2024 Shanghai Trophy - Shanghai CHN - Oct 3-5

[Karen-W]

Men's SP results - https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/sht2024/SEG001.htm

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Junhwan CHA	KOR	92.28​	48.72​		43.56​	8.67​	8.83​	8.58​	0.00​	#1​
2​	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	88.22​	44.51​		43.71​	8.67​	8.83​	8.67​	0.00​	#6​
3​	Jason BROWN	USA	87.02​	42.10​		45.92​	9.08​	9.17​	9.25​	1.00​	#4​
4​	Daiwei DAI	CHN	78.48​	43.85​		35.63​	6.83​	7.00​	7.50​	1.00​	#2​
5​	Yudong CHEN	CHN	77.97​	41.23​		36.74​	7.17​	7.33​	7.50​	0.00​	#5​
6​	Nikolaj MEMOLA	ITA	74.47​	38.46​		37.01​	7.50​	7.33​	7.33​	1.00​	#3​

Judges Protocols - https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[jenny12]

I think Chaeyeon Kim had my favorite women’s short program this year. Very cool.

 

[Jarrett]

The camerawork of this event is making my eyes bleed. Did they watch old videos from trophee Lalique or something? I mean they aren’t even doing that style well. The camera charge during Leona’s combo jump. lol

 

[Karen-W]

The camerawork of this event is making my eyes bleed.

Yeah, the skycam shots and some of the close-ups of the skates DURING the skate... If you insist on being artsy-fartsy with your videography for a sporting competition at least have the decency to save it for the replays. Christ... These producers need to treat skating like a sport - you don't get these kind of "artistic" video choices in football, baseball or pretty much any other sport.

 

[Sylvia]

Night 2/Oct. 4th livestream: https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321325085525097972359

Shanghai Trophy 2024

Event results for Shanghai Trophy 2024

results.isu.org

Friday's event order is Synchro, FD, Women & Pairs FS.

Free Dance time schedule (18:45-19:21 local/6:45-7:21 am Eastern time): https://results.isu.org/results/sea...----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

Women FS time schedule (19:45-20:39 local/7:45-8:39 am ET): https://results.isu.org/results/sea...----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

Pairs FS time schedule (20:55-21:32 local/8:55-9:32 am ET): https://results.isu.org/results/sea...----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

 

[Sylvia]

FD is live: https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/sht2024/SEG008.htm

ETA protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI	ITA	124.76​	69.08​		55.68​	9.42​	9.25​	9.17​	0.00​	#4​
2​	Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	118.03​	65.71​		52.32​	8.83​	8.75​	8.58​	0.00​	#3​
3​	Junfei REN / Jianing XING	CHN	94.11​	55.45​		39.66​	6.75​	6.58​	6.50​	1.00​	#1​
4​	Zixi XIAO / Linghao HE	CHN	85.41​	48.25​		38.16​	6.58​	6.17​	6.33​	1.00​	#2​

Ice Dance
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points RD FD
1 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 209.75 1 1
2 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 195.38 2 2
3 Junfei REN / Jianing XING CHN 151.94 4 3
4 Zixi XIAO / Linghao HE CHN 143.90
WD Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN CAN


Women FS starting order/results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/sht2024/SEG004.htm

Liverstream with Chinese commentators: https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321325085525097972359

 

[nuge]

LopBri - I'm calling it right now, but I think ZingKol will beat them in the RD at SCI.

GuiFab - this RD is also still WTF. And Charlene needs to lay off whatever hair product Sui Wenjing gave her. It was bad enough that Riku Miura was sporting that greasy bob look for a few seasons, this doesn't need to become a thing with any other skaters.

I agree Z/K are on fire in their RD.
I love Charlene's hair it goes with the FD theme and suits her.
Marco's yellow top has to go and please cover his boots for the FD.Really liked the FD they are so sharp and the ending was much improved.

