From a 69 year old Black woman, Kevin Amoyz’s program was not cultural appropriation. It was one of my favorite short programs this season. Tasteful and well choreographed. Kevin and Jason Brown have the best short programs. I have to admit I really love Nathan Chen, want him to be my grandson 😀😊
I just wanted everyone to know that SHOMA’s boots broke just three days before this competition. He had to use new boots and he was really struggling, but he didn't say anything to the media because he didn't want to make excuses. 😥
@@kristenjunker1632 Shoma posted a video on his youtube channel all about his skates a few months ago. He kills a pair of boots per month and due to Covid he has been struggling to get his preferred skates. He usually does have back ups, but shit happens.
Why does he only have one pair though? I know Nathan and Yuzu have half a dozen broken in boots. Reminds me of Bradie who had broken boots or whatever at worlds.
Shoma is such a wild card. I hope he can get some consistency because I love watching him skate. His Exhibition was beautiful, too. I love that you guys support Roman, too. I hope he gets to go to the Olympics.
I wanted everyone to know that his boots broke just three days before this competition He had to use new boots and he was really struggling, but he didn't say anything to the media because he didn't want to make excuses. 😥
I don’t think that there is a place for Sasha in Mishin’s camp. Liza made it very clear that she would not want to have a competitive environment in her skate ring. And Mishin is very loyal to Liza.
But she's fine with Sonia, and was more than fine with Carolina few seasons back. That being said, neither of them could challenge Liza technically in any way, shape or form.
@Nathaniel Walker Oh I'm well aware of it. Liza is not the mentally strongest skater and she loses points easily. But with Sonia, she could have told herself that she also was that consistent at Sonia's age, plus Sonia's consistency =/= BV itself, which Liza has stronger. And Caro was, well, Caro, and she was the best at being Caro. She had her own unique style and it was pretty much impossible for Liza to compare herself to her in any way, shape or form. But I also don't see Sasha going to Mishin. Though I do think that presence of older skaters ("older" lol) could've been good for her and her mindset.
a theory: If Yulia hadn't done both programmes at the Sochi Team Event, she might have pulled off the win in the individual event. All the attention messed up her concentration.
Maybe it’s just me but I didn’t think Anna looked that bad... She looked so much healthier than worlds and the 4F and the 4F+3T in the 6 minutes warm up was impressive. To me she’s not on a massive decline, she just had a terrible worlds.
Agree. I agree that she improved at WTT than at worlds. Her spins were better, lutz edges were on mission of improvement, and the 3Lz3Lo were also getting stronger. The quads in warm up were amazing too. Shes not in decline, pretty sure she has put a mindset that quads arent that necessary at worlds and WTT (knowing that the quad contender Sasha messed up the SP). So she just did not focus on quads so much on both competitions. Daniil said it too that they prepared Anna to skate clean than to land quads, its not necessary in this competition. Anna can skip a quad and still win international events.
@@sfs6501 I was amazed at the lutz edge! That’s not an easy fix. Maybe that’s why she hasn’t showed the quad lutz for a while? I agree that they’re just saving her for next season when she has to skate hard. Anna Shcherbakova is definitely on a mission though and she’s not going anywhere.
@@sfs6501 yeap, she actually said it in the interview, that she made a conscious decision few seconds before to not risk another quad and ensure clean program instead.
@@fw7103 really? I admit I didn't pay much attention while watching her skate, so I can't say if I've noticed any improvements. One thing's for sure, she's incredibly head strong, who knows she might surprise us all in the end, she sure did so far
@@fw7103 I don't think she and her team are trying to fix the lutz edge. Her lutz edge has never been called except at that one competition so why fix it if the TP said that it's right and risk inconsistency? IMO, Anna can sometimes produces slightly looking outside edge and most of the time flat. At WTT it looked a bit outside and TP could still call it unclear if they want to but of course they won't.
@@andreagoldstein4070 Oh honey, that's not box dye! In salons, we buy our developer in 32oz-1 gallon bottles and highly concentrated color in tubes. I think one tube worth of color (mixed as directed with developer) plus plenty of Olaplex 2 mixed in to stretch the dye and give her that frizz-less healthy hair look.
Simon was clearly just reading unfamiliar skaters' ISU bios and trying to extrapolate based on that, which led to awkward moments like repeatedly talking about how Alison Schumacher was "from China" but was "now skating for Canada" -- like she had switched countries or something -- when she is in fact an adoptee who has lived her whole life in and competed for Canada.
He also said that Japan missed the podium and Italy was in 3rd, only for Japan to walk right out to award their ownbronze metals XD And the way he mispronounces Kaori (he says it like "kay-ori" when is "Kah-o-ri")drives me almost as nuts as the announcer at worlds saying "Kihiri" instead of "Kihira" for both the short and the free.
I only watched a very small portion of Team trophy due to time diff and honestly lack of interest sadly. In pairs simon called the throw a “throw jump”. He clearly was “off”. I have never heard him that way before. I wonder if he is okay
I have three take aways from this event: - Elizaveta is badass team captain)👸 - Mishin appears to only be getting younger ✊ - No matter how much time passes the Matrix soundtrack still works for a long program 😎
Elizaveta wasn’t a badass team captain lmao Anna Scherbakova and the team doctor carried that kiss&cry since Liza didn’t even bother to show up to any of the events
6:30 Love what David said about judging artistry and jumps separately. The lack of this division is ruining the sport, because it demotivates skaters who jump well to work on their artistry. (That's not even mentioning the lack of penalties for URs and wrong edges.)
it's like how they scored Carolina in PCS. If she's at a different league, reward it because it is clearly head over heels above the others even if her technical content isn't at par with the others. Jason is a really special skater; should have had the highest PCS in the men's field.
Omg thank you for the comment about the double dipping!! If a skater does more difficult quads (flip, loop, and lutz), they automatically get higher GOEs on every jump, including 3A AND PCS.
I think the US federation would be crazy not to make both H/D and C/B do the team event. Both teams will always place top 4/5, there is no guarantee of that in ladies or men. So if they taking the team event seriously, most consistent lady skates twice and whatever happens happens, maximise points in dance and men's, and whatever happens in pairs!
Roman Sadovsky’s short program here was AMAZING. Also Evengeni Semenenko was really great here as well and will definitely be at the top in the next few years!
It's been painful watching rika. She's been inconsistent lately, apparently she's injured and is struggling with her jumps. I was so excited for her at the beginning of the season, landing 3A and 4S, I really thought this is gonna be her season
@@triplea_qgb1963 From practice reports and insiders, rika literally couldn’t even walk properly before her SP, it wasn’t right to let her go out there and bomb...
@@S80-r1o I don’t know Mai’s condition and perhaps JSF trusted Rika more despite her injuries. WTT is also about money and maybe Rika would draw more attention for the home audience.
If Jason was given the PCS he earned it would probably not change his placement but it would show him and Rohene the respect they deserve for Sinnerman. And Romans’ short program had wonderful flow and spins - it was lovely to see him skate.
You are absolutely correct about what you said on Twitter regarding Jason, PCS, and what the equivalent of giving high PCS to someone just because they are a good jumper is. It’s quite annoying how people get on Twitter and the lack of perspective some people have. Jason’s short program is amazing and it is better than everyone else right now. He definitely deserved better PCS than everyone else for that here.
Gonna be honest and say that I don't care for Jason's style of skating at all or his programs so I personally understand if certain judges score him the way they do.
Like you said, the fact that Jason stood up a quad again in a second competition actually was more important to me as a Jason fan that I didn't care that the rest of the programme fell apart. However, I think Jason needs to (and I'm 110% convinced he is) go back to Schindler's List for next season - I have enjoyed Slaughter, but I have never felt that he's been truly comfortable with it. He's been making mistakes in the FS all season including on spins because the fast tempo gets away from him at times, and he is putting so much energy into the performance and character. We all know that the thing for Jason is going to be getting that quad, and he has done SL so well in the past that I think it'll be easier to add in the quad now that it's more consistent. Plus, Sinnerman is so fast and uptempo that now SL becomes a great counterpoint and shows off different sides of his performance. I also have to say, his exhibition programme may be the most exquisite thing I've ever seen. It even made Simon stfu because it was so mesmerising.
@@kristenjunker1632 Yeah I would! Jason has said he's keeping Sinnerman for his SP next season, so that's decided, and that he's bringing back a former FS. I can't see him going back to anything pre-TCC, the only one I would consider would be his Scent of Love programme, but he already used that for two seasons. The Simon and Garfunkel FS was an absolute miss for me and Jason himself didn't really connect with it, so I can't envision it being anything other than Schindler's List. I also think together it's a very complete set of programmes! I'm praying he gets to the team event too, I think his Sinnerman SP deserves to be awarded with a medal, and cmon, I can SEE the NBC fluff pieces already around it!
Kolyada uses his arms and HANDS as a form of artistic expression like nobody else does at the moment. Such a talented artist. I miss that with most of the male skaters. Even if they use their arms beautifully the hands are like dead most of the time...
Kolyada does do a good job at that, but I think Jason does even better. Every arm movement and hand movement is a distinct part of the choreography and are expressive. You could snap a photo at any point in Jason's programs and see perfect lines ... all the way to his hand placement. I wish more skaters spent effort on choreo and artistry. I love jumps, but without artistry, it just looks like skating to get to the next jump. Love watching the artistic skaters.
If Kolyada could put everything together and do what he's capable of, he could beat the unbeatables(sadly I don't see him putting everything together with all the quads he can do, but his jump technique is incredible 😍).
