2023 NHK Trophy Mens FS - The Last Stumbler Guys

[genevieve]

Wedgie Data

Starting Order

Warm-up Group 1
1 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN 12 64.63
2 Wesley CHIU CAN 11 72.02
3 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA 10 74.24
4 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 9 75.85
5 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 8 78.20
6 Nika EGADZE GEO 7 81.30

Warm-up Group 2
7 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 6 81.31
8 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 5 82.14
9 Camden PULKINEN USA 4 86.40
10 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 3 86.42
11 Shoma UNO JPN 2 100.20
12 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 1 105.51

ISU Channel

 

[victorskid]

And the stream is live with Ted. The officials have been introduced and we await the arrival of the first group of men. I've had some sleep, my feline companion has been fed, and I have my coffee...

 

[Bunny Hop]

My feline companions are probably going to start prowling for their going to bed snack partway through the first group. So if I stop posting you'll know it's because I've been glowered into submission.

 

[victorskid]

My feline companions are probably going to start prowling for their going to bed snack partway through the first group. So if I stop posting you'll know it's because I've been glowered into submission.

That was me as the free dance was coming to an end last evening We both ended up going to bed.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

And the first SAW of the evening... (if we don't count Matteo Guarise).

Nice quads!

 

[Karen-W]

My feline companions are probably going to start prowling for their going to bed snack partway through the first group. So if I stop posting you'll know it's because I've been glowered into submission.

You know, the one positive of Bandit being at my mom's while I'm in rehab is that I don't have to deal with her up in my face every time I put skating on the TV, lol.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

My feline companions are probably going to start prowling for their going to bed snack partway through the first group. So if I stop posting you'll know it's because I've been glowered into submission.

After watching Beccari/Guarise, I suspect I might be allergic.

 

[Amy L]

I'm tucked in bed and my cat is sitting on my abdomen. I may be too snuggly to watch much more skating.

 

[Bunny Hop]

You know, the one positive of Bandit being at my mom's while I'm in rehab is that I don't have to deal with her up in my face every time I put skating on the TV, lol.

Yep, cat pounding on my stomach while I try and watch skating and also type makes things tricky.

After watching Beccari/Guarise, I suspect I might be allergic.

Both cats were so impressed they slept through that.


Anyway, onto skating - Tsuboi did pretty well.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

For a moment I mixed up Chiu's placement with his age.
And you know what? Makes sense.

 

[Holy Headband]

There are too many instantly recognisable tunes in this music cut.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Chiu puts "long" back into "long program".

 

[airgelaal]

I can't remember a single Bill in figure skating. Who are they all trying to kill?

 

[Bunny Hop]

My attention wandered during Chiu's skate, but looked like the axel was the only issue, so good job I guess.

 

[Karen-W]

I really don't understand any of the music choices that Wesley Chiu makes - last season and this one have been big WTFs.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Isn't skating to Chaplin the same as saying "I don't have edges and lines"?

 

[Bunny Hop]

Oh, a Chaplin program. Guess I'm off to browse the internet for a few minutes.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

...and judging by the facial expression of Luc, that wasn't a flower he was sniffing....

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

*considering to release a cover of "Smile" just to be part of Economides' music cuts, as he's obviously determined to use every single version in existence.

 

[airgelaal]

Smile? No, Luc, I don't think you want to see me smile after a sleepless night

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, FFS - I cannot believe I am awake for another Chaplin program! And a sloppy one at that.

 

[Bunny Hop]

SBS cutting to an ad break rather than showing Economides' replays. They clearly don't like Chaplin either.

 

[Holy Headband]

Nice spins and character work from Economides, but he needs to work on his levels.

NHK follows the by-now familiar pattern of a massive attendance spike for the Saturday session and I wonder to what extent that can be attributed to high ticket prices pricing out people who don't have day jobs. Whatever discounts they’re offering to students and seniors, GP event organisers should consider increasing them.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

The A Selevko assumingly thinks if he does everything super quickly, the program will end faster.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Selevko #1's triple axel looked wrong from the start. Seemed like he second guessed himself going in and then went for it anyway. Then he did it fine in sequence. Looking tired in the final spin, but well presented and a pretty good skate all up.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Selevko outSAWed every single SAW in the competition.

 

[airgelaal]

At least it's not Notre Damme. Or did another brother have it?

 

[Karen-W]

Well, that was rather enjoyable from Elder Selevko, especially after the last two guys.

 

[Karen-W]

At least it's not Notre Damme. Or did another brother have it?

Zandron of Austria, maybe????

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

He might be not the best skater in the world... or in Europe... or in Estonia... or in his family...