Olympic figure skating team event -- men's and pairs' short programs
Olympic competition has begun! These are the times I'm so happy I work from home. :D Results, videos, pics and my ramblings under the cut.
ETA: CBC vids are apparently geoblocked. Sorry! So annoying. Perhaps there's a solution here?
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ETA: CBC vids are apparently geoblocked. Sorry! So annoying. Perhaps there's a solution here?
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So Yuzuru Hanyu kicked ALL kinds of ass there. That was far and away the best program. Not only did he nail all the elements but he looked like he had fun doing it.
I have to disagree with you re: Chan vs Plushenko. I think Evgeni's footwork was *stellar*. Part of the problem for me with Chan's program was that his music didn't seem to fit his movements -- there is no flow, the program actually seems to fight the music. And also since the music is slow, Chan's footwork comes off as less intricate (at least to me.) Anyway, I think the scoring is right where it should be.
I think Jeremy Abbott has a similar problem re: music not matching movement. His program is just boring to me.
So is this just the new team program? Like do these guys have to do this all.over.again for the actual Men's medals, or are these scores for both individual medals *and* team medals?
Also. THIS --> As some of you know, I hate him with a passion. ... made me laugh. :)
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Hanyu was fantastic. Fingers crossed he can do it again in the individual competition! So yes, these performances are soley for the team event. Most countries will likely swap out other skaters for the long programs to divide the load. It's completely separate from the normal individual events. But Plushenko will have to do the LP since Russia only qualified one man.
Yes, we will have to agree to disagree about Plushenko's footwork vs. Chan and Abbott, who are just so much more intricate and skilled. Plushenko's footwork is much easier, and he uses a lot of big arm movements to mask the fact that the blade work is pretty simple. But you obviously like his style, and to each their own! :)
And hee, we will never agree on Plushy, but at least we can laugh about it! :D
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