@@shelleyc853 Best jump technique IMO! Also, overall artistically, Jason is amazing and deserves the rave reviews he gets, however, Mikhail for me has more sincerity. He feels the music more and conveys it without have to be so busy, if that makes sense.
Do you know Shoma's boots were broken just a few days before the competition?🤔 I think he has done well in this bad bad condition. I'm looking forward to the next season✨
May be Skate Canada will understand next season how important is for skaters to compete and will not cancel most skating competitions next season. P.S. No matter that I am Russian I wish to Canadian team to be on the podium in Beijing as high as possible since Piper& Paul are my favorite ice dance team
My god I have not enjoyed a male skater since Stephane so much like I enjoy Jason... I can watch his short program over and over again ... I believe it deserves to be skated at an olympic ice ... I hope he will be going to the olympics
Jonathan, Anna still attempted a quad flip and performed three different 3-3 combos, two of those in the latter half, so her lead over Kaori is well deserved there. However, Kaori got an edge ! call on her lutz and a q on her salchow, so she could’ve conceivably scored several points higher. I thought it was interesting how Kaori was scored in PCS 5 points higher here over than at the worlds. I think it’s mostly deserved, but it’s interesting how politics work particularly favorably at home rather than overseas.
You mean quad flip. But Anna should have received an “!” for all of her flips and lutzes because they all take off of a flat edge. Plus, Anna and Kaori both got 9.30 for skating skills. In no world are Anna’s skating skills as good as Kaori’s. Kaori skates with much more speed and power, deeper edges and doesn’t drag her foot on her crossovers like Anna does. I can understand giving Anna higher scores for interpretation and performance, but not the other components.
@@evanperilstein5308 well I was just surprised that Kaori got scored more than five points higher in PCS here than at worlds. More correct, but maybe slightly over scored, but I would give Kaori almost a 10 on SS, and everyone else would be under a 9. Agree on your other points - even on transitions after some thought. I haven’t looked at her edge takeoffs more closely, so I will inspect next time, but the Eteri bamboozling prevents that from ever being judged correctly. I hope the judges get more critical on Anna’s PCS scores once Eteri’s new crop of skaters age up as well as the return of Kostornaia.
Regarding Canada and the team event, for me it's been a given that Canada is probably going to go with its strongest possible entry in both segments for each discipline. Nobody other than Piper & Paul are really strong individual medal contenders, so there's no reason for anybody to be trying to save themselves for the individual event; and the Canadian fed already employed the all-in approach in Pyeongchang (if Kaetlyn hadn't been such a hot mess in the free skate all season prior to the Olympics, she would probably have done both parts of the ladies' event too). The exception would only be if you had two competitors of approximately equal standing.
That commentator (I have no idea who he is) was so painful to listen too. Calling jumps incorrectly, calling people the wrong name - James Brown?! Couldn't tell difference between a sal and toe and whether someone did two or three rotations, had no idea about any of these skaters' histories and just kept repeating weird random tidbits. It was a struggle.
I was watching the WTT event thinking that we will be privileged to witness so many exciting things in the upcoming Olympic season. The last of Yuzu vs Nathan battles, the ultra C revolution in ladies, Sui & Han vs. Mishina & Galliamov, the last attempt of the French to win the dance event (before Kaganovskaya and Angelopol win the next three sets of Olympic), it will be exciting to watch and to witness. Rest well before it all starts in August
not sure Olympics would actually take place. I see all signs of countries in lockdown again during summer, which probably would create too many problems for Olympics and it could take place just over the internet for half the athletes.
Jonathan is known to be biased against Rika but to think Wakaba is gonna replace her is a whole new level of absurd. I do hope Waka pulls it together and gets that third spot on the Olympic team but the two other spots are for Kaori and Rika.
Knowing how people like Simon can be so bad at their jobs and be paid for it is gonna do wonders every time I get imposter syndrome and feel incompetent at my job. It's even more incredible when you realise that commentary is now recorded for the internet forever. You could not PAY me to be in that position.
I am a Nathan fan (through and through!) and I totally agree about his PCS over Jason (among others). I worry if he isn’t scored accurately, he won’t ever be truly pushed to improve. And it’s upsetting to people who genuinely have better PCS than him. It’s simply not good for anyone.
+ As an Indian fan(!!), oh my gosh I can’t tell you how much we LOVED the Davis/White Bollywood program. It still makes its rounds on WhatsApp forwards. If you look at the comments on YT, there are a bunch of comments about people claiming “cultural appropriation”, and every Indian there promptly disagrees. I think it’s the pinnacle of cultural appreciation.
@@rop888 haha Melissa, you don’t need to question my credibility of being a Nathan fan though? Of course he is improving, but the scores should reflect the degree of improvement.
Yes! I was thinking how a better costume would have carried this program so much more. It is one time I can really see a costume making a huge difference.
People upset about commentator not being familiar with Roman Sadovsky, when he only medalled at one GP, then won Canadian nationals and fans decided he's the greatest thing since sliced bread when in reality he's just a Canadian reincarnation of Jeremy Abbott, skating well in events when no one expects him to do that and flopping everywhere else.
😂 to be fair though ... It's his job to know the skaters, even the less important ones. This event didn't even have a lot of entries, so a quick google search before commenting will do wonders
People upset becuase he didn't do research beforehand. He just needed to see wikipedia or ISU bio. Also the issue was compounded by his other mistakes (calling skaters names and achievements wrong) and lack of figure skating knowledge. Even Mark Hanretty with his vast FS knowledge still did some researches (I saw one of his tweet before 2021 worlds event) because he might miss some less known skaters. I liked Simon when he was commentating with Chris. But when he was alone his unpreparedness came through really strong
Amber Glenn just announced that she is skating to experience for her SP choreographed by Misha Ge .... someone stage an intervention for that girl and get her some original music choices
Not sure if it is valid information or just speculation made by fans for justifying his performance, but I heard numerous times on several platforms that Shoma had broken his skates before the Team Trophy and therefore he went in with a completely new pair, which wasn't broken in as he didn't have time for that. Again, I am not assured if that's true, but it would definitely play a big role in his performance, which was tragic in comparison with the Worlds in Stockholm.
i disagree mikhail was a flop here. yes, he made jumping mistakes and what looked like a step sequence error near the end, but the performance itself i felt was the most emotionally engaging it had ever been.
This season has been draining. A few skaters that have been dominant had some moments that produced pure anxiety. Personally, I hope that Kostornaia, Rika, and Yuzuru can have a great season! TBH, I know it may be a long shot for some, but I would love to see Zagitova and Zhenya skate their best as well and for Bradie to fix that UR! This pandemic has been especially hard on a few. I want Sasha to have clean skates. Here’s to hoping that next year is the best season for all of our favorite skaters! #1 heartbreaker for me this season, though, is Rika.
This season isn't really much of a season. Unlike Russia, other countries have had lockdowns, which restricts the skaters from getting much needed training time. Then there are those who got sick and injured, and well...it was good to see some competitions, though. I'd really like to see everyone back in good form next season, and that travel restrictions can be lifted so that the skaters can go to their original training spots and get ready for the Olympics.
@@Essylte This is so true. My view is jaded because I have been following so much Russian figure skating as well as the events in other countries. I am seeing it all collectively, but it has not really been a season for any country except Russia. Other countries only had 1-2 events within their borders max. Good point! Here's to hoping for a good form, less travel restrictions, no one sick or injured season! :-)
In regards to Anastasia Mishina, I’ve been reading that she is so good at landing from throws due to her ability ‘to always find the right axis’. Whatever this means. I guess she is good at her body coordination and has a good ‘body-in-the-air’ awareness.
I don't remember if she has ever fell from throw jumps but she is indeed consistent landing it. However her landing position is not necessarily the most beautiful that can get +4 +5, like missing the 'oomph' and smoothness. This team is special because of their 3-3 SBS and that could get you ahead by at least 3 points compared to other teams who are still doing 3-2-2.
Her landings are great, but their throws don’t quite have the explosiveness of, say, Tarasova and Morozov. So I’m sure that factors in to why the landings are often that good.
My 2 cents. Yuzu's competing to be able to compete on the next event but when he's ready to make that 4A debut, I think he is and he should be prepared to risk everything, his scores or any place on the podium. Because it's either trying to beat Nathan or 4A and he's choosing 4A.
I’m concerned how this would affect him. A Japanese politician was furious when Mao bombed the Sochi SP. Mao even thought that she couldn’t go back to Japan after how she skated. She redeemed herself in the end but the SP made it really bittersweet for her. Yuzuru could attempt a 4A, but that could mean not even getting any medal at Beijing. But I guess Japan already has Yuma and Shoma to contend for silver and bronze so maybe Japan wouldn’t be as furious.
@@triplea_qgb1963 Right? That's why Yuzu had to place for the Olympic spot. We still don't know if 4A will indeed debut at Olympics so who knows what will happen. But a place is surely there for Japan. Like Dave said there are 5 contenders for the podium, 3 of them are from Japan. Shoma hopefully wearing the the skates he is comfortable with.
@@pennyinheaven Yuzuru desperately wants the 4A but he also cares about doing his best for his country. He may not want to give a disastrous skate at the Olympics. I really don’t want to see him get shamed. I don’t know what will happen but I can only hope Brian and Tracy will be able to guide him. I get that attempting a 4A at an Olympics would be historic, but at the cost of a Olympic medal?
@@triplea_qgb1963 Yeah. That will be the biggest victory or loss for Yuzuru. It will be epic. I don't know but his journey in his skating is like a plot in a movie. Wishing him to succeed.
I guess my thing about Jason's quad is - is it even worth it now? I think his Olympic chances are the same with or without the quad and he realistically has no podium potential either way. I just want a clean, beautiful, iconic program from him.
