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Full Coverage of the 2021 Figure skating World Championships
The Russians swept the podium when Trusova fell twice but still got PCS rivaling the everyone else in the competition and were supposed to pretend this wasn’t a joke? Okay then. Congrats to the US getting 3 spots and while people will say mostly thanks to Karen that is BS. Bradie finished 8th in the LP and karen 6th. Hardly much difference and both got multiple deductions for cheated jumps… Interesting that the 3 skaters who fell ended up winning the medals because no one else can rotate a jump. Leave it to my other persona to sum this up perfectly.. “It’s better to chuck a quad and get credit for a triple then skate a triple and get credit for a double” Sums up this competition…
IMO….I watched Trusova win bronze even though she was slow as can be and fell twice and still win the LP. she also messed up a third jump…. Okay… Oh and 2 judges only gave her a -4 for the fall….. Shcherbakova won and deserved to win. She is way faster than Trusova and actually feels her music but some how ended up 8 points behind of Trusova in the PCS? Okay… These judges over scored Trusova’s LP because she was so far down and they wanted to make sure she got in the medals. It was blatant cheating. Karen cheated so many jumps and was rightfully dinged for it but you watch these performances and I just can’t understand the judging… Tuktamysheva finished third, also with a fall. In general she kind of bores me.She did in the SP too but her triple axel was beautiful. (The second one) Basically she skates around, moves her arms and jumps…… Bradie started out really well but by the end she was cheating her jumps big time… Same with Karen who also cheated a bunch of jumps (The lutz was the one I remember from watching earlier…. ) Videos don’t seem to be online…. I missed Rika earlier. I started watching her but had to leave before she finished (I think I was actually getting dressed and came back and heard Tara say she sucked… My nieces talked my brother into allowing them to come over if we stayed outside and I haven ‘t seen them in months so I said yes. Tennis anyone? (I am exhausted) My poor Miyhara is having a bad competition but her PCS being behind anyone is wrong. …
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Short Program
So much for the Russian woman sweeping.Anna Shcherbakova leads with a 81.00 Japan’s Rika Kiharais second with a 79.08 and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is 3rd with a 78.86. Karen Chen is a surprise 4th with a 74.40 Yelim Kim from Korea is 5th with a 73.63 and Kaori Sakamoto is 6th with a 70.38. Bradie Tennel had trouble on her combination and had to a do a triple double instead of a triple and she finished 7th with a 69.87 (She beat Karen with the PCS so probably would have been 4th if she didn’t mess up.. And always making me sad and choking away at least one part of the competition Satoko Miyihara is all the way down in 16th with a 59.99. The other Russian, Alexandra Trusova is down in 12th place with a 64.82. Rockerskating is your best bet for all info so check out his blog for details. I am off to watch (If the videos are still up:) Rockerskating’s Short program comments can be found here (Videos for everyone but those 4 are gone. Of course. I hate US television ) Madaline Schizas SP from Canada is also online… Kaori Sakamoto had a great entrance into her triple triple (which she messed up) and I loved her music but she seems kind of out of shape for a skater. She’s a normal size person but twice the size of every other skater. Her triple lutz looked cheated to me but I don’t know if she got credit for it or not #JudgesBeJudging So I am reading the Figure skating page at Reddit and everyone seems to believe Rika was robbed. The place is usually very pro Russian. Watching originally I didn’t see any blatant judging cheating but when you read the protcals it was clear these judges wanted her in front. Rika did cheat her triple axel (or didn’t cheat but did cheat if you watch in slow motion.. Lots of back and forth there) I didn’t watch Anna and feel like she made mistakes that were ignored so I wouldn’t say she didn’t deserve her rank. It’s interesting when you literally don’t care who wins to watch this and listen to the people who insist the Americans are in cahoots with the Russians to fix the competition.lol The Americans are just fighting for 3 spots. I guess they could be in this for pro Chan and getting 3 pairs skaters for the Olympics in exchange for the Russian ladies but with Chen out jumping everyone there really is no need for that (A few years ago I did read an article written by a fan about his PCS jumping by like 4 times as much