2023 World Figure Skating Championships Men's Short Program

[balabam]

The wine is coming on nicely.... oh, wait, still got 3 hours of work to do and a Zoom appraisal with my line manager

Enjoy! Happy I have vacation for tomorrow women's free

 

[Cilla70]

Why making it in bold letters then?

Bold was unintentional.

 

[reader3]

Congrats to Uno, Ilia and Jun! So happy for them.

 

[anonymoose_au]

But it could have been worse too

True true. I heard there was a competition earlier this season where I think every single man fell during their programs! I mean yiiiiikes.

 

[balabam]

To use Mark's catchphrase: "Good girl"

It's mainly Chris Howarth catchphrase Which remains me to look some of the best performances again on Eurosport Player with his commentary

 

[balabam]

A bit of a meh ending for the last group. But what a fantastic competition. Cant wait for Saturday! See you all round!

"All the way around", Ted would say

 

[JimR]

I thought Ilia should be in the lead. A few points ahead of Shoma. They killed him for PCS.

It's good to see Moris in better spirits and just get through to the free skate. He looked like he was suffering a major depressive episode at Europeans and not enjoying life at all, but the move back to Russia has made him look like his old self at least.

Messing was great, Grassl hung on at least and has something to work with for the free skate, Kevin Aymoz was exciting, Junhwan Cha delivered a flawless program, Rizzo would have been disappointed after Europeans.

 

[nickp91]

Junhwan Cha should've made the 100-mark for that short program

 

[momrk]

Congrats to our leaders and wow, Jason in the last group makes me so happy

 

[demarinis5]

Great SP competition! I really enjoyed the last two groups! Happy for Shoma that his ankle did not hinder his performance.

https://twitter.com/absoluteskating/status/1638873442782003203

 

[16Olympics]

A little bit up, a little bit down. Thought Ilia should have more than 100 but Shoma's score well deserved even with the double in the combo.

Jason was magnificent. Took it all in at the end.

So happy to see Kevin end on such a joyous note. Loved how he performed. Jun-way to put it together on the biggest stage. He can't be discounted ever.

I'm sad for Adam, Matteo and Sota and Kazuki. What could have been.

Daniel much better than I though he would do.

Keegan is an international treasure. Can we bottle him and spread his joy around the world?

 

[LadyB]

Enjoy! Happy I have vacation for tomorrow women's free

Well done, you! Have fun!
The Women are not so much of interest to me here, but I'll set the alarm half an hour earlier than usual for the last two Ice Dance groups. See ya later!

 

[Arriba627]

Not a perfect skate for Shomajesty, but glad he was able to do as well as he did. He's a good free skate skater, so here's hoping his ankle can hold up for that. His planned layout showed 4T-2T for the short, so good for him...Heartbroken for Adam. I love his skating. I have him on the podium in my predictions. Hope he can have a redemption skate in the free.

 

[JimR]

Wow. Ilia 9th for PCS. That's absurd. Rizzo got 42 for his disaster skate, Ilia 40.89.

 

[SmileHappy34]

Great job all. It will be an interesting free skate. It will be a fight for the , the scores are close . Well done congratulations all

 

[yesterday]

"All the way around", Ted would say

Soft knees!

 

[yesterday]

SCORES

http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/wc2023/data0103.pdf

 

[sworddance21]

Last group on saturday:
Shoma
Ilia
Jun
Keegan
Kevin
Jason

What a wonderful last group! Let's hear it for skaters who can skate AND jump!

 

[Jammers]

Wow. Ilia 9th for PCS. That's absurd. Rizzo got 42 for his disaster skate, Ilia 40.89.

Imagine the PCS if he had RUS next to his name. Just up from Juniors is no excuse for that low of a PCS score the judges saw him last year at Worlds and he's had a great season so far and how many times did we see the Russian girls get ridiculous PCS by the time of Worlds in their 1st season in Seniors?

 

[Kris135]

A little bit up, a little bit down. Thought Ilia should have more than 100 but Shoma's score well deserved even with the double in the combo.

Jason was magnificent. Took it all in at the end.

So happy to see Kevin end on such a joyous note. Loved how he performed. Jun-way to put it together on the biggest stage. He can't be discounted ever.

I'm sad for Adam, Matteo and Sota and Kazuki. What could have been.

Daniel much better than I though he would do.

Keegan is an international treasure. Can we bottle him and spread his joy around the world?

I agree about Ilia score. He should had much higher scores than he got. He should be in the lead. Uno had a mistake and his content was lower as well. The scores that Uno was given were a bit too generous, but being that he is the world champion and that it is Japan that may skewed the marks a bit. But basically I am happy with the results..
Skate Canada really needs to sit down with Keegan after the season because he is starting to get the scores that can lead to world and Olympic medals this is someone you want to keep around for a long as you can..Ask Keegan what it would take to for him not to retire after this season because they need him more than they know. Conrad did not even qualify for the free skate and that who Canada is planning to bank their hopes on. Really? Skate Canada he basically blew up in the long. Four Continents he was decent. Now he blew up in the short at worlds. Canada should figure out a way to do better! Keegan is a international treasure that I want keep active in the sport to the 2026 Winter Olympics let him retire after being one biggest stage possible as his send off.