NHK Trophy 2009

I know it's a bit early, but I think Nana withdrew. She isn't listed anymore.



http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00006737.htm

OMG! Shoko Ishikawa is now in! I absolutely adore her skating!
But it's very sad that Nana withdrew I hope she is healthy unlike many skaters these past 2 seasons

Yes! Shoko! I have been wondered what became of her. And she has triple flip-triple toe!

Starting orders have been posted!

http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpjpn09/index.htm.

Practice photos: http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/091105/spm0911051127000-n1.htm and http://www.sanspo.com/sports/photos/091105/spm0911051801001-p9.htm.



Can someone translate these two articles?

http://www.47news.jp/CN/200911/CN2009110501000645.html and http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091105-00000024-maip-spo.

Thank you!

Go Miki!

Will Japan TV channels air this live?
I wanna see the men's and ladies' competition.
Rooting for Team Japan...

roma wrote:

Will Japan TV channels air this live?
I wanna see the men's and ladies' competition.
Rooting for Team Japan...

NHK will air at least the ladies portion of the event live. The full schedule can be seen here (google translated for the non-Japanese members).

Their broadcasting schedule for Nov. 06 is as follows:
16:00～19:00 JST - Pairs + Men's Short Program LIVE (BS-Hi)
19:30～20:43 JST - Ladies Short Program LIVE (NHK General)
22:00～22:44 JST - Men's Short Program *pre-recorded* (NHK General)

BS-Hi indicates that the program will air on NHK's hi-def satellite channel; there *may* be a TVAnts/TVU stream for it but it may not happen. NHK General, on the other hand, usually has a steady feed on TVAnts so it certainly is an option to consider.

Practice clip!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GB-0j6DNOw

Daisuke's 4T doesn't look good.



But other than that he looks great!

Miki looks amazing!

Thanks for the info, clovera!
I'll try it on TVants later. TVU isn't working well for me.

I hope Taka-chan lands that quad in competition. And I hope Dai-chan will be able to land one, too.

Good luck to all skaters!!!

Aaww... I totally forgot there would be skating in a few hours. I'm way too tired to stay up though so good luck to Dai-chan and Taka-chan!! 1 and 2 in the short would be nice lol. Seriously, I just hope they rock the arena

ETA: Oh yeah! Go Miki! She looks gorgeous in the practice photos.

Ganbare Dai, Taka-chan and Miki!!

Batsuchan wrote:

Ganbare Dai, Taka-chan and Miki!!

What you said, but also with Jeremy Abbott and Adam Rippon! SO many great skaters at this comp; I can't wait to wake up tomorrow and see the standings!

1 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 38.09 18.90 19.19 7.80 7.55 7.55 7.80 0.00 #10
2 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 35.04 17.42 17.62 7.20 6.75 7.05 7.25 0.00 #9
3 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 31.72 16.54 15.18 6.25 5.75 6.15 6.20 0.00 #4
4 Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN 30.51 15.40 15.11 6.30 5.80 6.05 6.00 0.00 #8
5 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 29.67 15.22 14.45 5.95 5.50 5.75 5.95 0.00 #7
6 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 28.77 15.18 13.59 5.55 5.20 5.60 5.45 0.00 #5
7 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN 28.58 14.78 13.80 5.65 5.20 5.65 5.65 0.00 #3
8 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK CZE 27.93 14.66 13.27 5.35 5.15 5.30 5.50 0.00 #6
9 Allie HANN-MCCURDY / Michael CORENO CAN 26.20 14.04 12.16 5.00 4.70 4.90 4.85 0.00 #2
10 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES USA 24.23 13.02 11.21 4.65 4.25 4.50 4.55 0.00 #1

http://www.justin.tv/skate_skate/ has coverage. 1st group over. Shaky lutz for Dai-chan and a fall during his footwork. I was hoping he'd skate better today.

Warm up over now for group 2. Go Taka-chan!!!
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Fall for Taka-chan, too. I hope the ladies do better.