I agree that with or without the quad his Olympic chances are the same however this could be less about making the Olympic podium and more about being able to put a clean quad at there for himself
I want him to fully rotate otherwise he should stick to his 3F with high GOE, it's currently earning him the same amount of points. But it is psychologically good for him to keep putting it out there. The quad pressure really messed with him in 2018, and he made the switch to TCC after not making the team. Polina Edmunds talked with Jason about this in her podcast last month.
Of course it depends on next season, but imo the US should have H/D do the rhythm dance and have C/B do the free for the team event. H/D have consistently been on top in the rhythm dance, but have lost the free to G/P in almost every event since 2019 Four Continents. At least C/B only lost the free to G/P once, and they had mistakes. Of course, then the US would have to choose only one man or one lady, which I'm not sure they would want to do. With either couple the result will most likely be the same overall, but they're so close and both deserve a team medal imo. Both teams are really going have to step up their game and be virtually perfect at every competition next season. Having a world medal definitely helps H/D's case, but I think the US will pick one team, and that'll be whichever team wins nationals. (Sorry for the long rant, I have a lot of thoughts 😅)
Many artists throughout history have been using different cultures as their source of inspiration -when discovered Japanese traditional arts European artists started to incorporate them into their work, many musicians have been doing it. Even at these worlds we could here another piece that merged tribe vibes and electro in Shoma's SP. Both programs got inspired by the music of a different culture and unless it's about mocking ( and it's not here) that's not offensive
This. Nothing wrong with using other cultures as their inspiration, as long as the intention is to neither mock nor disrespect. As an asian, i dont mind when foreigners wear our traditional costumes or use some of our traditional music. It actually makes me more proud(?) and happy that at least (hey) someone is appreciating it.
Ppl who're not from the cultural group that certain content is about should not be allowed to talk about whether the content is culturally appropriate or not
Italy did have a reserve ready to go, Frangipani was preparing to go after Rizzo withdrew and then when it came out that Rizzo wasn’t going because he tested positive for COVID, Frangipani was told last minute that he wasn’t allowed to go due to there being this meaningless rule that when someone tests positive for COVID, replacements aren’t allowed to be sent. He was really screwed over here
the mariachi program didn't even avoid cultural appropriation discussions! although a lot of hispanic people argued back too. neither did meryl and charlie's on twitter but i think a lot of the indian community still backs them up.
I've never deep dived on Twitter, but in real life I've seen only positive reactions to Meryl and Charlie's skate from Indian people. They all loved it and felt very flattered to be represented in such a way at the Olympics, and even help them break WR and win gold.
This episode killed me. Jonathan with his owls, Dave and the Tessa doll, Tessa's outfit change and Mariah Belling the sweater-so Tessa! Dave's Polish mispronunciation and Jonathan's correction. I love you guys!
@@fsmilka8021 or even just attempt it at the biggest sports competition. I think he’s also doing it to tell himself that he hasn’t been competing for nothing the last 3 years.
@@fsmilka8021 Stabilize the jump meaning at least to be able to land it in practice before attempting it in competition. He doesn’t appear to be anywhere near that point yet, and throwing out YOLO 4A and magically landing it in competition would be impossible.
@@nenavujicin7882 Yeah, it was without that level of difficulty but in my humble opinion his pcs marks could be at the same level or even 1 point greater than those who performed perfectly with quads. Jason performed that SP brilliantly. Just recognizing Jasons performance that is all.
I'm so fed up of seeing people criticizing Shoma's perfomance. People talk without knowing, without even caring about doing it. It wasn't about consistance or bad tranning. Shoma had to skate on new skates. They broke few days before the competition, he clearly didn't have the time to break them in. What else could he have done in his situation? He did everything he could till the end. Ask everyone to skate on new skates and let's see how "consistent" they can be. For this competition he even wanted to challenge himself, that's why he had such a complex content planned. I really wonder if he were another skater people would care about doing some research. Because I understand you cannot have every little information about each skater, but you know, if you're going to criticize someone's performance, you should be aware and always try to look up for the best sources first.
For one thing he has the wrong passport, so the non Japanese media don't care. Also, unlike some other skaters in the past, he's not a drama queen so he didn't make a big deal about the skates, but it is a big deal. And he had to quarantine for awhile after worlds which gave him even less time to prepare the new skates. People should have more consideration for these athletes who shouldn't even have to be risking their health to be at this stupid event.
Shoma said he didn’t train enough in his press conference. That’s what we are referring to. If he had to skate on new skates that would be such a problem, he should have been replaced by Yuma.
Some people may want to do that type of research b/c they are into that, but there’s always plenty of others who are too busy actually skating themselves or not into treating each comp like a journalistic event, so they just watch the performances and TSL and give an opinion that shouldn’t make fans of anyone else feel any certain way - we are just throwing our opinions out there, it doesn’t matter who agrees or not, but it shouldn’t be taken personally ( unless you are the performer, coach, choreographer, or parent). Just relax and enjoy 🙂
@@kristenjunker1632 I understand that not everyone can be 100% informed about every skater's life. And I agree everybody is free to give their opinion. However, from my point of view, the problem comes when people talk without actually knowing what they're saying. You would be ignorant, it's like believing fake news because of not having done a proper research. In this case, it wasn't just an opinion being stated, there was some criticism involved, and I'm not referring to this video only. So yeah, everybody is free to express their opinion, an opinion is one thing, but we must always think before speaking. "You shouldn't pretend you have any understanding when you only care to hear one side of the story".
I thought Wakaba was completely underscored at NHK, and probably was at nationals as well (didn’t watch). Japanese politics don’t seem to be in her favor atm. JFS needs to send Wakaba to Beijing. She deserves to be an Olympian more than any other skaters that had just missed out.
@@joeyartk I think they loved her last quad, but ever since she messed up at that GPF leading up to the olympics, and then the injuries that plagued her last season, they fell out of love with her, but it’s continuing now for whatever reason.
@@MrChaseBlue She never got support from JSF, even when she was their only skater who qualified for GP final. Her PCS scores in Japan were only slightly higher than first year Sakamoto. Even Russian announcers commented on her lack of support from JSF.
@@triplea_qgb1963 They weren't giving her support before that. Ever since juniors Wakaba was a never a favorite of JSF. Satoko, Rika, and Kaori have all bombed in big competitions, but they get full support, unlike Wakaba, even when she was their top skater.
@@grisgris6908 Most of the men did programs and exhibition in black pants and black shirt. Gosh, a bit of creativity would not hurt them! Not for Nathan since we know he’ll pull out his yellow/purple shirt. 😱
Maybe yes, but he made changes to the costume though at least. Before it was skin colored shirt to make him look like that he was shirtless with tattoos
At this point Yuzu needs someone like Tarasova(in theory)to reign him in and get him up to standard because at this point I don’t see Brian being able to after he’s been by himself for a year. The gap between him and Nathan technically keeps getting larger and as a Fanyu that stresses me out!
He tried to up his tech and lost to Nathan by a massive score. He tried just to skate clean with 4 quads and still lost to Nathan (who fell) by a massive score. I think it's just mentally better for him not to say he wants to win and just focus on other things
Simon inferring that Eliza was a cheeky bird like her music was a choice, for non uk viewers calling a lady a bird is not exactly complimentary and is a very lad down the pub way to talk! I completely agree that PCS scores are not being judged correctly just because someone quads well doesn't qualify for high PCS scores!
Great recaps this season! Alexa and Brandon’s free skate was beautiful and got a great score. They deserved even more points on their throw loop, it was the best element in the event. They need more time together, but their throw flip in warmup was amazing. With all their athleticism and promise, the sky is the limit. I know you said you’re not into Mishina and Galliamov’s short, but it’s been so well received. The Japanese pair may have gotten a little home boost in scoring, but they’re a great team. I’m surprised by the Eric and Vanessa rumblings. I recall around 2017 that it seemed like Meagan was the one convincing him to still skate.
Seriously if she can land the jump with minor URs or Qs here and there I'll be estatic. I want to see that Tosca program skated cleanly. Fingers crossed 😣
Daniel Grassl's short program skating was the ugliest skating I think I've ever seen in my life. Rough as hell. It was passable in the long where he was actually portraying a criminal
He gets the point with the jumps but him and Matteo are from two different planets. It’s a shame that skaters like Roman can’t nail consistency with the jumps.
His skating is.... weird. Really weird. Some of his spin positions are so awkward and in the free it felt like he was just pumping out cross-overs from jump to jump and relying on a theatrical costume change to make up for his complete lack of artistry. It felt weird how much the commentators hyped him up here and at world's...
I think there is no real reason for the US Fed not to let both CB and HD skate at the team event. They'd be both be at the same place, so you could swap them without losing anything.
If he skates relatively clean, he will. He has most quads and the reputation among judges is also good. He just needs the right mental state so the nightmare in Pyeongchang SP would not haunt him
Jonathan made a point about Jason Brown that I think all the time, which is that the other skaters *couldn't do* his programs. There's so much emphasis on quads as a thing that he just can't do, but the fact is he can do things the others just can't. So why is one weighted so much more heavily than the other?
Annas jumps just look soooo labored, from her pick to when she pulls in for a combo. Kinda like zheyna 2018, but worse. It will certainly be interesting for the russian ladies this fall
In Men, Romans SP and Chen’s LP were my highlights. In Ladies, Elizabeta’s 3 axels were grand and Canada’s Allison Schumacher made a decent impression. I can’t stop staring at Galliamov,,,,he has a real presence on the ice. I loved the clip of Galliamov doing a press lift with Kolyada.,,,I didn’t realize Kolyada was so short. I felt bad for Nam 😖. I’m over Hanyu’s programs but he skated decent over all ; he’s just no match for Chen, then again, no one is.
