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Friday, October 25, 2013

Skate Canada Men's Short Program

Group 1
Elladj Balde, CAN: 40.71 TES+ 31.64 PCS = 72.35
  • Hand down on the opening quad toe but he manages to tack on the double toe
  • Nice big triple axel nicely timed with the music
  • Good position in the camel spin with a decent catch foot position, but I'd like to see his hip closed a bit more after the change of foot
  • Triple lutz
  • Good sit spin position with nice speed through the twisted variation
  • Nice flow through his step sequence and great feeling for his music; he seems a bit too upright in the upper body though and some of the edge changes are not clean
  • Twisted camel spin into a sit spin ending with a scratch spin
Andrei Rogozine, CAN: 37.20 TES+ 31.11 PCS = 68.31 and into 2nd place
  • Nice triple flip + triple toe
  • Spread eagle triple axel well done
  • Good flexibility through the camel spin catch foot positions and nice fast rotation
  • Triple lutz
  • Low sit spin position with a nice twisted position after the change of foot but losing speed
  • He seems to be skating through his music a bit and looking down and not really connecting with the audience but this might be the best he's jumped in a long time
  • Very upright in the step sequence, slow in places and lots of ice spray 
Nobunari Oda, JPN: 43.61 TES+ 38.21 PCS -1.00 = 80.82 and into 1st place
  • Big quad toe and just couldn't hang on to the landing
  • Nice triple axel and he has such impressive bend in his knees on that landing
  • Great camel spin position with a nice twisted variation into a good catch foot
  • Great triple lutz + triple toe
  • Good speed through the beginning of the sit spin combination but loses it after the flying change of position
  • He's really starting to perform in this step sequence; nice freedom through the whole body and lots of changes of edge and direction with minimal ice spray
  • Came spin into a good twisted sit spin with nice speed and needing in a scratch spin
  • Overall a pretty good program with the exception of the fall on the quad
Jeremy Abbott, USA: 35.30 TES+ 39.28 PCS = 74.58 and into 2nd place
  • Beautiful quad toe
  • Double lutz close to the boards and has to ride it out a bit + double toe
  • Interesting that he goes for an upright spin here--pretty unusual to be done outside of a combination
  • Big triple axel and he has to put a hand down
  • Great stretched out position in the sit spin with nice speed but losing it after the back tuck position
  • Twisted camel position into a sit spin and a flying change of leg
  • Nice movement in his step sequence and great use of his full body; good one foot sections and great ice coverage
Joshua Farris, USA: 33.11 TES+ 36.03 PCS = 69.14 and is currently in 4th place
  • Triple toe + single toe
  • Triple axel out of footwork a little down on one side on the landing but hangs on
  • Such nice stretch and toe point in the sit spin with a great arm variation on the change of position
  • Solid triple lutz
  • Losing his centering on the catch foot camel spin but much better position after the change of leg
  • Great choreography in his step sequence with a lot of nuances--you almost don't notice it as an element it blends so well into the program
  • He seemed a bit nervous today in his debut but lots of great things to work with

Group 2
Takahito Mura, JPN: 38.56 TES+ 34.52 PCS = 73.08 and into 3rd place
  • Quad toe fall out
  • Big triple axel nicely timed with the music
  • Decent camel position into an upright spin and ending with a sit spin
  • A couple of standing dance moves seem to be mostly there for show with not a lot of commitment behind them
  • Triple lutz + triple toe
  • He's got the jumps it would be a nice to see a bit more in his program
  • Ok camel spin positions with speed maintained throughout
  • Lots of ice spray in his step sequence and he seems to be skating through the music a bit
  • Flying entry to the sit spin and he needs more stretch through his free leg
Ross Miner, USA: 32.15 TES+ 36.56 PCS -2.00 = 66.71 and into 7th place
  • The opening to this program is just gorgeous and it also happens to be his step sequence; great one foot sections and nice connection with the music
  • Quad toe two foots the landing and falls
  • Triple axel doesn't get quite around two foots the landing and falls
  • Nice speed in his camel spin with a good flying change and a decent catch foot position
  • Triple lutz + triple toe a little tight be he pulled it off
  • Good sit spin with nice positions and good speed
  • Nice camel into a broken leg sit spin and ending with a scratch spin
  • Once he nails the jumps in this program it's going to be a huge hit and
Michal Brezina, CZE: 35.06 TES+ 36.65 PCS = 71.71 and into 5th place
  • Doubled his opening quad salchow attempt
  • Triple flip + triple toe
  • Triple axel just a bit forward on the toe on the landing but he hangs on
  • Twisted camel spin position with a change of foot and a decent catch foot position
  • Flying sit spin needs more stretch through his free leg but maintained speed through the back tuck position
  • Lots of movement through the step sequence but I'd like to see him do something more with his hands and arms; good flow across the ice
  • Camel spin flying change to sit spin; slow through the whole middle of the spin and ending way after his music
Patrick Chan, CAN: 43.17 TES+ 44.93 PCS = 88.10 and into 1st place
  • Huge triple toe + triple toe a little too close to the boards and has to put his free leg down to hang on to the 2nd jump
  • Big triple axel with nice ride out and speed on the landing
  • Good camel spin with a nice change of foot into a twisted position
  • Triple lutz well done right on the music
  • Great twisted sit position into a broken leg
  • This program is so well put together and expertly executed by Chan
  • I love how quiet the music gets in the step sequence so you can hear his blades across the ice
  • Gorgeous step sequence with such ease in the transitions between steps
  • Final combination spin with good speed and positions
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN: 39.69 TES+ 40.71 PCS = 80.40 and into 3rd place
  •  Quad toe so far forward on the landing that he almost did an illusion but avoided putting the hand down
  • Nice flexibility in the donut spin variation
  • Good twisted sit position into a nice broken leg variation and ending with a back tuck with speed maintained throughout
  • Really difficult entry with turns on one foot into the triple axel and he drills it
  • Popped lutz + triple toe--just looked like he got ahead of himself and rushed the entry
  • Great steps in his sequence and really playing to the crowd and feeling his music
  • Great camel position picking up a bit of speed through the sit variations but losing it after the flying change of position
Pl.  NameNationTSS
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1Patrick CHANCAN88.1043.1744.939.048.898.829.119.070.00#9
2Nobunari ODAJPN80.8243.6138.217.827.187.717.687.821.00#3
3Yuzuru HANYUJPN80.4039.6940.718.297.967.968.298.210.00#10
4Jeremy ABBOTTUSA74.5835.3039.288.007.757.468.078.000.00#4
5Takahito MURAJPN73.0838.5634.527.396.646.896.896.710.00#6
6Elladj BALDECAN72.3540.7131.646.255.966.576.296.570.00#1
7Michal BREZINACZE71.7135.0636.657.547.047.327.437.320.00#8
8Joshua FARRISUSA69.1433.1136.037.077.187.077.327.390.00#5
9Andrei ROGOZINECAN68.3137.2031.116.436.116.146.326.110.00#2
10Ross MINERUSA66.7132.1536.567.327.326.897.647.392.00#7

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