2024 Grand Prix Final - Men FS: “Don’t Cry For Me Malanin(a)”

[MacMadame]

I disagree that he had zero connection to the music. I'd give him a C on that.

 

[slicekw]

Sato was 5th last year at Japan Nats. I’m really hoping he stays in the mix for 2030, as I think he can be something special, especially working with Cizeron.

 

[Karen-W]

Sato landed almost all the jumps but there isn’t much connection to the program or performance

Consensus seems to be that he could have been skating to anything, lol.

 

[peibeck]

The program needs to be changed to a Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire program and the t-shirt can stay.

Oh dear, Blanche DuBois would eat his twink Stanley ass up and spit him out.

 

[canbelto]

So can anyone explain why male skaters seem to have much less pre-rotation on jumps than some of the top females?

 

[Sally1214]

Good Lord .... no pressure at all, Mikhail ..... eek

 

[MacMadame]

So can anyone explain why male skaters seem to have much less pre-rotation on jumps than some of the top females?

More upper body strength??

 

[LilJen]

Satos PCS lowest so far (WHOOPS, it’s not. Lower than Aymoz. I stand corrected. Because I can’t count, apparently.)

 

[Sally1214]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[floridaice]

No, he should wear the Swan Lake costume. Why not commit to the concept all the way?

Only if he borrows Bjork's version -- or Jean-Luc's

 

[MacMadame]

Lots of snow on that combo.

 

[Karen-W]

Argh... Down on the 4z. But nails the 3a+1eu+4s! I have no idea what's going to happen here...

 

[Allen]

That 3axel/quad salchow combo made it worth watching today

 

[Karen-W]

Oh! I just realized, this is our "jarring music cut" program of the men this season.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ilia and Mikhail should do a jumping contest after this.

 

[canbelto]

Ok here is something skaters don't seem to realize: that you can skate to Moonlight Sonata without wearing some midnight blue costume.

 

[Vagabond]

Shaidorov is very reminiscent of his coach.

 

[Rukia]

I much prefer this kind of jumping shenanigans to Grassl's program creepy take on me included

 

[miffy]

I miss Adam I hope he’s ok by Euros.

 

[tony]

Shaidorov

4Lz(< probably, fall), 3A+Eu+4S tight but done, 4F tight I think, 3Lo, 4T+3T, 3A+2A, 3Lz

Pushing technical boundaries, trying to work on the second mark. Just flat today even with the big jumps. He could've done 3A+4T and 3A+4S and gotten in bigger jumps elsewhere, but thats a big ask.

Think enough of the jumps go to review, plus what probably should be the lowest PCS of the field that Sato should move up to medal here.

 

[Karen-W]

No fall during the choreo sequence today!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Shaidorov's program is ridiculously bad. It's somewhere in the "so bad it's good" territory.

 

[tony]

Satos PCS lowest so far

No it's not.

 

[LilJen]

Blah blah blah nothing in between jumps but stroking, Mohawks and 3 turns. And someone needs to explain what Moonlight Sonata and a Take on Me remix have to do with each other. Was this the coach compromising with the kid who said “80s music is so fire!”

 

[umronnie]

Who dreamed up this musical combo?

 

[Citlali]

I don't care that this program doesn't make any sense whatsoever... Mikhail and the programs have a fan on me for the seconds of Take on Me

 

[slicekw]

Shaidorov giving us so many jumps! I’m wondering when we’ll get the Quad/Quad from Ilia.

 

[BittyBug]

Shaidorov's resemblance to Urmanov is uncanny (including his slow spins ), but he's coming into his own.

 

[canbelto]

You know when I think of two pieces of music that go together like rice and beans, it's definitely "Moonlight Sonata" and "Take on Me."

 

[Holy Headband]

lol at Ted making the forbidden comparison (between Shaidorov and Malinin) and inviting the question of why Malinin isn't getting Shaidorov's levels and PCS.