I actually decided to listen to the Dutch commentary at WTT which knwoledgeable, while I used to be a big fan of Simon and Chris and preferred to listen to them. But Simon on his own, is not good.
However questionable Tukty’s overall choreo may be, that woman knows how to highlight certain moves and give us MOMENTS. That beginning of her short program had me crushing on Liza and making a lip appointment.🌈💉👄 🥰 empress thirst squad checking in, as the kids today say (I think).
Agree most importantly his solo 3F which from his average GOE, most judges probably gave him +3 for that. In my opinion at least a +4 if you're being picky
I hope Wakaba/her team are shrewd enough to read the situation as it is and go for it next season. No more messy wakaflop, she needs to be trained and packaged well
@@Ogusername-h7e she used to be my favourite but I had to give up on her a few seasons ago, the constant nerves and heartbreak was too much to bear. But considering the satoko and rika situation, there may be hope
@@S80-r1o I will never understand why she didn't change coaches after last Olympic cycle. She is by far the most talented Japanese lady, but has constantly underperformed, but never tried a change.
They can’t unless P/C really mess up. Although I’m pretty sure that Russia would do a lot to guarantee their skaters an ice dance gold on top of ladies and pairs gold, I don’t think that ISU would want a one country sweep like this, it’s not interesting enough for the public and all. Also, P/C are considered to be the geniuses of ice dance, + someone who has been there for a long time on a super high level. I think the judges would let them have the priority to win, especially with their sad loss at the last Olympics. It’s like, they’ve already “earned” their gold, if S/K stay after the next season, they will surely earn theirs at the next Olympics. Right now I think the ISU is trying to make competitions more exciting and tight by getting S/K so close to the French or otherwise no one would watch either except for their fans 😅
@@ingetamm7951 I really hope so. However Russia knows how to play politics like no one else and if I see that judge Alla anywhere near the ice dance event, I will know the fix is in. the ISU may want lots of different stuff, but the judges motivations don't always aline with what the ISU wants. I really, really, hope you are right though.
@@ingetamm7951 agree it was amazing that Russia dominated at WTT and Worlds but it's not really fun one county sweep at the world champetion either expect the men field, but yea P/C has a mistake at their at last real Competion that's might why S/K won that event
@@o4ka47 what do you that Russia knows how to play politics also Russia Figure skating only cares about gold and have the best skaters to copmete in a real competeion: even this 2020-2021 year when European Figure Skating competon was cancled the director of Russia Feb wasen't happy so the feb made a team event in their county having two their big stars to be team caption and the Russia skaters wasen't social dissaning or wearing mask at any event in Russia too
As a huge Yuzuru fan, I still agree about Jason. He should have had the higher components scores here above Yuzu and Nathan. I think for a lot of Yuzu fans, these things are touchy because he is such an idol to us. But we should still remain objective and fair. Jason deserved all the points here.
I was thinking precisely about how this ice dance French team would be feeling about Papadakis/Ciceron not having gone to worlds. Because they lost their chance to go to Olimpics with that decision of theirs
Hopefully G/T will get a chance at Euros. I doubt that P/C would skip a home Worlds. I heard that Gabi had visa issues plus they wouldn't want to risk losing Stockholm to S/K...
Hi Dave, will you please inform us about Meagan and Eric’s situation on next week’s episode? I am hearing different things but would like to hear from you both. I am asking as a skating fan and have a little to no knowledge about this situation. Thank you in advance.
I never thought that Jason could top the sp from 2019 (love is a bitch)- but this one is really a masterpiece! I’m so in love 💕 btw thank you for your thoughtful insights- I‘m totally enjoying it 😊
He actually landed a 4Lz in the gala practice. I just think he doesn’t have the stamina to do so many quads like Nathan. But then again, no one can match Nathan in number of jumps and be as consistent. Yuzuru’s lutz technique doesn’t seem to be as easy for him when it comes to a quad. Also, he’s had two serious injuries to his foot and he prefers edge jumps over toe jumps. Yuzuru already tried in the GPF and he couldn’t.
Idk maybe they have been done already and he doesn't plan to compete forever so perfecting jumps that he has done one way or another is not exciting for him.
Ok, now I have to look for a reply of NCAA gymnastics 😂 Are you also going to do a recap of the ladies gymnastics competition in the Olympics (if it happens this year)?
9:41 Roman Sadovsky
13:10 Kevin Aymoz
24:26 Shoma Uno+Yuma Kagiyama
30:54 Yuzuru Hanyu
34:58 Mikhail Kolyada
44:50 Meghan Duhamel
1:01:10 Kaori Sakamoto+Rika Kihira+Wakaba Higuchi
1:04:56 Anna Shcherbakova
1:15:00 Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier
1:22:40 Alexandra Trusova
1:28:38 Brobova article, meldonium, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
From a 69 year old Black woman, Kevin Amoyz’s program was not cultural appropriation. It was one of my favorite short programs this season. Tasteful and well choreographed. Kevin and Jason Brown have the best short programs. I have to admit I really love Nathan Chen, want him to be my grandson 😀😊
I just wanted everyone to know that SHOMA’s boots broke just three days before this competition.
He had to use new boots and he was really struggling, but he didn't say anything to the media because he didn't want to make excuses. 😥
@@kristenjunker1632 Shoma posted a video on his youtube channel all about his skates a few months ago. He kills a pair of boots per month and due to Covid he has been struggling to get his preferred skates. He usually does have back ups, but shit happens.
Why does he only have one pair though? I know Nathan and Yuzu have half a dozen broken in boots. Reminds me of Bradie who had broken boots or whatever at worlds.
Shoma is such a wild card. I hope he can get some consistency because I love watching him skate. His Exhibition was beautiful, too. I love that you guys support Roman, too. I hope he gets to go to the Olympics.
If he get consistent he’s in top 3 as always.
I wanted everyone to know that his boots broke just three days before this competition He had to use new boots and he was really struggling, but he didn't say anything to the media because he didn't want to make excuses. 😥
I don’t think that there is a place for Sasha in Mishin’s camp. Liza made it very clear that she would not want to have a competitive environment in her skate ring. And Mishin is very loyal to Liza.
But she's fine with Sonia, and was more than fine with Carolina few seasons back. That being said, neither of them could challenge Liza technically in any way, shape or form.
@Nathaniel Walker Oh I'm well aware of it. Liza is not the mentally strongest skater and she loses points easily. But with Sonia, she could have told herself that she also was that consistent at Sonia's age, plus Sonia's consistency =/= BV itself, which Liza has stronger. And Caro was, well, Caro, and she was the best at being Caro. She had her own unique style and it was pretty much impossible for Liza to compare herself to her in any way, shape or form.
But I also don't see Sasha going to Mishin. Though I do think that presence of older skaters ("older" lol) could've been good for her and her mindset.
a theory: If Yulia hadn't done both programmes at the Sochi Team Event, she might have pulled off the win in the individual event. All the attention messed up her concentration.
Maybe it’s just me but I didn’t think Anna looked that bad... She looked so much healthier than worlds and the 4F and the 4F+3T in the 6 minutes warm up was impressive. To me she’s not on a massive decline, she just had a terrible worlds.
Agree. I agree that she improved at WTT than at worlds. Her spins were better, lutz edges were on mission of improvement, and the 3Lz3Lo were also getting stronger. The quads in warm up were amazing too. Shes not in decline, pretty sure she has put a mindset that quads arent that necessary at worlds and WTT (knowing that the quad contender Sasha messed up the SP). So she just did not focus on quads so much on both competitions. Daniil said it too that they prepared Anna to skate clean than to land quads, its not necessary in this competition. Anna can skip a quad and still win international events.
@@sfs6501 I was amazed at the lutz edge! That’s not an easy fix. Maybe that’s why she hasn’t showed the quad lutz for a while? I agree that they’re just saving her for next season when she has to skate hard. Anna Shcherbakova is definitely on a mission though and she’s not going anywhere.
@@sfs6501 yeap, she actually said it in the interview, that she made a conscious decision few seconds before to not risk another quad and ensure clean program instead.
@@fw7103 really? I admit I didn't pay much attention while watching her skate, so I can't say if I've noticed any improvements. One thing's for sure, she's incredibly head strong, who knows she might surprise us all in the end, she sure did so far
@@fw7103 I don't think she and her team are trying to fix the lutz edge. Her lutz edge has never been called except at that one competition so why fix it if the TP said that it's right and risk inconsistency? IMO, Anna can sometimes produces slightly looking outside edge and most of the time flat. At WTT it looked a bit outside and TP could still call it unclear if they want to but of course they won't.
Terry Gannon is such a champion of commentating. He just gets assigned wherever he's needed as a pro in sports commentating.
The sure sign that we are in the off-season: the next big news is Sasha Trusova’a new hair colour
She has so much hair that it must have taken a record amount of hair dye. Well, I like it if she likes it.
I thought the same how many boxes and hours to apply it? Perhaps she was inspired by Tiffany Z., they sat together on the plane for Worlds.
Personally I think it's fabulous 😂
@@andreagoldstein4070 Oh honey, that's not box dye! In salons, we buy our developer in 32oz-1 gallon bottles and highly concentrated color in tubes. I think one tube worth of color (mixed as directed with developer) plus plenty of Olaplex 2 mixed in to stretch the dye and give her that frizz-less healthy hair look.
