Saturday, March 31, 2012

World Championships: Ladies Free Skate

Alisa Mikonsaari, FIN: 33.59 TES + 33.65 PCS -1.00 = 66.24 Total: 110.40 and into 1st place
  • Fall on the opening triple salchow
  • Double lutz
  • Triple toe
  • Nice double axel
  • Good speed through the camel spin and nice donut position into a decent catchfoot extension
  • Triple salchow + double toe
  • Single toe turn out double toe
  • Spiral into a single axel
  • Awkward getting into the haircutter but lovely once she's in it and very slow on the Biellman
  • A little slow on the footwork and she seems to be very stiff and cautious
  • She needs more stretch through all the positions in this combination spin and really starts to lose speed by the end
Polina Korobeynikova, RUS: 42.53 TES + 40.74 PCS = 83.27 Total: 129.98 and into 1st place
  • Not sure why but she's wearing nude gloves on her hands 
  • Hits her opening triple flip but it was a planned triple + triple combo
  • Triple lutz + double toe
  • Under rotates and doubles her flip
  • Could use more stretch through her free leg in the sit spin but good speed
  • Nice double axel + double toe
  • Single loop with a two footed landing
  • Triple salchow + double toe with a turn out on hte landing
  • Solid double axel
  • She seems a little stiff today and you can see the nerves--I wonder if the pressure of coming in as the top Russian ladies finisher at Euros got to her
  • Lovely layback and haircutter positions in her spin but she loses speed in the Biellman
  • Nice edges through her step sequence and good flow across the ice
  • A little slow through her final combination spin
Romy Buhler, SUI: 35.12 TES + 38.07 PCS -1.00 = 72.19 Total: 116.21 and into 2nd place
  • Big opening triple lutz and she hangs on to the landing
  • Hands down and fall out on the triple salchow
  • Double toe + single toe + single loop
  • Nice double axel
  • Interesting take on the catch foot camel extension into a catchfoot front upright spin
  • Double toe and she is almost completely stopped on the landing
  • Nice arabesque spiral
  • Single salchow + double toe
  • Double axel + double toe
  • Needs a straighter leg on that sit spin
  • She has lots of lovely elements but needs to really stretch through her legs and finish everything off
  • Very nice way to get into the Biellman but she loses speed and centering
Natalia Popova, UKR: 48.54 TES + 41.22 PCS = 89.76 Total: 136.36 and into 1st place
  • Triple flip + double toe
  • Hung on to the landing of the triple loop
  • Triple toe with a turn out on the landing
  • Nice speed through the sit spin
  • Triple toe + double toe--she gets nice height on her jumps but not a lot of ice coverage
  • Triple salchow + double toe
  • Triple salchow
  • Double axel
  • Decent camel spin but she struggles a bit to grab the foot for the catchfoot position but a nice stretched out upright catchfoot spin at the end
  • I'd like to see more stretch through her free leg in the footwork 
  • Pretty layback spin into a nice haircutter
Sarah Hecken, GER: 44.57 TES + 39.24 PCS -1.00 = 82.81 Total: 129.20 and into 3rd place
  • Ekes out the landing on that triple flip
  • Triple salchow step out
  • Triple toe turn out double toe
  • Nice speed and position in the donut spin but needs more flexibility through the back for the catchfoot
  • Decent layback and haircutter
  • Fall on a triple toe
  • Triple salchow + double toe + double toe
  • Double axel + double toe
  • Double axel
  • Seems to be a bit choppy through this step sequence and skimming over the tops of the edges
  • Needs more stretch through her sit position and finishes the spin after the music
Kerstin Frank, AUT: 42.19 TES + 38.18 PCS = 80.37 Total: 126.17 and into 4th place
  • Hmm she has the nude gloves on too...
