Group 1
Ivan Tretiakov, RUS:- Nice opening triple axel
- Triple triple combination both landed nicely but a pause between jumps
- Clean and controlled on the solo triple
- Nice positions n his combination spin
- Footwork was done mostly on one foot
- Camel spin slows almost to a stop
- Nice low position on the sit spin but could use a little more stretch
Konstantin Menshov, RUS:
- Nice high opening triple axel
- Triple double combination with a lot of height on the opening jump
- Final jump popped into a double
- Nice position in the camel spin but he loses speed
- Footwork sequence really slows down at the end
- Needs to be lower in the sit part of his combination spins but he shows off some nice flexibility in his upright y spin
- Finishing off with a sit spin combination and he nearly slows to a stop
Anton Kovalevski, UKR:
- He is wearing a piano and musical notes
- Opens with a triple axel but he sits down on the landing and falls
- Two foots the landing on his triple-triple combination
- Lands his final triple nicely
- Nice position in the camel spin with 1 change of position
- Lots of arm movements in his footwork sequence and he hits the accents in the music nicely
- Combination spin shows off some flexibility but he could stretch through his working leg more and get a lower position on the sit spins
- Into the final sit spin and he's showing a nice low position here and some nice changes that maintain the speed
Tatsuki Machida, JPN:
- Falls on his opening triple axel, not sure if he was fully rotated
- Nice triple-double but has a bit of an awkward landing on the 2nd jump
- Needs a bit more stretch and flexibility through his camel position
- Good speed through his combination spins but he really needs to stretch through his legs
- He tilts forward and puts a hand down on his flying triple
- Flying sit spin
- Into his footwork sequence and he has a lot of energy and is moving very quickly with a lot of kicks
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN:
- Low landing and a big ice spray but he holds onto his triple axel
- Nice fast triple-triple combination
- Into his combination spin and he has a really nice sit spin position and he maintains good speed throughout the combination
- This is a really awkwardly slow version of this music
- Lands his final triple
- His footwork doesn't seem to go with this music and doesn't really build
- Flying camel spin into a donut position and the music ends and he keeps spinning and now we have some drumming it sounds like
- Final sit spin was good
Javier Fernandez, ESP:
- He's wearing a blue jacket, green shirt and bright pink bow tie
- Low landing on the triple axel but he holds on to it
- Nice triple triple and he holds on to the second landing
- He got no air on that final triple and had to turn out of it but he didnt put the foot down
- His two spins here back to back are very slow but his positions are nice
- And we're turning on the personality for the step sequence. There are a lot of stops and starts in this step sequence which really breaks up the flow.
- Into the final spin with a really awkward camel position and an awkward entry into the donut
Group 2
Artur Gachinkski, RUS- Opening triple double--first jump has a ton of height
- A little forward on the landing of his triple axel but he holds on to it
- A little bobble on the footwork leading into his solo triple but he lands the jump nicely
- Nice sit spin positions here
- He goes into a slower piece of music for his footwork sequence and I'm not sure the choreography goes well with the music
- He needs a lot more flexibility in his donut position in his camel spin
- Final combination spin starts with a really ugly position where his leg is stuck somewhere between bent and straight, he needs more stretch through his bottom leg on the Y spin
Alban Preaubert, FRA
- Plushy is watching in the audience!
- The gloves seem to be a popular choice today for the men
- Nice triple triple combination at the top of the program
- Nice triple axel
- Nice position in his sit spin and great speed throughout the position changes
- Final triple jump was clean
- Nice positions through his combination spin and nice speed
- Not a lot of speed through his footwork and it sounds like his music has been slowed down here. He also doesn't have a ton of upper body work in his footwork
- The first position in his final spin is really ugly but would be nice if he stretched more through both legs
- Overall a solid program for Preaubert
Samuel Contesti, ITA
- I love when skaters use their entrance to get into the character of the program
- Double-triple combo at the top of the program
- Low landing on his triple axel but he hangs on to it
- A little sideways on his landing of the final triple but he hangs on to it
- Nice positions in the sit spin but he loses a lot of speed
- Into the War of 1812 for his step sequence and he's got some nice choreography here and with this music if he would attack the steps a little more it could be spectacular
- Slow camel spins and could use some more flexibility in his donut spin
- Slow final combination spin and he could use a little more stretch through his free leg
- That is some mustache on his male coach
Tomas Verner, CZE
- I love that he holds on to his invisible prop through the beginning of his program
- Nice triple triple combination
- Nice triple axel but no flow out of his landing
- Final triple clean
- Nice camel spin position but no speed and no change of position
- Footwork sequence in the biggest part of the music and well choreographed
- Nice combination spin
- Final sit spin with a nice low position and good speed
- A really nice program for Verner and put together very well
Jeremy Abbott, USA
- I love the attack Jeremy has at the top of his program with the choreography
- Opening combo a triple double?
- Nice triple axel with a great landing
- Great sit spin position but he lost some speed in the 3rd position
- Final triple was clean and the flow in and out of it was good
- Upright spin had so speed to it but it came out of nowhere which was nice
- Lots of Spanish arms in this footwork sequence and his whole body is involved but there wasn't much one footed work
- Great speed through his combination spin and he struggles to control it into his ending pose
- Not my favorite short program from Abbott but I like that he pushed himself to try something different and all of the elements were solid
Patrick Chan, CAN
- Hoping Patrick can stay on his feet and if he does his score should be huge.
- Nice quad triple to start the program and he gets a ton of height
- Fall on his triple axel
- Great camel posiion into a sit spin with a lot of speed and great control coming out of the scratch spin
- Great landing on the final triple and nice flow into his next element
- Great sit spin position and nice speed
- Final spin is a camel with his arms behind his back
- Lots of one foot work in his step sequence and he does a nice job of hitting the accents in the music
- Definitely a better outing than Skate Canada
Top Three:
1. Patrick Chan
2. Jeremy Abbott
3. Tomas Verner
Top TES: Patrick Chan
Top PCS: Patrick Chan
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