2025 Skate America Mens Short - Quadless in Lake Placid

[Karen-W]

Sorry, who are they the underdogs to?

Tomono or Memola, I guess?

 

[JoannaLouise]

Seems an odd choice to switch from Canada to Italy if you're a lower technical content but consistent skater (I don't know - is he consistent?).

err....not exactly

(I say this with love; I do enjoy his skating)

 

[Spikefan]

I miss our normal tracker as I can tell when the program is almost over as we run out of blobs. Some of these programs seem to be 30 minutes.

 

[genevieve]

I will laugh and laugh if Grassl and Shaidarov are on the podium. Don't care who the 3rd choice would be except I'll laugh harder if it isn't Brown or Aymoz. Come on underdogs. Kick some booty.

looking at this field I would assume Shaidorov will win, and Grassl - well, it would be no surprise for him to medal but he's capable of imploding I guess. Tomono could be a spoiler as well.

 

[Citlali]

Corey is perfect to represent Italy:

Nonna's blouse

Talking with his hands

 

[peibeck]

Dai just giving Boyang the Olympic spot. Meh.

 

[victorskid]

I miss our normal tracker as I can tell when the program is almost over as we run out of blobs. Some of these programs seem to be 30 minutes.

The ISU tracker shows 7 white squares which are being filled in element by element...

 

[slicekw]

Dai looked much better in practice this afternoon. He looks like he’s late in a free skate in his choreo and is skating through sludge. He’s completely lost the audience.

 

[misskarne]

Daiwei DAI (CHN)
You by Two Feet
All black, with some sparkles draped over one shoulder

4T< fall
3Lz-3T good recovery
CCSp
2A
CCoSp
StSq - oof, another 2
FSSp

Good recovery from the early fall.

 

[JoannaLouise]

I feel like most of the ingredients are there for Daiwei Dai to be a great skater, but he's rushing through so many of his moves

 

[Matryeshka]

I will laugh and laugh if Grassl and Shaidarov are on the podium. Don't care who the 3rd choice would be except I'll laugh harder if it isn't Brown or Aymoz. Come on underdogs. Kick some booty.

I'm not sure I understand this post--I think most of us expect Grassl and Shaidarov to be on the podium? And i don't think any of us would be particularly shocked if neither Brown nor Aymoz are on the podium.

 

[skatingguy]

Daiwei Dai
Coach: Dan Fang, Shuguang Jia
Music: You by Two Feet

4T<< - fall
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
2A
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Flying Sit Spin 4

Another quality skater, but unable to execute the technical difficulty.

-1.00 = Falls
64.98 = 2nd Place

 

[Karen-W]

NBC could lose the "Men's Short Program" tab at the top and put the element blob boxes below the element descriptions and that would be a big improvement.

 

[Spikefan]

The ISU tracker shows 7 white squares which are being filled in element by element...

Yes, that is what I miss. peacock is going with what they would show on the normal TV broadcast this time.

 

[Sally1214]

Dai just giving Boyang the Olympic spot. Meh.

If Boyang can manage to pull off free skates like he did last week, no other Chinese male singles skater has to "give" him anything.

 

[peibeck]

That backstage shot of Shaidorov makes it look like he's capable of movement he sadly doesn't demonstrate on the ice.

 

[Citlali]

The person talking in the arena is so loud I actually WANT to listen to Ted

 

[Karen-W]

Yes, that is what I miss. peacock is going with what they would show on the normal TV broadcast this time.

That's nothing new. They've always done that when it's not the ISU world feed. We get a different tracker box at Nats every single year.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Tomono or Memola, I guess?

If Grassl is an underdog to Memola, I’m an Olympic figure skater.

 

[PRlady]

Dai just giving Boyang the Olympic spot. Meh.

According to JLB this morning, China only counts CoC and Nats for their Oly choice, so he’s already lost it.

 

[slicekw]

My wrists are aching from the way Luc landed that 3A.

 

[tangerine dream]

Dai just giving Boyang the Olympic spot. Meh.

I assume Boyang is the favorite for the spot if he's healthy. The Chinese fed has always favored him. I'm still not over them dumping Han Yan in favor of him.

 

[Karen-W]

Luc Economides here to fill the skater-boy box that is empty without Ilia at SkAm this year, lol.

 

[barbk]

Did Luc grow out of his pants or were they always intended to be waders?

 

[floridaice]

Whatever it is that is sticking out of Luc's boots is very distracting

 

[peibeck]

Economides "Lion King" to Kanye is just wrong on every level.

 

[misskarne]

Luc ECONOMIDES (FRA)
Selah
in...a chopped-up black oversized hoodie t-shirt over a long-sleeved black shirt and ill-fitting black trousers (fake jeans?)

3A< both hands down
WHAT? MUFASA?
3F out of shape in the air but landed
what...what is this
CCSp with change of direction
i am so...confused
3Lz-3T
FSSp
"children of the void" sign in the background
and now suddenly some kind of rap?
StSq
CCoSp with terrible cartwheel exit

I cannot decide if that program would be more comprehensible if I was drunk or even less.

 

[Allen]

"I don't think it's the most popular time to skate to Kanye either..." took me out!

 

[tangerine dream]

This program screams Amodio.

 

[Sally1214]

Did Luc grow out of his pants or were they always intended to be waders?

I was just noticing that too. Looks like he chose the "skinny leg" version and it turned out to be too skinny to reach down over his skates. An error in judgment, imo.