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- Dec 15, 2003
Shawn was great, Cannot wait to see him live tomorrow night. Thought his 3 axel with just a slight hand down was very good for him and rest was amazing. Hope his mad hatter program gets a standing o.
maybe he should be a closer to chan on the performance and interpretation marks.
Really hope Shawn does well tomorrow and goes to worlds.
Chan has that huge lead but Shawn's gotta be feeling pretty good that HE has a huge lead over the rest of them.
Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., is second following a solid showing, receiving a score of 77.64, while Joey Russell of Labrador City, N.L., is third with 69.41.
Considering Lysacek was given an 83+ for his flawed SP at last year's US Nationals without a quad and with a bad step-out of his 3Axel and considering that his skating skills are nowhere near the level of Chan's, I actually don't see it as an overscore. Patrick is a much better skater than Evan (though Lysacek is a better competitor) and Chan is without parallel, Canada's top man. Now if he had gotten that kind of score and the lead with that performance at the World Championships skating against strong performances by Takahashi, Oda, Kozuka, Abbott, and Verner, I would be upset. These scores are expected of Chan here at Canadian Nationals, especially since he came in as the GP Final Champion.
Shawn deserved his marks and placement but he's not the only one with disbelief. From this cbc.ca report, Chan takes commanding lead at Canadians:
And earlier today I heard Scott Russel announcing there would be 3 new champions crowned at the event due to absences of defending champions. Some beliefs are so entrenched that people are not even aware of them. Kind of funny in view of SC's and cbc's effort to generate buzz with a rivalry for Men's title.
I have been complaining about Shawn not getting the PCS he deserved but I'm very happy for him tonight. He has great performance and presentation, but Chan's skating skills, transitions, and choreography in terms of difficulty and intricacy, are in a different league.
yeah, and he said "77??" heh. He was thrilled even though some fans weren't. I dunno, maybe he should be a closer to chan on the performance and interpretation marks. But whatever.
Missed the mens skate, but I see Chan got -3 from one judge and +3 from another on a 2A. Will definitely have to watch the recording now.
They didnt show 99.9% of it! Just Chan's skate and the pairs.
As for tomorrow, it is not on in BC until 8:00 pm.
Can they just spare us at least once a year of the damn hockey?