@@andreagoldstein4070 Even I think she must have been inspired by Tiffany;)
Simon was clearly just reading unfamiliar skaters' ISU bios and trying to extrapolate based on that, which led to awkward moments like repeatedly talking about how Alison Schumacher was "from China" but was "now skating for Canada" -- like she had switched countries or something -- when she is in fact an adoptee who has lived her whole life in and competed for Canada.
You are right. Simon's comments on Alison Schumacher is really awkward!
He also said that Japan missed the podium and Italy was in 3rd, only for Japan to walk right out to award their ownbronze metals XD And the way he mispronounces Kaori (he says it like "kay-ori" when is "Kah-o-ri")drives me almost as nuts as the announcer at worlds saying "Kihiri" instead of "Kihira" for both the short and the free.
I only watched a very small portion of
Team trophy due to time diff and honestly lack of interest sadly. In pairs simon called the throw a “throw jump”. He clearly was “off”. I have never heard him that way before. I wonder if he is okay
“Throw jump” is actually accurate, we just generally say “throw” for shorthand.
@@ColonelGreen don’t they usually say throw flip or loop for the pairs
I have three take aways from this event:
- Elizaveta is badass team captain)👸
- Mishin appears to only be getting younger ✊
- No matter how much time passes the Matrix soundtrack still works for a long program 😎
Agree with all of your points! Mishin seems enjoying the season so much and I dont mind seeing Kaoris Matrix again in next season 🤣
Elizaveta wasn’t a badass team captain lmao Anna Scherbakova and the team doctor carried that kiss&cry since Liza didn’t even bother to show up to any of the events
6:30 Love what David said about judging artistry and jumps separately. The lack of this division is ruining the sport, because it demotivates skaters who jump well to work on their artistry. (That's not even mentioning the lack of penalties for URs and wrong edges.)
it's like how they scored Carolina in PCS. If she's at a different league, reward it because it is clearly head over heels above the others even if her technical content isn't at par with the others. Jason is a really special skater; should have had the highest PCS in the men's field.
Omg thank you for the comment about the double dipping!! If a skater does more difficult quads (flip, loop, and lutz), they automatically get higher GOEs on every jump, including 3A AND PCS.
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Except PCS is basically being used as bonus points right now.
How on earth Jason did not get the highest score on transitions. I don't think there is a moment in that program without a gorgeous transition
I think the US federation would be crazy not to make both H/D and C/B do the team event. Both teams will always place top 4/5, there is no guarantee of that in ladies or men. So if they taking the team event seriously, most consistent lady skates twice and whatever happens happens, maximise points in dance and men's, and whatever happens in pairs!
Jason- SP
Nathan- FP (&SP)
Top lady of the season- SP & FP
H/D / C/B - SD/FD
K/F- SP & FP
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10 Kagyiama
9 brawn
8Kolyada
7Aymoz
Ladies
10Valieva
9 Sakamoto
8Tennell
.Pairs
10.BOIKOVA
9 PENG JIN
8.MARINARO
7KNIRIM
Dance
10 P/C
9 S/K
8.H/D
7.G/P
RUSSIAN TEAM sp 8+10+10+9=37
US team 9+8+7+8=32
Kamila is doing the 4T+3T under spotlights. She's done a couple 4S's but less so. Her 4T is in her programs.
Oh I am so rooting for Roman this year, his skating has such a special, airy, elegant quality
It is wonderful!
Roman Sadovsky’s short program here was AMAZING. Also Evengeni Semenenko was really great here as well and will definitely be at the top in the next few years!
Roman was so good!
Semenenko really needs to work on his speed and skating skills to be at the top.
It's been painful watching rika. She's been inconsistent lately, apparently she's injured and is struggling with her jumps. I was so excited for her at the beginning of the season, landing 3A and 4S, I really thought this is gonna be her season
She considered withdrawing from the FS but decided to skate, because she’s the National Champion and she didn’t want to let down her teammates.
@@triplea_qgb1963 they could have sent mai mihara instead, she’s literally in Osaka rn
@@S80-r1o It probably also has to do with ranking as well. It’s also likely why Yuma didn’t compete at WTT.
@@triplea_qgb1963 From practice reports and insiders, rika literally couldn’t even walk properly before her SP, it wasn’t right to let her go out there and bomb...
@@S80-r1o I don’t know Mai’s condition and perhaps JSF trusted Rika more despite her injuries. WTT is also about money and maybe Rika would draw more attention for the home audience.
If Jason was given the PCS he earned it would probably not change his placement but it would show him and Rohene the respect they deserve for Sinnerman. And Romans’ short program had wonderful flow and spins - it was lovely to see him skate.
I think that's kind of the point.
You are absolutely correct about what you said on Twitter regarding Jason, PCS, and what the equivalent of giving high PCS to someone just because they are a good jumper is. It’s quite annoying how people get on Twitter and the lack of perspective some people have. Jason’s short program is amazing and it is better than everyone else right now. He definitely deserved better PCS than everyone else for that here.
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Gonna be honest and say that I don't care for Jason's style of skating at all or his programs so I personally understand if certain judges score him the way they do.
"I could use more Barbara."
Barbara and her stopwatch are an iconic duo 😂
Like you said, the fact that Jason stood up a quad again in a second competition actually was more important to me as a Jason fan that I didn't care that the rest of the programme fell apart.
However, I think Jason needs to (and I'm 110% convinced he is) go back to Schindler's List for next season - I have enjoyed Slaughter, but I have never felt that he's been truly comfortable with it. He's been making mistakes in the FS all season including on spins because the fast tempo gets away from him at times, and he is putting so much energy into the performance and character. We all know that the thing for Jason is going to be getting that quad, and he has done SL so well in the past that I think it'll be easier to add in the quad now that it's more consistent. Plus, Sinnerman is so fast and uptempo that now SL becomes a great counterpoint and shows off different sides of his performance.
I also have to say, his exhibition programme may be the most exquisite thing I've ever seen. It even made Simon stfu because it was so mesmerising.
Where do you watch the exhibition program?
I have peacock premium but I can’t find exhibition there..
So would u choose Sinnerman and Schindler's List for his Olympic SP/LP? I hope he gets to do the team SP (w/o quad) so he gets another team medal.
@@kristenjunker1632 Yeah I would! Jason has said he's keeping Sinnerman for his SP next season, so that's decided, and that he's bringing back a former FS. I can't see him going back to anything pre-TCC, the only one I would consider would be his Scent of Love programme, but he already used that for two seasons. The Simon and Garfunkel FS was an absolute miss for me and Jason himself didn't really connect with it, so I can't envision it being anything other than Schindler's List. I also think together it's a very complete set of programmes!
I'm praying he gets to the team event too, I think his Sinnerman SP deserves to be awarded with a medal, and cmon, I can SEE the NBC fluff pieces already around it!
Kolyada uses his arms and HANDS as a form of artistic expression like nobody else does at the moment. Such a talented artist. I miss that with most of the male skaters. Even if they use their arms beautifully the hands are like dead most of the time...
Kolyada does do a good job at that, but I think Jason does even better. Every arm movement and hand movement is a distinct part of the choreography and are expressive. You could snap a photo at any point in Jason's programs and see perfect lines ... all the way to his hand placement.
I wish more skaters spent effort on choreo and artistry. I love jumps, but without artistry, it just looks like skating to get to the next jump. Love watching the artistic skaters.
His (Kolyada) arms is the story... gorgeous!
If Kolyada could put everything together and do what he's capable of, he could beat the unbeatables(sadly I don't see him putting everything together with all the quads he can do, but his jump technique is incredible 😍).
@@shelleyc853 Best jump technique IMO! Also, overall artistically, Jason is amazing and deserves the rave reviews he gets, however, Mikhail for me has more sincerity. He feels the music more and conveys it without have to be so busy, if that makes sense.
Do you know Shoma's boots were broken just a few days before the competition?🤔
I think he has done well in this bad bad condition. I'm looking forward to the next season✨
Team Canada: “We came. We saw. We smashed that paycheck.”
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Did you hear Nam constantly exclaiming “We LOVE this event” during the ladies, à la Scott Moir?
May be Skate Canada will understand next season how important is for skaters to compete and will not cancel most skating competitions next season. P.S. No matter that I am Russian I wish to Canadian team to be on the podium in Beijing as high as possible since Piper& Paul are my favorite ice dance team
My god I have not enjoyed a male skater since Stephane so much like I enjoy Jason... I can watch his short program over and over again ... I believe it deserves to be skated at an olympic ice ... I hope he will be going to the olympics
Jonathan, Anna still attempted a quad flip and performed three different 3-3 combos, two of those in the latter half, so her lead over Kaori is well deserved there. However, Kaori got an edge ! call on her lutz and a q on her salchow, so she could’ve conceivably scored several points higher.
I thought it was interesting how Kaori was scored in PCS 5 points higher here over than at the worlds. I think it’s mostly deserved, but it’s interesting how politics work particularly favorably at home rather than overseas.
You mean quad flip. But Anna should have received an “!” for all of her flips and lutzes because they all take off of a flat edge. Plus, Anna and Kaori both got 9.30 for skating skills. In no world are Anna’s skating skills as good as Kaori’s. Kaori skates with much more speed and power, deeper edges and doesn’t drag her foot on her crossovers like Anna does. I can understand giving Anna higher scores for interpretation and performance, but not the other components.
@@evanperilstein5308 well I was just surprised that Kaori got scored more than five points higher in PCS here than at worlds. More correct, but maybe slightly over scored, but I would give Kaori almost a 10 on SS, and everyone else would be under a 9. Agree on your other points - even on transitions after some thought. I haven’t looked at her edge takeoffs more closely, so I will inspect next time, but the Eteri bamboozling prevents that from ever being judged correctly. I hope the judges get more critical on Anna’s PCS scores once Eteri’s new crop of skaters age up as well as the return of Kostornaia.
