Senior Men's LP

[Medusa]

Well, that could have been worse. He should make the podium with that.
(I love those jumping jocks with good skating skills: Joubert, Chipeur, Ponsero...)

 

[feraina]

Oh, really bad news about Kimmie Meissner.
I was really looking forward to seeing her come back strong with a good skate at National's.

 

[feraina]

Nail-biting competition. This is a really strong men's field!

 

[emma]

what news about kimmie or where?

 

[PolymerBob]

Vaughn into 1st !!

 

[feraina]

Looks like Kevin's not going to World's unless Chan has a complete meltdown.

Go Patrick!

 

[Medusa]

Chipeur made the World Team (or so I think...)!

 

[fumie_fumie]

Vaughn Chipeur

He is going to worlds
speed you immediately notice
3a, perfect, huge, crowd erupted.
3lutz-3toe, controlled explosion, patience and control
3flip, monster of the jump
1a, he wants too much
3loop, handsdown
circular step, beautiful
2a, step out
3t, much better
3lutz,-2t-1t, ran out of room.
straight footwork sequence, audience is totally with him. he is a tad bit slowing down. music is still rocking. He had the crowd, does he have the marks he need?

marks: 134.41

 

[turtle]

It's okay, Patrick. You can still win this.

 

[museksk8r]

Chan only needs a 117.42 to win gold.

 

[Hsuhs]

He won already. Congrats.

 

[victoria90]

what news about kimmie or where?

Meissner withdraws from U.S. Championships
2006 world champion, 2007 U.S. national champion, and 2007 four continents champion Kimmie Meissner has withdrawn from the AT&T U.S. Championships due to injury.

that's what says on icenetwork.com

 

[museksk8r]

Meissner withdraws from U.S. Championships
2006 world champion, 2007 U.S. national champion, and 2007 four continents champion Kimmie Meissner has withdrawn from the AT&T U.S. Championships due to injury.

that's what says on icenetwork.com

Oh, that is REALLY too bad. I wonder if she'll continue on to 2010. Poor Kimmie.

 

[emma]

oh gosh - I'm so sorry to hear about kimmie.

chan has such soft knees, and wonderful flow out, and such deep deep edges - god, I love watching him.

 

[PolymerBob]

And Patrick takes the gold !!!!

 

[Medusa]

That was so much better than in France (I saw it live there)! So beautiful. I think he could screw up most of the program and you would still feel elated after the last footwork sequence. I love it how his footwork is diverse and creative - without chasing mice on the ice or any of those strange movements. That is really Lambiel-feeling.

Okay, that's a bit overmarking - but it's Nationals, it's okay!

 

[feraina]

Besides the weird 2.5F (he slipped on the picking toe, it looks), Patrick Chan skated phenomenally! The 3A's were both HUGE, really high and far. He's jumping with a lot more confidence and authority than last season, not to mention better technique (straight across instead of around himself).

254.xx his total score, unbelievable!

 

[fumie_fumie]

Patrick Chan

3a, beauty
2flip, really bad, fall
3lutz, beauty
circular step, beautiful
3a-2t, C squeaky clean
3sal, great flow out of it
jump i missed
3lutz-2t-2t C
2a
straight foot sequence
crowd is going wild. Big standing O. Only one blemish, other than that he is spot on. He just attacked the program.

He did 2 clean triple axels first time this season

marks: 165.92, whoa

 

[museksk8r]

Patrick Chan: 88.89 + 165.93 = 254.82

OMG! That's a MASSIVE score!

Patrick overtakes Vaughn by *only* 48.52 points.

 

[victoria90]

Congrats to Patrick , congrats to Vaughn
, I like him, this was the first time I saw him skate, and congrats to Jeremy