Cup of China 2023 Women FS - “Crazy Ladiezzz Keep Them On The Run”

[skatingguy]

Kim, Yelim
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi
Music: Je Suis Malade, Tormented Mad Love

 

[leilaofpaper]

LOL at Kurakova hiding behind the giant bear and Orser holding the bear's paw in the kiss and cry.

He needed some emotional support before telling Miss Sunshine about her rotational issues

 

[airgelaal]

At least it's not Lara Fabian

 

[Bunny Hop]

What happened to Kim's other sleeve? Did she leave it at home?

 

[Milan]

Massive trajectory on some of these jumps for Yelim.. quite impressive and suspenseful.

 

[Gris]

Another big bear!

 

[Bunny Hop]

Beautiful skating from Kim, but gosh that looked like hard work. Mark agrees.

The lutz was all kinds of wrong.

 

[skatingguy]

Kim, Yelim
Coach: Hyungkyung Choi
Music: Je Suis Malade, Tormented Mad Love

3Lz!q+2T
3F+2A+SEQ
3Loq - twizzle exit
3Sq
Fly Camel Spin 4
Ch Combo Spin 4
3F<+2T+2Lo<
3Lz<< - two foot landing
Choreo Sequence
Step Sequence 3
2A
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4

This could be a really special program if Kim can pull the jumps together later in the season. Jump rotation issues, and other technical mistakes scattered throughout the program.

117.12 = 1st Place
176.68 = 1st Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Yelim Kim seems slower than before. A lovely red dress, though!

 

[Bunny Hop]

The coaches are loving animating the giant bears.

 

[skatingguy]

Schizas, Madeline
Coach: Nancy Lemaire, Derek Schmidt
Music: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

The music choices are killing me. I almost fell asleep 5 times during that.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Really like Schizas' dress.

Nailed the triple-triple and then f'ed up the loop. She seems a little lacklustre today - likely just concentrating. Pretty good overall though.

 

[skatingguy]

Schizas, Madeline
Coach: Nancy Lemaire, Derek Schmidt
Music: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

3Lz+3T
3F
3S
3Lo - hand down, huge step out - probably should have been called a fall
Ch Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
2A+3Tq
3Loq+2T
Fly Sit Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
2A
Layback Spin 2

Schizas' jump technique is such that it never looks secure, and that anxiety negatively affects her GOE. Not as good as Skate Canada, but this come back from poor short program thing has to stop.

118.05 = 1st Place
179.58 = 1st Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Schizas not a bad skate but showing a ton of tension.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Really like Schizas' dress.

Careful, there’s a collegiate skater who’ll come after you…

 

[airgelaal]

New dress for Rinka

 

[Bunny Hop]

What the feck is Rinka wearing?

 

[skatingguy]

An, Xiangyi
Coach: Longhe An, Li Bao
Music: Lara and My Tormented

 

[Bunny Hop]

When we're banning grabbing the boards, can we also please ban cutouts on skating dresses. This one has more cutout than bodice.

 

[airgelaal]

It's not the best day for Nini

 

[skatingguy]

An, Xiangyi
Coach: Longhe An, Li Bao
Music: Lara and My Tormented

2Aq+2T
3F< - step out
3Loq - fall
2F - planned as such
Fly Camel Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3S+3Tq
2A - fall
3S+2T - fall
Step Sequence 1
Layback Spin 4
Ch Combo Spin 3

A couple of those falls were really bad. Clearly the jump technique is not solid right now, and she needs more time to work back to her level from last season.

90.50 = 6th Place
152.36 = 6th Place

 

[Bunny Hop]

Nasty fall for An. Oh dear, and another. Not her day I'm afraid.

Oh, and now lyrics. The music was okay before that.

I was going to say great spins, but that last one travelled one way then back again.

Rough skate.

 

[Frau Muller]

Poor Nini…

 

[skatingguy]

Chen, Hongyi
Coach: Chengjiang Li
Music: Half Moon Serenade by Hacken Li

 

[skatingguy]

Chen, Hongyi
Coach: Chengjiang Li
Music: Half Moon Serenade by Hacken Li

3T+3T
3Lz - fall
3Lo<+2T - two foot landing
2Aq+2T+2Lo< - leg wrap, rotation?
Ch Combo Spin 4
3S<
Step Sequence 3
3Loq
2A
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
Layback Spin 3

Another skater struggling to find the balance on the blade in the jumps. The free skate showed the weaknesses in her skating that were disguised in the short program.

106.09 = 4th Place
168.66 = 4th Place

 

[Frau Muller]

I admire Hongyi Chen’s lovely long lines & flow. She creates some gorgeous pictures.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Chen gets lots of length on her jumps, which is good, but not a lot of height. Another skater thinking really hard about things.

 

[skatingguy]

Petrokina, Niina
Coach: Svetlana Varnavskaja
Music: Dusty Road, Prelude (The Age of Heroes)

 

[Bunny Hop]

Petrokina - the flips are not being kind to her. Great height on the double axel.

Definitely some suspect rotations, but probably the best performance of anyone so far.