 

[Sylvia]

Women FS protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Chaeyeon KIM	KOR	144.02​	76.39​		67.63​	8.33​	8.33​	8.67​	0.00​	#6​
2​	Bradie TENNELL	USA	129.99​	63.24​		66.75​	8.08​	8.50​	8.42​	0.00​	#5​
3​	Ekaterina KURAKOVA	POL	115.88​	58.57​		58.31​	7.17​	7.25​	7.42​	1.00​	#3​
4​	Loena HENDRICKX	BEL	114.04​	47.17​		67.87​	8.42​	8.33​	8.67​	1.00​	#4​
5​	Xiangyi AN	CHN	101.81​	51.63​		51.18​	6.42​	6.08​	6.67​	1.00​	#2​
6​	Hongyi CHEN	CHN	97.64​	51.79​		47.85​	5.75​	5.67​	6.50​	2.00​	#1​

Women
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Chaeyeon KIM KOR 214.74 1 1
2 Bradie TENNELL USA 196.61 2 2
3 Loena HENDRICKX BEL 179.78 3 4
4 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL 174.29 4 3
5 Xiangyi AN CHN 158.06 5 5
6 Hongyi CHEN CHN 152.13 6 6


Final event is Pairs FS - starting order/results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/sht2024/SEG006.htm

 

[Karen-W]

Well, I missed the FD & Women's FS but I'm awake for Pairs, lol!

Chan/Howe - well, Emily's still missing her jumps, and they're still shaking off the competition rust, but they have the bones of a beautiful program to Andrea Bocelli's "Io Ci Saro" if they can clean up the jump issues. SBS 2t+2a; SBS 2s; 3tw - good; hand down on throw 3f; death spiral much better today; excellent first lift; step out on the throw 3f; pairs combo spin was really short & had no value; the rest of the program was solid.

 

[Karen-W]

Yang/Deng - selections from The Artist soundtrack. They're going to beat Chan/Howe here but that's mostly because of the disaster SP and Em's jump issues. Huge 3tw; throw 3s - fine but forever to set up; deliberate SBS 2s AND deliberate SBS 2t+1a+1a - first four elements were all grey GOE boxes which says it all; finally green for their first lift; she fell hard on her rear for the throw 3z; last two lifts, choreo seq & DS were all fine.

 

[Karen-W]

These announcers are trash. They should not be celebrating the fact that their home team barely remained ahead of another team. And I do mean barely - by .14 because Em/Spencer are miles better on PCS.

BecGuar - trad Ren-style-esque costumes but the modern R&J soundtrack. 3tw - eh; SBS 3s+1a+1a good; SBS 2s - glanced away to type and missed who screwed up; nice DS; huge throw 3lo; really nice choreo seq & two lifts; throw 3s - she pitched forward a smidge but was fine; good pairs combo to finish. This could be a good program when it's clean - and it's almost there, lol.

 

[Karen-W]

PavSvia - let's see if they have more POTC swagger today than at Lombardia...

3tw huge & fab; SBS 3t+2a+2a good; throw 3f fine; SBS 3s - she stepped out hard; stone-faced on their first lift; Base level BODS; throw 3lo fine; he looks like it's a struggle on the lifts today; there's definitely some sort of injury issue - choreo seq & pairs combo spin were both sloppy with negative GOE and rightly so because they look completely exhausted. They're only a threat for any podium if other teams screw up still. Even they knew today was not their best effort.

ETA - they still won because their TES base is much higher than what BecGuar put out there today.

 

[honey]

Bradie looks pretty good for this time of the season and coming off injury. I suspect she will always be at the mercy of the panel with rotations, but this is a better lay out than trying the lutz/toe in the long.

I don’t think the program is choreographed super well though. She typically has more detail in her programs than this. And the crescendo at the end is not being highlighted very effectively. She has a nice spread eagle and they’re kind of hiding that in the corner after the music swell is almost done. She could re jig this to have a nice moment highlighting something she does quite well. It’s not that hard to get people on board with this music, it’s very good skating music and there’s a reason it’s a war horse. But the choreography is a bit lacking in this for me.

Loena looks like she’s got some work to do. We’ve seen her turn it around before, but she didn’t really look prepared for this event. And the less said about either program the better. She is wasting her talent by not getting a better choreographer. I’m not saying her competitors at the top are skating to works of art or anything, but she has enough charisma and style to her skating that she could set herself apart from others if she used someone who knew what they were doing. I actually think she’d do Sakamoto’s Chicago program pretty well. But more of the same with these programs. And enough with the poses at the boards.

 

[Private Citizen]

Very respectable 130 for Bradie Tennell with lots of room to improve if clean (problem on the 3Lo, singled axel in the sequence, missed levels in two spins and on the step sequence). Good strategy to put all three combos (2A+3T, 3Lz+2T+2Lo and 3Lo+2A) in the second half.

Loena Hendrickx is increasingly looking like time has passed her by. I know she has been injured, but I don't see how she remains competitive with the content she has. She's still being gifted PCS and will drop like a stone (probably outside of the top 10) once the halo of the past few years wears off and the judges' PCS catch up with current reality.

