Group 1
Samuel Contesti, ITA: 68.32 TES + 66.36 PCS = 134.68 Total: 190.20
- He is wearing a red and white striped shirt with suspenders and a bandana
- Opened with a nice triple axel
- He's going for a comical French theme here today
- Nice triple flip
- Turned out of a triple lutz
- Nice position in his camel spin but it slows a little bit after the change of foot
- I'd like to see more stretch through the free leg in his sit spin but he has a nice low position
- He has a very nice relaxed expression on his face and very fluid movement through his step sequence; not a lot of difficulty here but the flow is very nice
- Triple axel+double toe was nice but a little tight on the landing
- Triple loop was a little scratchy on the landing with some ice spray
- Nice entrance into another axel with not a lot of prep
- Trouble with his three jump combination ans some turns out of his salchow before the two double toes
- Really nice sit spin with great speed in time with his music but loses speed at the end
Douglas Razzano, USA: 69.84 TES + 62.42 PCS = 132.26 Total: 192.95 and into 1st place
- Today is his birthday. Hope he gets a good skate as a present!
- He is wearing a burgundy ombre shirt that transitions into black
- He opens with a triple axel with lots of speed and height
- Nice triple toe
- Triple axel + double toe combination was nice, but not as much height as the first one
- Triple lutz
- I like all the transition work in between his jumps and how he really uses the music
- Very nice catchfoot position in his camel spin with lots of flexibility and great speed
- Nice speed and positions through his sit spin
- Nice use of levels throughout his footwork sequence and he's really getting into his knees
- Triple toe + double toe
- Nice spread eagle right into the triple salchow
- Triple loop was well done
- I would like to see a little more in his choreographic step sequence
- Double axel + double toe +double loop was solidly landed
- Good changes in position through his combination spin
Florent Amodio, FRA: 56.86 TES + 68.28 PCS = 125.14 Total: 187.60 and into 3rd place
- He looks like Tigger attacked by the gay mafia
- I wish he committed more to these movements in the beginning and really performed them rather than just doing them
- Popped the quad salchow into a triple
- very nice triple axel
- His sit spin seems very slow especially with the build in the music
- Something seems off today--he just seems to be going through the motions rather than completely selling his program like normally does
- Very nice one foot section in his step sequence and lots of twists and turns
- Really weird entry into his triple loop, way off in the air but he sticks the landing
- Double axel and he lands with his upper body forward--he just looks like he's running out of steam, lots of pauses, and finishing behind his musical cues
- Triple toe and he has to take a pause before his second triple
- Really nice arched camel spin
- Triple axel and he's off on the landing and almost puts a hand down
- Double axel
- Right before the choreographic step sequence you can see how he's panting
- Really slow in his combination spin and it seemed like he had just nothing left at the end
Armin Mahbanoozadeh, USA: 56.87 TES + 59.66 PCS -2.00 = 114.53 Total: 179.07 and into 4th place
- He is wearing a black top with a yellow stripe across his back
- Goes for the quad toe, didn't get fully rotated and his legs get tied up underneath him and he falls
- Recovers with a nice triple axel+double toe but not a lot of ride out
- Popped open his lutz
- Nice triple loop
- The movements seem a little slow in his step sequence in relation to the music and there just doesn't seem to be enough power
- Not right in the air on his triple axel and he takes another fall
- Nice camel spin with a beautiful donut position
- Looks like he didn't get a good takeoff on his triple flip and has to put a hand down
- Spread eagle into a double salchow
- He also seems to just be going through the motions in his choreography instead of really committing
- Triple lutz with a hand down
- He has some really interesting variations in his camel spins that look so nice
- Priscilla is wearing a track suit with matching yellow stripes!
