Cup of China 2023 Women SP - “Careless Flutzer”

[miffy]

Wedgie Data

ISU feed

Starting Order

StN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Yi ZHU CHN 2 Hongyi CHEN CHN 3 Xiangyi AN CHN 4 Hana YOSHIDA JPN 5 Audrey SHIN USA Warm-Up Group 2 6 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 7 Niina PETROKINA EST 8 Rinka WATANABE JPN 9 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL 10 Yelim KIM KOR 11 Loena HENDRICKX BEL

 

[victorskid]

The ISU feed is starting with some replays from the opening ceremony...

 

[Bunny Hop]

I'm loving the thread titles.

 

[FiveRinger]

The title of the thread is from the 80’s….love it!

 

[skatingguy]

Zhu, Yi
Coach: Jian Tong, Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev
Music: Can’t Help Falling in Love with You

 

[victorskid]

When the song says "falling" it wasn't meant as an instruction to the skater

 

[airgelaal]

I can't help falling...

 

[skatingguy]

Zhu, Yi
Coach: Jian Tong, Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev
Music: Can’t Help Falling in Love with You

3F< - fall - was supposed to be the combo
2A
Fly Sit Spin 4
3Lo+2T
Step Sequence 2
Ch Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 3

Falling on the opening jump in time to the lyrics, tragic. Jian Tong in the kiss'n cry.

50.96

 

[skatingguy]

Chen, Hongyi
Coach: Chengjiang Li
Music: Experience by Ludovico Einaudi

 

[Bunny Hop]

Zhu - Well, her dress is sparkly and quiet nice. Shame about the fall.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Chen - That spin made my back and all my limbs hurt.

 

[airgelaal]

Wow, good day for Hongyi

 

[skatingguy]

Chen, Hongyi
Coach: Chengjiang Li
Music: Experience by Ludovico Einaudi

3T+3T
3Lz
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4
2A
Step Sequence 3
Ch Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 3

Good skate for Chen. Jumps looked nice, and solid. Needs a bit more fluidity in her back to really make full use of the music, and choreography. Parade of Chinese skating stars in the kiss'n cry continues.

62.57 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

An, Xiangyi
Coach: Longhe An, Li Bao
Music: Voila by Barbara Pravi

 

[Bunny Hop]

That rabbit stuffy is twice as wide as Chen!

 

[airgelaal]

New program, but strange dress again

 

[Bunny Hop]

One of the camera operators needs to fix the exposure on his camera - the skaters' boots are disappearing into the ice in some shots.

 

[Milan]

Groan.. this is the season of the 'chansons' (really dislike most pieces with lyrics for skating, regardless of language).

 

[skatingguy]

An, Xiangyi
Coach: Longhe An, Li Bao
Music: Voila by Barbara Pravi

3Lo
2A
Fly Camel Spin 4
3S+3T
Layback Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Ch Combo Spin 4

Solid skate. Really fought for the triple-triple combination.

61.86 = 2nd Place

 

[Colonel Green]

Up at 5:30 AM, the things I do for skating (though looking at the RD scores, I apparently missed the bigger surprise of the day).

 

[leilaofpaper]

New program, but strange dress again

I'd say still miles better than the previous one.

 

[skatingguy]

Yoshida, Hana
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Koo Koo Fun ft. Tiwa Savage and DJ Maphorisa

 

[Bunny Hop]

Yoshida flew into that 3 axel, but it was doomed.

Hate the 'music' (going on my 'thank god I don't skate at their rink' list) but well performed and the rest of the program was pretty good.

 

[skatingguy]

Yoshida, Hana
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Koo Koo Fun ft. Tiwa Savage and DJ Maphorisa

3A< - fall
3Lz+3T
Sit Spin 4
3Lo
Fly Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Ch Combo Spin 4

Great choreography - too bad about the triple Axel.

64.65 = 1st Place

 

[Colonel Green]

Very fluid transitions in Yoshida's final combination spin.

 

[skatingguy]

Shin, Audrey
Coach: Tammy Gambill, T. Malinina, R. Skorniakov United States of America
Music: Pina, Lilies of the Valley, All Names

 

[Colonel Green]

Wait, she did a standalone 3T and then a 3Lo-3T. Isn't that against the rules?

EDIT: Ah, looking back, the 3T didn't count in the score.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Shin - At times felt like she was skating to different music.

Is there an extra level for grabbing hair as well as blade?

 

[skatingguy]

Shin, Audrey
Coach: Tammy Gambill, T. Malinina, R. Skorniakov United States of America
Music: Pina, Lilies of the Valley, All Names

3T - tight landing - no combo
2A
Layback Spin 4
3Lo<+3T*<<+COMBO - triple toeloop invalid element
Fly Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 2
Ch Combo Spin 2V

The danger of doing triple toeloop + triple toeloop is that if can't do the 2nd jump then you can't do triple toeloop as the 2nd jump in your combo later on.

50.97 = 4th Place

 

[leilaofpaper]

Rinka's costume looks different, I like it.