Japan Open 2012

Yeah, I think it was Elene! Very sweet of her.
Love the choreo @2:00, when the Black Swan part of the music kicks in! Also the intro look lovely from the angle that was shown in the NeoSports part (1:55). Love the head/shoulders movement.

bibi wrote:

Here's another practice clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZolZYt_7wjo&feature=g-all-u
After her 3A, I think we can see Elene Gedevanishvili (yellow top) clapping for her That's sweet !

Thanks for posting this. I can't stop watching, so great. The only part that bothered me was Morozov standing at the boards for Dai. Daisuke why?!!!

inskate wrote:

Love the choreo @2:00, when the Black Swan part of the music kicks in!

Me too. Too bad the rules changed (step sequence before spiral), this would make a great ending.

zarinaballerina wrote:

Me too. Too bad the rules changed (step sequence before spiral), this would make a great ending.

This could still be ending - the new choreographic sequence can contain steps as well as spirals (although it must include at least 1 spiral position for ladies).
Check out Akiko's LP - her choreo sequence consists mostly of steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB_xv-3bSJo (ChSq starts at 3:22)

inskate you're right. I'm just so used to spirals that I automaticly think that choreo sequence consists of spirals and completely forget about other elements. I still hate the rule change though.

OMG OMG I want to see Mao's program

Does anyone know if we can watch the broadcast online? If so? What at what time and where ? Thanks !!!

tokitama from tumblr updated these pics:

Thanks Klarification! Mao looks stunning !
I envy her muscle, her shoulder, her smile and everything !!!!
I am know sure that she gained some weight and muscle. No one (in other forums) are complaining that she's too thin.

GO MAO!!!!!

bibi wrote:

Does anyone know if we can watch the broadcast online? If so? What at what time and where ? Thanks !!!

Unfortunatlely, there is no broadcast online.
I am following this site.

http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp%2Fchannel%2Flive%2Fshow%2Fwinter%2F1352

122.04 for mao!

Mao!!

From SportsNavi:
clean 3L, 2A-2T, clean 3F, 3z, spin, 3s, 3L-2L, layback spin, 3F-2L-2L, spin, step sequence to black swan and choreo sequence.
Standing ovations and Mao looked happy.

Cannot wait for clip. Hope someone posts it on YT soon.

ashley 123.57? really?

i know i didn't watch it anything yet, but still... i don't like ashley. her skating is so hard to like.

i think that ashley's score had to be inflated in order for team north america to edge out team europe by about a point. i smell politics.

mao's dress!

http://twitpic.com/b1gitv

Wow, lovely dress!

I was riding a bus to my weekend class when Mao skated, but I checked the scores & PBP on my phone
From what I've read, there was a lot of transitions in Mao's programs and I think she might need more time to really master the program (and get adjusted to the transition enough to not let them affect the flow of the jumps). This is a great start, though! Can't wait for the videos.

Team Japan did great! Also Jeff was amazing, judging from the PBP.

Speaking of costumes, Daisuke's is...
http://spo.c.yimg.jp/im_siggu8ZjH9GYM0ZEIABU7FLHww---x450-y450-n1/sports/sportsnavi/channel/figure/121006_fig_takahashi1046.jpg
I think it's the most awful costume I've seen on him, including the "chicken on fire" one from TEB 2004...

swan wrote:

mao's dress!

http://twitpic.com/b1gitv

Love the dress, but I wish the v wasn't so low. It doesn't really work with her small bust size.

inskate wrote:

Wow, lovely dress!

I was riding a bus to my weekend class when Mao skated, but I checked the scores & PBP on my phone
From what I've read, there was a lot of transitions in Mao's programs and I think she might need more time to really master the program (and get adjusted to the transition enough to not let them affect the flow of the jumps). This is a great start, though! Can't wait for the videos.

Team Japan did great! Also Jeff was amazing, judging from the PBP.

Speaking of costumes, Daisuke's is...
http://spo.c.yimg.jp/im_siggu8ZjH9GYM0ZEIABU7FLHww---x450-y450-n1/sports/sportsnavi/channel/figure/121006_fig_takahashi1046.jpg
I think it's the most awful costume I've seen on him, including the "chicken on fire" one from TEB 2004...

daisuke's onesie=i blame morosov!

inskate wrote:

Wow, lovely dress!

I was riding a bus to my weekend class when Mao skated, but I checked the scores & PBP on my phone
From what I've read, there was a lot of transitions in Mao's programs and I think she might need more time to really master the program (and get adjusted to the transition enough to not let them affect the flow of the jumps). This is a great start, though! Can't wait for the videos.

Team Japan did great! Also Jeff was amazing, judging from the PBP.

Speaking of costumes, Daisuke's is...
http://spo.c.yimg.jp/im_siggu8ZjH9GYM0ZEIABU7FLHww---x450-y450-n1/sports/sportsnavi/channel/figure/121006_fig_takahashi1046.jpg
I think it's the most awful costume I've seen on him, including the "chicken on fire" one from TEB 2004...

Morozov could be the reason because look at Leonova's costume.....it's like she ripped the curtain to make her costume.

浅田真央の演技がスタート。

冒頭、トリプルループをきれいに着氷。続くダブルアクセルでややこらえた着氷になり、セカンドジャンプは２回転にした。
トリプルフリップ、トリプルルッツはきれいに着氷。スピンを挟み、中盤にトリプルサルコウを着氷。続いてトリプルループ‐ダブルループも着氷。レイバックスピンでは拍手が起こる。
後半、トリプルフリップからの３連続も着氷。スピンの後、黒鳥の曲に乗ってステップシークエンスへ。最後はコレオシークエンスでフィニッシュ。
大きなミスなく滑り切り。場内は総立ちとなった。本人も満足そうな表情を浮かべている。
得点は１２２．０４。高得点でトップに立った。


(Taka looks like the season 2010-2011...the hair and the face...hope others know what I mean )

(the makeup artist didn't work for Mao today. hope he will work with Mao for nationals)

浅田真央「緊張しました」
久しぶりの団体戦で緊張しましたが、優勝できて良かったです。
最後にお客さんが手拍子をしてくれたので乗ることができました。ありがとうございました。今季は２歩でも３歩でもステップアップできるよう、向上を目指して頑張ります。

Yeah, Daisuke's costume looks like Adam Rippon's Pagliacci onesie married Nobunari's SP costume from Olympics and they had a weird baby... (Both costumes were Morozov's as well ). I liked /some/ of Morozov's costumes, but this is not one of them

Haha, Elene's costume is a bit weird. Nice color and I like her sleeves, but the motiff on the chest and the awkward skirt do make it look a bit as if it were made from drapes...

I liked Elene's and Ashley's dresses, though.

I hope there will be some vids available soon! At least news clips...

Mao ♥ Can't wait for the broadcast at 7pm...Yey for team Japan!!! They won by a large margin

Saw Dai's costume. Noooo!!! Please stay away from Morozov's costumes! But I'm glad of his performance this early in the season.

And Mao!!! That's a very good start indeed. not her planned 2A-3T but still a very, very good start. I wonder how Ashley scored higher. Do we have protocols now?

I can't wait for the broadcast and Kayo and Ernie's reports!

roma wrote:

I wonder how Ashley scored higher. Do we have protocols now?

I can't even open the results page (my school has lousy computers ), but Ashley has the advantage of having 2 double Axels in her program... Plus, Mao's program was reportedly quite busy, so she might have missed a level or UR something out of tiredness. If someone finds the protocols, please post the direct link here!

I can't even find any photos from the competition (aside the one from sportsnavi PBP page). Japanese media, Y U NO post new photos?

I found a cute one I haven't seen before (from the practice session): http://amd.c.yimg.jp/amd/20121006-00000011-dal-000-5-view.jpg

swan wrote:

ashley 123.57? really?

i know i didn't watch it anything yet, but still... i don't like ashley. her skating is so hard to like.

I don't like this. If she won because of the tes score(had a 3-3 or 2A-3T) then I can live with this, but if she won on PCS, than I'm going to be royally pissed.

It's a good score for Mao this early in the season. If she had done 2A-3T her score would've been 125.