Cup of China 2009

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:33 am

inskate wrote:: Evan skated a clean program with 2 3As... Nobunari popped his 3A and still won the LP by almost 5 points. And that with Evan getting a World Champion PCS boost. [/color]

Not even a PCS boost can help Evan with his iffy jumps. Sweatdrop

And unfortunately Mirai was struck hard with the "<" too. Sad

Congrats to Tono and Akiko! Cheering

Triple Loop Posts : 592 Join date : 2007-09-18

Analizing the recent trends in figure skating, the result of the upcoming Olympics looks obvious: Plushenko will fall on his 2axel attempt, and Oda will grab the gold. study

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:59 am

Oda really annoyes me Sad

I want to see Dais on top, ohhhh....

Triple Loop Posts : 592 Join date : 2007-09-18

polosatik wrote:: Oda really annoyes me I want to see Dais on top, ohhhh....

Well, unfortunately Dais wasn't present at this competition to satisfy your/our thirst for greatness, so all we can do here is to congratulate the actual winner with his remarkable achievement. -P

Way to go, Nobunari! Smile

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:50 am

Akiko and Nobunari were amazing!

Many Hearts

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:59 am

So sad to see Denis messing up his jumps. Sad

I've been rooting for him after watching him in THE ICE. He seems good friend with Mao in team TAT. :joker: I hope he can do better next time!

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:12 am

Nobu forgot to check his zipper before he skated. clown

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/images/091031/spm0910311922005-p4.jpg
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Akiko
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Triple Axel Posts : 989 Join date : 2009-01-01

Thank you Coconut for the photos.
Haha, Zipper matter.. it sounds very Oda!
And I love Akiko's shirt. Lovely !

Team Morozof is very very strong !!!! well done to Nikolai as well !

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:05 am

Wow! Akiko won. I'm so happy for her. Same to Nobu! Cheering

What happened to Mirai? Ouch! Just got a look at the protocols and she's been hit with a number of ! and < marks.
And Carolina... Sad

Looks like she won't be going to the GPF, too.

Triple Flip Posts : 342 Join date : 2009-10-24

anyone notice that universal sports broadcasts of the grand prix series there has been a diff. commentator for the women's fs??

TEB
SP- peter carruthers
FP- scott hamilton

ROSTELECOM CUP
SP- paul wylie
FP- paul wylie

COC
SP- peter carruthers
FP- jenny kirk.... ??? huh? why her?

who will be next week at NHK? not michelle kwan i hope.. she is awful (and i love michelle). nancy k. isnt so great either. you dont learn anything from her. scott and paul are my faves.

Posts : 56 Join date : 2009-07-14 Age : 26 Location : USA

Congrats to Belbin/Agosto for winning Ice Dance by about 14 pts. ( ithink)

Triple Flip Posts : 288 Join date : 2009-07-06 Age : 41

Oh, I couldn't be happier with the result!!!

...Ok, maybe a little bit! Razz

I LOVE that Akiko won, and I hope that making the GP this year will give her the upper hand in the war for the third Olys place with Fumie and Nakano. But I am SO sad for Mirai. Sad, Lonely

There is such quality to her basics, such beautiful spins and spirals, but she just can't get the jumps together. I hope she has a better competition next time! Love

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:41 am

This user has videos of Mirai, Kiira, Carolina, Nobunari, Evan, Denis and other skater's LP programs at CoC.
https://www.youtube.com/user/SunlitIce

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:45 am

On TV broadcast, Shizuka said that she designed Akiko's FS costume! I think she did good job. Smile

Triple Axel Posts : 815 Join date : 2009-02-21 Age : 30

Nobu is ON FIRE Twisted Evil

I am rooting for him to win gold in Tokyo.

Mirai!! Bawling

I love her programs this year, well, I always do, but I think the pressure got to her here. The top 4 below her were only a 4 point range lower.

Akiko's gold was unexpected to me, I have to admit, but I am so happy for her! A big confidence boost!
Happy dance

As for Shen/Zhao...I am speechless~ Mushy Love

Belbin/Agosto were just wonderful as usual. I can't say I like their OD as much as last season's xD I am excited to see them face off against V/M.

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:59 am

OMG! Akiko won!! I'm so happy for her. And she was gorgeous out there too. I need to watch both hers and Nobu's programs in better quality.

I'm really sad for Mirai. Almost all of her triples were hit with a <. That's gotta hurt. I hope she can manage to rotate these jumps for Nationals.

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:59 pm

I forgot to mention - I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED Akiko's long program!! So much fun! I was really entertained! Thumbs up!

Akko-chan, omedetou! Cheering

Triple Axel Posts : 989 Join date : 2009-01-01

Liffey wrote:: Oh, I couldn't be happier with the result!!!

...Ok, maybe a little bit! I LOVE that Akiko won, and I hope that making the GP this year will give her the upper hand in the war for the third Olys place with Fumie and Nakano. But I am SO sad for Mirai. There is such quality to her basics, such beautiful spins and spirals, but she just can't get the jumps together. I hope she has a better competition next time!

I am also sad for Mirai Bawling

http://trueslant.com/jenniferkirk/2009/11/02/simplifying-skaters-routines-best-for-the-sport/

Jennifer Kirk says there is something wrong with the current judging system.

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:08 am

Kirk has a point. It seems to me that the new scoring system does encourage skaters to 'play it safe' and aim for less ambitious programs. And it's not even a case of 'quality, not quantity', because skaters with the higher quality programs aren't necessarily the ones getting the higher scores.

Kirk highlights this well with the Kiira/Mirai scenario. A scenario that does this even better is what happened to Mao at COR. I remember someone on this forum saying that Mao would have gotten a high score in her SP if she had done a single axel instead of getting downgraded for her 3A, since in the latter case her 2A wasn't counted at all.

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:01 pm

Jennifer Kirk was commentating on US TV for Cup of China, and she sounds like a teenager--it definitely threw me off. Her commentary was fine, but her voice was so high-pitched that I was like, "OMG, I'm listening to a child!" Hell, no!

chineseteacup - I see your birthday passed a few days ago. Happy Birthday! You're now the same age as Mao! flower

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:07 am

Oh, thank you, Batsuchan! I didn't think anybody noticed, so I'm humbled, I really am. Thank you!

Heehee, I keep forgetting that Mao is older than me Razz

But only by a little bit!

Triple Axel Posts : 815 Join date : 2009-02-21 Age : 30

Batsuchan wrote:: chineseteacup - I see your birthday passed a few days ago. Happy Birthday! You're now the same age as Mao!

Happy belated birthday as well!!!!
flower

Subject: Re: Cup of China 2009 Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:19 am

Thanks MaoMaoRevolution!

Let's just leave it at that, since I don't want to steal the spotlight from Mao, in the Cup of China thread, no less! lol!

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