Grant Hochstein SP
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=E4mu6LMuy5o
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=E4mu6LMuy5o
Oh dear... Kiira's skating looked nervous and stiff, which is understandable. But her jumps were pretty bad.. the 2toe made Yulia's axel look huge! I also didn't like the dress or the music. And not even her hair.. it was too tight to her head.. made her look old.. :disapp: And I didn't see anything wow or anything developed in her skating style or presentation.. I guess i just had much bigger expectations. But of course, she'll only go up from here if she maintains her health.
Great to see Kiira back. Of course her first performance in two years must be tough for her. Better and better it will be :yes:
Results Ladies Short Program.
Congrats to Isabelle Olsson 58.73 points - exactly 5 points more than her personal best. And Nicole Schott ! is she a new hope for German women? 7 points better personal best. Wonder if the judges were a bit generous here? A lot of personal bests.
1 Maria ARTEMIEVA
RUS 59.59 33.11 27.48 7.00 6.50 6.90 6.95 7.00 1.00 #17
2 Isabelle OLSSON
SWE 58.73 32.97 25.76 6.45 6.15 6.60 6.50 6.50 0.00 #27
3 Nicole SCHOTT
GER 56.46 32.02 24.44 6.15 5.90 6.15 6.20 6.15 0.00 #13
4 Kiira KORPI
FIN 56.22 27.14 30.08 7.50 7.30 7.20 7.80 7.80 1.00 #7
5 Diana PERVUSHKINA
RUS 53.57 29.33 24.24 6.15 5.95 6.00 6.10 6.10 0.00 #10
6 Nicole RAJICOVA
SVK 53.27 29.47 23.80 5.90 5.55 6.05 6.05 6.20 0.00 #8
7 Dasa GRM
SLO 52.81 28.77 24.04 6.10 5.80 6.20 6.00 5.95 0.00 #26
8 Mariah BELL
USA 51.08 26.72 25.36 6.15 6.10 6.40 6.45 6.60 1.00 #19
9 Aleksandra GOLOVKINA
LTU 50.98 28.54 22.44 5.75 5.40 5.70 5.70 5.50 0.00 #11
10 Anne Line GJERSEM
NOR 50.62 27.74 22.88 5.80 5.50 5.80 5.75 5.75 0.00 #23
According to Twitter, Denis Ten is in first and his final score is 249.94. Michal Brezina is currently in second with 239.62.
The Men's Free Skate has been over for hours now and the individual/s responsible for updating the online scoring left them with the final two groups still to skate. This event's online support from those responsible has been pathetic! I sincerely hope the ISU will remove Golden Spin of Zagreb as a Challenger Series event and move it to some other region on the globe that needs more support for the sport.
Woah Grant got the highest TES and he broke 80! He must be feeling pretty fantastic right now.
U. S. Nationals is looking more and more interesting. The men's comp. should be . Kayne and O'Shea did well also. They won the Bronze in their first competition of the season.
The Men's Free Skate has been over for hours now and the individual/s responsible for updating the online scoring left them with the final two groups still to skate. This event's online support from those responsible has been pathetic!
But .... streaming of other Challenger events was supplied by individual federations on the platforms of their choice -- not by the ISU on its YouTube or Eurovision channels. (And in the cases of SLC and Finlandia, access to streaming required a paid subscription.)
The lack of Golden Spin streaming is unfortunate of course (esp. b/c it is the last Challenger competition, as you have noted), but I don't think it's fair to hold the ISU responsible.
As you say, the JGP Zagreb streaming was available from the ISU b/c the ISU provided streaming of all JGPs. Apples and oranges, IMO.