Live play-by-play coverage: Skate America men's free skatehttp://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... z1bXoTxZUKQuad count: 5 attempted, 2 clean (Dornbush, Van Der Perren)Michal Brezina CZE - triple axel (nice), triple flip-triple toe, triple salchow, took both quads out, triple axel-double toe, triple flip (sky high), single loop, triple lutz (fall), single axel-double toe, uh-oh, are those pops going to cost him the title?? Still had six triples - TES 64,50, PCS 73.42, FALLS -1.00, FS TOTAL 136.92, FINAL TOTAL 216.00
Takahiko Kozuka JPN - quad toe (underrotated at least, fall), triple axel, triple lutz (fall, looked like it wasn't fully rotated either, oh boy), triple axel-double toe (broke at the hip on the landing but clean), triple flip (eked out), triple loop, triple salchow, triple lutz-double toe - TES 68.54, PCS 74.86, FALLS -2.00, FS TOTAL 141.40, FINAL TOTAL 212.09
Daisuke Murakami JPN - triple lutz-double toe, triple axel (strong), quad salchow (underrotated, fall), the opening section of music seems a bit overpowering for skating in general, triple axel (looked underrotated, two-foot, no combo), triple flip, triple flip (two-foot, step out), triple loop, triple salchow - TES 57.35, PCS 66.30, FALLS -1.00, FS TOTAL 122.65, FINAL TOTAL 193.42
Kevin Van Der Perren BEL - Man in the Iron Mask - quad toe (very strong), triple axel (fall out), triple flip, triple salchow-triple toe-triple toe (nice!), double lutz (looking a bit tired), triple flip-double toe, triple loop, double axel-double toe, laboring at the end there, doppelganger for Justin Timberlake - TES 74.61, PCS 67.78, FS TOTAL 142.39, FINAL TOTAL 212.48
Richard Dornbush USA - quad toe (keep ifrom sitting down on it, that's some squat on the landing!), triple lutz, a little slow into triple axel (hand down, messy landing), single axel, a bit of hydroblading into triple salchow, he's got one of the nicest looking broken leg sits out there, triple flip-triple toe (definitely an edge call on that flip), double flip, Russian split into triple loop (off-axis, hand down) - TES 64.44, PCS 68.80, FALLS -1.00, FS TOTAL 132.24, FINAL TOTAL 202.27
Denis Ten KAZ - might this be a good breakthrough GP skate for him? - quad toe (landed, but at least underrotated), triple axel (beautifully smooth ride out), triple lutz-triple toe (nice, just put his foot down a bit quickly right after), double axel-double toe-double toe, spread eagle into triple flip (fall out), double lutz, triple loop (squeaked out), triple salchow (step out) - TES 64.38, PCS 67.22, FALLS -1.00, FS TOTAL 130.60, FINAL TOTAL 197.98
Armin Mahbanoozadeh USA - Uma Thurmann Kill Bill inspired costume (except the yellow is on the stripe) - quad toe (underrotated, it looked like, fall), triple axel-double toe, single lutz, triple loop, triple axel (fall, looked at least underrotated), triple flip (hand down), spread eagle into triple salchow, steps into triple lutz (fall out), caught his toe on the boards right before the final step sequence and was lucky to not go flying face first, tough free skate there - TES 56.87, PCS 59.66, FALLS -2.00, FS TOTAL 114.53, FINAL TOTAL 179.07
Florent Amodio FRA - Amodio channels Tony the Tiger? triple salchow, triple axel, great death drop with a fly in the middle (great sit positions), triple loop (off-axis and just pulled it out), double axel, triple lutz-half loop-triple toe, triple axel! (to replace the one he bailed on earlier, foot down right a the end), double flip, double axel, so much standing around and he's just looking winded now - TES 56.86, PCS 68.28, FS TOTAL 125.14, FINAL TOTAL 187.60 Ouch ouch ouch again.
Hmm ... maybe some underrotations for Razzano, 132 for his FS seems low.
Birthday boy Douglas Razzano USA - turns 23 today - triple axel (very smooth), triple toe, triple axel-double toe (looked clean, but could've been underrotated), triple lutz, tripel toe-double toe, spread eagle into triple salchow, triple loop, double axel-double toe-double loop, well done! - TES 69.84, PCS 62.42, FS TOTAL 132.26, FINAL TOTAL 192.95
Samuel Contest ITA - triple axel (nice), triple flip, triple lutz (two-foot, fall out), painfully slow camel-change-camel, triple axel-double toe, triple loop (squeaks it out), double axel, triple salchow-threes-double toe-double toe (pretty messy), triple toe-double axel sequence, strong first skate of the night! - I know he's playing a character, but there's always something about his programs that make him seem more mime than actor (and the novelty has kind of worn off for me) - TES 68.32, PCS 66.36, FS TOTAL 134.68, FINAL TOTAL 190.20