  • Down on one side on the triple lutz landing and had to put a hand down
  • Nice triple toe + double toe
  • Double salchow + double toe
  • Decent position in her camel spin into a nice sit spin and decent flexibility through the catchfoot upright spin
  • Triple salchow + double toe was nice
  • Singled her toe jump and two footed the landing
  • Good double axel
  • Double axel step out and hand down--with no combination she won't get full credit for the jump
  • Not a very attractive position on the bent leg camel spin--leg was way out in front of her instead of behind in an arabesque position
  • She seems very bobbly in places in this step sequence and her upper body is very stiff
  • Does about two rotations in her final spin after the music ends before hitting her final pose

Sonia Lafuente, ESP: 50.04 TES + 42.84 PCS = 92.88 Total: 140.24 and into 1st place
  • She seems to be starting so slow with the intensity of this music
  • Nice opening triple flip
  • Good triple loop
  • Triple toe + double toe
  • A lot of traveling on her combination spin and not a lot of speed
  • Triple loop + double toe
  • She seems very hesitant and looks down at the ice and not up at the audience when she skates 
  • Double axel + double toe
  • Triple toe
  • Nice position in her spiral 
  • Good double axel
  • Lots of turns and changes of edge in her footwork
  • Nice extension through the upright catchfoot spin at the end of the program
Juulia Turkkila, FIN: 46.59 TES + 41.22 PCS = 87.81 Total: 135.56 and into 3rd place
  • Triple toe + double toe
  • Nice height on the triple salchow + double toe
  • Triple loop with one arm variation
  • Double axel + double toe + double loop and she two foots the last jump with no speed left
  • Triple salchow with a step out
  • Some of her choreography doesn't seem to go quite with the music
  • Triple toe
  • Nice double axel with good transition out of the jump
  • Good speed on her sit spin into a nice upright spin 
  • One foot section to open the step sequence
Elena Glebova, EST: 50.94 TES + 44.30 PCS = 95.24 Total: 144.28 and into 1st place
  • Triple lutz
  • Triple loop but not a lot of flow out of the jump
  • Double axel + triple toe with good spring in the second jump
  • Triple salchow + double toe + double toe
  • Nice layback into haircutter
  • Skimming over the top of the edges a bit on this step sequence
  • Double salchow + double toe very close to the boards
  • Nice double axel
  • Forward on the landing of the triple toe and has to put a hand down
  • Nice low sit spin with good speed right into the final combination speed maintaining good speed throughout
Amelie Lacoste, CAN: 44.89 TES + 46.34 PCS -2.00 = 89.23 Total: 138.60 and into 3rd place
  • Nice triple loop to open the program
  • Double flip + double loop
  • Triple salchow hand down and then a fall
  • Beautiful camel position into a (not so pretty) illusion but the rest of the combination spin is nice with good speed
  • Double flip
  • Triple loop + double loop
  • Nice low position in the sit spin with a good twist variation
  • She has so many great qualities as a skater and is a joy to watch but she lacks the technical content to really be competitive with only two different triples in her free skate
  • Fall on the double axel
  • Triple salchow + single toe
  • Nice layback spin into a good haircutter
Alissa Czisny, USA: 33.13 TES + 47.67 PCS -5.00 = 75.80 Total: 124.11 and into 9th place
  • I am not a fan of this costume with the sheer white skirt over the darker white briefs as it breaks the line of the costume and is distracting
  • Fall on the opening triple lutz
  • Fall on the triple loop
  • Hangs on to that triple flip
  • Nice spiral positions 
  • Great speed in her camel spin into a pretty donut position and stretching out to the catchfoot
  • Two foots the landing and hand down on the triple toe
  • Fall on the triple lutz
  • Hand down and fall on the triple loop
  • Really off in the air on the double axel and she falls
  • Nice speed and extension through her upright spin
  • Something is clearly going on because this is so unlike even Old Alissa to miss so many jumps
  • Gorgeous layback into a beautiful Biellman
Yretha Silete, FRA: 55.85 TES + 44.91 PCS -1.00 = 99.76 Total: 148.18 and into 1st place
  • Big opening double axel + double toe + double toe
  • Cat like legs to land that triple lutz
  • Fall on the triple flip
  • Nice triple loop
  • Good layback into haircutter but losing a lot of speed through the Biellman
  • Triple salchow + double toe--she has so much spring on those combination jumps and almost gets more height on the 2nd jump than the first
  • Triple toe + double toe
  • Double axel
  • She needs to really stretch through her free leg on that last spin
  • Hard to tell if she finished after her music--spun three or four times after a crash that may have been the ending but then there was a low whistling sound

Valentina Marchei, ITA: 48.87 TES + 49.09 PCS = 97.96 Total: 150.10 and into 1st place
  • Nice triple lutz + double toe
  • Hands down on the triple flip but she magically stays on her feet
  • Really sideways in the air on the triple salchow but manages to land it with a hand down
  • Good speed through her combo spin with nice positions and a good transition out of it
  • Nice layback into a haircutter
  • Pretty spiral position with nice stretch
  • Triple lutz a little scratchy on the landing
  • Triple toe forward on the toe pick on the landing but she hangs on
  • Double axel turn out double toe
  • Triple salchow turnout double toe
  • Nice energy through her footwork sequence
  • A little slowon the final combination spin
Kexin Zhang, CHN: 58.07 TES + 45.50 PCS -1.00 = 102.57 Total: 157.57 and into 1st place
  • Big easy opening triple toe + triple toe combination
  • Fall on the triple lutz, slowly slides into the boards and takes a bit to get back up
  • Triple flip + double toe
  • Good speed through the donut position in the camel spin with an inventive hold 
  • Pretty stretched out scorpion spiral
  • Triple toe
  • Scratchy on the triple loop but landed
  • Really nice layback spin with good speed on the Biellman
  • Triple salchow + double toe + double loop
  • Nice double axel
  • Good long strokes in this one foot sequence that take her half way across the ice and lots of upper body movement in the 2nd half
