They're showing the men, Russians I think? and Brandon Mroz warming up in a huge room somewhere, and it looks dark outside. Never seen anything like this before, love it!
Voronov looks more handsome and fit than the last time I saw him. However, his skating skill is just not up to par with elite male skaters - very slow and carried little flow on the ice. His movements seemed labor, despite big jump potential, the SS and TR are just mediocre. I hope he works more on his basic skating skills and improve the intricacy of his connecting steps.
Missed the music ID - is Mroz really skating to "when you're smiling"? He looks so miserable going out there.
Fall on a not-too-hot 4Lz and big step out of 3A, but he fights back and does the rest of the program well. In fact I don't remember seeing him skate with such style and line before. I could get into this. Good going!
Mroz started out with some slow interpretative skating accelerated into his 4Lz attempt with not enough speed. He does have a respectable push on his skates but looked just a little tentative going into the 4Lz, hence didn't achieve enough height. This is an example where SS (power acceleration) that is not there yet can hinder execution of big jumps. Another thing I noticed is he looked tense and nervous when his music is supposed to be joyful and relax. That means he needs to learn to skate to his music's mood more, to achieve higher IN marks.
Computer crashed, but was able to see Menshov's 4/2, which I crossed my fingers for after he popped his 3A into a 2A, then fell on the solo triple jump later on. After that my computer when kaput.
Menshov seems to struggle with skating on one foot. His TR and ability to execute anything that is on one foot is almost non-existent. Although he does have good power to propel to go into his jumps, I am afraid the latter are not enough to carry him to where he wants to be if he doesn't improve the finer aspect of his skating.