Group 1
Tomas Verner, CZE:
Armin Mahbanoozadeh, USA: TES + PCS =
Samuel Contesti, ITA: TES + PCS =
Ross Miner, USA:
- Opens with a nice big triple axel with a solid landing
- Triple axel + double toe--he has such great deep knees going into his jumps
- Step out and hand down on his triple lutz
- Great speed in his combination spin with a great scratch spin
- This is a very gentle step sequence and won't get the crowd going for him but it flows very well with the music
- Triple salchow + double toe + double toe very solid
- Triple lutz + double toe combo
- Triple loop was a little scratchy going in and he has to really fight for the landing
- Nice low sit positions with good speed
- Double axel with an easy landing
- Triple flip
- I really love this choreographic step sequence and how free he is and there is a lot of passion and intention behind the steps
- Flying entry into the camel with a flying change to the sit position for his final spin
- Very solid program and a great free skate for Ross
Group 2
Tatsuki Machida, JPN: TES + PCS =
- Quad toe--landed very low and two footed
- Triple axel + triple toe--very nice landings and very solid
- Double loop--just popped open, not enough speed going into the jump and I'd like to see more choreography in between these jumps at the beginning of the program
- Nice one foot sequence with lots of turns but he could use more movement through his upper body
- Good sit spin position with decent speed
- Single axel--he had such great height in the air, it just looked like he didn't get his body pulled in for the rotation
- Triple lutz + double toe--good height and nice spring in the jumps
- Double flip--Low landing and has to muscle out the free leg
- This choreographic step sequence flows very nicely with the movement and has a lot of character but I'd like to see him perform it more
- This spin set needs more speed as its moving slower than the pace of the music
- Triple lutz--Very nice speed and height on the rotation
- Triple salchow--a little forward on the landing and it looked like he thought about adding a combination but decided against it
- Good speed and use of his arms in the final spin but finished after the music
Konstantin Menshov, RUS:
- Quad toe + double toe--so much speed on the rotation in the first jump but two footed and landed on the toe picks on the second jump
- Double lutz--really awkward position in the air, he can't get the rotation and he falls
- Quad toe--he almost lands sitting on the ice and just can't control the rotation
- Not sure how we got from race car driving to Clair de Lune
- Double axel--Very loose in the air on his rotation
- Not a lot of rotations in his sit spin which could affect his level
- Triple salchow--nicely landed
- A little slow on his camel spin and he needs more flexibility through the catch foot position and he's lost almost all the speed at the end of the sit spin
- I'd like to see more upper body movement, commitment to the choreography and clean edges in his step sequence
- Triple loop--well done
- Triple toe + double toe + double toe--very tight but he gets it done
- Double axel + single toe--just can't get off the ground in the second jump
- Interesting arm choice in the combination spin
- A lot of flailing in this choreographic step sequence but not a lot of variation and difficulty
Brandon Mroz, USA:
- Quad lutz--off in the air and he falls on his side
- Triple axel--forward on the landing and has to put a hand down
- Double axel--not really sure if it was supposed to be a triple because it looked like a nice clean double
- Triple flip--very nice landing
- On the slow side for his sit spin
- He has some nice difficulty through this step sequence and its put together well with the music but he doesn't really push through those edges to really get great ice coverage
- Single axel--just never got his body in for the rotation
- Not a lot of flexibility at all through the catchfoot position of his camel spin
- Triple lutz + single loop with a pause in between
- Single axel
- Single lutz--completely popped
- This music is picking up in intensity and his performance level and skating quality is not matching that feeling
- Good speed through this combination spin and decent positions
- I know it was a tough skate but he also gave up a lot of points by not really performing this program
Takahiko Kozuka, JPN:
- Already from the opening he looks much more comfortable with this program and is really committed to the program
- Quad toe--two footed and a little choppy on the landing
- Triple axel--Nice height and landing
- Triple lutz + double toe--a little off on the landing of the lutz but he hangs on for the combo
- Very nice camel spin position into a nice tight sit spin position
- Nice step sequence with a lot of movement, turns and changes of levels with beautiful arms to complement the movement
- Triple axel + double toe + double loop--forward on the axel with a big ice spray but he hangs on
- Nice low sit spin position into a nice twist variation
- Triple flip with a nice landing
- Double loop--looks like he caught his edge on the entry
- Triple salchow--nice recovery
- Triple lutz + double toe--I think if he had more speed going into these jumps he could add more triple + triples to his repertoire
- Gorgeous choreographic step sequence that nicely complements the music and really plays to his qualities as a skater
- Nice broken leg camel spin into a low sit spin with a change of foot into another nice camel and ending with a scratch spin
Daisuke Takahashi, JPN:
- He is just so smooth and there is not a single note of his music wasted
- Quad flip--huge but two footed and he had to put his hands down to control the landing
- Triple axel--right in front of the judges, great height and fast rotation with a solid landing
- Triple salchow--very easy with a nice transition out of the jumps
- Great camel spin position but he loses a big of his centering in the twist variation and a lot of his speed in the change of foot
- Great step sequence that doesn't look like an element but just like he's skimming across the ice
- Flying sit spin with a nice low position into a camel spin with some lost speed and a nice upright spin
- Triple axel + double toe very solid
- Triple flip + triple toe--a little stiff on the landing of the second jump and no ride out
- Triple loop nicely done
- Triple lutz + double toe--couldn't hold the landing of the second jump for long but it'll count
- Triple flip--choppy and a little wild on the landing
- And he really sells it to the camera on the choreographic step sequence and his edges are so smooth and clean
- Nice camel position into an upright twist
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