Worlds:
Qualifiers for World Team Trophy
David Dore speaks on new rules & team competition
2015 short dance details announced
Purich & Tran confirmed
Concerning how the now three-time and reigning World Champion in Men’s Figure Skating was scored tonight.
He was properly penalized for straight -3s for both jumps he fell on, as well as semi-penalized for the three-jump. Most of his +3s came on his early elements, especially his quads, which really were that beautiful. He received slightly lower PCS than he often does; he got no 10s. He PCS were two points higher than Denis Ten’s. His tariff was three points higher. He did two quads. Denis Ten did one.
Should Denis Ten have won? Yeah, probably. The fact that so many of the skaters themselves are pissed off indicates there’s a definite problem. But please do not going yelling that Chanada cheated or Patrick Chan is being unfairly favored. Neither in this case is true. It is probable that Ten was hurt by his reputation, but his marks from the judges for all that were quite good. The problem is, as it has been way too many times since Evgeny Plushenko’s Olympic temper tantrum, that the quad is worth too much. Was it lowered, Ten would’ve won. Maybe by not as much as he should’ve but he still would’ve won.
But of course people won’t admit the problem and noone will go against Plushenko. So we will continue to have this.
Arrived home from work and have been watching the men’s shorts since, so haven’t had a chance to watch any of the pairs, but love that Duhamel & Radford got all the way up to 2nd. I was thinking they might be in contention for the podium, if only because of those lutzes, but I definitely didn’t see that coming.
But then again, speak of things you didn’t see coming, OMG the men! All the pre-event favorites blow it except for Chan, so I guess he’s winning it again, but then OMG Denis Ten! Just when we really had all given up on you once and for all, you go and break 90! Of course now he has to back it up in the free, but it gives one hope for the future(sadly Tomas Verner blew it again, but still, one day he may not). But when the event is that crazy in its twists and turns, it’s nice to have someone like Misha Ge. Will anyone else in the entire competition do a step sequence with this kind of speed?
Hope he qualifies a berth for Sochi.
Czisny injured in warmup competition
Korpi, others withdraw
Dubé & Wolfe retire
Tobias denied Lithuanian citizenship
Kovtun retains spot on European team
Small international & intranational competitions
American and Canadian teleconferences
Second week of Dancing on Ice
van der Perren wins Belgian Dancing With the Stars
More skating babies
Russian Senior Nationals is a colorful event
Russian Junior Nationals & Volvo Cup rosters released
Montalbano & Krasnapolski split
Suzuki to stay one more season
Various shows take place in Europe
Dorothy Hamill interviewed for Stars on Ice
This week’s headlines:
Fallout continues from Shilband firing
Boston to host 2014 Nationals
More details on Salt Lake City competition
Czisny resting post-surgery
First withdrawal from the Grand Prix
First skaters announced for Medal Winner’s Open
ISU sanctions Norwegian officials
Miner announces his music choices, others give some program details
Johnny Weir-Voronov has multiple interviews published
2nd Artistry on Ice debuts in Taiwan
Jialiang Wu retires, Carolina Kostner definitely going on
Several club shows held, most notably Detroit’s
Weaver & Pojé, others interviewed
Yu-Na sues professor for libel
