of course

 

[evangeline]

Daisuke and his hair are up next. Wow, must be a lot of Japanese fans here, he gets a giant cheer (also, that would explain the giant Mao poster)

3lz-3T
axel - Was it a triple? My feed buffered midair
Biggest audience reaction so far, definitely (so much screaming...)
3F
Well, Daisuke knows how to work the audience.

Bring it!

 

[janetfan]

I was right - Dai in third - go Taka

 

[dgel]

What a treat it was to see those last four skate- magnificent skating skills throughout, great programs, and clean for jumps- I don't think I've ever seen four consecutive short programs of that quality.

 

[evangeline]

Whoa, bit of a weird bobble for Kozuka there...

 

[seniorita]

Oda was superb!!! Bravo!
Chan didnt fall but no combo in sp?
Kozu went for the boards??

Dai is the rockstar.

 

[janetfan]

I thought Oda was clearly the best and underscored compared to what the others showed

 

[auser]

What a treat it was to see those last four skate- magnificent skating skills throughout, great programs, and clean for jumps- I don't think I've ever seen four consecutive short programs of that quality.

It was great to the men skating so well. Is this the first Grand Prix event this season without falls?

 

[evangeline]

77.90 for Kozuka.

I had to refresh my feed and only watched the last half of Kozuka's program, can anyone tell me what happened?

 

[magicalwords]

Oda was superb!!! Bravo!
Chan didnt fall but no combo in sp?
Kozu went for the boards??

Dai is the rockstar.

Chan tacked combo onto his triple jump.

 

[janetfan]

Whoa, bit of a weird bobble for Kozuka there...

I don't like Kozuka's SP - and Dai's feels cartoonish
Oda and Chan were easily the best

 

[evangeline]

I don't like Kozuka's SP - and Dai's feels cartoonish

I like Daisuke's SP, though I suppose it is because I am probably in the target demographic. It is very fanservice-y indeed, with all that grunting and smouldering

 

[ranjake]

Thanks so much for the re-caps...very exciting! I do love these early morning skate-fests.

 

[herios]

77.90 for Kozuka.

I had to refresh my feed and only watched the last half of Kozuka's program, can anyone tell me what happened?

Kozuka had two minor errors, he struggled alittle with the exit from his combo, the 3 Lutz was fine but not enough speed and his following 3 t oe had hard time to hold on to his edge coming out, not a 3 turn but close to it, so he lost some GOE's there and he also hit the board on his straight line footstep end , losing slightly his balance, two bobbles which probably counted for about 3-4 points.