Grand Prix of Espoo 2023 - Ladies Free - “The Flying Spinns”

[JoannaLouise]

"We would love to hear about how you feel now."

I will uber Kaori even more if she answers this interview question with "I'm feelin' good."

 

[Jammers]

Kaori is going to be the weakest 3 time world champion that i can remember. Ladies skating this year is not much better then Pairs and that's saying something. Does no one want to rise up and challenge her?

 

[topaz]

This singer is making me miss Buble. What a crime.

Faints. That singer is the great Lauren Hill. Her voice is an instrument. It's rich and meaty.

 

[Kateri]

Amber missed winning the free skate by less than 2 points.

 

[Sally1214]

Faints. That singer is the great Lauren Hill. Her voice is an instrument. It's rich and meaty.

Quick .... someone get the smelling salts. And, I think Lauren Hill is great too.

 

[BlueRidge]

well thank goodness there's an Amber silver lining to this event.

 

[danafan]

Sakamoto got a 3Lze call today.

 

[Rukia]

Amber missed winning the free skate by less than 2 points.

if she had skated later I bet she'd have gotten the pcs to do it, but then if she had skated later she may have skated worse lol

 

[skatingguy]

Sakamoto, Kaori
Coach: Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham,Sei Kawahara
Music: Wild is the Wing, Feeling Good

2A
3Lze
3S<
Ch Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
3F+2T
Fly Sit Spin 4
3F+3T
2A+3T+2T
Choreo Sequence
3Loq - hanging on
Fly Ch Combo Spin 4

-1.00 Time Violation

Strong skate for Sakamoto. Now she can build towards the Grand Prix Final.

135.52 = 1st Place
205.21 = 1st Place

 

[Rukia]

Kaori got a time violation. Huh.

 

[Sally1214]

AMBER WINS THE BRONZE MEDAL!!! No words necessary....

 

[quartz]

I wanna see Amber and Kaori on the podium together - when is the medal ceremony?

 

[Private Citizen]

Such a boring program for Sakamoto. I'd love to see her get the calls she deserves - 3Lz!, 3S<, and 3Lo< with negative GOE on each plus negative GOE on that last spin. TBH I think Glenn deserves the free skate win even though I know there's no chance of that happening.

Oh me of little faith! 3Lze, 3S<, and 3Loq. I'll take it. GOEs still too high, but the end result was something resembling reality, not the cheesefest type scoring we've seen in the past. I thought the best I could hope for was a !, even though the lutz is never on an outside edge. Keep the "e" calls coming, judges! Call it in the short program, too, and we may have a real competition for the podium.

Faints. That singer is the great Lauren Hill. Her voice is an instrument. It's rich and meaty.

I love Lauryn Hill and was excited when I heard Sakamoto had chosen her music, thinking it would be something from the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (one of the greatest albums ever). This has to be the worst, boring Lauryn Hill music on the planet. Did she need to record this to pay bankruptcy debts or something? I don't blame people for not recognizing this.

 

[Wyliefan]

Amber could have walked away with this whole thing. I wonder if this will convince her to concentrate on two clean programs and put the triple axel on ice (pardon the pun) for now.

 

[skatingguy]

What are Kim's chances for the final?

Not great - she's 6th in the standings with one event left - several skaters will have a chance to move ahead of her next week.

 

[Finnice]

I know the sound balance has been a bit off today, but Peltonen seemed to be skating to completely different music to what I was hearing.

How nice for her to skate so well at home twice.

It is PelKonen. Emmi PelTonen is another skater.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

OMGGGGGGGG

I wasn’t going to do it, after I saw the pairs free skate I needed therapy.

@SidelineSkater told me to put my big boy underwear on and watch the ladies, but I said no, but I did do it just now

wow, Amber almost won the free program, the highest technical score and the second highest PCS. Boy I will say I did not see that coming

I just finished watching the whole thing, oh my gosh what a great program and especially after I first saw the single axel I was like Oh no. Wow, I’m so happy for her and I’m so glad. Why are there no faxes?

 

[kwanfan1818]

I only went back to re-watch Glenn's and Ounasvuori's FS's, even if I did turn off the audio when OO was skating to that excremental female vocalist's "Nessun Dorma." Even Buble would have been an upgrade. I know she had the lowest score among the Finnish women, but I liked her best.

I love, love, love, love, love Sumiyoshi's dress. The only one of my favorite colors that it's missing is purple.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Faints. That singer is the great Lauren Hill. Her voice is an instrument. It's rich and meaty.

Okay. I still don't find her version of Feeling Good enjoyable to listen to.

 

[skatfan]

Amber’s program is stunning. I didn’t appreciate it from Skate America with the later errors but I see more skating with the music, some new moves that are so beautiful. Bravo to Katherine Hill and Amber!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Amber’s program is stunning. I didn’t appreciate it from Skate America with the later errors but I see more skating with the music, some new moves that are so beautiful. Bravo to Katherine Hill and Amber!

I thought so as well. And who is Katherine Hill? I’ve never heard of her. And she too it had so many positive things to say about Amber.

 

[skatfan]

I thought so as well. And who is Katherine Hill? I’ve never heard of her. And she too it had so many positive things to say about Amber.

She is a choreographer who is partnered/married to Ben Agosto. they live in Colorado Springs now

 

[Milan]

Kaori is going to be the weakest 3 time world champion that i can remember. Ladies skating this year is not much better then Pairs and that's saying something. Does no one want to rise up and challenge her?

Ok, let's backtrack a bit here. Recent 3 x world champions are: Mao Asada, Michelle Kwan. I think we can agree that Kaori stacks up very well against them.

 

[JJH]

Correction: Michelle Kwan is a 5X World Champion.

 

[Milan]

Correction: Michelle Kwan is a 5X World Champion.

Well I should have qualified, at least 3x.

 

[viennese]

I don't know what is making me more happy, the last 3.5 minutes of Amber Glenn's triumphant free skate or her coach and her reacting to her super scores lifting her to the podium.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I don't know what is making me more happy, the last 3.5 minutes of Amber Glenn's triumphant free skate or her coach and her reacting to her super scores lifting her to the podium.

both