once he started hitting his jumps and you know I am no fan of that guys skating aside from his jumps and spins. He has not improved his presentation at all and he makes no attempt to improve it but watch the last Olympics when Daisuke Takahashi was put I think 4th in PCS behind the fall fest of Chan and Hanzu and it was obvious the judges were fighting between themselves to make sure their side won because Takahashi owns them both in the little things…. So my comments on Anna and Rika seemed to have disappeared (Thanks wordpress) I wasn’t a big fan of Tuktamysheva’s SP. Her jumps are actually the best of anyone but I found my mind wondering during her SP out of boredom… I was also kind of dis-attached to Rika Kihara‘s SP but about half way through she started to really connect to the music as it got faster and that is when she really sold the program… Anna Shcherbakova is a nice skater but I wasn’t in love with her SP. I don’t have any complaints. I think I will watch it again and let you know because I kind of forgot . I’ll get back to you… AH YES, The bent knee’s in the Russian spins. That is new. I wrote that and wordpress ate those comments… Anna stop with the hands above your head with your jumps. It doesn’t make them look appealing… Other wise she is very fast and seems to connect well to her music. She has some interesting positions in her spins. Overall I prefer Rika’s but I might be being a bit biased because the only thing I actually enjoyed watching these SP’s was the second half of Rika’s…… Karen Chen’s triple triplewas definitely cheated. The second jump 100% but even the first jump. The judges don’t usually blatantly miss things like this in judging US skaters … 🙂 Yelim Kim’s SP finally showed up online. I linked it above. She has nice jumps but is very slow. Not a lot of artistic presentation to her IMO but her triple triple was nice.
Your judges.
Referee: Mr. Fabio BIANCHETTI Italy
Technical Controller: Emilie BILLOW Sweden
Technical Specialist: Ms. Vera VANDECAVEYE Belgium
Assistant Technical Specialist: Mr. Sandor GALAMBOS Switzerland
Judge 1 Ms. Lenka BOHUNICKA Slovakia
Judge 2 Ms. Francoise de RAPPARD Belgium
Judge 3 Ms. Peggy GRAHAM USA
Judge 4 Ms. Elisabeth LOUESDON France
Judge 5 Mr. Massimo ORLANDINI Italy
Judge 6 Ms. Marketa HORKLOVA Czech Republic
Judge 7 Ms. Katarina HENRIKSSON Sweden
Judge 8 Ms. Elena FOMINA Russia
Judge 9 Ms. Tineke POSNO Netherlands
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US men fell apart. Chen fell and is in third. Vincent fell twice and didn’t make the LP and Jason Brown well, he did his easy routine and ended up 7th and Chen beat him in the PCS Score. #JudgesBeJudging Jackie Wong’s Mens SP playlist. I didn’t see any of this. Off to find videos. Why can’t you ever make me smile Shomo Uno? He is the most beautiful skater on this planet and don’t @ me, you KNOW IT’S TRUE. He’s just never scored that way. KEEGAN MESSING WAS CLEAN. It is a huge miracle. I know, I like a Canadian skater. So weird (The female skater also did well in the SP and I kind of liked her. WEIRD) Yuzuru Hanyu is in first even tho Jackie thought his quad was cheated (Second video in case first is deleted ) and newcomer Kagiyama is second…. I will say at least Vincent has tried to improve his presentation. Chen never did and the judges marked up his PCS so bad he now gets credit for shit he never improved. When looking at the detailed judging PCS it looks like this group of judges are not going to prop up Chen with 5 plus’s even when clean which is how he usually still ends up in the top spot when he messes up… If Shomo had not fallen he would have been close to Nathan Chen who did fall and I would be up in arms.. That is just wrong….. Hanyu’s quad was 100% cheated but he still got credit. He even got plus GOE of 2 and 3 and even one 4 which is just blatant cheating. Haynu is also someone overscored but he was beating the Patrick Chan’s of the world so I was fine with that. He isn’t an artist either. Sorry Winnie the pooh fans. Minus the cheated quad this was a great performance for him. The fast music suits him and his spins are really fast. He sold this really really well. Like yesterdays Rika he really sold it the last half of the performance which is what was left in the judges minds…. Shoma Uno (Video 1)(Musics cuts in and out) (Video 2)(which is choppy) not a great performance. He looked very slow to me when he usually isn’t. Maybe he will hit his LP????? I can’t find any other videos. Oh well.
The men’s LP went as expected. Everyone tried to out (click link) the (click link) and failed. Figure SKATING is dead.. Check above for ridiculous scores and protocals. I am back to not following men’s skating.
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