Regarding Canada and the team event, for me it's been a given that Canada is probably going to go with its strongest possible entry in both segments for each discipline. Nobody other than Piper & Paul are really strong individual medal contenders, so there's no reason for anybody to be trying to save themselves for the individual event; and the Canadian fed already employed the all-in approach in Pyeongchang (if Kaetlyn hadn't been such a hot mess in the free skate all season prior to the Olympics, she would probably have done both parts of the ladies' event too). The exception would only be if you had two competitors of approximately equal standing.
That commentator (I have no idea who he is) was so painful to listen too. Calling jumps incorrectly, calling people the wrong name - James Brown?! Couldn't tell difference between a sal and toe and whether someone did two or three rotations, had no idea about any of these skaters' histories and just kept repeating weird random tidbits. It was a struggle.
Oh yeah!! At one point he said that Mishina stumbled on her 3S, but she was just doing an Euler...
And calling nam Ni-Guy-Yen l
Shur-BAWK-ova Lol
Kay-ori. Lol. Yes he butchered almost every name.
@@rachellee9718 Argh yes that hurt my ears.
I was watching the WTT event thinking that we will be privileged to witness so many exciting things in the upcoming Olympic season. The last of Yuzu vs Nathan battles, the ultra C revolution in ladies, Sui & Han vs. Mishina & Galliamov, the last attempt of the French to win the dance event (before Kaganovskaya and Angelopol win the next three sets of Olympic), it will be exciting to watch and to witness. Rest well before it all starts in August
Love the kagapol plug ❤️
not sure Olympics would actually take place. I see all signs of countries in lockdown again during summer, which probably would create too many problems for Olympics and it could take place just over the internet for half the athletes.
@@vladG30 Beijing will probably happen.
Jonathan is known to be biased against Rika but to think Wakaba is gonna replace her is a whole new level of absurd. I do hope Waka pulls it together and gets that third spot on the Olympic team but the two other spots are for Kaori and Rika.
I have? I often find myself rooting for her. Wakaba seems most likely to find her way onto the Olympic team instead of Satoko.
Knowing how people like Simon can be so bad at their jobs and be paid for it is gonna do wonders every time I get imposter syndrome and feel incompetent at my job. It's even more incredible when you realise that commentary is now recorded for the internet forever. You could not PAY me to be in that position.
I think during the Exhibition he said Jason had never been to the Olympics. Yes 2014 was a while ago, but come on!
I am a Nathan fan (through and through!) and I totally agree about his PCS over Jason (among others). I worry if he isn’t scored accurately, he won’t ever be truly pushed to improve. And it’s upsetting to people who genuinely have better PCS than him. It’s simply not good for anyone.
+ As an Indian fan(!!), oh my gosh I can’t tell you how much we LOVED the Davis/White Bollywood program. It still makes its rounds on WhatsApp forwards. If you look at the comments on YT, there are a bunch of comments about people claiming “cultural appropriation”, and every Indian there promptly disagrees. I think it’s the pinnacle of cultural appreciation.
Okay "Nathan fan" who doesn't realize he constantly talks about improving and has improved over the years.
@@rop888 haha Melissa, you don’t need to question my credibility of being a Nathan fan though? Of course he is improving, but the scores should reflect the degree of improvement.
"You could be Miss New Jersey with that answer!!" LOL! If the lions aren't offended, I'm ok w Kevin's sp..
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Rika and the drapes still cracks me up 1 year later!
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Yes! I was thinking how a better costume would have carried this program so much more. It is one time I can really see a costume making a huge difference.
Yes. Doe a deer, a female deer ...
The drapes made a comeback! Sad that the free program this season didn't work for her. Maybe the World performance was a bad experience for her.
People upset about commentator not being familiar with Roman Sadovsky, when he only medalled at one GP, then won Canadian nationals and fans decided he's the greatest thing since sliced bread when in reality he's just a Canadian reincarnation of Jeremy Abbott, skating well in events when no one expects him to do that and flopping everywhere else.
Lol true!!
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😂 to be fair though ... It's his job to know the skaters, even the less important ones. This event didn't even have a lot of entries, so a quick google search before commenting will do wonders
People upset becuase he didn't do research beforehand. He just needed to see wikipedia or ISU bio. Also the issue was compounded by his other mistakes (calling skaters names and achievements wrong) and lack of figure skating knowledge. Even Mark Hanretty with his vast FS knowledge still did some researches (I saw one of his tweet before 2021 worlds event) because he might miss some less known skaters. I liked Simon when he was commentating with Chris. But when he was alone his unpreparedness came through really strong
Amber Glenn just announced that she is skating to experience for her SP choreographed by Misha Ge .... someone stage an intervention for that girl and get her some original music choices
I want her to try a new choreographer
Seriously. "Let's pick something as opposite Amber's style as we can!" 🙄
Listen, I will be happy if someone can come to her rescue with new costume style and makeup.
Yes! Especially when her own training mates already used it.
Not sure if it is valid information or just speculation made by fans for justifying his performance, but I heard numerous times on several platforms that Shoma had broken his skates before the Team Trophy and therefore he went in with a completely new pair, which wasn't broken in as he didn't have time for that.
Again, I am not assured if that's true, but it would definitely play a big role in his performance, which was tragic in comparison with the Worlds in Stockholm.
i disagree mikhail was a flop here. yes, he made jumping mistakes and what looked like a step sequence error near the end, but the performance itself i felt was the most emotionally engaging it had ever been.
This season has been draining. A few skaters that have been dominant had some moments that produced pure anxiety. Personally, I hope that Kostornaia, Rika, and Yuzuru can have a great season! TBH, I know it may be a long shot for some, but I would love to see Zagitova and Zhenya skate their best as well and for Bradie to fix that UR! This pandemic has been especially hard on a few. I want Sasha to have clean skates. Here’s to hoping that next year is the best season for all of our favorite skaters! #1 heartbreaker for me this season, though, is Rika.
This season isn't really much of a season. Unlike Russia, other countries have had lockdowns, which restricts the skaters from getting much needed training time. Then there are those who got sick and injured, and well...it was good to see some competitions, though. I'd really like to see everyone back in good form next season, and that travel restrictions can be lifted so that the skaters can go to their original training spots and get ready for the Olympics.
@@Essylte This is so true. My view is jaded because I have been following so much Russian figure skating as well as the events in other countries. I am seeing it all collectively, but it has not really been a season for any country except Russia. Other countries only had 1-2 events within their borders max. Good point! Here's to hoping for a good form, less travel restrictions, no one sick or injured season! :-)
In regards to Anastasia Mishina, I’ve been reading that she is so good at landing from throws due to her ability ‘to always find the right axis’. Whatever this means. I guess she is good at her body coordination and has a good ‘body-in-the-air’ awareness.
I think that's what is called "cat-like" reflexes!
"axis" might refer to center of gravity here
I don't remember if she has ever fell from throw jumps but she is indeed consistent landing it. However her landing position is not necessarily the most beautiful that can get +4 +5, like missing the 'oomph' and smoothness. This team is special because of their 3-3 SBS and that could get you ahead by at least 3 points compared to other teams who are still doing 3-2-2.
@Nathaniel Walker thanks, I appreciate the concentrated explanation.
Her landings are great, but their throws don’t quite have the explosiveness of, say, Tarasova and Morozov. So I’m sure that factors in to why the landings are often that good.
My 2 cents. Yuzu's competing to be able to compete on the next event but when he's ready to make that 4A debut, I think he is and he should be prepared to risk everything, his scores or any place on the podium. Because it's either trying to beat Nathan or 4A and he's choosing 4A.
Agree. He achieved being on the top, that's why he is more willing to achieve another milestone being the very first to land the killer ankle 4A.
I’m concerned how this would affect him. A Japanese politician was furious when Mao bombed the Sochi SP. Mao even thought that she couldn’t go back to Japan after how she skated. She redeemed herself in the end but the SP made it really bittersweet for her. Yuzuru could attempt a 4A, but that could mean not even getting any medal at Beijing. But I guess Japan already has Yuma and Shoma to contend for silver and bronze so maybe Japan wouldn’t be as furious.
@@triplea_qgb1963 Right? That's why Yuzu had to place for the Olympic spot. We still don't know if 4A will indeed debut at Olympics so who knows what will happen. But a place is surely there for Japan. Like Dave said there are 5 contenders for the podium, 3 of them are from Japan. Shoma hopefully wearing the the skates he is comfortable with.
@@pennyinheaven Yuzuru desperately wants the 4A but he also cares about doing his best for his country. He may not want to give a disastrous skate at the Olympics. I really don’t want to see him get shamed. I don’t know what will happen but I can only hope Brian and Tracy will be able to guide him. I get that attempting a 4A at an Olympics would be historic, but at the cost of a Olympic medal?
@@triplea_qgb1963 Yeah. That will be the biggest victory or loss for Yuzuru. It will be epic. I don't know but his journey in his skating is like a plot in a movie. Wishing him to succeed.
I have a feeling Wakaba will pull out all the stops to secure her olympic spot.
I guess my thing about Jason's quad is - is it even worth it now? I think his Olympic chances are the same with or without the quad and he realistically has no podium potential either way. I just want a clean, beautiful, iconic program from him.
