2021 Worlds: Men's' Short Program

[readernick]

Nathan's score inflation.

Nathan was in the last group. That really is the reason. Same reason Morisi made the free and Vincent didn't. Fair? No. Expected, yes!

 

[Fluture]

Guys, where are the 5 points betwen Chen and Kolyada come from? I would see Misha on 3rd and just trying to understand.

One of them is named Nathan Chen and has a few World Golds to his name. The other...not.

But I agree, Nathan skated slow and cautiously today (other than the fabulous step sequence). His PCS should be a lot lower.

Anyway, I enjoyed this. Now waiting for pairs!

 

[Tyranid]

BTW, regarding US men's 3 quotas, they most likely still get 3 here. Chen will be on the podium 99 percent and Brown will most likely make top 10. Vincent Zhou will be able to redeem himself next season and possibly make the Okay.

 

[Ykai]

Yuma and Keegan are my favorite today

 

[readernick]

Yuma and Keegan are my favorite today

Jason was my favorite but Yuma was perfect and Keegan emotional so good for them!

 

[MaiKatze]

Shoma I love you,but sometimes I just want to hit you too WHY damnit, WHY????....


Congrats to the podium and Yuzuru deservedly in first. I think his scores were too low for what he brought, that was clearly the skate of the night - it's just such a cool program and totally on fire! Love, love, love it!!!

Yuma not succumbing to pressure and early group nervousness, very good - altough I'm not into that program at all. Also shout out to Keegan Messing who did so well. Nathan shouldn't be too sad, I still think he's going to win this. Mikhail Kolyada was a bit stiff imho, but well done. And poor poor Vincent. Man, what a shock. Also Boyang....*sniff*

 

[Paulipau]

Nathan was in the last group. That really is the reason. Same reason Morisi made the free and Vincent didn't. Fair? No. Expected, yes!

Thats crazy that you can be a might medal or might not qualify to the FS kind of a skater xd

After this event I feel like Trusova didn't do that bad, at least she freaking qualified.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

That would be devastating for Russia

The goal for the Russian men is to keep their two spots. Thus far both Misha and Zhenya have done brilliantly, so we can all get our hopes up. Earning that third spot still would only ever be a bonus, not something to be expected. Keep in mind that Misha completely skipped last season and Zhenya's only international ISU competition before Worlds was a JGP in 2017.
Considering that, they've both already exceeded expectations with their placements in the short!

 

[Ali81]

Due to the judging shenanigans, Yuzuru will still need to be crystal clean to stand a chance of winning. Anything less than JNat quality and he will probably lose!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

i'm going to miss most of pairs free tonight but i'll make sure to be here for the last 2 groups! see you later!

I'm going to miss it all. Apart from the fact that I am doing other things tonight, I don't think I'll have the SP finished in time.

Put it like this - I've only just watched Scimeca / Frazer there now!

I really should have started in earlier and got much further in before the Men started.

Whatever you are doing, enjoy yourself!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[TontoK]

The most fun group to watch in the free will be the second group.

Brezina, Grassl, Bychenko, Valisjevs... and a couple I'm not familiar with.

 

[TontoK]

Due to the judging shenanigans, Yuzuru will still need to be crystal clean to stand a chance of winning. Anything less than JNat quality and he will probably lose!

Perhaps we could wait until after they actually compete to start with the "wazrobbed" stuff.

 

[YuBluByMe]

This Worlds is turning about to be really something. Surprises everywhere. At least in the singles. Not surprised that all three Japanese men are in the top ten, with a 1-2 finish. Kagiyama’s proving to be a tough, consistent competitor.

Chen still has a real shot at the gold, but he better be clean. He hasn’t fallen on a jump in more than two years. I hope, no I pray that Kolyada has a great free skate. I don’t know about the three spots, but it’s looking doable. Cha’s also in great position to gain a spot for Korean men.

 

[lurkz2]

Guys, where are the 5 points betwen Chen and Kolyada coming from? I would see Misha on 3rd and just trying to understand.

Backloaded 4F3T combo, he started out with the highest base value. Kolyada only did a 3Lz in the bonus.

 

[chasingneverland]

Can this order stay the same after the free skate?! Please

This but I want Kevin and Evgeni to switch places.

 

[readernick]

Due to the judging shenanigans, Yuzuru will still need to be crystal clean to stand a chance of winning. Anything less than JNat quality and he will probably lose!

Possibly, but it will be an issue of BV and not because the judges don't love him. Everyone loves Yuzuru.

 

[nickp91]

Nathan Chen’s 3rd in SP ended another streak for him He had won 21 straight programs in live individual competitions since finishing third in SP at French GP in 2018

 

[kan01]

Thats crazy that you can be a might medal or might not qualify to the FS kind of a skater xd

After this event I feel like Trusova didn't do that bad, at least she freaking qualified.

Omg, same! Love her.

 

[Ziotic]

I just realized China may loose their second spot

 

[readernick]

Nathan Chen’s 3rd in SP ended another streak for him He had won 21 straight programs in live individual competitions since finishing third in SP at French GP in 2018

It's been a rough year. I think Nathan will benefit from losing. Love both Yuzuru and Nathan but Jason was the one that was robbed.