2025 ISU GPF Women FS - MacArthur Park Cheat

[peibeck]

I give props to Rinka for going for two 3As but I'm not sure it is worth the risk. She still may lose the Oly slot to her compatriots because she's not got their skating skills and has to be perfect.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Kaori looks bored at the "corner of shame"

 

[Karen-W]

I was wondering if Glenn might end up last even with a "clean" skate, but I think the 3Lo<< from Watanable might prevent that. I'm almost sure her first 3A will be <, too. Glenn will probably still end up last overall, though.

I'm pleasantly surprised she dropped behind Amber overall.

 

[Wyliefan]

Kaori snapping to attention.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm sure Ami thinks to herself "what a wonderful world" after landing this 3a

 

[genevieve]

Only acceptable version of this song is Louis Armstrong.

 

[Karen-W]

I wonder if @Andrey aka Pushkin is going to go into a diabetic coma after finding sweets to eat between the Men's FS and the Women's FS and then being subjected to Nakai's FS, lol.

 

[Wyliefan]

And another 3a! A real beauty, too.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Nakai is nice, clean skating and speed and all that .. but omg what an elevator music version of the song, it's such a bore ..

 

[Private Citizen]

Wheeeee, give that triple axel all the points!

I love Nakai's skating . This little girl music disguises really beautiful senior skating. Too bad about the 3Lz . The elements are so clean and so otherwise good that I'd have this ahead despite the mistake.

I suspect Sakamoto has hung on a bit too long, and her goodbye will instead be a formal changing of the guard!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

After half an hour of this program I look at the screen just to see that there's still a minute left

 

[MINAM]

4 Ami NAKAI JPN 3 73.91

3ax
Speed under control
3loop+2tl
3lutz(?) hand down
3sal clean
Flying sit spins crispy
chore seq
3lutz 2ax 2ax
3flip 3tl Threw in combo here
3loop
Step seq
And spins to finish

Despite mistakes, she delivered. Mao Asada in the audience.
Nakai looks happy. Good for her.

 

[genevieve]

Generic lady vocal gymnastics on this song is not what I got up at 4am for

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Wheeeee, give that triple axel all the points!

I love Nakai's skating . This little girl music disguises really beautiful senior skating. Too bad about the 3Lz . The elements are so clecan and so otherwise good that I'd have this ahead despite the mistake.

The music is such a disservice to her skating.

 

[Wyliefan]

Well, the music may be saccharine, but it was a beautiful skate!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Wearing gold while skating for the silver - Alyssa is on the ice.

 

[Karen-W]

Wheeeee, give that triple axel all the points!

I love Nakai's skating . This little girl music disguises really beautiful senior skating. Too bad about the 3Lz . The elements are so clecan and so otherwise good that I'd have this ahead despite the mistake.

Given how blah Kaori's FS is this season, I can be fine with Ami beating her today, but this program is really too saccharine for a senior skater.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

The music is such a disservice to her skating.

It's also a disservice to my ears.

 

[skatingguy]

Ami Nakai
Rank after SP: 3
Coach: K. Nakaniwa, M. Nakata, M. Nagumo, A. Tanoue
Music: What a Wonderful World

3A
3Lo+2T
3Lz - too far forward, both hands down
3S
Flying Sit Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
3F+3Tq
3Lo
Step Sequence 4
Layback Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Another wonderful performance for Ami. A bit of struggle on the first triple Lutz getting too far forward, and unable to hold the landing. The opening triple Axel was a quality jump.

146.98 = 2nd Place
220.89 = 1st Place

 

[MacMadame]

Only acceptable version of this song is Louis Armstrong.

I want someone to skate to the Joey Ramone version one day. It's the perfect length for a SP

 

[peibeck]

Nakai probably cementing her Olympic slot with that. Her perky presentation of this wistful song is completely wrong, imo, but no denying her athletic prowess and good skills.

Youth may win out again at the Olympics?

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I want someone to skate to the Joey Ramone version one day. It's the perfect length for a SP

This. Has. To. Happen.

 

[MINAM]

Nakai 146.98. She gets a medal.

 

[Coco]

Nakai is nice, clean skating and speed and all that .. but omg what an elevator music version of the song, it's such a bore ..

Elevator music would have been an improvement over those vocals.

 

[tony]

q on the 3T from the flip combo. Level 4 everything.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Donna Summer is uncharacteristically popular this season. Which I don't object.

 

[4rkidz]

That was beautiful from Ami and I sense Kaori accepting that next generation of skater, she is so gracious.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

This is such a left field choice of music.

I'm not sure these girls even know what a cake is.

 

[SidelineSkater]

Amber slightly ahead of Ami on PCS. 67 is super high for a first year senior, but judges didn’t go crazy with her. Like 73.98 for Kaori. Coughs.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Starting to feel a little gaslit that the Lady Gaga program exists at this point.