Now the Japanese piece tomorrow...I actually thought this was Keiji’s best SP in a long time (save for tripling the quad). Sota is a lovely skater but I think Tomono should have been in the final group and is underrated. To some extent Sota is too but Tomono’s at least going for greater difficulty.
For sure. I understand what you're saying, and I think you're right. I just think there should be some nuance to judging. Anyone familiar with the sport would know that the movement preceding the spin was a twizzle, not a spin attempt. Even if, by some interpretation of the rules one could consider it a spin attempt, within context, I would hope any competent judge should be able to discern that it wasn't.Lol, some of my spins travel so much that they could be mistaken for twizzle attempts!
I think it was the sit position, and immediately doing the spin after that that caused the box to be taken up. Had it been a sit twizzle in the middle of footwork for example I don’t think the issue would have occurred. I mean simple solution is to put that transition later on (like how Ice dancers introduce extra lifts and spins that are “invalidated” because they’ve already done those elements.
Very much this - exactly what I was saying earlier, despite some people being confused. He is in great shape and exuding quite a sexy energy, the quad mistake just seemed like a bit of concentration loss or getting back into the feel of competition. The technique isn’t the absolute best, but he had good lift on the jumps and looks like he will reliably rotate them. He’s making good strides with getting back to a consistent place technically, while carving out his own style as a performer.
Kazuki’s PCS are much lower then Keji’s which I don’t understand.
I'm not typically a Keiji fan, but in this case I actually agree with both PCS. I found Keiji's program a lot more engaging and musical than Kazuki's. Kazuki's program was very flail-y to me.Kazuki’s PCS are much lower then Keji’s which I don’t understand.
by this rule, twizzles with more than 3 rotations should not be allowed in the transition?
Tbh though, so were Hanyu’s jump GOE. I’m sure some people thought the low score was due to imperfect landings - as stated there was no way those quad passes deserved +4 if we are being objective. The quad salchow was a bit wild with the free leg and forward in the toe of the landing foot which he tried to cover with the spread eagle. The quad toe was nice but the combo 3T was a bit overrotated and landed awkwardly outside the circle. I would have given the axel a +4 but it’s not egregious, especially at Nats, to have given it a +5.
that's a good point.Lol, some of my spins travel so much that they could be mistaken for twizzle attempts!
I think it was the sit position, and immediately doing the spin after that that caused the box to be taken up. Had it been a sit twizzle in the middle of footwork for example I don’t think the issue would have occurred. I mean simple solution is to put that transition later on (like how Ice dancers introduce extra lifts and spins that are “invalidated” because they’ve already done those elements) or just take it out.
Based on the rules I think a twizzle with more than 2 rotations would be considered a spin attempt. I think the issue here is because of the sit position it looked as though a basic position was being attempted.
the transition in to his sit spin (sit twizzle) was marked as a failed spin attempt