  • Nice position in her camel spin with great flexibility in the upright catchfoot
Jenna McCorkell, GBR: 46.91 TES + 46.51 PCS = 93.42 Total: 143.84 and into 5th place
  • Nice opening triple lutz
  • Good triple flip
  • Triple toe + double toe
  • Decent layback position but she needs more lift through her arms
  • Single salchow
  • Single loop
  • Double axel + double toe
  • Triple toe + double axel sequence
  • Seems very slow on this step sequence and she's not getting much ice coverage
Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO: 41.51 TES + 51.20 PCS -2.00 = 90.71 Total: 149.20 and into 3rd place
  • Off in the air on the triple lutz and falls
  • Single lutz and two footed
  • Nice height on the double axel + double toe but stumbles over her free leg a bit on the landing of the second jump
  • Good triple salchow
  • Triple loop very forward in the air and a fall
  • Triple toe + double toe with a step out
  • Triple toe
  • Great speed and position on camel spin, nice stretch through the sit position after the change of foot
  • A little bouncy through the one foot section of the step sequence instead of really pushing through her edges to get across the ice
  • Great speed in the camel spin into a nice layback and haircutter
  • She's got a lot of shoulder tape on so she must be battling an injury
Viktoria Helgesson, SWE: 46.19 TES + 50.16 PCS -2.00 = 94.35 Total: 148.54 and into 4th place
  • Triple flip
  • Double lutz
  • Nice triple loop
  • Nice passion through the step sequence with good edges although she seems to get stuck toward the middle
  • Good camel position with nice speed into a good catchfoot
  • Triple toe + double toe
  • Nice spiral and nice set up into it coming out of choreography
  • Two foots the double axel and am not sure she got the full rotation
  • Good speed through the combination spin but she could use more stretch through the upright catchfoot
  • Triple loop and a fall and without a combo on that one she won't receive full credit for the jump
  • Good triple salchow stepping right into her final sit spin and ending a few beats after the music
Ashley Wagner, USA: 62.91 TES + 57.44 PCS = 120.35 Total: 176.77 and into 1st place
  • Nice triple flip + double toe + double loop
  • Double axel + triple toe was too footed
  • Nice triple lutz
  • I love her attention to detail in this program down to her fingertips and the angle of her chin
  • Nice speed through the sit spin
  • Gorgeous spiral positions
  • Nice layback spin into a good haircutter and Biellman picking up a bit of speed
  • Spread eagle into triple loop right on the music
  • Nice triple salchow with great flow out of the jump
  • Triple loop + double toe looked two footed on the first jump
  • Good triple flip
  • Nice edges in the step sequence and a cheer from the crowd for her ballet walks in the middle
  • Good position on the twisted camel and good speed through the position changes ending with a scratch spin

Alena Leonova, RUS: 60.57 TES + 59.10 PCS = 119.67 Total: 184.28 and into 1st place
  • Triple toe + triple toe might have been a bit two footed on the second jump
  • Triple loop has to fight to hang on to the landing a bit
  • Triple flip with a step out
  • Nice positions and speed in the camel spin
  • Triple flip + double toe so close to the boards that she can't get her free leg all the way out on the second jump
  • Double salchow + double toe
  • She seems to be wobbling a bit on transition moves so I wonder if her free just aren't completely under her
  • Double axel was good
  • Really slow in the sit spin and flexed foot on the bent leg position
  • She seems to be running out of gas at the end of this step sequence and is moving slower and seems to be forcing herself to do the movements
  • Ugly illusion spin into a sit and then a haircutter losing speed by the end
Mao Asada, JPN: 45.01 TES + 60.02 PCS = 105.03 Total: 164.52 and into 3rd place
  • This dress is just stunning and the perfect color on her
  • Single axel (popped an intended triple)
  • Triple flip + double loop
  • Nice triple lutz with great flow out of it
  • Good speed through the camel spin into a broken leg sit spin and picking up speed through the upright catchfoot
  • Double axel + double toe (looked like she opened up on an intended triple)
  • Double flip
  • Triple salchow
  • Nice straight leg in the sit spin 
  • This program suits her so nicely and she looks really relaxed when she's skating it
  • Not a lot of power in her step sequence but nice choreography
  • Single loop
  • Flying entry to the sit spin pulling into a donut and a nice catchfoot extension and ending with her trademark spiral
  • Those mistakes are going to be too costly for her to hang on for a medal
Kanako Murakami, JPN: 55.53 TES + 57.21 PCS = 112.74 Total: 175.1 and into 3rd place
  • Really high kick into her opening triple lutz
  • Triple loop--interesting bounce before the takeoff
  • Two foots the landing of the triple flip and has no flow out of the jump
  • Nice layback but she loses lots of speed in the Biellman
  • Good broken leg sit spin
  • Triple toe + triple toe might have been a bit tight on the landing
  • Triple flip + single axel sequence
  • Single axel--she's hitting most of her jumps today but her jump technique is really flawed and leads to her inconsistency 
  • Not a lot of power through this step sequence and she's not getting much ice coverage
  • Triple salchow + double loop + double loop
  • Nice upright catchfoot spin with good speed into a tucked sit spin
  • Those mistakes will cost her and she'll likely drop off the podium as well
Carolina Kostner, ITA: 63.22 TES + 65.72 PCS = 128.94 Total: 189.94 and into 1st place
  • Nice opening triple loop with nice extension of the free leg on the landing
  • Nice triple flip
  • Nice double axel + triple toe with great ice coverage
  • Double flip + double toe
  • Nice double axel
  • Good triple salchow and she is making these jumps look easy
  • Triple salchow + double toe + double toe very light and easy and right on the music
  • Nice step sequence with good edges although it looks like she was struggling to stay on her feet for a minute there in the middle
  • Nice speed and position in the camel spin into a nice stretched out sit spin with a flying change of foot to a layback spin
  • Losing a big of her centering in the final combination spin but that should be enough to put her into first.
