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Metelkina/Berulava do throw jumps one after the other, all very solid

 

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Hase/Volodin's music
Gorgeous split twist. 3t2a2a she put a hand on a 3t and didn't continue.

 

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Hase ended up doing a 3t2a2a but it was shaky

 

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The men are on the ice. someone is expecing a 5 revolutions jump. Am doubtful.

 

[Karen-W]

The men are on the ice. someone is expecing a 5 revolutions jump. Am doubtful.

Is that "someone" named Ari? If not, then I'd be doubtful also, lol.

 

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Men practice. Suddenly th place is fuler than it was yesterday during the junior pairs. We are freezing and wondering how come Aymoz is not cold. Aymoz and Sato are in the costumes, perhaps Grassl as well.

 

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Shaidorov's music:
Shaidorov 3a/3t
I kinda liked the programme. He is surprisingly not out of place here.

Malinin jumped with his arms stretched. It looks interesting.
Aymoz 3A

 

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Grassl's music Grassl is skating throug with no jumps.
Kagiyama a huge 3A almost into the border. Shaidorov a huge 3A

 

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Aymoz music
skated through with no elements and then suddenly a 3lz.

 

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Sato's music.
Kagiyama a 4s near the border again.
Malinin landing something on 2feet. Shaidorov 4t
Sato popping jumps
Grassl 3A

 

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Kagiyama's music
a huge 4s to start, a lovely 3A to end, all clean, magical

 

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Malinin's music.
No jumps. no spins. Not relaly intersting to see.

 

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Aymoz landed a 4t3t and a nice 3A during Malinin's skate.

 

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Grassl and Kagiyama skated into each other, no falls, all is good

 

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the best part of the practice - Kagitama just gliding around the rink. Thinkgs one can watch endlessly - burning fire, ocean waves and Kagiyama gliding.

 

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Ladies' practice (after that am taking a slightly longer break , I guess.

All the ladies are in the trousers, so guess no costumes today

 

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Yoshida's music. 3A!!!!
3f
2a3t
3something
3a3t (doublefooted)
dropped a glide - the ice is wet
3something (i keep missing the entrances into the jumps)
3s/2/2t

Higuchi is poppisng Slachows
Kaori 3z2t

Sakamoto 3loop fall
Higuchi 3/2t

 

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Chiba's music
3f3t
3s
Glenn 3f2t

Chiba 3loop
2a

Kaori 3lz2t

Hana 2a2a

Chiba kinda bores me.
Higuchi 3z3t
Chiba 2a

3z2t2loop
Her programme is skating from one side of the rink to the other an jumping. There is nothing between. 3something.

 

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Glenn's music

3A !!!
3z3t
3s step out

Higuchi pops one out of 2 jumps

Kaori is tying to remove the borders with her jumps

Glenn 3loop2a2a
3loop

Kaori fell again from something

 

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Higuchi's music

2A
3z3t
Higuchis jumps entrances look like she decided not to do the jumps and then all of the sudden she jumps. Aka she totally drops her arms and gets out of the character before the jump.

Sakamoto 2a euler 3s. She needs about 20m for these jumps (horizontally)

 

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Matsuike's music
Glenn landed 2 3A in the mean while.
Matruike is very soft and lovely. all hte jumps seem to be clean.
Ok, no, she fell on one.
3s2a clean

 

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Sakamoto's music

Her skating . In the first minute of the programme she has 3 jumps and not a single crossover.
Think we can count all her crossovers through the programme and it will be less than 10

 

[tony]

Aymoz looks to have changed the pattern going into his Lutz in the short. During Finlandia I mentioned that it was tight to do it on the shorter length of the rink with the choreography he has going into it, as he ended up wildly popping/falling on it there. Good change, I think

 

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Gave up the junior dance practice. I can't understand whta is going on with the serniors, so the juniors are a lunch break

 

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The Italian juniors are great. They seem quite senior and they can skate.

 

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I have no idea how do Grimm/Savtski listen to their FD music every day. It' made my ears bleed

 

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Tsarevski fell on twizzles.

Tali/Lafornara are still by far the best here.

 

[victorskid]

Thank you @TAHbKA for all your sacrifice in attending and reporting on the practices!

 

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Greegints from the junior pairs.
Both CAN teams did a throw 3 and both were quite good.
Qua/Des are quite decent. Am not sure I would want to see that in the seniors yet, but not bad. The JPN team looks very juniorish if not less.

 

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JPN something 2a2a clena. The lifts are lovely. Still it looks incredibly juniorish. The children are screaming every time one of the partners has her/his legs oof the ice. The throw was double.
sns 3t she fell and he almost ran her over with his blade.
Ok, we finally figured who are the other skaters on the ice. Canadians and French. Phew...