I agree that with or without the quad his Olympic chances are the same however this could be less about making the Olympic podium and more about being able to put a clean quad at there for himself
I want him to fully rotate otherwise he should stick to his 3F with high GOE, it's currently earning him the same amount of points. But it is psychologically good for him to keep putting it out there. The quad pressure really messed with him in 2018, and he made the switch to TCC after not making the team. Polina Edmunds talked with Jason about this in her podcast last month.
Of course it depends on next season, but imo the US should have H/D do the rhythm dance and have C/B do the free for the team event. H/D have consistently been on top in the rhythm dance, but have lost the free to G/P in almost every event since 2019 Four Continents. At least C/B only lost the free to G/P once, and they had mistakes. Of course, then the US would have to choose only one man or one lady, which I'm not sure they would want to do. With either couple the result will most likely be the same overall, but they're so close and both deserve a team medal imo. Both teams are really going have to step up their game and be virtually perfect at every competition next season. Having a world medal definitely helps H/D's case, but I think the US will pick one team, and that'll be whichever team wins nationals.
(Sorry for the long rant, I have a lot of thoughts 😅)
Many artists throughout history have been using different cultures as their source of inspiration -when discovered Japanese traditional arts European artists started to incorporate them into their work, many musicians have been doing it. Even at these worlds we could here another piece that merged tribe vibes and electro in Shoma's SP. Both programs got inspired by the music of a different culture and unless it's about mocking ( and it's not here) that's not offensive
This. Nothing wrong with using other cultures as their inspiration, as long as the intention is to neither mock nor disrespect. As an asian, i dont mind when foreigners wear our traditional costumes or use some of our traditional music. It actually makes me more proud(?) and happy that at least (hey) someone is appreciating it.
@@snowandglaciers6231 i would love if someone likes music culture or other traditions of my nation and make it more known to the world
The costume for Shoma's short program, back when it was an exhibition, was definitely improper cultural appropriation, though.
Ppl who're not from the cultural group that certain content is about should not be allowed to talk about whether the content is culturally appropriate or not
Italy did have a reserve ready to go, Frangipani was preparing to go after Rizzo withdrew and then when it came out that Rizzo wasn’t going because he tested positive for COVID, Frangipani was told last minute that he wasn’t allowed to go due to there being this meaningless rule that when someone tests positive for COVID, replacements aren’t allowed to be sent. He was really screwed over here
And yet they still managed to beat France and Canada :D
I think the rule makes sense in terms of Frangipani's safety, this should be a bubble after all for the athletes
@@aflautist Daniel grassl trains with Matteo yet he was allowed to go
Daniel had Covid in December and he recovered. That's why he was allowed to go.
You guys have kept my hopes in check the past few years regarding the Gracie Gold comeback but now I’m getting too excited again ✨😭💕
We can get excited. But if we are going to be real... well, enough said.
Your comment about Jason's PCS in the sp did not offend me..I totally agreed w it and loved your explanation.
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To the commentary section: stop bodyshaming Trusova please, she is a person and has feelings
Also I DEMAND Roman in the SP at the team event in the Olympics!!
But first the second spot for Canada should be confirmed in September.
@@snezhanagorelova9008 Well yes, obviously. They have to get it at Nebelhorn.
@@saralynriddell2650 The World Team Trophy was a good chance for Skate Canada to check who is better prepared for Nebelhorn - Nam or Roman.
the mariachi program didn't even avoid cultural appropriation discussions! although a lot of hispanic people argued back too. neither did meryl and charlie's on twitter but i think a lot of the indian community still backs them up.
I've never deep dived on Twitter, but in real life I've seen only positive reactions to Meryl and Charlie's skate from Indian people. They all loved it and felt very flattered to be represented in such a way at the Olympics, and even help them break WR and win gold.
Canada doesn't play let's get more people a medal in the team event, if they did W/P would have an olympic medal
This episode killed me. Jonathan with his owls, Dave and the Tessa doll, Tessa's outfit change and Mariah Belling the sweater-so Tessa! Dave's Polish mispronunciation and Jonathan's correction. I love you guys!
Realistically if Yuzu is to achieve 4A in competition, it certainly won’t be by next season. It would still take years to stabilize.
I don't think that stabilisation is his goal. Seems like he just wants to land it once to make history again
@@fsmilka8021 or even just attempt it at the biggest sports competition. I think he’s also doing it to tell himself that he hasn’t been competing for nothing the last 3 years.
@@fsmilka8021 Stabilize the jump meaning at least to be able to land it in practice before attempting it in competition. He doesn’t appear to be anywhere near that point yet, and throwing out YOLO 4A and magically landing it in competition would be impossible.
Then it just means he won't quit the sport until he's done it. That's the only thing keeping him from quitting.
@@pennyinheaven it’s what keeps him skating.
I have never, ever, darn well ever, hated commentary as much as I ever did, until this competition.
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Absolutely!! I couldn’t believe it - I mean how can you be a fs commentators and not recognize a flip from a toe loop or a double from a triple axel
Haha as a college gym fan I have heard worst but it was pretty bad
Simon was truly horrible.
He also mispronounced most names even after the Japanese announcer announced them correctly lmao
I agree Jasons WTT 2021 short program is the best performed! -Nathan fan, Yuzu follower.
..but, without quadruples jumps !?
@@nenavujicin7882 Yeah, it was without that level of difficulty but in my humble opinion his pcs marks could be at the same level or even 1 point greater than those who performed perfectly with quads. Jason performed that SP brilliantly. Just recognizing Jasons performance that is all.
Time stamps please 🥺🌸
I'm so fed up of seeing people criticizing Shoma's perfomance. People talk without knowing, without even caring about doing it. It wasn't about consistance or bad tranning. Shoma had to skate on new skates. They broke few days before the competition, he clearly didn't have the time to break them in. What else could he have done in his situation? He did everything he could till the end. Ask everyone to skate on new skates and let's see how "consistent" they can be. For this competition he even wanted to challenge himself, that's why he had such a complex content planned. I really wonder if he were another skater people would care about doing some research. Because I understand you cannot have every little information about each skater, but you know, if you're going to criticize someone's performance, you should be aware and always try to look up for the best sources first.
For one thing he has the wrong passport, so the non Japanese media don't care. Also, unlike some other skaters in the past, he's not a drama queen so he didn't make a big deal about the skates, but it is a big deal. And he had to quarantine for awhile after worlds which gave him even less time to prepare the new skates. People should have more consideration for these athletes who shouldn't even have to be risking their health to be at this stupid event.
Shoma said he didn’t train enough in his press conference. That’s what we are referring to. If he had to skate on new skates that would be such a problem, he should have been replaced by Yuma.
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Some people may want to do that type of research b/c they are into that, but there’s always plenty of others who are too busy actually skating themselves or not into treating each comp like a journalistic event, so they just watch the performances and TSL and give an opinion that shouldn’t make fans of anyone else feel any certain way - we are just throwing our opinions out there, it doesn’t matter who agrees or not, but it shouldn’t be taken personally ( unless you are the performer, coach, choreographer, or parent). Just relax and enjoy 🙂
@@kristenjunker1632 I understand that not everyone can be 100% informed about every skater's life. And I agree everybody is free to give their opinion. However, from my point of view, the problem comes when people talk without actually knowing what they're saying. You would be ignorant, it's like believing fake news because of not having done a proper research. In this case, it wasn't just an opinion being stated, there was some criticism involved, and I'm not referring to this video only. So yeah, everybody is free to express their opinion, an opinion is one thing, but we must always think before speaking. "You shouldn't pretend you have any understanding when you only care to hear one side of the story".
I thought Wakaba was completely underscored at NHK, and probably was at nationals as well (didn’t watch). Japanese politics don’t seem to be in her favor atm.
JFS needs to send Wakaba to Beijing. She deserves to be an Olympian more than any other skaters that had just missed out.
They have never liked Wakaba.
@@joeyartk I think they loved her last quad, but ever since she messed up at that GPF leading up to the olympics, and then the injuries that plagued her last season, they fell out of love with her, but it’s continuing now for whatever reason.
@@MrChaseBlue She never got support from JSF, even when she was their only skater who qualified for GP final. Her PCS scores in Japan were only slightly higher than first year Sakamoto. Even Russian announcers commented on her lack of support from JSF.
@@joeyartk I guess they didn’t like how she messed up the GPF during the last Olympic season.
@@triplea_qgb1963 They weren't giving her support before that. Ever since juniors Wakaba was a never a favorite of JSF. Satoko, Rika, and Kaori have all bombed in big competitions, but they get full support, unlike Wakaba, even when she was their top skater.
Your suspicions were correct.....Vanessa James and Eric Radford, seriously!?
I like it. Just their ages might be an issue
I wouldn't consider Kevin's short cultural appropriation, but I would consider his costume absolutely hideous
Ditto Nam's long mango colored blouson, my eyes burned
@@grisgris6908 Most of the men did programs and exhibition in black pants and black shirt. Gosh, a bit of creativity would not hurt them! Not for Nathan since we know he’ll pull out his yellow/purple shirt. 😱
Maybe yes, but he made changes to the costume though at least. Before it was skin colored shirt to make him look like that he was shirtless with tattoos
At this point Yuzu needs someone like Tarasova(in theory)to reign him in and get him up to standard because at this point I don’t see Brian being able to after he’s been by himself for a year. The gap between him and Nathan technically keeps getting larger and as a Fanyu that stresses me out!
I don’t think Yuzuru cares anymore. He’s just going for the 4A.
He tried to up his tech and lost to Nathan by a massive score. He tried just to skate clean with 4 quads and still lost to Nathan (who fell) by a massive score. I think it's just mentally better for him not to say he wants to win and just focus on other things
@@rop888 To be fair, Hanyu was struggling with his asthma on that day. But even if he did land everything, I doubt he’d get the scores to beat Chen.
