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[cekoni]

Cup of China's fun shot:

Headbanging

[Searcher16]

Поглядел показалки Артура и Ханю - красота!!! Настоящее, чемпионское катание! Эх, если б такими же были их произволки...

[cekoni]

... I just noticed.
Maybe this forum's script or system is wrong. Pls "quote" my post and look at its tags. And then, you will see what I actually pointed.

Without "Description" of scores - they are very difficult for understanding

... Free Skating

6 Artur GACHINSKI RUS 140.90 69.04 72.86 7.29 7.07 7.21 7.50 7.36 1.00 #8

4 FCSp4 3.20 0.57 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3.77
5 CSSp2 2.30 0.43 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.73
13 CCoSp3 3.00 0.43 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.43 ....... 9.93 (8.50 + 1.43)

6 CiSt3 3.30 0.43 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3.73
12 ChSt1 2.00 0.50 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2.50 ....... 6.23 (5.30 + 0.93)

9.2+4.01+9.93+6.23=29.37

So what - difficult elements were the worst performed? Best score is for Choreography?

But I am much more "impresed", with ALL -3 GOE's for his Quad

... Artur can get a good result only if he lands his jumps very well, because his spins are weak, his footwork isn't very good either, the program lacks transitions. He has to improve in all areas if he wants to be a strong contender.

So, it was obvious, that Artur and his program fell apart after 2 unsuccessful jumps

We can not know - if this program itself, or his skating not could look better ... even on Japan Open, its looked better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoqvI_HeKEQ

But there is another problem - I do not like too much his "avant-garde" music
I thought that after last year's "avant-garde" music, this year he will take something more appropriate for his age - something with more rhythm that will carry on the audience, and him as well. Somewhat I think that even Artur does not understand his own music...
But again, this is the beginning of the season - and last year, he only on Worlds managed to "understand" his program

.... if you understand, what I would to say?

[cekoni]

Russia and U.S. grab three medals each at Cup of China:
http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... p-of-china

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Grand Prix series standings and medal count (after three):
http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... fter-three

With Cup of China completed this weekend, the Grand Prix series has reached the halfway mark, and the pieces of the Grand Prix Final puzzle are starting to fall into place. With her win in Shanghai, Italy’s Carolina Kostner was the first skater to qualify for the Grand Prix Final in December. China’s Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang also booked a spot in the Final with their second silver medal in the series.

The U.S. has moved to the front of the medal count with six, three of which are gold. Canada also has six medals. Russia continues to lead in the gold medal count, with two more wins this weekend at Cup of China to increase to four golds and five overall.

MEDAL COUNT
United States 6 (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
Canada 6 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
Russia 5 (4 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze)
Japan 4 (0 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
China 4 (0 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
Italy 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
France 2 (0 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze )
CzechRepublic 1 (1 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze)
Germany 1 (1 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze)
Belgium 1 (0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze)
Spain 1 (0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze)
Lithuania 1 (0 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze)
Sweden 1 (0 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze)


MEN (Top ten after three events)
1. Kevin Van Der Perren BEL – 16 (USA 13, CAN 3)
2. Patrick Chan CAN – 15 (CAN 15)
3. Jeremy Abbott USA – 15 (CHN 15)
4. Michal Brezina CZE – 15 (USA 15)
5. Richard Dornbush USA – 14 (USA 9, CHN 5)
6. Denis Ten KAZ – 14 (USA 7, CAN 7)
7. Javier Fernandez ESP – 13 (CAN 13)
8. Nobunari Oda JPN – 13 (CHN 13)
9. Daisuke Takahashi JPN – 11 (CA 11)
10. Nan Song CHN – 11 (CHN 11)

LADIES (Top ten after three events)
*1. Carolina Kostner ITA – 28 (USA 13, CHN 15) - *Qualified for the Grand Prix Final
2. Mirai Nagasu USA – 20 (CAN 7, CHN 13)
3. Alissa Czisny USA – 15 (USA 15)
4. Elizaveta Tuktamisheva RUS – 15 (CAN 15)
5. Akiko Suzuki JPN – 13 (CAN 13)
6. Ashley Wagner USA – 11 (CAN 11)
7. Adelina Sotnikova RUS – 11 (CHN 11)
8. Viktoria Helgesson SWE – 11 (USA 11)
9. Ksenia Makarova RUS – 11 (USA 7, CHN 11)
10. Kexin Zhang CHN – 9 (CHN 9)

PAIRS (Top ten after three events)
*1. Zhang/Zhang CHN – 26 (USA 13, CHN 13) - *Qualified for the Grand Prix Final
2. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch CAN – 22 (USA 11, CHN 11)
3. Sui/Han CHN – 20 (CAN 13, CHN 7)
4. Volosozhar/Trankov RUS – 15 (CAN 15)
5. Kavaguti/Smirnov RUS – 15 (CHN 15)
6. Savchenko/Szolkowy GER – 15 (USA 15)
7. Duhamel/Radford CAN – 11 (CAN 11)
8. Denney/Coughlin USA – 9 (USA 9)
9. Evora/Ladwig USA – 9 (CHN 9)
10. Takahashi/Tran JPN – 9 (CAN 9)

DANCE (Top ten after three events)
1. Virtue/Moir CAN – 15 (CAN 15)
2. Davis/White USA – 15 (USA 15)
3. Bobrova/Soloviev RUS – 15 (CHN 15)
4. Pechalat/Bourzat FRA – 13 (USA 13)
5. Weaver/Poje CAN – 13 (CAN 13)
6. Shibutani/Shibutani USA – 13 (CHN 13)
7. Cappellini/Lanotte ITA – 11 (CAN 11)
8. Tobias/Stagniunas LTU – 11 (USA 11)
9. Carron/Jones FRA – 11 (CHN 11)
10. Chock/Bates USA – 9 (CAN 9)

[Kudryavka]

Don't ask me such a difficult thing to say in English~ My English skill is terrible!

... I just noticed.
Maybe this forum's script or system is wrong. Pls "quote" my post and look at its tags. And then, you will see what I actually pointed.

Without "Description" of scores - they are very difficult for understanding

I thought people would understand if they see it.(IF they can see these colors correctly)

Did you see red and blue correctly, after all?
I saw it via iPhone yesterday. Then GOE looked like ->

4 FCSp4 3.20 0.57 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3.77

wtf



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RED is "win". BLUE is "lost". It's simple. Gachi lost to Hanyu at all spins and steps in his free skate. PCS - he won only choreography. This is not good for Gachi and his team.

But there is another problem - I do not like too much his "avant-garde" music

I think he has good taste in music. But tbh his EX this season is strange.

But I am much more "impresed", with ALL -3 GOE's for his Quad

It wouldn't surprise me to. Gachi fell on his opening quad

[cekoni]

...
RED is "win". BLUE is "lost". It's simple.
Gachi lost to Hanyu at all spins and steps in his free skate. PCS - he won only choreography. This is not good for Gachi and his team.

I understand that... somehow
... but as i said: this is just beginning of season

I think he has good taste in music. But tbh his EX this season is strange.

for me is all his musics too bizarre (or outdated) - for his age .... only missing Tro-lo-lo

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P.S. poor Artur wrote on his VKontakte after FS ...

Artur Gachinsky :
Nov. 5, at 2:20 pm
http://vkontakte.ru/wall424086_997
Хочу сброситься с 30 этажа!!!
(I want to jump from 30th floor!!!)

... but he is still calmed down after a few days

Yesterday at 4:24 am
http://vkontakte.ru/wall424086_998
Впредь, буду стараться не подводить тех кто переживает за меня!!!
(Henceforth, I will try to not strike, those who worried about me!)

[cekoni]

Opining on Cup of China: Abbott and the sublime, IJS-ing the spins:
http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... -the-spins

Opining on Cup of China: The state of the ladies:
http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... the-ladies

[clairdelalune]

Artur´s spins and steps don´t seem to have improven significantly since last season. Take a look at Abbott´s spins last season, some of them weren´t even ratified, they got level 0, he improved a lot imo.
What really bothers me is why Artur, a 18 years old boy has the same weakness in stsq as Evgeni, a past his prime, 29 y.o skater. He has to work a lot on his SS and his team has to design very good stsq. He is very young, he has to go for level 4 stsq, not level 3.

[Rika]

Opining on Cup of China: Abbott and the sublime, IJS-ing the spins:
http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... -the-spins

Opining on Cup of China: The state of the ladies:
http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... the-ladies

I don't like this examiner, he's aggressive against the skaters.

[cekoni]

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I don't like this examiner, he's aggressive against the skaters.

Yes, but he is "small kitten", toward others N/A journalists