Japan Open 2013 & Carnival on Ice

Ken Himura wrote:

babayaga wrote:

Thanks everyone for the videos, excited to see Mao in good shape :)Does anyone know what time the competition starts?

Same question here    

Czarace wrote:

Does anybody know if there will be some live streams over the weekend for JO? Im from England, and I can't find any however much scouring I do!

Today's schedule:
JPN 10:00-10:45  Men Practice
JPN 11:00-11:45  Ladies Practice
JPN 13:00-16:30  Competition

JPN 18:30-20:54  Broadcasting on TV Tokyo

There will be no live streaming unless otherwise someone sneakily video-records and gives the feed from the arena.  TV Tokyo does not have a full network coverage across Japan, so there are many people even in Japan who cannot watch the broadcast.   I'm one of them.   I hope people will post clips on youtube as quickly as possible.    

Ken Himura wrote:

By the way, nice to see you guys

Nice to see you too! Please post often!  

Thank you so very much, linglang!! I hope there will be at least some information about the results during the competition

babayaga wrote:

Thank you so very much, linglang!! I hope there will be at least some information about the results during the competition

Sportsnavi will provide written live updates. I think this is the link to the live competition updates (in Japanese, of course  ):

http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/figureskate_all/1858/?auto=1

They should be doing live report for practices this morning as well. Will post the link if there's one (for practices) in another hour or so.

Adding: from Ashley's twitter --
Ashley Wagner @AshWagner2010
Having some costume drama...it is for sure a work in progress guys!!

hope everything is ok...

linglang wrote:

Ken Himura wrote:

babayaga wrote:

Thanks everyone for the videos, excited to see Mao in good shape :)Does anyone know what time the competition starts?

Same question here    

Czarace wrote:

Does anybody know if there will be some live streams over the weekend for JO? Im from England, and I can't find any however much scouring I do!

Today's schedule:
JPN 10:00-10:45  Men Practice
JPN 11:00-11:45  Ladies Practice
JPN 13:00-16:30  Competition

JPN 18:30-20:54  Broadcasting on TV Tokyo

There will be no live streaming unless otherwise someone sneakily video-records and gives the feed from the arena.  TV Tokyo does not have a full network coverage across Japan, so there are many people even in Japan who cannot watch the broadcast.   I'm one of them.   I hope people will post clips on youtube as quickly as possible.    

Ken Himura wrote:

By the way, nice to see you guys

Nice to see you too! Please post often!  

I come to the forum everyday, but sometimes I have not enough time to write

Mao looks great, I am sooo excited, I missed her a lot  

COHK wrote:

Sportsnavi will provide written live updates. I think this is the link to the live competition updates (in Japanese, of course  ):

http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/figureskate_all/1858/?auto=1

They should be doing live report for practices this morning as well. Will post the link if there's one (for practices) in another hour or so.

Adding: from Ashley's twitter --
Ashley Wagner        @AshWagner2010
Having some costume drama...it is for sure a work in progress guys!!

hope everything is ok...

Thanks, COHK! I was hoping for something like this. Every time there is Japan Open or Japanese Nationals, I am watching them through google translate of written japanese comments   It is not as fun as simply watching, but it is entertaining in its own way

ballerinamao wrote:

AmazingGraceMao wrote:

3A is huge, everything looks great, keep going!!!

What I actually found most impressive is her ice coverage in her 2A-3T, it's just HUGE in every way, in the first clip she starts the jumps close to the borders and ends the combination close to the borders on the other side...

I also noticed that, but her 2A has always been stunning since 2011, so I am not surprised. That height of 3A really surprised me, looks like she in a good shape.

Skating order:

Men:
Brezina-Jeff-Taka-Javier-Jeremy-Dai

Then guest skater: Shizuka

Ladies:
Joannie-Kanako-Irina-Ashley-Mao-Adelina

So men's competition starts first? I may fall asleep before ladies even start then

ANd it's almost 1pm in Japan. No practice reports? No costume glimpses?

I can't wait! Ganbatte, Mao!

spiral at practice
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/10/05/gazo/G20131005006750640.html

linglang wrote:

spiral at practice
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/10/05/gazo/G20131005006750640.html

breathtakingly beautiful!!!  

It's midnight here so I know I will be asleep when Mao performs, but I have such a good feeling about her outcome. Normally I'm very nervous when she's about to perform, but I think because she has remained calm and has been consistently landing clean jumps in practice, (something she almost never does due to nervousness) I feel she will be less nervous when it's time, and will put on an excellent performance.

