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I like this part the most: https://twitter.com/iFigureSkatingc/status/670728937157341184
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LOLOL I mead DEMENTED. Not demoted. And YES! What even IS that choreography???
I like this part the most: https://twitter.com/iFigureSkatingc/status/670728937157341184
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They need to ditch Menshov completely, and increase the support for Pitkeev who has much more substance than Kovtun, Voronov, and Mensov combined. They also need to do something...ANYTHING with Kovtun. He has the potential and he sometimes (albeit rarely) has nice, fleeting, transient moments in his programs but the majority of his skating is not good and shouldn't be getting more than high 7s in components (and maybe even that is being nice). How he gets those components in the short program is mind boggling...
"Ditch" Menshov? What does that mean? If he is willing & able to compete, which he is, he's not going anywhere. Do you think there is only room in skating for one Russian man or something? Adian's great, but he has not proven any consistency yet. Prior to CoR, his scores were essentially on par with Menshov's. So after one competition you think they should just write off everyone else...lol!
"Ditch" Menshov? What does that mean? If he is willing & able to compete, which he is, he's not going anywhere. Do you think there is only room in skating for one Russian man or something? Adian's great, but he has not proven any consistency yet. Prior to CoR, his scores were essentially on par with Menshov's. So after one competition you think they should just write off everyone else...lol!
You have to look at potential. Is Menshov going to get any better than he is now? That's highly unlikely...really, a flat out "no". Give him a Grand Prix, some other smaller competitions, sure.
I am not Jin's biggest fan, but I can't help but laugh at some haters seething at Boyang's success here. He may be in the first season but he clearly beat his competition. Numbers do not lie. Skaters fresh out of juniors medal and win every year, specifically in Ladies, nothing new here. Could he have gotten 6.9 instead of 7.6 in PCS, perhaps, but that's so irrelevant given the state of the rest of the competition. Even if Dornbush etc.got 1 or 2 points higher PCS, it would not justify putting him on the podium. Nor I think Jin's PCS should that much lower than Hochstein's or Tanaka's.
As @Tavi stated, quad is just a 4 revolution jump that goes by so quickly sometimes it's not even apparent that it was 4 revolutions until identified by commentators or seen on slo-mo replay.
ITA with @Tavi's views on Hanyu. He was focused on skating two clean programs and he achieved it, so kudos to him. He can still improve his characterization of Seimei and his artistic focus, but that's hard to do with all the technical content he has to concentrate on. The jumps were spot-on except for the lean on one jump in the sp. But this is a great victory for Hanyu. The score is not worth even discussing. If he had the chance to achieve 6.0s across the board in both programs, now that would be something to get excited about. To me 322 is meaningless. A large unreachable number for the majority of the men's field. Carry on new generation with your over-excitement about quads. :hap85:
One thing about Boyang that needs to be fixed ASAP (I know he's probably already working on it) is his shallow edges. The most difference between him and the other senior skaters can be seen here.
The program itself has some very blank bits and the uneven-ness of it makes for an so-so viewing experience.
These are programs that he has brought from his Junior Days, so I think, next year, he'll have the full force of his federation behind him to get good programs made. (but maybe NOT Lori...who would be a good choreographer for Boyang?) Any ideas?