Denis Ten, KAZ: 64.38 TES + 67.22 PCS - 1.00 = 130.60 Total: 197.98 and into 1st place
- He is wearing a red top covered in sparkles and is getting some final words of encouragement from Frank Carroll
- Landed a quad toe to open his program
- Followed up with a nice triple axel with good ride out
- Triple flip + triple toe
- Very nice movement throughout his step sequence and he is putting a lot more attack and performance into it than the skaters before him
- Very nice low position in his sit spin with good speed
- He is using every note in the music and the program is very well choreographed
- Double axel+double toe+double toe but not a lot of speed or height on the jumps
- Spread eagle into a triple flip and he takes a little tumble on the landing
- Pops open his triple lutz
- Nice triple loop to recover
- Very nice camel position with a great arch and a very nice entry into the donut position
- Steps out of his next triple landing
- A little awkward in the change of foot from the camel into the flying sit and it costs him some of his speed
Group 2
Richard Dornbush, USA: 64.44 TES + 68.80 PCS -1.00 = 132.24 Total 202.27 and into 1st place
- He is wearing a black cowboy ourtfit for his spaghetti western free skate
- He really hangs on to that quad toe landing! He is so low but he keeps his free leg up
- Nice triple lutz
- Two footed on his triple axel landing and he puts a hand down
- Nice choreography through his step sequence but I'd love to see him really sell it more and put a little more power into it
- Great position and speed in his camel spin with a nice transition to the sit position
- He has such nice edge quality and a great flow to his skating
- Pops open his second triple axel
- Really tough entrance to a triple jump from a crossed over lunge position
- Triple lutz +triple toe combination was really nicely done
- He is so good with his music and really makes sure to hit every nuance
- Pops open another triple
- This choreographic step sequence has a lot of potential but just looks like he doesn't have enough energy to really sell it
- A fall on his triple loop into a plank position
- Nice positions in his final combo spin
Kevin van der Perren, BEL: 74.61 TES + 67.78 PCS = 142.39 Total: 212.48 and into 1st place
- He is wearing a black costume with white and gold sparkle designs
- According to the announcers he will be retiring after Europeans
- Very nice quad toe with such a solid landing
- Steps out of the landing of his triple axel
- Nice triple jump
- Great low position in his sit spin
- This step sequence is well timed with the music but seems a little slow and is missing some of the body movement and ease of flow of some of the other skaters
- Triple salchow +triple toe+triple toe combination was very impressive!
- Double flip
- Double lutz+double toe
- I love how he's really selling this choreographic step sequence
- Nice triple loop
- Triple axel + double toe
- He could use a little more stretch through the free leg in his camel spin and he loses a lot of speed as he changes foot into the catch foot position
- Really slow on his final spin and he almost slows to a stop
Daisuke Murakami, JPN: 57.35 TES + 66.30 PCS -1.00 = 122.65 Total: 193.32 and into 4th place
- He is wearing a black costume with lots of gold detail work
- Triple lutz+double toe
- Great entrance into his triple axel with nice height and a great landing
- Fall on his quad salchow
- He's really showing off a lot of edges and turns in this step sequence with good speed
- Nice camel spin, but I wish he didn't have to drop his leg to get into the catchfoot position
- Triple axel but he doesn't add the combo on to it
- A little tight on the landing of his next triple
- Really tight on the next landing and very close to the boards
- Triple salchow was nicely done
- He could use more stretch through the free leg in his sit spin
- Very nice triple salchow from a tough entry
- Nice choreographic step sequence
Takahiko Kozuka, JPN: 68.54 TES + 74.86 PCS -1.00 = 141.40 Total: 212.09 and into 2nd place
- He is wearing a white and black top with a split in the back revealing a red patch
- I really think his expression and flow have improved this season; he is a really beautiful skater to watch
- Feet got caught on his quad toe and he falls
- Nice high triple axel
- Fall on his next triple
- Really beautiful camel spin with great speed
- Great timing with the music on his step sequence and it doesn't look choppy like some of the others; all the elements flow together really well
- Forward on the landing of his triple axel but he hangs on and adds a double toe
- Very nice low sit spin position with good speed
- Nice triple
- Triple loop but not a lot of height
- Triple salchow
- Not a lot of speed out of his triple+double toe
- Really expressive choreographic step sequence and he uses his arms very nicely
- Beautiful camel spin with a nice arched position
Michal Brezina, CZE: 64.50 TES + 73.42 PCS -1.00 = 136.92 Total 216.00 and into 1st place
- An interesting costume choice, red and black and white and an orange tie
- Very nice triple axel to open his program
- Triple flip + triple toe combination
- Double salchow
- Not enough stretch through his free leg in the sit spin
- Very nice step sequence with a lot of difficulty and use of his upper body plus well timed with the music but it starts to lose some of its spark in the middle
- Triple axel + double toe
- Very nice triple with a solid landing
- Pops open his loop into a single
- Falls on his triple lutz
- Pops open his double axel
- His position is a little high in his sit spin and the it's really slow through the camel position
- He could give so much more through the choreographic step sequence and it could be a real crowd pleaser
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