Grand Prix de France 2023 Women FS - “Gone with the Ouiiiiiiiii”

[Rukia]

Mark saying something I noticed at skam in that Isabeau has very soft jump landings.

 

[thvu]

I still think Levito’s team should have held off on White Crow until the Olympic season.

Wow, probably the best 3lutz/3toe we’ve ever seen from Levito.

 

[Holy Headband]

Her landings are so ugly

 

[Amy L]

That's a lot of costume on Isabeau.

It does give the effect of an entire flock of birds taking off when she jumps

(it's not about birds tho)

 

[tony]

I really wish they would do away with being forced to sit until the camera leaves. I think the storm outs would make for more entertaining KnC moments.

I don't think they are actually forced to sit there. I just think the coaches know it's a bad look to have such an attitude on display. Long way the sport has come

 

[beckab81]

Can't express how much I despise this dress.

 

[thvu]

Second 3lutz clearly e.

 

[MsZem]

That's a lot of costume on Isabeau.

The most that money could buy.

 

[Wyliefan]

How did she save that salchow??

 

[tony]

Lutz with edge change plus a hideous step out Euler into 3S almost sat down and took 5 seconds to get back into the program.

Jumps are getting tight (no question about her rotations what?)

The skating is glorious and the flow is second to none.

 

[Rukia]

I really wish they would do away with being forced to sit until the camera leaves. I think the storm outs would make for more entertaining KnC moments.

this is how you get more people watching skating isu

other ideas include reality shows about how to get passports for other countries and skaters secret sm accounts where they post what they really think

 

[4rkidz]

Levito working really hard to get these jumps done, I bet her quads are just humming!

 

[tony]

Total wreck at the end. Spin with no level for now, maybe she gets some minimal points back but if not, matched with the tight jumps, she may have given this title away.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh my goodness. What happened to her balance today??

 

[Amy L]

She just pulled a Cohen with the weirdass spin mistake at the last second.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Oh noooo, that final spin!

 

[thvu]

She seems so disappointed and confused.

 

[Rukia]

It kind of feels like when she had to fight for that one jump she really sort of lost any freedom and tightened up on everything

 

[rfisher]

The White Crow is my most favorite skating music ever. Isabeau is being much too tentative. She needs to learn to own her skating. She needs to find her inner Anna Scherbakova.

 

[Primorskaya]

Isabeau is having a hard time not sitting down on the ice.
Owwww wow she's really not steady on her pins today! Crazy!

 

[PRlady]

Omg how did that happen.

 

[Private Citizen]

Yikes. Rough skate for Levito. She had no chance on the salchow; should’ve doubled it. A couple of the jumps will get reviewed and I hope she met the requirements for the final spin.

Should be third or even fourth in the free, but her SP lead may be enough. We’ll see. The last spin makes it interesting.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Her SP leave may just save her yet, we’ll see. I assume they’ll bump up her PCS.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh my dear ..... I did NOT see that coming from Isabeau.

 

[4rkidz]

She should have enough points from short to keep her up in the podium so she can qualify to finals

 

[Colonel Green]

Well, Rion wins the free skate TES (and probably the free skate).

 

[Karen-W]

Isabeau - holy crap - that botched spin to end!

Not gonna lie, I might laugh and laugh for days if she finishes 2nd to two different BELGIAN women in both her GPs.

 

[Hanna]

Case Levito is interesting. I feel like she pays plenty of attention to the music and in a few years time I would probably really love her as an artist but I fear with those jumps her body won't last that long.

 

[skatingguy]

Levito, Isabeau United States of America
Coach: J. Kuznetsova, O. Japaridze, E. Platov
Music: The White Crow (soundtrack) by Ilan Eshkeri

3Lz+3T
2A
3F
2A
Ch Combo Spin 4
3Lz+1Eu+3S< - landed the salchow in a squat - hung on
Choreo Sequence
3F+2T - tight landing - working hard for the combo
3Lo
Fly Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Fly Combo Spin - fall - initially marked invalid

The 2nd half combos started to get away from her, but she fought hard for those landings. The ending of the program was very Sasha Cohen - things slightly unraveling. What will the judges do?

131.39 = 3rd Place
203.22 = 1st Place

 

[AYS]

Omigosh, what a strange performance from Isabeau. Gorgeous, beautiful for most, but then 3 very bizarre mistakes. The spin could be the one that hurts her the most, since apparently it got no credit. Amazing leg strength to not go down on either of those jump passes.