2019 World Team Trophy Men's SP

[Sylvia]

Thursday, April 11th event #3 of 3 - Men's SP (18:40 to 20:12 in Japan / 5:40 to 7:12 am Eastern time)

Wedgie Data

Warm-up Group 1
1 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA
2 Andrei LAZUKIN RUS
3 Kevin AYMOZ FRA
4 Daniel GRASSL ITA
5 Nam NGUYEN CAN
6 Keiji TANAKA JPN

Warm-up Group 2
7 Matteo RIZZO ITA
8 Alexander SAMARIN RUS
9 Keegan MESSING CAN
10 Vincent ZHOU USA
11 Shoma UNO JPN
12 Nathan CHEN USA

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Team Standings after RD & Ladies SP:
1 Team Russia RUS 11 + 11 + 7 = 29
2 Team Japan JPN 7 + 12 + 10 = 29
3 Team United States of America USA 10 + 9 + 8 = 27
4 Team France FRA 12 + 5 + 3 = 20
5 Team Canada CAN 8 + 6 + 2 = 16
6 Team Italy ITA 9 + 4 + 1 = 14
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ISU live stream (geo-blocked in JPN, USA, RUS): https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/figure-skating/

NBC Sports Gold will live stream and have video on demand for subscribers in the USA (ETA link): http://stream.nbcsports.com/gold/figure-skating?pid=218008

More info about live streaming options: https://soyouwanttowatchfs.com/post/184014831775/2019-world-team-trophy-info-streaming

 

[victorskid]

The first group of men is warming up and we are back to the blurry view on the ISU/Eurovision stream

 

[Sylvia]

So... who were the row of official looking people seen wearing masks behind the judges as they were being introduced??

Opening 4Lz landed by Adam Siao Him Fa!

 

[MsZem]

The first group of men is warming up and we are back to the blurry view on the ISU/Eurovision stream

I love the Eurovision stream! I did have to reduce it from HD but now it works nicely.

I know people like to say that Adam's skating takes after his coach, but Joubert never got an L4 on any step sequence that I'm aware of.

 

[MarieM]

He has a 4Lz? Cool. Now if only he could revamp his skating ...

 

[jlai]

I love the Eurovision stream! I did have to reduce it from HD but now it works nicely.

I know people like to say that Adam's skating takes after his coach, but Joubert never got an L4 on any step sequence that I'm aware of.

But even Ashley Wagner got L4 from time to time, so...
But yes, level conscious is all good.

 

[luckiest1]

Anyone in Canada able to get the CBC player to stream? I'm getting "cannot play this media in your browser, retry".

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I'm going to miss Aymoz's devil horns. It's been a fun program to watch.

 

[victorskid]

Anyone in Canada able to get the CBC player to stream? I'm getting "cannot play this media in your browser, retry".

CBC is apparently not showing the short programs - they changed their schedule. I have been watching on the ISU (Eurovision) channel https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/figure-skating/live.html?id=7

It has been blurry on the high def (default) setting but improves if you take it down to a lower setting.

Per Twitter the ISU is now aware of the problem and is contacting the provider....

 

[MsZem]

Kevin is so much fun.

ETA: as is Cizeron in a tutu.

 

[luckiest1]

Thanks Victorskid. That seems to work, too bad I missed Kevin!

 

[rfisher]

I love Grassl if for no other reason he made Rizzo get his act together. Italy has a nice future for its men's skating. Good since without Kostner, the ladies are in pitiful shape. As usual. Vale could come back and skate singles and go to the Olympics if she wants.

 

[rfisher]

Not a fan of Nam, but he's steadily improved since Canadian nationals so I'll give him that.

 

[Deleted member 40371]

PCS is 40.72

 

[victorskid]

Not a fan of Nam, but he's steadily improved since Canadian nationals so I'll give him that.

And he put down a season's best score

 

[Sylvia]

Keegan popped into the kiss & cry to congratulate Nam, of course.

 

[rfisher]

Apparently skating for prize money gives a lot of skaters incentive.

 

[victorskid]

So... who were the row of official looking people seen wearing masks behind the judges as they were being introduced??

Those are the announcers and TV technical folks - it is a tradition for them to do this (as part of the fun of the event, I guess).

 

[Sylvia]

Arutunian is sitting WTT out this time - no coach here for Nathan (or Mariah).

 

[mysticchic]

hi all. can't write much due to streghth

 

[victorskid]

hi all. can't write much due to streghth

Good morning - nice to have you here

 

[Karen-W]

Well, that was really rough for Samarin. Rizzo was very nice before that though.

 

[rfisher]

Apparently Samarin had his moment at Russian Nationals as it's been downhill ever since. The Russian KnC looks more like a wake than a cheering section.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Keegan does have nice spread eagles

 

[rfisher]

What's up with the coaching change for Vincent??? Temporary? Permanent?

Holy score Batman.

 

[Sylvia]

Vincent has been working with Mie Hamada in Osaka since Worlds.

100.51 is a new SB/PB! He landed Rippon(new)4Lz+3T, 4S, 3A.

 

[rfisher]

Vincent has been working with Mie Hamada in Osaka since Worlds.

100.51 is a new SB/PB! He landed Rippon(new)4Lz+3T, 4S, 3A.

He needs to stay a while longer.

 

[rfisher]

Nathan is tired and well he should be, but Zhou has a new life. His time in Japan has been well spent. Hope he keeps that going forward.

 

[Sylvia]

1 Nathan CHEN USA 101.95 54.69 47.26 9.36 9.29 9.54 9.50 9.57 0.00 #12 12
2 Vincent ZHOU USA 100.51 57.30 43.21 8.64 8.50 8.75 8.64 8.68 0.00 #10 11
3 Shoma UNO JPN 92.78 47.67 45.11 9.14 9.00 8.79 9.18 9.00 0.00 #11 10
4 Keiji TANAKA JPN 89.05 48.59 40.46 8.14 7.89 8.21 8.11 8.11 0.00 #6 9
5 Andrei LAZUKIN RUS 88.96 50.46 38.50 7.86 7.39 7.79 7.64 7.82 0.00 #2 8
6 Matteo RIZZO ITA 87.64 46.24 41.40 8.25 8.07 8.36 8.29 8.43 0.00 #7 7
7 Nam NGUYEN CAN 87.57 46.85 40.72 8.04 7.82 8.36 8.18 8.32 0.00 #5 6
8 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 85.22 44.26 40.96 8.07 8.00 8.21 8.32 8.36 0.00 #3 5
9 Keegan MESSING CAN 79.75 38.11 41.64 8.43 8.32 8.04 8.39 8.46 0.00 #9 4
10 Daniel GRASSL ITA 79.68 42.50 37.18 7.43 7.21 7.54 7.50 7.50 0.00 #4 3
11 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 72.56 37.85 34.71 7.07 6.57 6.96 7.04 7.07 0.00 #1 2
12 Alexander SAMARIN RUS 71.84 35.73 38.11 7.93 7.36 7.39 7.82 7.61 2.00 #8 1

Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/wtt2019/data0103.pdf

ISU SB scores:

Zhou 100.51 (100.18)
Tanaka 89.05 (83.93)
Lazukin 88.96 (87.92)
Nguyen 87.57 (82.51)

Team Standings after Day 1:

1 Team United States of America USA 50 (12+11=23 for the men)
2 Team Japan JPN 48 (10+9=19 for the men)
3 Team Russia RUS 38
4 Team France FRA 27
5 Team Canada CAN 26
6 Team Italy ITA 24

 

[Vash01]

Russian men are pathetic. The pairs can make up some ground, but will it be enough?