Akiko Suzuki, JPN: 62.06 TES + 59.24 PCS = 121.30 Total: 180.68 and into 3rd place
  • Huge opening triple lutz
  • Nice double axel + triple toe
  • Triple flip
  • Nice combination spin with good speed and positions
  • Nice broken leg camel spin from a flying entry but she could use more extension through the catchfoot
  • Nice backwards arabesque spiral
  • Triple lutz + double toe + double loop 
  • Triple salchow had to fight for the landing a bit
  • Singles her lutz and tacks on a double toe 
  • Triple loop with a bit of a two footed landing
  • Her step sequence is so light and airy and always full of energy
  • A little off on centering in her final spin
Ksenia Makarova, RUS: 39.78 TES + 53.19 PCS -2.00 = 90.97 Total: 149.48 and into 9th place
  • Botched her first jump and fell on the 2nd.  She needed 20 points above her season's best to medal so she's out of it now.
  • Triple loop nice
  • Pretty layback spin into a nice Biellman
  • Triple loop + double toe
  • Fall on the triple salchow
  • Could use more stretch through her free leg in the sit spin
  • The music editing for this program is so odd with no real rhyme or reason to what comes when and weird overlaps 
  • A little slow on this step sequence and no real performance quality
  • Nice final combination spin with good positions

Pl.  NameNationTSS
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TES
+
 PCS
+
SSTRPECHINDed.
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StN.
1Carolina KOSTNERITA128.9463.22 65.728.397.968.258.118.360.00#22
2Akiko SUZUKIJPN121.3062.06 59.247.647.077.467.327.540.00#23
3Ashley WAGNERUSA120.3562.91 57.447.256.757.367.257.290.00#18
4Alena LEONOVARUS119.6760.57 59.107.436.967.437.437.680.00#19
5Kanako MURAKAMIJPN112.7455.53 57.217.396.967.187.117.110.00#21
6Mao ASADAJPN105.0345.01 60.027.647.297.617.367.610.00#20
7Kexin ZHANGCHN102.5758.07 45.506.005.435.715.685.611.00#14
8Yretha SILETEFRA99.7655.85 44.915.685.255.685.645.821.00#12
9Valentina MARCHEIITA97.9648.87 49.096.215.756.326.046.360.00#13
10Elena GLEBOVAEST95.2450.94 44.305.685.365.615.465.570.00#9
11Viktoria HELGESSONSWE94.3546.19 50.166.395.966.296.256.462.00#17
12Jenna MCCORKELLGBR93.4246.91 46.515.965.466.045.576.040.00#15
13Sonia LAFUENTEESP92.8850.04 42.845.545.075.465.325.390.00#7
14Ksenia MAKAROVARUS90.9739.78 53.196.796.396.576.756.752.00#24
15Elene GEDEVANISHVILIGEO90.7141.51 51.206.616.146.396.436.432.00#16
16Natalia POPOVAUKR89.7648.54 41.225.294.865.365.075.180.00#4
17Amelie LACOSTECAN89.2344.89 46.345.965.465.755.796.002.00#10
18Juulia TURKKILAFIN87.8146.59 41.225.364.965.295.045.110.00#8
19Polina KOROBEYNIKOVARUS83.2742.53 40.745.294.755.075.075.290.00#2
20Sarah HECKENGER82.8144.57 39.245.184.574.894.895.001.00#5
21Kerstin FRANKAUT80.3742.19 38.185.074.504.864.614.820.00#6
22Alissa CZISNYUSA75.8033.13 47.676.145.935.506.116.115.00#11
23Romy BÜHLERSUI72.1935.12 38.074.934.544.714.754.861.00#3
24Alisa MIKONSAARIFIN66.2433.59 33.654.503.864.324.214.141.00#1

Pl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1Carolina KOSTNER
ITA
189.9431
2Alena LEONOVA
RUS
184.2814
3Akiko SUZUKI
JPN
180.6852
4Ashley WAGNER
USA
176.7783
5Kanako MURAKAMI
JPN
175.4125
6Mao ASADA
JPN
164.5246
7Kexin ZHANG
CHN
157.5797
8Valentina MARCHEI
ITA
150.10119
9Ksenia MAKAROVA
RUS
149.48614
10Elene GEDEVANISHVILI
GEO
149.20715
11Viktoria HELGESSON
SWE
148.541011
12Yretha SILETE
FRA
148.18158
13Elena GLEBOVA
EST
144.281410
14Jenna MCCORKELL
GBR
143.841212
15Sonia LAFUENTE
ESP
140.241813
16Amelie LACOSTE
CAN
138.601317
17Natalia POPOVA
UKR
136.362016
18Juulia TURKKILA
FIN
135.561718
19Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA
RUS
129.981919
20Sarah HECKEN
GER
129.202120
21Kerstin FRANK
AUT
126.172221
22Alissa CZISNY
USA
124.111622
23Romy BÜHLER
SUI
116.212423
24Alisa MIKONSAARI
FIN
110.402324

World Championships: Men's Free Skate

Misha Ge, UZB: 57.62 TES + 64.50 PCS -1.00 = 121.12 Total: 186.41 and into 1st place
Kim Lucine, MON: 62.24 TES + 59.20 PCS = 121.44 Total: 181.37 and into 2nd place
  • Good opening triple flip + double toe
  • Solid triple loop
  • Nice triple lutz stepping right into a good sit spin with nice speed and a good twist variation
  • He seems a bit slow through this step sequence but there's a lot of character in this program and he is really performing
  • Good triple salchow
  • Decent broken leg camel with a nice change of foot picking up speed into a catchfoot camel
  • Nice triple lutz + double toe
  • Good triple + double toe
  • Double axel looked a little wild but he landed it
  • Nice change of positions in the combination spin with good speed and centering
  • Great hydroblade but a bit awkward getting out of it and stepping right into the double axel at the very end of the program.
