OK, folks, while there's a temporary lull in the activities (well, compared to yesterday), I'll slip in my NHK 2015 translation.
Hope I don't smother discussion with it - just feel free to carry on. Those who are interested may enjoy reading this.
Yeah, and I remember about GPF 2015 replay. Might get down to it this night!
NHK 2015 SP Russian Eurosport
- … Kovtun comes 4th so far, but let’s wait – we saw how Yuzuru Hanyu skated at his first event, which was Skate Canada. Hanyu had a horrible SP there – he only got 28 points of technical score. He lost nearly all the elements, and he hadn’t received so little for his technical score ever since he was a little kid – only 28 points. But now it’s Japan and weeks have gone by – AND he’s Olympic Champion and World Champion. Frederic Chopin.
- He isn’t doing much, but you can’t take your eyes off him! Oh, the way he kept his balance! He fought hard for it – there was a lean on his Salchow, but he was able to pull out of it.
- Clean! Two Toeloops – 4-3!
- Very clean! He gets a lot of GOE for this combo… 28! He’s hardly behind Boyang Jin’s technical score accumulation pattern, but he’s going to get higher PCS.
- 3A from such a difficult entry.
- He was the first one to execute 3A with such an entry, when he doesn’t follow the classical pattern of going into it on his right foot and then jumping off the left foot. But there’s a little trick there he’s using, he helps himself a bit with his toepick.
- As a rule at the end of the program they have a step sequence.
- Well, he finished his musical piece…
- … like a samurai! Not like it was Chopin!
- … Yes, like Chopin! As if he were famous pianist or composer Frederic Chopin.
- I said, not like it was Chopin!
- Sorry I misheard you!
- With a glare killing his rivals! Look, 59.07!
- Well, he might go over 100.
- Over 100? Of course he will! His personal record is 101.45, but that was in Sochi, during the Olympic Games, and it’s a well known fact that judges give more GOE at World Championships and Olympic Games. But in this case Boyang Jin’s score might affect Yuzuru’s score – Boyang Jin was generously marked in technical score and he was scored very well in components too – his components are on average just under 8: 7.82, 7.93, 7.89, 7.93 – nearly 8! If he adds a little more, Boyang Jin will start receiving components over 8 on average, and then skaters like Yuzuru Hanyu, Patrick Chan and Javier Fernandez will be threatened. That’s a subtle aspect which the judges feel very well, so Hanyu’s marks will be… well, his skating also deserves it, but his score will be high, very generous. Let’s look, that’s his Salchow – with a lean, a bit underrotated. - Oh, will it be downgraded? No, they won’t…
- There’s a slight underrotation…
- There’s one, but it’s less than a quarter of a rotation!
- It’s less than a quarter, that’s right. Let it be half a quarter.
- Now they’re showing us his quad Toeloop, let’s look carefully. I want to see his 3A – he does it so gracefully and so cunningly. This one’s also clean, and this (about 3T)? It’s also clean. He’s such a fantastic skater – he’s got flexibility, extension, lightness, musicality, delicate, yet powerful skating… Look here, (at his 3A) I think he helps himself with his toepick?
- He must have helped himself! He needed to slow down into his jump…
- No, he does accelerate himself with it! (Or assists himself into his 3A). But he’s the only one to jump 3A in this way…
- … the right way is to jump off the toepick.
- An excellent skate from the Olympic Champion.
- Yes, this is excellent in every respect, he exceeds every skater who’s performed in his skating skills, very light gliding, and jumps too, he skated last…
… and in his glare!
- Yeah, he just pierces with his glare! And there he is, smiling as ever, always thanking the ice, his coach, the audience… Well, how much? 100? I don’t there will be a record, he won’t reach 101… 106?! Oh, I’ve miscalculated that much!!! I thought they wouldn’t risk giving him that much! 106!!! In this case they’re telling Boyang Jin: “Get back in line! You’re too young!”
- “Get back in line for now!”, and you see why – this shows the progress in figure skating.
- Well, if he gets 106 now, what score should they give him at the World Championship?
- He has to skate that well there and the judges will be different. There will be a different skate there, and it’s not soon.
- Well, I think if Chan sees this, I think he’s incapable of speaking now!
? Our Yuzu Face Ava Club hopefuls are closer to the goal now!
instead of :hpull:
