Worlds 2024 Men FS: ‘Putting the Eh? in Standing Ovation’

[TAHbKA]

Someone give Shaidorov a decent choreographer. And take the scisors from whoever is cutting the music for him - to go from In Taverna to O Fortuna -seriously?

 

[overedge]

What the hell does a cartwheel have to do with Carmina Burana???

 

[peibeck]

Shaidorov: 4 Lutz << but 4F nice. It's weird his jumps are either huge or soooo tiny and tightly rotated. Zero presentation though which is sad with this uber dramatic music.

 

[Matryeshka]

I guess cartwheel, wheel of fate, same diff.

 

[Lizziebeth]

I did not think it was possible to ignore Carmina Burana while you skate to it, but what do I know????

 

[tony]

What the hell does a cartwheel have to do with Carmina Burana???

Are you brand new to skating? No. What does a cartwheel have to do with all of the programs we see it in?

 

[PRlady]

“The octopus, make him wear boots, send him to North Korea.”

 

[skatingguy]

Mikhail SHIDOROV
Coach: Alexei Urmanov
Music: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

4Lz - timing was off, out of the circle, fall
4F!
4T+3T
Choreo Sequence
3F!
Fly Change Foot Combo Spin 4
4T
3A< - timing again, fall
3Lz+1Eu+3S
Fly Sit Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

-2.00 = Falls (2)

A lot of potential here, but he needs way more time in front of live audience to build performance.

154.17 = 2nd Place
234.19 = 2nd Place

 

[Karen-W]

Eh. Shaidorov is the Russian-low rent answer to Malinin.

 

[Frau Muller]

Shaidorov so talented. Not his best try…needs to improve expression in future. Upwards to 2025!

 

[skatingguy]

And now Canadian spots depend on a fragile Ukrainian guy. Oh, dear

I'm going to put this out into the world - Ukrainian back bone is pretty good these days.

 

[overedge]

A lot of potential here, but he needs way more time in front of live audience to build performance.

And to spend more time training everything other than the jumps.

 

[overedge]

On the up side, he looks very cute in that hat

 

[skatingguy]

Mark GORODNITSKY
Age: 23
Personal Best: 161.23
Season Best: 161.23
Current Rank: 14
Music: Shape Of Lies by Eternal Eclipse
True Love's Last Kiss by Eternal Eclipse
Coach: Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev

Ranked 12th at 2024 ECh, 13th at 2023 ECh, 17th at 2020 ECh & 30th in his only other appearance at ECh in 2017. Finished 16th at 2023 WCh & 25th in his debut at 2022 WCh.Competed at WJCh 2016-2019 with his best result being 14th in 2018. Placed 6th at GP Skate Canada, 2nd at Warsaw Cup & 3rd at Nepela Memorial 2023. Born and raised in Canada. His younger sister Maya competed internationally in figure skating. He was selected for WCh only shortly before the event by the ISR Federation.

 

[tony]

I will never forget Righini skating relatively well but certainly nothing spectacular at Worlds, maybe like 2013? and the British Eurosport commentators going off about his excited reaction saying "REALLY?! It wasn't that good!"

 

[Sally1214]

Shaidorov had his ups and downs (literally) but so is skating (and life, in general). At least, I get another Urmanov sighting. And, no negative comments about him please. I still remember, when I was at a competition somewhere years ago and I was rushing back from the ladies' room and rounded a corner at full speed and SMACK ... ran right into someone. That someone put his hands on my shoulders to steady me and I looked up (cause I'm short) and it was HIM. I was like O-M-G ..... it's ALEXEI URMANOV. I was starstruck, to say the least. Soooooo, y'all just let me savour that memory, okay?

 

[TAHbKA]

Eh. Shaidorov is the Russian-low rent answer to Malinin.

Ironically Shaidorov is actually from Kazakhstan.

 

[airgelaal]

This shirt looks more like a Canadian one

 

[overedge]

This shirt looks more like a Canadian one

Oh, come now, it has some sparkles

 

[tony]

Why not 3A+2A+2A? He whips into the triple Axel like it's nothing. Every time.

 

[Karen-W]

Ironically Shaidorov is actually from Kazakhstan.

Oh, I know. But he trains in Moscow mostly now. He's entirely a product of Russian skating.

 

[Jay42]

This shirt looks more like a Canadian one

I still think that Skate Canada should try to bribe him back. Sure he doesn't have a quad but he's more consistent than the rest of our guys.

 

[flyingsit]

This shirt looks more like a Canadian one

Yeah but he forgot the belt.

 

[Karen-W]

This shirt looks more like a Canadian one

Nahhhhhhh... It looks like KMT took a small bedazzler to one of Nathan's shirts.

 

[tony]

I still think that Skate Canada should try to bribe him back. Sure he doesn't have a quad but he's more consistent than the rest of our guys.

Yeah, he would've run away with the competitions this season.

And now I see why he didn't do the 3-jump combo with the 3A

 

[her grace]

Gorodnitsky is on! Good for him.

 

[ChelleC]

This shirt looks more like a Canadian one

Fitting since he's Canadian-Israeli.

 

[MacMadame]

Nahhhhhhh... It looks like KMT took a small bedazzler to one of Nathan's shirts.

Not enough crystals.

 

[Karen-W]

Not enough crystals.

I did say a SMALL bedazzler, lol.

 

[tony]

Gorodnitsky is so borderline being a great all-around skater, but there's a very Stojko "I'm too masculine for this shit!" quality I sometimes get from him. Just me?