The event begins at 7:30am EST.
The warmup group is on the ice
Group 1
Chafik Besseghier, FRA: 58.58 TES + 55.38 PCS = 113.96 Total: 160.39
- Quad salchow was two footed
- High triple axel but was tilted in the air and had to step out of it
- Nice high triple lutz
- Great arm work in this step sequence with a lot of difficult, varied, quick steps and a lot of speed
- Flying camel spin with a nice broken variation into a stretched out catchfoot position
- Very high triple axel + double toe but not great landings on either jump
- Triple loop with a two foot landing
- Triple + double toe combination
- Triple salchow + double toe + double toe
- His choreographic step sequence seems a little frantic and he's not performing it at all
- Nice sit spin position pulling right up into the upright position and down into another sit spin
- Great speed in his spins with a nice stretched out sit position
Romain Ponsart, FRA: 54.94 TES + 56.48 PCS -1.00 = 110.42 Total: 160.45 and into 1st place
- Fall on the opening quad toe attempt
- Nice triple axel recovery
- Great one foot sequence through his footwork but not a lot of speed and I'd like to see him looking at the ice less
- Great upright catch foot spin position
- Popped his triple axel into a double and a two footed landing
- Triple loop a little forward on the landing but hangs on and tacks on the double toe
- Beautiful triple + double toe
- Nice low sit spin position but his leg needs to be more stretched
- Popped his salchow into a single
- Triple + double toe + double toe with no height
- Camel spin into a twisted sit spin
- He needs more power and speed through this choreographic step sequence to really sell it
Alexander Majorov, SWE: 65.78 TES + 62.70 PCS = 128.48 Total: 190.60 and into 1st place
- Triple axel + double toe was very nice
- Triple + double toe--he has a very interesting jump technique and gets very low and leans forward on his takeoff
- Triple axel with a turnout but he keeps his free leg up
- Nice sit spin positions with great speed
- I'd like to see him more free in his step sequence and really let his upper body move with the steps instead of fighting it
- Triple + double toe with a step out on the second jump
- Spiral right into a double axel
- Doubled the flip and two footed the landing
- Double salchow
- Double axel
- He really needs to work on that camel spin position as it's not an attractive position for him but a nice triangle position
- I'd like to see him go for this choreographic step sequence more and really stretch out all the movements
- He finishes way before his music and has about 5 seconds left after the pose
Nobunari Oda, JPN: 46.63 TES + 60.62 PCS -3.00 = 104.25 Total: 167.20 and into 2nd place
- Triple axel + double toe + single loop with nice height on the axel
- Triple flip + triple toe
- Double flip with a two footed landing
- Single loop
- Fall on his one footed section of his step sequence and he takes a really long time skating around to get back into it
- Good camel position and nice sit spin and triangle positions
- Spiral into a popped axel with a fall
- Another fall
- Double loop
- Great speed in his sit spin with really nice positions, especially the cross leg one with no hands holding his position
- Really tough skate for Oda
Kevin Reynolds, CAN: TES + PCS =
- Withdrew due to medical reasons
Group 2
Florent Amodio, FRA: 60.48 TES + 70.44 PCS -1.00 = 129.92 Total: 201.34 and into 1st place
- Triple salchow
- Fall on the quad salchow attempt
- Good camel spin positions and a good sit position but not a lot of speed
- He's just kind of marking these dance moves and not really selling them like normal--in the close ups of his face he really doesn't look like he's feeling well
- Double axel--he didn't get his leg tight enough in the air to complete the rotation
- Two footed his flip landing but added a double toe sequence
- Triple lutz + double toe
- Step out of the triple lutz
- Tons of movement in this choreographic step sequence and the crowd is loving it
- Nice speed in the sit spin but a lot of ice spray in the change of foot
- He looks exhausted at the end of the program but good fight from him
Adam Rippon, USA: 70.05 TES + 74.88 PCS = 144.93 Total: 217.89 and into 1st place
- Two footed his quad lutz attempt
- Triple axel + double toe--really fought for the landing of that axel
- Triple loop
- Nice broken leg sit position into a great twist variation
- Very nice lyrical step sequence and he really uses every part of his body to express the music but I would like to see him with a bit more power across the ice
- Triple axel and he hangs on!
- Really tight triple flip + double toe
- Double lutz + triple salchow sequence very close to the boards
- Rippon triple lutz with a big ice spray on the landing
- Great fast sit spin position into a very nice layback position
- Nice speed in his choreographic step sequence
- Triple toe
- Beautiful camel position into a nice donut position
Michal Brezina, CZE: 67.72 TES + 76.56 PCS = 144.28 Total: 218.60 and into 1st place
- Great triple axel with nice height and a solid landing
- Triple Flip + Triple toe with a turnout on the landing
- Double salchow--really forward on the takeoff and just couldn't rotate it
- Nice speed in the sit spin with good positions
- A lot of turns and changes of direction in this step sequence with nice use of his arms and upper body
- Nice triple axel + double toe
- Very nice triple flip
- Triple loop--again he starts very low on the takeoff
- Triple lutz a little tight on the landing
- Double axel with a two footed landing
- Nice camel spin into a sit spin but he loses a lot of speed through the change foot
- Great power through this choreographic step sequence but I would like to see a little more content
- Nice twisted sit position into a broken variation
Nan Song, CHN: 79.93 TES + 67.64 PCS = 147.57 Total: 224.10 and into 1st place
- Really high quad toe and he turns out of the landing but keeps his free leg up
- Quad toe + triple toe nicely done and landed exactly on the music
- Good triple axel
- Great speed in his spins with a nice low sit position and a stretched out leg
- Very nice movement through his step sequence and he is really selling it
- Triple axel + double toe
- Very solid triple flip
- Nice camel spin but his broken leg and catch foot variations need work
- Double lutz
- Triple salchow a little forward on the landing
- Very playful choreographic step sequence and it's nice to see him performing it as well
- Double axel + double toe
- He could be more stretched in the triangle spin but a nice twisted sit position
- Nan Song just showed that he is a force to be reckoned with this season
Patrick Chan, CAN: 72.30 TES + 85.14 PCS -1.00 = 156.44 Total: 240.60 and into 1st place
- Beautiful quad toe
- Nice fast rotation on the quad toe + triple toe
- Doubles his axel
- Trips and puts both hands down on his step seqeuence
- Great flying entry to his sit spin with good speed and nice positions
- Step out of his triple lutz
- Triple loop
- Triple flip
- Very fast sit spin with a nice twisted variation
- Double lutz and a step out
- Double axel
- Fantastic choreographic step sequence
- Really not his best day
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