GOOO MAO!!!     

Mao's planned tricks:
3A/3F＋3Lo/3Lz/CCoSp/FCSp/2A＋3T/3S/3F＋2Lo＋2Lo/3Lo/CUSp/StSq/ChSq

Men
1. Michal BREZINA
4S＋2T/3A/4S/FSSp/StSq/3A＋3T/3F/3Lo/3Lz/ChSq/3S＋2T＋2T/CCoSp/CoSp

2. Jeffrey BUTTLE
3A/3F＋1Lo＋3S/3Lz/3Lo/StSq/CSp/3Lz＋2T/3T/3S＋2T/FSSp/ChSq/2A/CoSp

3. Takahiko KOZUKA
4T/3A/3Lz＋3T/CCoSp/StSq/3A＋2T＋2Lo/FSSp/3F/2A/ChSq/3Lz＋2T/3S/FCCoSp

4. Javier FERNANDEZ
4T/4S＋3T/3A/CSSp/StSq/4S/3Lz＋2T/3Lo/3F＋1Lo＋3S/ChSq/3S/FUSp/CCoSp

5. Jeremy ABBOTT
4T/3A＋3T/CSSp/3F＋3T/StSq/2A/3A/3S/3Lz＋2T＋2Lo/3Lo/FUSp/ChSq/CCoSp

6. Daisuke TAKAHASHI
4T/4T＋2T/3A/StSq/FCSSp/3A＋2T＋2Lo/3Lz＋3T/3Lo/3F/3S/FCCoSp/ChSq/CCoSp

Ladies
1. Joannie ROCHETTE
3F/3T＋1Lo＋3S/3Lo/CoSp/3S＋2T/StSq/2A/3T＋2T/FSSp/ChSq/2A/LSp

2. Kanako MURAKAMI
3F＋3T/3Lz/3Lo/StSq/LSp/3Lo＋2T/3F/2A/3S＋2Lo＋2Lo/FCSp/CCoSp/ChSq

3. Irina SLUTSKAYA
3F/3Lo＋2Lo/LSp/3T/3Lo/StSq/2A＋2T/CCoSp/2Lz/2A/ChSq/FCSp

4. Ashley WAGNER
3F＋3T/2A/3S/StSq/FSSp/3Lo＋2T/3Lz/3Lo＋2T＋2T/3F/LSp/ChSq/CCoSp

5. Mao ASADA
3A/3F＋3Lo/3Lz/CCoSp/FCSp/2A＋3T/3S/3F＋2Lo＋2Lo/3Lo/CUSp/StSq/ChSq

6. Adelina SOTNIKOVA
3Lz＋3Lo/3F/3Lo/FCSp/2A＋3T/3F＋2T＋2Lo/3S/2A/LSp/StSq/ChSq/CCoSp

Hmm... I'm seeing tweets the costume looks like blue and black. omg. I hope not "bells" like. The JO version was blue and black also.

roma wrote:

Hmm... I'm seeing tweets the costume looks like blue and black. omg. I hope not "bells" like. The JO version was blue and black also.

I highly doubt Tat/Mao would EVER repeat that outfit.  

The link that COHK kindly provided started to post descriptions of skaters' performances. It looks like Michael did not have a very good skate and only scored 125.74 points. I can't understand much of the google translation, but it looks like he popped both quads, but landed 3 axels and a few more triples.

Jeff 127.43
To 1st
Taka now

shar wrote:

roma wrote:

Hmm... I'm seeing tweets the costume looks like blue and black. omg. I hope not "bells" like. The JO version was blue and black also.

I highly doubt Tat/Mao would EVER repeat that outfit.  

Well, I like that costume more than her black and red costume for  her Bells program:P

aaaah! Looks like Jeff fell 3x. 3Afall 3F 3Lzfall 2Lo 3Lz2T 3T 3Sfall 2A
127.43

Looks like Takahiko did well! 158.42 with only one jump error it seems..

COHK wrote:

Jeff 127.43
To 1st
Taka now

Thanks "COHK" for the updates

Taka: 小塚崇彦
4T 3A 3Lz2T2Lo /1A 3F 2A 3Lz3T 3S
15842 7914 7928

babayaga wrote:

Looks like Takahiko did well! 158.42 with only one jump error it seems..

 

Taka!