2023 Skate America Men FS - Texas TES Score Massacre

[Sally1214]

There is NO question that Ilia deserves the gold ... his technical prowess is phenomenal and I applaud him for that. He's very young; and, in time, he may (most likely, will) develop the artistic side of his skating to equal the tech content. At the moment, he doesn't stir the emotional reaction in me that Kevin (and some others) do but there's no denying his brillance. Absolutely extraordinary. Congratulations, Ilia.

 

[jenny12]

Maybe he’s more of a Connor.

Ilia Malinin was interested in quads from a very young age.

 

[tony]

Nathan certainly WAS. He may not have started out as one, but he got there!

That's a strong opinion I think Shae sometimes found ways to make him look like an artiste (especially 2021 LP), but one he was definitely not.

 

[Jay42]

I like the Succession program for Ilia a lot more than his Euphoria program last season.

 

[skatingguy]

He seems like a Roman. (obviously not in every aspect )

Like father, like son.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

winning by more than 30 points and he didn't bring his biggest jump

 

[Wyliefan]

Aw, he's SO happy!

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Ilia and Roman overwhelmed by his score.

 

[Wyliefan]

Who gave Mariah uppers?

 

[nuage]

100 point over Stephen

 

[rfisher]

That 2nd quad lutz was just ridiculously good. So much height. Ilia just landed so easily into the Euler/3sal combo. And then how he just steps into that 3axel and lands with no speed in or out. Shouldn’t get great GOE, but it’s impressive, massively impressive.

Ilia has definitely worked on his expression and commitment. After seeing Kevin, Ilia’s never going to be an artist, but he doesn’t have to be. Nathan certainly wasn’t.

And, that trumps running on ice every single time.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Who gave Mariah uppers?

I don't know, but I feel like they probably picked out that dress.

 

[Karen-W]

My mom's only text so far this weekend...

"The raspberry twist is a fun, awesome jump"

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Ilia very Italian with the hands during interview

 

[rfisher]

Geeze has Mariah been snorting helium or has she always been squeaky?

 

[slicekw]

This program really uses ilia's awkwardness to his advantage. I do think it comes across better in person than on screen.

Yeah, he’s got that long, lean, angular look and movement, and you said that well. I should’ve driven up to see it in person.

 

[overedge]

There is NO question that Ilia deserves the gold ... his technical prowess is phenomenal and I applaud him for that. He's very young; and, in time, he may (most likely, will) develop the artistic side of his skating to equal the tech content. At the moment, he doesn't stir the emotional reaction in me that Kevin (and some others) do but there's no denying his brillance. Absolutely extraordinary. Congratulations, Ilia.

Sorry, but I don't think it's brilliance when it's just the jumping that's giving him mega points.

 

[beckab81]

I think that was his first time over 200 in the FS (internationally) and over 300 overall, which is why he & his dad had such a reaction.

 

[tony]

No 10's for Kevin, and the 3S got no under call? Weird. It looked way short and landed forward to me. All clean jumping passes for Ilia.

 

[Carolla5501]

Time to limit the number of quads per program or lessen their point value, to "encourage" skaters to pay attention to other things. Sorry, but other than looking less gawky, I don't see a lot of improvement in Ilia's skating in the elements that aren't jumps.

Let’s just make it dance and they can skate around and look pretty.


There are ways to encourage this without limiting the jumps.

If we make it less of a sport, that will probably make sure that even fans watch

 

[danafan]

The ending choreo sequence really should be a +5.

It was! From every judge.

http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/gpusa2023/FSKMSINGLES-----------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[leilaofpaper]

I think that was his first time over 200 in the FS (internationally) and over 300 overall, which is why he & his dad had such a reaction.

It was a PB by about 12 points

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I think that was his first time over 200 in the FS (internationally) and over 300 overall, which is why he & his dad had such a reaction.

In some ways, I think not going for the 4A works better for him. He needs to out jump people to win, but I think he may actually be more able to do that without the 4A.

 

[BittyBug]

And Peacock chacks the medal ceremony.

 

[skatfan]

Time to limit the number of quads per program or lessen their point value, to "encourage" skaters to pay attention to other things. Sorry, but other than looking less gawky, I don't see a lot of improvement in Ilia's skating in the elements that aren't jumps.

He IS paying attention. Look, he's a technical phenom who is now working hard on other things (his spins are already great). I can see a significant difference even between his first competition and here. And he's only 18, and the family is obviously aware that he needs to continue to work on them. If there's a problem, it's that the judges are not creating an appropriate spread on the presentation marks. But then Kevin should get dinged for a pretty empty 2nd half program when he runs out of gas.

 

[Rukia]

No 10's for Kevin, and the 3S got no under call? Weird. It looked way short and landed forward to me. All clean jumping passes for Ilia.

I know they were looking at some of his jumps but maybe they were scared of the rabid crowd idk. Deniss had like every pass reviewed once again, but I don't care he had such ease of movement and charisma. It was a great program, much better then o thought it would be.

 

[Sylvia]

Men
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Ilia MALININ USA 310.47 1 1
2 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 279.09 2 2
3 Shun SATO JPN 247.50 3 4
4 Nika EGADZE GEO 237.45 5 5
5 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE 237.44 8 3
6 Nozomu YOSHIOKA JPN 233.56 4 7
7 Andrew TORGASHEV USA 219.67 11 6
8 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN 216.98 9 8
9 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 215.34 6 10
10 Maxim NAUMOV USA 210.53 10 9
11 Stephen GOGOLEV CAN 210.48 7 11
12 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE 198.95 12 12

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Ilia MALININ	USA	206.41​	118.64​		87.77​	8.79​	8.71​	8.86​	0.00​	#12​
2​	Kevin AYMOZ	FRA	181.75​	88.51​		93.24​	9.39​	9.43​	9.18​	0.00​	#11​
3​	Vladimir LITVINTSEV	AZE	162.83​	88.64​		74.19​	7.36​	7.46​	7.46​	0.00​	#5​
4​	Shun SATO	JPN	155.89​	75.97​		79.92​	8.00​	7.86​	8.14​	0.00​	#10​
5​	Nika EGADZE	GEO	151.69​	77.50​		75.19​	7.54​	7.36​	7.68​	1.00​	#8​
6​	Andrew TORGASHEV	USA	150.96​	75.34​		75.62​	7.43​	7.57​	7.71​	0.00​	#2​
7​	Nozomu YOSHIOKA	JPN	146.12​	70.46​		75.66​	7.61​	7.32​	7.79​	0.00​	#9​
8​	Tatsuya TSUBOI	JPN	144.41​	74.08​		72.33​	7.18​	7.00​	7.54​	2.00​	#4​
9​	Maxim NAUMOV	USA	139.80​	66.28​		74.52​	7.46​	7.46​	7.46​	1.00​	#3​
10​	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	139.50​	59.48​		81.02​	8.18​	8.11​	8.04​	1.00​	#7​
11​	Stephen GOGOLEV	CAN	135.75​	63.09​		72.66​	7.25​	7.18​	7.39​	0.00​	#6​
12​	Andreas NORDEBACK	SWE	132.67​	63.48​		70.19​	7.04​	7.00​	7.04​	1.00​	#1​

Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[skatfan]

And Peacock chacks the medal ceremony.

Skating ISU on YouTube is covering it.

 

[Vagabond]

Who gave Mariah uppers?

Geeze has Mariah been snorting helium or has she always been squeaky?

No uppers, no helium, just pure, unadulterated Mariah.

 

[Jammers]

How lucky is the US to have someone like Ilia succeed a legend like Nathan? Perhaps the two greatest quad jumpers the sport has ever seen.