 

[Sylvia]

Pairs
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 183.20 1 1
2 Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA 178.35 2 2
3 Yixi YANG / Shunyang DENG CHN 155.78 3 4
4 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 155.64 4 3

FS protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO	HUN	120.54​	61.56​		58.98​	7.50​	7.17​	7.42​	0.00​	#4​
2​	Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE	ITA	116.63​	56.55​		60.08​	7.50​	7.58​	7.42​	0.00​	#3​
3​	Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE	USA	105.14​	48.40​		56.74​	7.25​	7.08​	6.92​	0.00​	#1​
4​	Yixi YANG / Shunyang DENG	CHN	101.58​	52.74​		49.84​	6.17​	6.17​	6.33​	1.00​	#2​

 

[jenny12]

Chaeyeon Kim’s free was nowhere near as effective as her short IMO but nice skate here.

 

[Sylvia]

Some videos from the livestream:

Chaeyeon Kim
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjTB-GGUg7U
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACNBRekxEAg

Bradie Tennell
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGWyd3DapGU
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKnvcesNNs

Guignard/Fabbri FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EwkTR1Uig
Lopareva/Brissaud FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYHHWJ7uSEc

Beccari/Guarise FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adryALf0ng

Junhwan Cha SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6aMH5hPzQg
Deniss Vasiljevs SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JAh3ssXOe8
Jason Brown SP: n/a on YT at this time
Daiwei Dai SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6SENUCk8tE
Yudong Chen SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0tKpA2v8zw

 

[Frau Muller]

Thanks. I loved the sweep and majesty of Kim’s FP to Whisperers! Tennell repeated last year’s Turandot FP…still lovely but some jump landings were iffy. Since she didn’t skate it much last season, it’s worth repeating now.

 

[maureenfarone]

Oh my gosh! The Men's FS is October 5 starting at 4:00 a.m. ET

 

[Karen-W]

Kurakova's FS - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1842176996409045100

I will not spoil this program for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but I actually yelped at my screen when the music change happened, lol.

 

[AYS]

Some videos from the livestream:


Jason Brwon SP: n/a on YT at this time

Jason's posted by an X user:

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[Sylvia]

Playlist of 17 videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVR2YFMED-PKiqmUWRFgx3AL1B_kQ85w_

 

[BaileyCatts]

It’s 2024 and we’re still getting Riverdance.

I love Riverdance.

 

[Karen-W]

Today's link - https://weibo.com/u/5547152990?layerid=5085904837017966

 

[Wyliefan]

Two thoughts on Katya's Cats program:
1. Katya is probably the only skater in the world who could pull off that program, and it took every ounce of her charm and charisma to do it.
2. That was one of the best costume changes ever.

 

[Sylvia]

Men
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Junhwan CHA KOR 269.53 1 1
2 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 257.55 2 2
3 Jason BROWN USA 242.79 3 4
4 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 230.91 6 3
5 Daiwei DAI CHN 225.67 4 5
6 Yudong CHEN CHN 222.33 5 6

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Junhwan CHA	KOR	177.25​	88.91​		89.34​	9.00​	9.00​	8.83​	1.00​	#6​
2​	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	169.33​	83.88​		85.45​	8.58​	8.58​	8.50​	0.00​	#5​
3​	Nikolaj MEMOLA	ITA	156.44​	82.35​		74.09​	7.42​	7.58​	7.25​	0.00​	#1​
4​	Jason BROWN	USA	155.77​	67.26​		88.51​	8.83​	9.00​	8.75​	0.00​	#4​
5​	Daiwei DAI	CHN	147.19​	75.29​		71.90​	6.92​	7.17​	7.50​	0.00​	#3​
6​	Yudong CHEN	CHN	144.36​	73.49​		71.87​	7.08​	7.08​	7.42​	1.00​	#2​

FS protocols: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KOgl2P2Sw

Cha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXthgfWZUi0
Vasiljevs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqQoh6-7qsg
Brown (FS debut of "Spiegel im Spiegel"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oU0uiIm9nM
Memola: still looking
Dai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuMLbYdb2mg
Y. Chen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHD_GAlNDTg

Jason's SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMoe-xQudq4

 

[floridaice]

Two thoughts on Katya's Cats program:
1. Katya is probably the only skater in the world who could pull off that program, and it took every ounce of her charm and charisma to do it.
2. That was one of the best costume changes ever.

3. Needs cat paw mittens

 

[bladesofgorey]

2. That was one of the best costume changes ever.

Gotta admit I had a

oh no baby what is you doing???​

moment when she pulled on her top