Saturday, November 5, 2011

Cup of China Men's Free Skate

The event begins at 6:15am EST.
The warmup group is on the ice.
Group 1
Richard Dornbush, USA: 76.78 TES + 65.56 PCS = 142.34 Total: 205.27
  • Hand down on the quad toe but he lands it
  • Nice triple lutz
  • Triple axel + triple toe with a step out on the toe
  • I really like this step sequence--it fits the music,k character of the program and is very difficult
  • Good camel positions into a nice low sit spin
  • Beautiful triple axel
  • Hydroblade to triple salchow to double axel
  • Great low sit spin position with broken leg variation
  • Triple lutz + double toe + double loop with both arms overhead and very tight on all the landings
  • Triple flip
  • Triple loop
  • Great speed in his final combination spin with a smooth flying change
  • If he can hit this program clean it will be a big point getter
Kevin Reynolds, CAN: 79.30 TES + 62.80 PCS -2.00 = 140.10 Total: 204.41 and into 2nd place
  • Beautiful quad salchow to open the program
  • Quad toe
  • Fall on his triple axel
  • Fall on the quad loop
  • Great passion behind this step sequence and he's walking a fine line between being too flaily and really going for it
  • Nice camel spin into sit spin but he loses speed by the end of his upright spin
  • Triple flip + triple toe + triple loop
  • Nice step up into double axel
  • Triple lutz + triple toe -- a little wonky on the landing of the toe
  • Triple salchow + double loop
  • Nice scratch spin at the end of his program
Jialing Wu, CHN: 63.49 TES + 54.94 PCS -1.00 = 117.43 Total: 182.49 and into 3rd place
  • Big triple axel + triple toe to open his program
  • Triple salchow
  • Fall on the triple axel
  • His feet got tangled up and he two footed that triple
  • These spins are very slow and he only does a small number of variations
  • Very slow on this footwork as well with not a lot of power and ice coverage
  • Triple flip + double toe
  • Nice triple loop
  • Better speed through this camel to sit to triangle spin
  • Double axel + double toe + double loop was wild and he turned out of the last jump
  • Really low landing on that triple and he has to put his free leg down
  • Nice sit positions and speed
Nan Song, CHN: 86.45 TES + 67.58 PCS = 154.03 Total: 226.75 and into 1st place
  • Nice quad toe + triple toe combo
  • Solo quad toe
  • Huge triple axel right in front of the judges
  • Good positions in his sit spin but lost his centering a few times
  • His step sequence is decent and he's in to it enough that the audience is clapping along
  • Triple axel + single toe
  • Triple salchow
  • Good camel position but his broken leg variation isn't great and he needs more flexibility through the catch foot
  • Great triple right on the music
  • Right into another triple
  • Very fun choreographic step sequence
  • Double axel + double toe
  • Fast triangle spin position with a flying change into a scratch spin
Group 2
Nobunari Oda, JPN: 74.30 TES + 76.16 PCS -1.00 = 149.46 Total: 227.11 and into 1st place
  • Triple axel + double toe + double loop combo was a little tight at the end
  • Opened up his triple lutz early but tacks on the triple toe
  • Triple loop right into one footed footwork on the landing
  • Fall on his next triple flip and it takes him a second to get back into his program
  • Good camel position but he has to drop his leg to get into the catchfoot position
  • Big triple axel
  • Good triple salchow
  • Triple lutz + double toe
  • Double axel with a bit of a struggle on the landing
  • He looks tired here a t the end
  • Good low sit positions with good speed
  • A lot of energy and flow across the ice in his choreography at the end into the ending pose
Jeremy Abbott, USA: 69.67 TES + 80.50 PCS -1.00 = 149.17 Total: 228.49 and into 3rd place
  • Fall on the quad toe attempt
  • Nice high triple axel--almost put a hand down on the landing but hung on
  • Great sit spin positions with good speed
  • Triple flip with an easy transition out of it
  • His step sequences are always so brilliantly choreographed and performed
  • Singled his axel
  • Triple lutz + double toe + double loop
  • Triple salchow
  • Triple loop + double toe
  • Nice speed in the upright spin
  • Double axel
  • Nice camel spin into a fast sit spin and  nice extension in the upright spin
  • I believe he finished well after his music
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN : 72.80 TES + 74.36 PCS -2.00 = 145.16 Total: 226.54 and into 4th place
  • Huge quad toe
  • Big triple axel
  • Another solid triple flip
  • Great sit position with both his arms free and good speed
  • Possibly a hand touch down on that triple lutz
  • Triple axel + triple toe but he just can't hold on to the landing and falls
  • Another triple lutz and another fall
  • Nice Ina Bauer
  • Good triple loop
  • Very nice low sit spin position into the triangle
  • I love his passion in this choreographic step sequence
  • Double salchow
  • Nice camel position into a sit spin and finishing with a Biellman
Artur Gachinski, RUS: 69.04 TES + 72.86 PCS -1.00 = 140.90 Total: 222.54 and into 5th place
  • Fall on his opening quad toe attempt
  • Spread eagle into triple axel--wild in the air and has to step out of it
  • Triple axel + double toe
  • Nice broken leg variation in his camel spin but he needs more stretch through the catchfoot position
  • Good low sit position with a nice change of foot into a twist variation
  • Not a lot of upper body in this step sequence, very slow and a move that looks like he lost his balance; he's giving away a lot of points here by not going for the high levels
  • Pops open his salchow into a single
  • Triple loop was tilted in the air but he lands it
  • Double Flip
  • Triple lutz + double toe + double loop really tight
  • Double axel sequence very tight on the landings
  • Nice camel position right into a Y spin with a change foot into a sit spin
Pl.  NameNationTSS
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TES
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 PCS
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SSTRPECHINDed.
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StN.
1Nan SONGCHN154.0386.45 67.586.796.257.116.716.930.00#4
2Nobunari ODAJPN149.4674.30 76.167.867.437.577.687.541.00#5
3Jeremy ABBOTTUSA149.1769.67 80.508.007.827.938.188.321.00#6
4Yuzuru HANYUJPN145.1672.80 74.367.617.297.257.467.572.00#7
5Richard DORNBUSHUSA142.3476.78 65.566.616.396.466.616.710.00#1
6Artur GACHINSKIRUS140.9069.04 72.867.297.077.217.507.361.00#8
7Kevin REYNOLDSCAN140.1079.30 62.806.436.076.296.366.252.00#2
8Jialiang WUCHN117.4363.49 54.945.865.215.545.575.291.00#3
Pl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1Jeremy ABBOTT
USA
228.4933
2Nobunari ODA
JPN
227.1142
3Nan SONG
CHN
226.7551
4Yuzuru HANYU
JPN
226.5324
5Artur GACHINSKI
RUS
222.5416
6Richard DORNBUSH
USA
205.2785
7Kevin REYNOLDS
CAN
204.4177
8Jialiang WU
CHN
182.4968

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