Viktor Pfeifer, AUT: 61.57 TES + 60.36 PCS = 121.93 Total: 182.54 and into 2nd place
  • Beautiful triple Tano lutz
  • Nice triple loop--he really takes the time to hold the landing and ride out the jump with good arm and leg positions
  • Double flip
  • Triple flip + double toe
  • Double axel--he has been solid on his jumps with some very nice in between moments which should give him good choreography and transition PCS
  • Good triple toe + triple toe in the bonus
  • Triple toe + double toe + double toe
  • Nice double axel 
  • Good speed through his camel spin with great extension and flexibility through the catchfoot
  • Nice tucked in sit position with good speed
  • Lots of movement in his step sequence and well timed with the music but not a lot of difficult in the steps and edge changes
  • Good speed and flow between the positions in the combination spin but he ended just after his music
Peter Liebers, GER: 66.14 TES + 59.78 PCS = 125.92 Total: 184.13 and into 2nd place
  • Nice opening triple flip
  • Good triple axel + double toe
  • He was cat like on that triple lutz landing it even though it was off in the air
  • Nice use of the music in this step sequence with lots of turns and changes of edges although he seems to be riding the top of the edge a lot of the time
  • Small bobble on a transition move but it probably won't cost him anything
  • A little low on the landing of the triple axel but he hangs on
  • Good speed through the sit spin
  • Triple salchow + triple toe with a fall out and hands on the ice
  • Triple loop
  • Double axel
  • He seems to have all the goods, but he needs to work on polishing and finishing off every element
  • A nice change of tempo and energy in the choreographic step sequence
  • Losing his centering on the change of foot in his final combination spin
Christopher Caluza, PHI: 60.73 TES + 61.50 PCS = 122.23 Total: 184.10 and into 3rd place
  • Solid triple loop
  • Good triple lutz + triple toe
  • Nice triple flip with an arm variation on the landing
  • Really nice one foot section in his step sequence that takes him half way across the ice; lots of movement, use of his arms and upper body
  • Double axel
  • Good twisted sit spin into a broken leg in front position
  • Flying camel spin with a decent catchfoot
  • Spread eagle into a triple loop + double toe (one arm variation) + double toe (two arm variation)
  • Triple lutz + double toe with one arm variation
  • Nice attack in the choreographic step sequence and he is really flying across the ice
  • Final double axel and he puts his hand down on the landing
  • Closing combination spin ending with an upright catchfoot
Javier Raya, ESP: 53.23 TES + 58.02 PCS -1.00 = 110.26 Total: 167.48 and into 6th place
  • Gorgeous spread eagle into a double axel
  • Triple flip + double toe--no height at all on the second jump; impressed he pulled it off!
  • Stumble out of the triple lutz
  • He has a very light and airy quality to his skating which suits this program well
  • Nice stretched out position in the sit spin with good speed
  • Fall on the 2nd triple lutz attempt
  • Triple toe + double toe with one arm variation on the landing
  • Nice position in his camel spin but the leg gets in front of him on the twisted variation
  • Great character through the step sequence with nice changes of edges
  • Nice double axel + double toe + double toe
  • A step out on the triple toe
  • Nice triple salchow
  • Nice quality to the choreographic step sequnce with nice lines and connection with the music
  • Nice stretch through the positions in his closing combination spin but he seems to finish just after the music

Takahiko Kozuka, JPN: 73.55 TES + 73.30 PCS = 146.85 Total: 218.63 and into 1st place
  • Popped open his quad attempt
  • Quad toe + double toe very tight on the landing and he is forward on the toe pick
  • Hand down and turn out of the triple axel
  • Seems a tad slow through the combination spin but maintains the speed throughout and nice positions
  • Nice edge quality through the step sequence
  • Good triple axel + double toe + double loop
  • Nice twisted position in the sit spin
  • Double flip
  • Triple loop
  • Triple salchow
  • Triple flip + triple toe
  • Great lyrical quality to the choreographic step sequence with great use of his arms and hands to extend through the movement 
  • Good twisted position in the camel and nice speed through the change of foot and ending with a scratch spin
  • He needed a clean skate to keep himself in contention and he made too many mistakes.  Now he'll have to wait and see if he can climb a spot into the top 12 and guarantee two places for himself on the Grand Prix
Kevin van der Perren, BEL: 79.86 TES + 67.80 PCS = 147.66 Total: 214.04 and into 2nd place
  • Nice opening quad toe
  • Good triple axel
  • Nice triple lutz
  • Good speed in the sit spin with a nice twisted position and ending with a tucked position and arms overhead
  • One foot section that takes him more than halfway across the ice to open his footwork
  • Nice triple flip
  • Great triple salchow + triple toe + triple toe
  • Triple flip + double axel sequence
  • Triple loop + double toe
  • Double axel--he is absolutely drilling these jumps today and all of them have so much height and easy landings
  • Not a lot of speed on this combination spin 
  • Decent position in the camel spin but slowing down toward the end into the change of foot
