NHK Trophy 2009

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:45 pm

Scary splat for Yuko on the throw 4S, but the rest of the program was quite lovely and they end up in second. Yep!

1st goes to P/T who skated brilliantly. Bad day for T/T - I wish them the best when the JGPF comes along.

ETA: I love Miki's new outfit.

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

clovera wrote:: Scary splat for Yuko on the throw 4S, but the rest of the program was quite lovely and they end up in second. 1st goes to P/T who skated brilliantly. Bad day for T/T - I wish them the best when the JGPF comes along.

ETA: I love Miki's new outfit.

I love Miki's outfit too. She usually has very nice and unique ones. Except for that spider one...she should wear that to Halloween parties..(OK, I am mean...sorry guys).

Triple Flip Posts : 263 Join date : 2008-03-11

It's rare for me to actually like Miki's costumes; they're usually over-designed IMO Laugh

This new one's not too bad, though I liked the previous one better Yep!

Is she gonna pull a Mao and wear different costumes for every competition? Too sweet!

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:56 am

ddmm wrote:: I love Miki's outfit too. She usually has very nice and unique ones. Except for that spider one...she should wear that to Halloween parties..(OK, I am mean...sorry guys).

Okami and I (and many others) felt the same for Miki's spider costume and Tono's Totentanz outfit, so there's no reason to apologize! Razz

1 Brian JOUBERT FRA 232.70 1 1
2 Johnny WEIR USA 217.70 3 3
3 Michal BREZINA CZE 217.48 6 2
4 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 214.29 4 4
5 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 208.45 2 6
6 Adam RIPPON USA 197.61 8 5
7 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 186.00 5 10
8 Artem BORODULIN RUS 181.62 7 9
9 Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN 181.04 9 8
10 Jeremy TEN CAN 178.87 12 7
11 Vaughn CHIPEUR CAN 176.36 10 12
12 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 176.01 11 11

Crazy day for the men's event. BriJou skates conservatively for the win, Johnny does OK, and Michal almost had the top FS score for the day. Dai and Kozu are off the podium, and Jeremy imploded. Eek. silent

ETA: Looks like Yuko also dislocated her shoulder after the fall on the throw 4S and popped it back in. First Shizuka, then Yukari, now her... Unconscious

Ladies are next!

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:03 am

Wow! Miki's new costume looks gorgeous. Very Happy

What happened to the Japanese guys? Shocked

I was hoping both Dai-chan and Taka-chan will be on the podium and now this... Bawling

And even Abbott... Shocked

But I'd just like to say Yuka Sato is so pretty! flower

I hope the Japanese ladies will do much better.

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:32 am

FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Miki ANDO JPN
162.55 2 2
2 Alena LEONOVA RUS
160.85 5 1
3 Ashley WAGNER USA
155.99 1 3
4 Yukari NAKANO JPN
152.35 3 5
5 Laura LEPISTO FIN
152.19 4 4
6 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN
142.03 7 6
7 Yan LIU CHN
126.49 6 10
8 Annette DYTRT GER
126.01 9 9
9 Oksana GOZEVA RUS
123.97 11 7
10 Shoko ISHIKAWA JPN
119.63 10 11
11 Becky BERESWILL USA
118.42 12 8

Miki wins even with a stumble and a fall...
Anyway, Congrats to Miki, Alena and Ashley!

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:35 am

I must say that was a rather underwhelming ladies' event. Miki herself looked quite somber in her interview (at least she and Ashley chatted and were all smiles on the podium). Well, in any case, congrats to Miki, Alena, and Ashley - all three should have earned enough points to make it to the GPF. Yep!

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

I have to say that ladies' NHK trophy was boring to watch...I don't see any originality in the programs&elements, the scores are so low and I don't see any motivation from skaters. I remember being so excited watching Mao and Miki at NHK last year.

This event reminds me what a great skater Mao is !!! she's always exciting to watch .

Triple Axel Posts : 963 Join date : 2009-04-20

photos

http://mainichi.jp/enta/sports/graph/2009/figureGPnhk/

Triple Flip Posts : 214 Join date : 2009-10-23

Anyone have pictures of Miki's dress for her FS? I saw the link above but I cannot save those pictures. I love the dress. I think Miki over practice, she really wanted to win and looked like she was tired, she put too much thinking into her performance that hinder a good performance from her... COR was better...

Triple Flip Posts : 211 Join date : 2008-10-24

I have those miki photos. I will upload it for u tommorow ok.

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

ddmm wrote:: I have to say that ladies' NHK trophy was boring to watch...I don't see any originality in the programs&elements, the scores are so low and I don't see any motivation from skaters. I remember being so excited watching Mao and Miki at NHK last year.

This event reminds me what a great skater Mao is !!! she's always exciting to watch .

havent seen it yet but i can imagine. with all the problems mao had at TEB, her scores (173.99) there wouldve placed her 1st at this event.

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:43 am

Some cute interviews in Japanese:

Takahiko with Miki at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1isHVkSzpW0

Miki and Daisuke Marakami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sbnpuY8Osg

Daisuke Takahashi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRRk-hkanyg

Brian Joubert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15vZIB0Wrbo

Alena Leonova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snr19sVB6iA

Triple Flip Posts : 211 Join date : 2008-10-24

itsonlykat wrote:: Anyone have pictures of Miki's dress for her FS? I saw the link above but I cannot save those pictures. I love the dress. I think Miki over practice, she really wanted to win and looked like she was tired, she put too much thinking into her performance that hinder a good performance from her... COR was better...

Here are the pix of Miki:

Subject: Re: NHK Trophy 2009 Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:43 pm

I LOVE Mikis new dress!

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