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Skate Canada: I laughed and I cried
I laughed and I laughed and I laughed Because the judging...kind of a joke, right? Home field advantage has not been this pronounced in recent memory. It was most evident in the program components scores. *I should also note that there was some other questionable judging, like the dinging of Mirai...
Jennifer Kirk and Favoritism in Skating
Here is a good blog post from Jennifer Kirk asssessing the men's short program at NHK Trophy. I pretty much agree with everything she is saying about Abbott and Joubert. I am always shocked at how high Joubert's program components score is in comparison with others.
NHK Trophy Results
Here are the results from Day 1 of the NHK Trophy. I only got to watch the men so far. It was a successful short program day for Americans Johnny Weir (who was great) and Jeremy Abbott (superb, really liked his short), but not such a hot day for Adam Rippon, who finds himself in 8th place. ...
What I Learned From Cup of China
(Aside from the fact that Icenetwork hates me, that is). Even When She Doesn't Skate, Mao Asada has a Bad Week The Japanese Skating Federation is supposedly putting a great emphasis on Grand Prix results for Olympic team selections. And if that is truly the case, then Akiko Suzuki's Cup of China...
Rostelecom Cup Final Thoughts
In honor of my beloved New York Yankees making the World Series which starts tonight (sorry if that has alienated 90 percent of my readers!), I decided to do a baseball themed Rostelecom Cup Analysis. Root, Root, Root for the Home Team Russia definitely won the overachiever award for this Grand...
Rostelecom Cup Results: Pairs Short Program
The pairs short program has been completed at Rostelecom Cup and China's Pang and Tong are out in front, followed by Russia's Kavagutia and Smirnov, who had a fall, and USA's McLaughlin and Brubaker. But look at M&B's technical score - the highest one! Unfortunately their program components...
Triple Axel for Flatt?
This USA Today article has Rachael Flatt's coach, Tom Zakrajsek, talking about upping the skater's technical abilities: "Certainly we'll try to get a triple axel," he said, knowing that Asada and most of the Japanese do that most difficult of jumps. "She has landed it cheated before, in...
More Quad Talk
It seems every figure skating competition these days is followed by talk of the quad, probably because most of the skaters winning the men's competitions are not doing them. The Globe and Mail says that Canadian Patrick Chan insists he wants to add a quad next year, and the article goes on to...
Patrick Chan Wins Four Continents
Unfortunately, I could not see it because Icenetwork doesn't love me and locked me out and doesn't work weekend hours. But anyway, Chan was dominant at Four Continents, and from the articles and scoring sheets, it appears he won once again on his dominant program components and grade of execution...
Hersh on Czisny and Weir
Chicago Tribune's Philip Hersh is contending that Alissa Czisny was propped up by the program components score at the U.S. Nationals. I'm not necessarily going to argue, although I liked the outcome. Hersh points out that Czisny only landed three triples in the free skate, which is pretty much...
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