Tomas Verner, CZE: 65.94 TES + 74.34 PCS = 140.28 Total: 210.66 and into 3rd place
  • Opens with a triple toe
  • Nice triple lutz with good flow out of it
  • Good triple axel
  • Good speed through his first spin
  • Step out of his triple axel and can't tack on the combo
  • Nice triple loop but not a lot of height on the free leg on the landing
  • Triple lutz + double toe
  • Triple flip
  • Triple salchow a little forward on the landing but no hand down
  • Nice edge work and performance quality in the step sequence
  • Decent camel position with a flying change of foot into a tucked sit spin
Nan Song, CHN: 80.53 TES + 67.22 PCS -1.00 = 146.75 Total: 216.33 and into 2nd place
  • Huge quad toe + triple toe and he made those landings look easy
  • Falls on the quad attempt at the other end of the rink
  • Nice triple axel right on the music
  • Good stretched out position in the sit spin
  • Nice quality of  movement in the step sequence with good deep edges
  • Good triple axel + double toe
  • Nice triple right into a camel spin but he loses his centering on the change of position
  • Doubled the flip
  • Triple salchow a little low on the landing but he squeaks out the free leg
  • Nice double axel + double toe + double toe
  • Good positions in hte final combination spin with a flying change of foot and ending just after his music
Sergei Voronov, RUS: 77.09 TES + 66.14 PCS = 143.23 Total: 210.04 and into 5th place
  • Solid opening quad toe
  • Triple axel a bit shaky on the landing but he hangs on
  • Triple axel (turn with foot up) + double loop
  • The free leg could be higher in the camel position but good speed and a nice catchfoot
  • The step sequence seems very slow and he's riding the tops of the edges a lot
  • Triple lutz forward on the toe pick on the landing but hangs on
  • Double axel + triple toe + double toe
  • Triple loop + double toe
  • Triple loop
  • Triple salchow--not a lot of in betweens between these jumps and I'd like to see more choreography and transitions from him
  • A lot of head bobbing through the choreographic step sequence but no real attempt to use his head and upper body in connection with the movement
  • Ends with a decent combination spin
Artur Gachinski, RUS: 64.48 TES + 74.08 PCS -2.00 = 136.56 Total: 205.06 and into 6th place
  • Fall on his opening quad toe attempt
  • Fall on his second quad toe attempt and no combination so he won't receive full credit for the jump
  • Triple axel + double toe +double loop
  • Triple axel
  • He could use more stretch through the catchfoot position in the camel spin but good speed
  • Nice one foot sequence with turns and changes of edge but he could have deeper edges in certain places during this footwork
  • Double lutz
  • Triple salchow
  • Triple loop right on the music
  • Double axel + double axel sequence--again he loads up all his jumps together with not a lot of in betweens and steps going into the jumps which would give him extra GOE and PCS points
  • Nice position in the camel spin but it looks like he can't decide what to do with his bottom arm and it just hangs there for a good portion of the spin

Adam Rippon, USA: 70.24 TES + 73.84 PCS -1.00 = 143.08 Total: 216.63 and into 2nd place
  • Two foots the landing of the quad salchow and falls
  • Two foots the triple axel landing, turns out of it but tacks on the double toe
  • Nice triple loop
  • Beautiful step sequence and each element flows so easily into the next with great extension through his arms and hands to finish off the movement
  • Triple axel and he manages to save it by lunging and putting his free leg down
  • Nice triple flip + triple toe
  • Two foots the first jump in that triple + triple combo
  • Rippon lutz right on the music 
  • He lands so close to the boards that his combination spin is almost on top of them but he maintains good speed and position
  • Great double axel right on the music
  • Nice twisted camel position into a good donut
  • It wasn't pretty in places but he fought for every jump landing
Kevin Reynolds, CAN: 73.45 TES + 70.80 PCS = 144.25 Total: 217.20 and into 2nd place
  • Nice opening quad salchow
  • Double toe
  • A bit of a two foot on the triple axel landing
  • Triple loop
  • Nice movement through his step sequence with good edges and nice changes of position
  • Flying entry to the sit spin and into a camel ending with a scratch foot although he seems to be just ahead of his music
  • Quad toe + double toe
  • Double axel + triple toe
  • Triple lutz
  • Triple salchow + triple toe + double loop
  • I'd like to see a straighter leg in the illusion spin but ends with a nice headless scratch spin
Denis Ten, KAZ: 78.78 TES + 74.92 PCS  = 153.70 Total: 229.70 and into 1st place
  • Quad toe was very nice
  • Lots of height on the triple axel but has to step out and put his hand down
  • Triple axel + double toe very nice
  • Another clean triple and he has such a gorgeous landing position with let at 90 degrees and a nice straight back
  • Nice twisted position in the camel and a nice flying change of foot and pulling right into the donut position
  • Triple lutz + triple salchow sequence
  • Triple loop + double toe
  • Double flip
  • Great twisted sit variation but losing speed through the tuck position
  • Nice double axel
  • Nice speed and positions through his final combination spin but ended just after his music
  • When he lands his jumps he is really something.  Great technique and great feel for the music.
