2023 Grand Prix Final - Womens FS: “Splat-uhachi”

[airgelaal]

One more bird

 

[Holy Headband]

The choreo could have done more with those flapping wing sounds lol. If you put them in your program, at least commit!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I still don't understand how Yoshida lands anything, let alone a 3a with that jumping technique - she just closes her eyes, screams "Geronimo!" and takes off. But it's without any doubt by far the best skate so far, and not just in the jumps department. She's not as catatonic as Levito and not as unpolished as Sumiyoshi.

 

[airgelaal]

Most likely it's a medal

 

[Colonel Green]

Sorry, Nina, but unless there were a million URs there I think you're out of luck.

 

[her grace]

Yoshida on fire today! Best combination of solid technique with light and easy movement and flow across the ice.

 

[skatingguy]

Hana Yoshida
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Shakuhachi, La Terre vue du Ciel by A. Amar

3Aq
2A+3T
3Lo
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4
3F
3Lz+3T
Choreo Sequence
3Lz
3S+2A+2T+SEQ
Ch Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4 (3 after review)
Sit Spin 4

I love the use of the music through this program. Great skate, and nice to see her nail her triple Axel. The rest of the jumps looked really secure. This will be a challenge to the top 3 for the podium.

142.51 = 1st Place
203.16 = 1st Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Hana Yoshida fabulous! Not just the 3 axel but the glorious footwork & choreo elements!

 

[Wyliefan]

She was going to get that 3A or die trying.

 

[Colonel Green]

A bit stingy on the components.

 

[skatingguy]

Nina Pinzarrone
Coach: Ans Bocklandt, Dmitri Ovchinnikov
Music: Sparatcus by A. Khachaturian

 

[airgelaal]

Nina is nervous

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Sexy Pinzarrone

 

[airgelaal]

we need scissors

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Well, Pinzarrone is consistent (not to jinx her or anything), which is the most desired quality in a female skater. But she's not really the level of GPF, sorry. Wishing her all the success in Kaunas (especially that her technique might not be enough to keep the jumps if she gains every 100 grams).

 

[Colonel Green]

Tech score will presumably drop a bit on the combination, at a minimum, but that was a very nice performance from Nina, especially steadying after an iffy first few elements. Not enough to stay on the podium, but sets her up nicely for the Euros podium.

 

[Wyliefan]

Rough day for Mrs. Spartacus.

 

[her grace]

Pinzarrone

Jumps already looking tight.

Can’t put my finger on it, but there’s something uniquely her in her skating style.

Will be interesting to watch her skating develop. Like Levito, she needs to fix her technique stat.

 

[skatingguy]

Nina Pinzarrone
Coach: Ans Bocklandt, Dmitri Ovchinnikov
Music: Sparatcus by A. Khachaturian

3Lzq - was supposed to a combo
3F
3S
3Lz+3T<
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4
3Lo+2A+2T+SEQ
3Lo+2T
2A
Ch Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
Step Sequence 2 (3 after review)
Layback Spin 4

The comparison to Yoshida is not a positive one for Pinzarrone. She is not as fast, and doesn't generate as speed as easily - the cross overs are really working hard using the lower back. Nerves, perhaps, at the beginning of the program, but things got better as she went.

128.19 = 3rd Place
194.91 = 2nd Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Nina P - total joy & beauty! I absolutely live for that slow middle tune by Khachaturian, not often used in Spartacus programs.

 

[Wyliefan]

Someone please smash that overhead camera to smithereens.

 

[skatingguy]

Loena Hendrickx B
Coach: Jorik Hendrickx
Music: Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm sure Madonna is now watching Loena and thinking "ah, ooh-la-la - that's what was missing to make Vogue perfect!"

 

[her grace]

This program is really empty.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Loena looks like she has a jetlag. I'm kind of surprised she's doing as well as she is.

 

[skatingguy]

Loena Hendrickx
Coach: Jorik Hendrickx
Music: Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)

3Lz+3T
2A
3F
2A
Ch Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
2Lz - step out
3Fq+2T+2Lo - tight landing, no flow
3S+2T
Fly Ch Combo Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 4

Love this program, but the jumps were a struggle. Lots of reviews upcoming.

130.11 = 3rd Place
203.36 = 1st Place

 

[airgelaal]

It’s obvious that Loena was ill and didn’t have enough strength for the entire program

 

[Holy Headband]

Should go behind Yoshida in the overall standings, or maybe I just can't stand this program. The Tut-style "spiral"/leg kick right on "strike a pose" was infuriating.

 

[Wyliefan]

Judges are like "Okay, sure, whatever."

 

[Colonel Green]

I had initially thought she had enough of a short program lead to keep ahead of Yoshida, but the Lutz pop is a bit of a killer there when she only has six triples planned to Yoshida's eight. But much better than the previous Grand Prix Final free.