2025 Cup of China Womens SP PBP - Don't Let Me Be Ms UR

[her grace]

Watanabe

3a looked a bit short, 3z-3t fine, 3r good, Roxanne!!! Drama steps, good skate

 

[skatingguy]

Rinka Watanabe
Coach: K. Nakaniwa, M. Nakata, M. Nagumo, A. Tanoue
Music: El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge)

3A - slightly pitched forward
3Lz+3T
Camel Spin 3 (4 after review)
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Flying Sit Spin 4

Another week, another Japanese woman lands a triple Axel.

74.01 = 1st Place

 

[Bunny Hop]

Should have guessed Tango De Roxanne from Watanabe's costume.

Triple axel done - want to see the replay though (ETA - seems okay).

Love it when a skater seems happy with their performance.

 

[Skaterbob]

Both the lutz and toe under?

 

[thvu]

What's up with this lazy tech panel?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Alysa…. Wowwwww

 

[her grace]

Liu

3f ok—getting some world champion inflation on GOE, 2a solid, 3z-3r short, nice basics and presentation

 

[thvu]

I'm not tired of this program at all. So glad she's brought it back. Alysa has learned how to skate from the soul.

 

[skatingguy]

Alysa Liu
Coach: Philip DiGugliemo, Massimo Scali
Music: Promise by Laufey

3F
2A
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lz+3Lo
Flying Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Layback Spin 4

Another beautiful skate from Alysa, and the emotion coming through at the end.

74.61 = 1st Place

 

[Bunny Hop]

Good solid skate from Liu - advantage of going back to a previous program. Still don't understand why she's dressed in bandages.

Hmmmm. A couple of under rotations on the slo-mos.

I'm not convinced the on-ice camera person is necessary when the skaters are coming off the ice (or indeed at all at a comp).

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

These ladies scores so high this early. Coming prepared

 

[Skaterbob]

I give credit to Yoshida for going for different pieces of music but doesn't always pay off.

 

[thvu]

Give Yoshida the PCS just for being fun and quirky. Great follow up to Koo koo fun (or whatever that SP was). Kill Bill is a great choice. Now to change this perk into vengeful perk.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Need some sunglasses for Yoshida's fluoro costume.

The combo should be called under....and big lean in the air on the loop.

Hard to tell on TV but doesn't look like she's covering a lot of ice on the steps.

 

[her grace]

Yoshida

2a timing in air looked a bit off but landed okay, 3z-3t negative GOE, 3r tilted in air but handled

Seems to be falling back in the pack of excellent Japanese skaters; basics aren’t as strong and without the bigger elements she used to do, she’s not standing out

 

[skatingguy]

Hana Yoshida
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Twisted Nerve, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

2A
3Lzq+3T< - tight landing
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Loq
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 4

Unique style, and performance in the choreography. There have been several questionable jumps today that don't seem to have been called, but Yoshida's combination showed an obvious error.

61.47 = 9th Place

 

[Coco]

I give credit to Yoshida for going for different pieces of music but doesn't always pay off.

Love the concept but it seemed to be the longest sp ever.

 

[her grace]

3t not even close on replay

 

[annie_mg]

Can all skaters take posture lessons from Gubanova please? I hate that she has to do all these up and down movements to get a level 4 footwork though.

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasiia Gubanova
Coach: Evgeni Rukavitsin
Music: San Sanana, Jogi

3F+3T
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3Lzq - tight landing
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
Sit Spin 2 (3 after review)

Not the same quality, or energy as last month at the Olympic qualifying event.

66.28 = 4th Place

 

[thvu]

Love this renewed Gubanova. The step sequence really suffers due to her weaker skating skills (especially in this field), but I really enjoyed that. It's like she's fallen in love (or back in love) with skating.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Gubanova bringing the bling.

Huge kick on that lutz. Chris says elements being reviewed.

 

[Skaterbob]

A lot of posing and on two feet. Decent energy at least.

 

[her grace]

Gubanova

3f-3t nice, 2a neat and tidy, 3z, good air position in her jumps, skating a lot slower than previous skaters, lively dance break into steps, slide exit from final spin looked particularly anemic like she wouldn’t even have had the energy to stand up, needs to work on her stamina, nice overall

 

[her grace]

A lot of posing and on two feet. Decent energy at least.

Yeah, I was wondering about her composition as I watched. Didn’t look particularly complex.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Amber`s skating looking better. More attention to bit between jumps. Welcome improvement.

 

[skatingguy]

Amber Glenn
Coach: Damon Allen, Tammy Gambill
Music: Like a Prayer by Madonna

3A
3F+3T - hand down, step out
Flying Sit Spin 4
3Lo
Step Sequence 4
Layback Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)

Powerful performance to the music, but missing the sharpness in the jumps.

73.04 = 3rd Place

 

[Bunny Hop]

Glenn - Great triple axel.

Argh - biffed the landing on the combo. Under-rotated on replay.

I hate this version of Like a Prayer.

 

[Skaterbob]

OMG flower kid ate it into the boards right in front of Amber.

 

[her grace]

Glenn

Stalking 3a held, 3f-3t hand down on toe and flipped out, 3r nice, stayed into the performance despite the error