Jeremy Abbott, USA: 69.78 TES + 81.56 PCS = 151.34 Total: 226.19 and into 2nd place
  • This is one of my favorite programs of the season and if he can stay in the moment he can deliver a great performance
  • Nice quad toe and he fights to stick that landing
  • Big triple axel + double toe (a little forward on the landing of the axel)
  • Good speed through his sit spin with a nice transition out
  • Triple flip with a nice spread eagle right out of it
  • Nice deep edges in the step sequence, lots of level changes, full body movement and right with the music
  • Step out of the triple axel and hands down
  • Triple lutz + triple toe right on top of the boards but he hangs on
  • Single loop
  • Triple flip forward on the landing but he stays upright
  • Nice twisted upright position into a scratch spin
  • Nice quality to the choreographic step sequence 
  • Triple salchow and he just barely manages to get his free leg out
  • Good speed in hte camel spin into a sit and finally an upright catch foot
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN: 91.99 TES + 83.00 PCS -1.00 = 173.99 Total: 251.06 and into 1st place
  • Solid opening quad toe
  • Nice triple axel right on the music
  • Triple lutz stepping right up into his sit spin with nice positions and good speed and I especially love the use of his arms in the tucked sit position
  • Triple flip + double toe with two arms overhead
  • Good deep edges in this footwork with lots of position changes and a nice traveling sit spin; oh no he pulled a Patrick Chan and got so into his steps that he fell
  • Nice recovery with a triple axel + triple toe
  • Good three jump combo (triple lutz + double toe + double toe)
  • Nice Ina Bauer right into a spread eagle, some really nice transitions in this program
  • Good triple loop
  • Nice donut position into a stretched out sit position in his combination spin but losing speed at the end
  • Love how he comes alive for this choreographic step sequence and he is really leaving everything out on the ice
  • Triple salchow landing right on a beat in the music
  • Nice speed through the sit spin into his signature Biellman
Samuel Contesti, ITA: 75.84 TES + 75.50 PCS = 151.34 Total: 224.89 and into 4th place
  • Huge triple axel to open his program
  • Nice triple lutz
  • Nice triple flip right on the music
  • Good twisted position in the camel spin with a change foot--nice camel with the free leg above 90 degrees
  • Good speed in the second spin but he needs more stretch through his free leg in the sit spin and he loses his centering on the upright spin
  • Nice flow through his footwork and nicely timed with the music
  • Nice triple axel + double toe + double toe
  • Good triple loop
  • Good choreography into a double axel
  • Triple salchow + triple toe with a flip out on the second jump
  • Triple toe + double axel sequence
  • Good speed through the twisted sit but losing it through the back tuck position

Florent Amodio, FRA: 81.41 TES + 81.66 PCS = 163.07 Total: 243.02 and into 2nd place
  • A little forward on the landing of the quad salchow but he hangs on
  • Nice triple axel + double toe with one arm variation
  • Beautiful twisted camel position with nice flow out of the spin
  • Nice flow over his edges in the step sequence
  • I don't really understand this program--from lyrical to Latin to singing birds?
  • Solid triple axel
  • Triple lutz + double toe + double toe with one arm variation
  • Nice stretched out sit position and good fast spin
  • Triple salchow + triple toe
  • Double toe
  • Triple lutz right on the music
  • Double axel
  • The crowd is going nuts for him as he gets into his choreographic step sequence
  • Nice speed through the combination spin with a change of foot
Brian Joubert, FRA: 79.17 TES + 81.94 PCS = 161.11 Total: 244.58 and into 2nd place
  • Now a blast from the past...the Matrix!
  • Nice quad toe
  • Good triple salchow
  • Big triple axel + triple toe
  • Nice triple axel
  • Great entry to his sit spin right out of choreography 
  • Every accent in the music gets a movement which I really appreciate and he has some very deep and long edges in this footwork
  • Triple salchow + double toe
  • Nice triple loop with good flow out of the jump
  • Good triple lutz
  • A little slow on his upright catchfoot spin
  • Triple flip + double axel sequence
Javier Fernandez, ESP: 69.34 TES + 75.66 PCS -1.00 = 144.00 Total: 225.87 and into 6th place
  • Big quad toe to open his program
  • Has to squeak out the landing on the quad salchow
  • Wonky in the air on that triple axel and takes a fall
  • Good speed and flow out of the sit spin
  • A little hop on the landing of the triple axel + triple toe but he hangs on
  • Double lutz with a turn out but he keeps his free leg off the ice
  • Triple salchow + double toe
  • Double flip + double toe + double loop
