2018-2019 Grand Prix Final Men's Free Skate

[Fool]

Congrats to all the men (all 6 tbh), especially my eternal silver prince Shoma and fellow k-man Junhwan:luv17: (A Korean man winning a medal at GPF, I never in my life imagined this growing up)

I've struggled like no one's business to find clips of this but eventually managed:laugh15: not the best competition this year IMHO, but they still did pretty well considering the occasion.

 

[elektra blue]

congratulations to all the winners but especially to junliet, first korean man on a gpf podium:gclap:

special shoutout to uncle sergei: I’ll never stop admiring his resilience and passion, his performance wasn’t there, the tech score was a nightmare, but I love him and I always will, no matter what :dev2:

 

[Arriba627]

Why did Shoma's free leg almost touch the ice on landing so often? Especially today. Was he sick? Or just nervous?

Nerves.

 

[xeyra]

Congrats to Nathan, Shoma and Junhwan!

 

[twirlingblades]

Nerves.

Nerves probably played a part, but he’s always had dodgy landings. Imo, his jump technique isn’t great, besides the axel.

 

[AJVMSA8588]

I believe Jun is the youngest medalist at the GPF since Plushenko(correct me if I'm wrong), first Korean man to medal, and the first Korean since Yuna. So proud of him!

Is Jun 17? Was Nathan 17 when he received silver 2 years ago with the sparkling costumes and big classic music?

 

[oatmella]

Is Jun 17? Was Nathan 17 when he received silver 2 years ago with the sparkling costumes and big classic music?

Jun is a younger 17 than Nathan was when he won silver. Nathan was 17 and a half

 

[TallyT]

Is Jun 17? Was Nathan 17 when he received silver 2 years ago with the sparkling costumes and big classic music?

Yes, Jun is younger by {counting on fingers} 5-6 months, I believe.

 

[MaiKatze]

Is Jun 17? Was Nathan 17 when he received silver 2 years ago with the sparkling costumes and big classic music?

So was Shoma when he got Bronze at his first final in 2015. Yuzuru won Silver in the year he turned 18...I think at the GPF itself, so he was 17 as well....

And now, 4 years later Uncle Shoma is the elder statesman on that podium. At least one of them uncles made it to the podium, ha!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Just a wee reminder that the highlights of the Men's FS will be starting on British Eurosport 2 in a few minutes.

Here is the link for the archived British Eurosport 2 highlights on the Player (starts at 3m 38s. Eurosport News bulletin at start. LIVE coverage of Ladies FS at 1h 04m 09s):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/figure-skating-grand-prix/7e49b5f1-e515-44b8-9416-249086302d8a

This will be followed by LIVE coverage of the Ladies FS in an hour.

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

 

[friedbanana]

Anyone wanna take a guess on how many clean programs we'll get from the male medalists at Saitama

I predict one clean short program

 

[TallyT]

Anyone wanna take a guess on how many clean programs we'll get from the male medalists at Saitama

I predict one clean short program

Depends on whose in what physical shape. If Yuzuru matches his SP in Helsinki or Russia, no one else can touch that. If he isn't... well, Shoma's the only other one who's topped 100 this season. Mikhail's got 97, he's unpredictable to the max of course.

The FS may be closer - Yuzuru's still got the record but because of his injury, we've yet to see his done clean. And Shoma's, if he can resolve whatever is troubling him. Or Chen's... no, no one can count their golden chick- medals yet

 

[alexaa]

So was Shoma when he got Bronze at his first final in 2015. Yuzuru won Silver in the year he turned 18...I think at the GPF itself, so he was 17 as well....

And now, 4 years later Uncle Shoma is the elder statesman on that podium. At least one of them uncles made it to the podium, ha!

With Yuzuru, Javi, Patrick in that competition, it was huge accomplishment for Shoma to get the bronze.

Nathan would be an uncle next year lol