Men's Short Program

[Bluebonnet]

My goodness....what is wrong with the Japanese men today? Especially in their step sequences they all looked a kind of tired and worn out. Definitely not their usual selves :/ It's weird...

It's understandable.

 

[Mrs. P]

The 4/3 is worth a lot of points more than Florent's combo.

True, but he totally botched his single jump and he didn't have the speed and finesse that Florent did...

 

[herios]

SO on the Quad, but recovered nicely with a solid 3A and 3Z-3T? I like this program but I don't think it will be enough. He will beat Dai though.

Oda's program won't be good to beat Takahashi, but could be close to Gachinski

 

[Mrs. P]

It's understandable.

Yeah I agree, I mean your country's going through a major world crisis; it's tough to deal with.

 

[draqq]

Nobunari Oda

Step-out on the 4A, but got all the way around. Deep knee, as usual, on the 3A and 3Lz+3T. His camel spin actually wasn't boring. Fast spins are going to make a strong difference, but the weird stumble on the footwork isn't. (Why does he always shoot himself in the foot like this?) Love the support from the Russian audience. Not as strong as his SP from Skate America, but he should still score high.

SP: 81.81

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

81.81

 

[sequinsgalore]

Nobunari ODA (JPN)

Music: Storm by Yoshida Brothers
SB: 86.59

4T - stepout, no combo
3A
FCSp
3Lz+3T - nice, added the +3T
CCoSp
SlSt - small stumble?
CSSp

Score: 81.81 and into 2nd

 

[aemeraldrainc]

Yeay!!!
2nd place!!
Go Nobu!!!

 

[Mrs. P]

Oda's program won't be good to beat Takahashi, but could be close to Gachinski

Well...looks like he got second. Oda looks happy.

 

[herios]

Oda's program won't be good to beat Takahashi, but could be close to Gachinski

I was wrong, his core is a headscratcher for me

 

[JeffyJosephNCA]

81.81 for Nobu, 2nd place!

 

[silver.blades]

I love Oda's reaction for his scores.

 

[Rikku]

1 Q Patrick CHAN CAN 93.02 51.48 41.54 8.46 8.00 8.54 8.18 8.36 0.00 #22
2 Q Nobunari ODA JPN 81.81 43.37 38.44 7.93 7.43 7.79 7.68 7.61 0.00 #30
3 Q Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 80.25 39.33 40.92 8.29 7.89 8.21 8.21 8.32 0.00 #26
4 Q Artur GACHINSKI RUS 78.34 42.45 35.89 7.39 6.71 7.25 7.25 7.29 0.00 #28
5 Q Florent AMODIO FRA 77.64 40.46 37.18 7.50 7.00 7.68 7.46 7.54 0.00 #19
6 Q Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 77.62 39.83 37.79 7.89 7.36 7.54 7.50 7.50 0.00 #23
7 Q Michal BREZINA CZE 77.50 41.10 36.40 7.39 6.86 7.43 7.36 7.36 0.00 #25
8 Q Tomas VERNER CZE 75.94 39.62 37.32 7.64 7.21 7.32 7.54 7.61 1.00 #27
9 Q Brian JOUBERT FRA 71.29 34.37 36.92 7.57 6.96 7.43 7.57 7.39 0.00 #20
10 Q Denis TEN KAZ 71.00 39.23 31.77 6.46 6.07 6.46 6.39 6.39 0.00 #5
11 Q Richard DORNBUSH USA 70.54 38.25 32.29 6.61 6.32 6.50 6.32 6.54 0.00 #3
12 Q Ryan BRADLEY USA 70.45 38.84 31.61 6.50 5.93 6.46 6.36 6.36 0.00 #13
13 Q Ross MINER USA 70.40 38.02 32.38 6.64 6.21 6.57 6.39 6.57 0.00 #6
14 Q Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 69.16 35.77 33.39 6.57 6.18 6.89 6.79 6.96 0.00 #18
15 Q Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 68.34 35.73 33.61 6.96 6.36 6.75 6.86 6.68 1.00 #24
16 Q Peter LIEBERS GER 67.73 36.51 31.22 6.32 6.11 6.25 6.29 6.25 0.00 #10
17 Q Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 65.16 34.23 30.93 6.29 5.82 6.18 6.32 6.32 0.00 #15
18 Q Samuel CONTESTI ITA 64.59 28.62 35.97 7.07 6.93 7.18 7.43 7.36 0.00 #29
19 Q Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 64.36 34.00 31.36 6.32 6.07 6.25 6.36 6.36 1.00 #16
20 Q Nan SONG CHN 63.78 35.56 28.22 6.00 5.36 5.75 5.54 5.57 0.00 #4
21 Q Joey RUSSELL CAN 61.69 30.90 30.79 6.11 5.82 6.29 6.25 6.32 0.00 #7
22 Q Jorik HENDRICKX BEL 60.74 31.96 28.78 5.86 5.50 5.89 5.71 5.82 0.00 #12
23 Q Paolo BACCHINI ITA 58.96 30.77 29.19 5.79 5.50 5.79 6.07 6.04 1.00 #8
24 Q Kim LUCINE MON 58.81 31.81 28.00 5.79 5.39 5.68 5.57 5.57 1.00 #14
25 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 58.41 29.63 30.78 6.46 6.00 5.93 6.25 6.14 2.00 #21
26 Viktor PFEIFER AUT 56.68 29.01 28.67 5.89 5.32 5.71 5.93 5.82 1.00 #1
27 Min-Seok KIM KOR 56.19 31.33 24.86 5.54 4.68 5.00 5.00 4.64 0.00 #2
28 Alexander MAJOROV SWE 54.24 23.27 30.97 6.36 5.86 6.11 6.25 6.39 0.00 #17
29 Maxim SHIPOV ISR 50.10 26.64 24.46 5.32 4.57 4.82 4.96 4.79 1.00 #9
30 Misha GE UZB 49.61 22.80 26.81 5.25 4.96 5.46 5.43 5.71 0.00 #11

 

[gmyers]

not qualifying to second - not bad. but chan is so far ahead!!!

 

[dlgpffps]

Well I guess no calls for Nobu then.

 

[kiz_4Ever]

True, but he totally botched his single jump and he didn't have the speed and finesse that Florent did...

yes, but you see that in PCS (Florent 5th - Artur 10th or 11th), the jump was rotated so only negative GOE, but Florent didn't have a quad and Artur had it in combo..that's the big difference IMO

 

[Krislite]

Good program, apart from the stumble on the foot work and step-out on the quad. Quad looked fully rotated.

Chan's lead is too great, though. I think it's safe to say he's already won.

 

[Spun Silver]

Nobu had those unfortunate errors but otherwise he did great. I love this program for him. Finally he grew up. If we fans are lucky : ) both he and Dai will end up with medals.

 

[100yen]

It's understandable.

Understandable because of the large number of factors working against them, but still strange to see them in this state. Hope they get their usual "je ne sais quoi" factor back for the FS, since that seems to be the strongest program for all of them. It's a little heartbreaking to watch skaters who aren't feeling well

 

[kiz_4Ever]

True, but he totally botched his single jump and he didn't have the speed and finesse that Florent did...

yes, but you see that in PCS (Florent 5th - Artur 10th or 11th), the jump was rotated so only negative GOE, but Florent didn't have a quad and Artur had it in combo..that's the big difference IMO

great for Nobu!