There are three things I know to be sure of in life-I will die someday, I must pay taxes to the government, and no matter what Nathan Chen does in his programs he will be accused of no artistry and too high of pcs. This ain’t the 2016 Nathan Chen folks. He has become a true individual out there on ice, jumps so fast and able to command the audiences attention with just a shoulder shimmy. His landings weren’t as steady today as they were at nationals but stacked up against the other big guys did today? Yeah he was the clear winner. And what a treat it was to see fellow American Jason Brown in second!!! If I could have anything from these worlds it would be that he keeps together enough in the long to stay on the podium! He was pristine and crisp and just beautiful out there. Gosh Just looking at these two and how far they’ve come in regards to performing and maturing and it makes me so thankful that unlike the ladies, in the men’s discipline longevity is alive and well.
Harder content doesnt mean your artistry is better. He got 46 pcs with no transitions into or out of any of his jumps.
I think Rizzo wuzrobbed of a bronze small medal. Ridiculous to have him behind Zhou in PCS, and while it’s not unexpected given his reputation and where the contest is, Hanyu was scored rather generously.
Mr. Liza (or Lazukin, I guess we’ll call him, since he did well here) was also undermarked relative to how the judges scored his compatriots. I dare any judge to justify him being behind Kolyada and only a few points ahead of Samarin.
Hanyu didn't fall, he POP why are you saying he fell. His PCS shouldn't be affected that much with a popped jump, especially with the level of delivery he gave. But now that we are at it, and you keep nagging Hanyu pcs, why Chen got his close to Hanyu when Hanyu has lesser crossovers and more transitions (not mentioning better spins and step sequence) than Chen? better ss than Chen? why Brown has less PCS than Chen too?
"Harder content" (more like harder jumps btw) is not a criteria/bullet for PCS.
ETA: I mean as in harder jumps, ex. a skater having a 4lutz/4flip/4axel whatever shouldn't affect the PCS if it doesn't meet the criteria
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I liked the event. Hoping for a clean FS and redemption of some skaters, sad for Donovan I really like him. I have no problem with the placement either. Overall a nice competition.
It was interesting to me that Nathan Chen got his highest GOEs on his step sequence and final two spins, rather than on jumps.
Good to see the American men do well tonight, and Matteo Rizzo has earned a fan! I wonder if competitions like these will encourage more guys with good SS and artistry to pursue Jason's triples strategy, and if we might potentially start to see less harder quads (4Lo, 4Lz, 4F) in the younger/lower ranked men if they are not sure they'd be able to land them. The 4T and 4S seem here to stay for the entire field, and I doubt the top contenders are willing to give up their hard quads.