I wonder where orser is at in this situation? I feel like yuzu doesn’t have anyone to really reign it in.. he need tarasova lol!!
Simon inferring that Eliza was a cheeky bird like her music was a choice, for non uk viewers calling a lady a bird is not exactly complimentary and is a very lad down the pub way to talk! I completely agree that PCS scores are not being judged correctly just because someone quads well doesn't qualify for high PCS scores!
Great recaps this season! Alexa and Brandon’s free skate was beautiful and got a great score. They deserved even more points on their throw loop, it was the best element in the event. They need more time together, but their throw flip in warmup was amazing. With all their athleticism and promise, the sky is the limit. I know you said you’re not into Mishina and Galliamov’s short, but it’s been so well received. The Japanese pair may have gotten a little home boost in scoring, but they’re a great team. I’m surprised by the Eric and Vanessa rumblings. I recall around 2017 that it seemed like Meagan was the one convincing him to still skate.
Team event OG
B/K .T/M
Sui Han .Peng Jin
Tawers Marinaro
Frazer Knirim
Ladies
Valieva
Sakamoto
Tennell.
Ice Dance
P/C
S/K
H/D
G/P
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Chen
Uno.Hanyu
Kolyada
Messing
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Jonathan: so, no spring chicken.
Dave: 🤨😒
For Xmas 2021 if we can all ask Santa to give Satoko the gift of jumping, that would be great, thanks.
Amen to that
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Seriously if she can land the jump with minor URs or Qs here and there I'll be estatic. I want to see that Tosca program skated cleanly. Fingers crossed 😣
Daniel Grassl's short program skating was the ugliest skating I think I've ever seen in my life. Rough as hell. It was passable in the long where he was actually portraying a criminal
He gets the point with the jumps but him and Matteo are from two different planets. It’s a shame that skaters like Roman can’t nail consistency with the jumps.
Grassl I believe, suffered a minor injury during his first fall which was the cause of the poor quality.
His skating is.... weird. Really weird. Some of his spin positions are so awkward and in the free it felt like he was just pumping out cross-overs from jump to jump and relying on a theatrical costume change to make up for his complete lack of artistry. It felt weird how much the commentators hyped him up here and at world's...
"Find me some footage to upgrade the PCS." LOLOLOL
I've been waiting for this all day! Thanks guys 💓
Hope you enjoy it!
I think there is no real reason for the US Fed not to let both CB and HD skate at the team event. They'd be both be at the same place, so you could swap them without losing anything.
I had to pop over to Instagram to see the new Trusova hair. I have no words.
I actually don’t find the colour so bad, looks nice with the blue eyes. The length is almost grotesque though
The Katsalapov flop on the Twizzles was so obvious that the GOE was outrageous.
I can't help but root for Nathan to get the gold at the olympics!
If he skates relatively clean, he will. He has most quads and the reputation among judges is also good. He just needs the right mental state so the nightmare in Pyeongchang SP would not haunt him
@@sfs6501 yeah, I really hope he keeps it together
@@sfs6501 Kagiyama could be the spoiler.
I mean unless he has disastrous falls, he will win gold. ISU is setting him up to win
@@bill9989 yeaa Yuma is a huge talent too! I enjoyed his skating so much at worlds
I felt proud of Kevin’s program‼️👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
Thank you for not going overboard on all the PC b.s., obsessions over alleged cultural appropriation, etc. I would probably be even less apologetic.
Jonathan made a point about Jason Brown that I think all the time, which is that the other skaters *couldn't do* his programs. There's so much emphasis on quads as a thing that he just can't do, but the fact is he can do things the others just can't. So why is one weighted so much more heavily than the other?
Annas jumps just look soooo labored, from her pick to when she pulls in for a combo. Kinda like zheyna 2018, but worse. It will certainly be interesting for the russian ladies this fall
In Men, Romans SP and Chen’s LP were my highlights. In Ladies, Elizabeta’s 3 axels were grand and Canada’s Allison Schumacher made a decent impression. I can’t stop staring at Galliamov,,,,he has a real presence on the ice. I loved the clip of Galliamov doing a press lift with Kolyada.,,,I didn’t realize Kolyada was so short. I felt bad for Nam 😖. I’m over Hanyu’s programs but he skated decent over all ; he’s just no match for Chen, then again, no one is.
I actually decided to listen to the Dutch commentary at WTT which knwoledgeable, while I used to be a big fan of Simon and Chris and preferred to listen to them. But Simon on his own, is not good.
However questionable Tukty’s overall choreo may be, that woman knows how to highlight certain moves and give us MOMENTS. That beginning of her short program had me crushing on Liza and making a lip appointment.🌈💉👄 🥰 empress thirst squad checking in, as the kids today say (I think).
Dave, why doesn't Jason get higher GOE on his jumps? They always come out of nowhere, well performed, what is he lacking that I don't see? thanks
Agree most importantly his solo 3F which from his average GOE, most judges probably gave him +3 for that. In my opinion at least a +4 if you're being picky
Also usually quad jumps tend to receive both higher and lower goes
Thanks for the Michigan shot out. They were awesome.
So good!
I hope Wakaba/her team are shrewd enough to read the situation as it is and go for it next season. No more messy wakaflop, she needs to be trained and packaged well
I’m really pulling for Wakaba. She’s my favorite Japanese lady
@@Ogusername-h7e she used to be my favourite but I had to give up on her a few seasons ago, the constant nerves and heartbreak was too much to bear. But considering the satoko and rika situation, there may be hope
@@S80-r1o I will never understand why she didn't change coaches after last Olympic cycle. She is by far the most talented Japanese lady, but has constantly underperformed, but never tried a change.
I think Rino Matsuike has a higher chance of making the team.
@@triplea_qgb1963 3 spots
When Max was sent in 2015 USFS used standings or rankings as their reason..My momwould have said.."They are making it up as they go along..
I'm terribly afraid that Niki and Viki will win the Olympics.
Me too
They can’t unless P/C really mess up. Although I’m pretty sure that Russia would do a lot to guarantee their skaters an ice dance gold on top of ladies and pairs gold, I don’t think that ISU would want a one country sweep like this, it’s not interesting enough for the public and all. Also, P/C are considered to be the geniuses of ice dance, + someone who has been there for a long time on a super high level. I think the judges would let them have the priority to win, especially with their sad loss at the last Olympics. It’s like, they’ve already “earned” their gold, if S/K stay after the next season, they will surely earn theirs at the next Olympics. Right now I think the ISU is trying to make competitions more exciting and tight by getting S/K so close to the French or otherwise no one would watch either except for their fans 😅
@@ingetamm7951 I really hope so. However Russia knows how to play politics like no one else and if I see that judge Alla anywhere near the ice dance event, I will know the fix is in. the ISU may want lots of different stuff, but the judges motivations don't always aline with what the ISU wants. I really, really, hope you are right though.
@@ingetamm7951 agree it was amazing that Russia dominated at WTT and Worlds but it's not really fun one county sweep at the world champetion either expect the men field, but yea P/C has a mistake at their at last real Competion that's might why S/K won that event
@@o4ka47 what do you that Russia knows how to play politics also Russia Figure skating only cares about gold and have the best skaters to copmete in a real competeion: even this 2020-2021 year when European Figure Skating competon was cancled the director of Russia Feb wasen't happy so the feb made a team event in their county having two their big stars to be team caption and the Russia skaters wasen't social dissaning or wearing mask at any event in Russia too
As a huge Yuzuru fan, I still agree about Jason. He should have had the higher components scores here above Yuzu and Nathan. I think for a lot of Yuzu fans, these things are touchy because he is such an idol to us. But we should still remain objective and fair. Jason deserved all the points here.
Both are great skaters!
I was thinking precisely about how this ice dance French team would be feeling about Papadakis/Ciceron not having gone to worlds. Because they lost their chance to go to Olimpics with that decision of theirs
Yeah I’m sympathetic but P/C can’t risk their health for another team.
Hopefully G/T will get a chance at Euros. I doubt that P/C would skip a home Worlds. I heard that Gabi had visa issues plus they wouldn't want to risk losing Stockholm to S/K...
Hi Dave, will you please inform us about Meagan and Eric’s situation on next week’s episode? I am hearing different things but would like to hear from you both. I am asking as a skating fan and have a little to no knowledge about this situation.
Thank you in advance.
I heard Shoma “s world Ranking is higher than Yuma .
This episode is filled with so many fabulous one-liners.
I never thought that Jason could top the sp from 2019 (love is a bitch)- but this one is really a masterpiece! I’m so in love 💕 btw thank you for your thoughtful insights- I‘m totally enjoying it 😊
Why won't yuzu focus on his quads instead? Specifically 4T and 4L?
He actually landed a 4Lz in the gala practice. I just think he doesn’t have the stamina to do so many quads like Nathan. But then again, no one can match Nathan in number of jumps and be as consistent. Yuzuru’s lutz technique doesn’t seem to be as easy for him when it comes to a quad. Also, he’s had two serious injuries to his foot and he prefers edge jumps over toe jumps. Yuzuru already tried in the GPF and he couldn’t.
Idk maybe they have been done already and he doesn't plan to compete forever so perfecting jumps that he has done one way or another is not exciting for him.
Hubbell and Donohue should do the short and Chock/Bates the free, especially if Chock/Bates win the free skate at nationals.
Dave and these JCPenney catalog throwback sweaters 💀💀💀
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Ok, now I have to look for a reply of NCAA gymnastics 😂 Are you also going to do a recap of the ladies gymnastics competition in the Olympics (if it happens this year)?
I will be!