  • Nice stretched out sit position into a good camel spin but his speed comes and goes throughout the spin
  • Nice speed through his final combination spin
Daisuke Takahashi, JPN: 88.16 TES + 85.78 PCS = 173.94 Total: 259.66 and into 1st place
  • Looked like the quad toe was a bit two footed
  • Solid triple axel
  • Nice triple salchow
  • Good camel spin position with a flying change of foot but no speed by the time he gets to the catchfoot
  • The performance quality and level of difficulty in his steps and transitions is astounding
  • Nice triple axel + triple toe but  a little tight on the landing of the second jump
  • Triple flip + double toe
  • Triple loop
  • Triple lutz + double toe + double loop
  • Really difficult steps right into a triple flip
  • He is selling this choreographic footwork 
  • He could have his free leg a tad higher on the camel spin to bring it to 90 degrees and this spin seems slightly slow but the speed is consistent throughout
Michal Brezina, CZE: 75.86 TES + 77.02 PCS -1.00 = 151.88 Total: 239.55 and into 5th place
  • Opens with a big triple axel
  • Fall on the quad toe attempt
  • Hands down on the quad salchow
  • He could use more stretch through his free leg in the sit spin
  • Nice one foot section in the footwork with good edges but some ice spray here and there
  • Really tight on the triple axel + triple toe but he manages it
  • Triple flip + double toe
  • Triple loop with a turnout but he keeps the free leg up
  • Nice triple lutz
  • Triple salchow + double toe
  • Good camel position into a sit spin losing speed through the change of foot and almost no speed by the end of the spin
  • A little slow through his final spin but maintained speed throughout
Patrick Chan, CAN: 88.56 TES + 90.14 PCS -2.00 = 176.70 Total: 266.11 and into 1st place
  • Beautiful quad toe
  • Quad toe + triple toe so close to the boards but he nailed it
  • Solid triple axel right on the music
  • Great speed through his first combination spin and nice positions
  • Stunning transitions and choreography, everything flows together
  • Triple lutz + half loop + triple salchow
  • Triple loop
  • Triple lutz
  • Nice position in hte twisted sit with a change foot into a nice stretched out sit spin with good speed
  • Triple flip
  • Weird mistake--can't get off the ground on the axel attempt kind of spins around and then falls
  • Stunning choreographic step sequence and a nice recovery from the fall
  • Nice camel spin picking up speed through the sit and ending with a scratch spin
Pl.  NameNationTSS
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TES
+
 PCS
+
SSTRPECHINDed.
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StN.
1Patrick CHANCAN176.7088.56 90.149.118.799.008.969.212.00#24
2Yuzuru HANYUJPN173.9991.99 83.008.398.008.398.298.431.00#17
3Daisuke TAKAHASHIJPN173.9488.16 85.788.718.148.618.618.820.00#22
4Florent AMODIOFRA163.0781.41 81.668.187.758.368.118.430.00#19
5Brian JOUBERTFRA161.1179.17 81.948.217.798.298.298.390.00#20
6Denis TENKAZ153.7078.78 74.927.577.217.507.507.680.00#15
7Michal BREZINACZE151.8875.86 77.027.897.437.547.797.861.00#23
8Jeremy ABBOTTUSA151.3469.78 81.568.217.968.118.078.430.00#16
9Samuel CONTESTIITA151.3475.84 75.507.507.147.577.687.860.00#18
10Kevin VAN DER PERRENBEL147.6679.86 67.807.046.366.896.756.860.00#8
11Takahiko KOZUKAJPN146.8573.55 73.307.577.047.257.367.430.00#7
12Nan SONGCHN146.7580.53 67.227.046.326.826.646.791.00#10
13Kevin REYNOLDSCAN144.2573.45 70.807.186.797.117.117.210.00#14
14Javier FERNANDEZESP144.0069.34 75.667.687.367.507.687.611.00#21
15Sergei VORONOVRUS143.2377.09 66.146.896.296.646.576.680.00#11
16Adam RIPPONUSA143.0870.24 73.847.467.077.467.437.501.00#13
17Tomas VERNERCZE140.2865.94 74.347.617.147.397.467.570.00#9
18Artur GACHINSKIRUS136.5664.48 74.087.617.047.397.397.612.00#12
19Peter LIEBERSGER125.9266.14 59.786.325.865.825.935.960.00#4
20Christopher CALUZAPHI122.2360.73 61.506.256.006.146.076.290.00#5
21Viktor PFEIFERAUT121.9361.57 60.366.295.756.045.966.140.00#3
22Kim LUCINEMON121.4462.24 59.205.965.466.075.936.180.00#2
23Misha GEUZB121.1257.62 64.506.546.006.576.436.711.00#1
24Javier RAYAESP110.2653.24 58.025.935.615.795.795.891.00#6

Pl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1Patrick CHAN
CAN
266.1111
2Daisuke TAKAHASHI
JPN
259.6633
3Yuzuru HANYU
JPN
251.0672
4Brian JOUBERT
FRA
244.5845
5Florent AMODIO
FRA
243.0364
6Michal BREZINA
CZE
239.5527
7Denis TEN
KAZ
229.7086
8Jeremy ABBOTT
USA
226.1998
9Javier FERNANDEZ
ESP
225.87514
10Samuel CONTESTI
ITA
224.89119
11Takahiko KOZUKA
JPN
218.631311
12Kevin REYNOLDS
CAN
217.201213
13Adam RIPPON
USA
216.631016
14Nan SONG
CHN
216.331512
15Kevin VAN DER PERREN
BEL
214.041810
16Tomas VERNER
CZE
210.661417
17Sergei VORONOV
RUS
210.041715
18Artur GACHINSKI
RUS
205.061618
19Misha GE
UZB
186.411923
20Peter LIEBERS
GER
184.132319
21Christopher CALUZA
PHI
184.102020
22Viktor PFEIFER
AUT
182.542121
23Kim LUCINE
MON
181.372222
24Javier RAYA
ESP
167.482424