1 Brian JOUBERT FRA 85.35 46.80 38.55 7.80 7.20 7.95 7.70 7.90 0.00 #12
2 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 83.00 45.40 37.60 7.55 7.35 7.65 7.45 7.60 0.00 #9
3 Johnny WEIR USA 78.35 41.70 36.65 7.30 7.00 7.50 7.35 7.50 0.00 #7
4 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 78.18 40.28 38.90 7.90 7.40 7.85 7.75 8.00 1.00 #6
5 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 74.05 38.60 36.45 7.55 7.00 7.25 7.30 7.35 1.00 #11
6 Michal BREZINA CZE 70.80 37.10 33.70 6.75 6.50 6.85 6.75 6.85 0.00 #10
7 Artem BORODULIN RUS 69.49 37.44 32.05 6.40 6.00 6.60 6.50 6.55 0.00 #5
8 Adam RIPPON USA 67.15 34.50 33.65 6.85 6.45 6.75 6.80 6.80 1.00 #8
9 Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN 66.78 37.68 29.10 6.00 5.50 5.95 5.80 5.85 0.00 #1
10 Vaughn CHIPEUR CAN 66.55 37.40 29.15 6.05 5.65 5.85 5.85 5.75 0.00 #3
11 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 64.64 34.54 31.10 6.20 5.95 6.20 6.40 6.35 1.00 #4
12 Jeremy TEN CAN 61.69 32.74 28.95 5.85 5.50 5.85 5.90 5.85 0.00 #2

BriJou pretty much does a repeat of his performance at WTT, and is deservedly in first. Jeremy and Johnny also skated well and are 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Dai-chan and Kozu had some errors unfortunately (Kozu's being more costly) - let's see how things go tomorrow.

Ladies are up next!

Judges were srtict to Johnny He was perfect!

Dai and Taka chan!!!!
nevermnd, i think it was a good competition hope they do well later!

1 Ashley WAGNER USA 56.54 29.62 26.92 6.85 6.50 6.75 6.75 6.80 0.00 #8
2 Miki ANDO JPN 56.22 28.70 28.52 7.15 6.85 7.05 7.25 7.35 1.00 #11
3 Yukari NAKANO JPN 54.92 28.40 26.52 6.75 6.40 6.60 6.75 6.65 0.00 #9
4 Laura LEPISTO FIN 53.64 26.44 27.20 6.95 6.60 6.80 6.80 6.85 0.00 #12
5 Alena LEONOVA RUS 52.34 26.90 26.44 6.80 6.35 6.55 6.65 6.70 1.00 #10
6 Yan LIU CHN 47.64 26.80 20.84 5.35 4.95 5.35 5.20 5.20 0.00 #2
7 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN 47.22 24.54 23.68 6.10 5.60 5.90 6.00 6.00 1.00 #6
8 Sarah MEIER SUI 45.96 20.80 25.16 6.40 6.10 6.25 6.35 6.35 0.00 #7
9 Annette DYTRT GER 44.86 22.02 22.84 5.90 5.45 5.75 5.65 5.80 0.00 #5
10 Shoko ISHIKAWA JPN 44.28 24.20 20.08 5.30 4.80 5.10 5.10 4.80 0.00 #1
11 Oksana GOZEVA RUS 40.66 21.70 20.96 5.50 5.00 5.15 5.30 5.25 2.00 #3
12 Becky BERESWILL USA 36.26 16.30 21.96 5.75 5.45 5.30 5.50 5.45 2.00 #4

Weird day for the ladies. Unlike the men, Ashley was the only skater who landed all of her jumps out of Group 2, and no one scored over 60 (when was the last time this happened?)
ETA: NHK's cam just zoomed in on Tono, who is also in the arena.

clovera wrote:

1 Ashley WAGNER USA 56.54 29.62 26.92 6.85 6.50 6.75 6.75 6.80 0.00 #8
2 Miki ANDO JPN 56.22 28.70 28.52 7.15 6.85 7.05 7.25 7.35 1.00 #11
3 Yukari NAKANO JPN 54.92 28.40 26.52 6.75 6.40 6.60 6.75 6.65 0.00 #9
4 Laura LEPISTO FIN 53.64 26.44 27.20 6.95 6.60 6.80 6.80 6.85 0.00 #12
5 Alena LEONOVA RUS 52.34 26.90 26.44 6.80 6.35 6.55 6.65 6.70 1.00 #10
6 Yan LIU CHN 47.64 26.80 20.84 5.35 4.95 5.35 5.20 5.20 0.00 #2
7 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN 47.22 24.54 23.68 6.10 5.60 5.90 6.00 6.00 1.00 #6
8 Sarah MEIER SUI 45.96 20.80 25.16 6.40 6.10 6.25 6.35 6.35 0.00 #7
9 Annette DYTRT GER 44.86 22.02 22.84 5.90 5.45 5.75 5.65 5.80 0.00 #5
10 Shoko ISHIKAWA JPN 44.28 24.20 20.08 5.30 4.80 5.10 5.10 4.80 0.00 #1
11 Oksana GOZEVA RUS 40.66 21.70 20.96 5.50 5.00 5.15 5.30 5.25 2.00 #3
12 Becky BERESWILL USA 36.26 16.30 21.96 5.75 5.45 5.30 5.50 5.45 2.00 #4

Weird day for the ladies. Unlike the men, Ashley was the only skater who landed all of her jumps out of Group 2, and no one scored over 60 (when was the last time this happened?)
ETA: NHK's cam just zoomed in on Tono, who is also in the arena.

Cup of Russia. Seriously, ladies skating this season has been awful. I know it's the Olympic year and everyone is trying to peak at the right time, but there's really no reason they should be skating THIS poorly at EVERY competition.

In an odd way, I hope this encourages Mao: Almost everyone else is struggling too! I think it would be harder for Mao if everyone was doing well and she was the only top skater having some not-so-great performances.

In any case, I hope these ladies come back strong for Vancouver. It's really going to be a heartbreaking competition for me if everyone is falling and URing everything (and not to mention bad for the sport, since the only time most people watch skating is during the ladies event at the Olympics... )

I am shocked by women's competition this year......

May I add that I think the K&C at NHK is so beautiful

I'm pretty surprised by the whole thing but not exactly shocked. The top 5 men are not in the order at all I would have guessed.
The ladies I am a little surprised, but the point difference isn't really that large in the top 3 so I think it can go any way now.

Liffey wrote:

Cup of Russia. Seriously, ladies skating this season has been awful. I know it's the Olympic year and everyone is trying to peak at the right time, but there's really no reason they should be skating THIS poorly at EVERY competition.

You're right Liffey, I completely forgot about that (so that's two events this year where the ladies failed to break 60 in the SP; it's almost reminiscent of the GP during 05-06). I certainly hope we can see some good skating today!

Are there any videos of the ladies' SP on YT yet? I wanna see Miki's short!! Looking at the low score, I'm guessing she fell on her combination? Did anyone watch?

chiyori wrote:

Are there any videos of the ladies' SP on YT yet? I wanna see Miki's short!! Looking at the low score, I'm guessing she fell on her combination? Did anyone watch?

Here you go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-D6vcEZtNA

She fell on an underrotated 3F.



But the rest of the program was very nice!

clovera wrote:

Liffey wrote:

Cup of Russia. Seriously, ladies skating this season has been awful. I know it's the Olympic year and everyone is trying to peak at the right time, but there's really no reason they should be skating THIS poorly at EVERY competition.

You're right Liffey, I completely forgot about that (so that's two events this year where the ladies failed to break 60 in the SP; it's almost reminiscent of the GP during 05-06). I certainly hope we can see some good skating today!

Oooohhh.. that's interesting, isn't it! Although it would be nice for this season to be similar to that season in that someone (*cough*MAO*cough) could end up like Shizuka, I hope it's not TOO reminicent of the 05-06 season, because the ladies LP in Torino was really disappointing for me, with a few exceptions. Generally, most of them didn't perform anywhere near their potential, and I hope we see better performances in Vancouver.

Anyways, I too hope we see some absolutely fabulous skating today, especially from Miki, Yukari, Ashley, and Laura. Come on ladies... You can do it!!!

ETA: I originally put Mao's name instead of Miki's on the enouraging message above by mistake. Even when she's not competing, it's hard not to root for her!

Mmmm OD going on right now. I didn't know the skaters were allowed props...? Cathy and Chris were both holding a fan. Gorgeous OD though.