what about the men?
The Skating Lesson's twitter feed has some info from the men's and women's practices. Ashley's doing a lutz-toe combo and apparently looked terrific in practice, Gracie did a clean run-through of he LP, Polina didn't jump in her run-throughs, Adam Rippon did a clean quad lutz, and other tidbits are there.
[Nathan] Chen hopes to hit the quad toe here, as well as a quad Salchow and triple Axel, a jump he didn't try at sectionals. But an injury to his left heel may change those plans.
"It just started last Wednesday," he said. "There is a problem with the growth plate. I've grown a few inches over the past few months."
"I'm still planning up to three quads in my free skate -- two toes and a Salchow -- and triple Axel, but we have to see what happens," he continued. "My other jumps, the triples, are OK. It only bothers my big jumps, the quad and the Axel."
Richard Dornbush landed a solid quad toe loop when he won the bronze medal at the Cup of China in November, and the jump is planned for his Coldplay free skate here in Greensboro.
"We experimented with different quads, the toe and Salchow, to get the feel of both in competitions," said Dornbush, who trains in Riverside, California, under Tammy Gambill. "Eventually, I want to do both (in a free skate). Coming into nationals, I feel more comfortable with the toe. I have a lot of experience with the Salchow under my belt."
The skater, who trains alongside Chen under Arutunian, is planning not only the quad Lutz but a combination of his "Rippon" triple Lutz with a triple toe, as well as a triple Axel, in his "Nyah" short.
"I really like the Lutz jump (done with both hands over his head)," he said. "I feel like I have the momentum to add a triple toe to it. I've been working on it this summer."
For his free skate to a Liszt piano concerto, Rippon is also planning the quad Lutz, and has moved one of his triple Axels into the second half. He has also changed a triple flip-triple loop combination into a sequence of triple flip-loop-triple Salchow.
The Adam Rippon fan fest thread reports he landed a clean quad lutz and clean triple axels.
But what about the other guys?
all 3 of those jumps appeared to have hooks on the end of them :/
R-e-a-l-l-y???????????
I tried to find an eye-popping emoticon from the menu, but couldn't. I feel like I have to revise my prediction again. LOL.
:shocked: What abut these emoticons?
great to hear Rippon is going to try quad lutz. Go for it
R-e-a-l-l-y???????????
I tried to find an eye-popping emoticon from the menu, but couldn't. I feel like I have to revise my prediction again. LOL.
all 3 of those jumps appeared to have hooks on the end of them :/
What does hooks mean and how do you look for them?
Me too! I have to put him in closer to the top now! I hope it does not come back to bite me!