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Фигуристке Туктамышевой не хватило 0,04 балла до бронзы Skate Canada:
http://rsport.ru/figure_skating/20121027/626220655.html

Российские фигуристы завоевали одну медаль на турнире Skate Canada:
http://rsport.ru/figure_skating/20121028/626407493.html

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Savchenko/Szolkowy, Virtue/Moir pull away to win titles at Skate Canada:
http://www.examiner.com/article/savchen ... ate-canada

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ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada 2012
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan2012/

Men - Free Skating
1 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 168.07 85.15 83.92 8.18 8.14 8.43 8.57 8.64 1.00 #10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezOffcGdfU&feature=plcp
2 Patrick CHAN CAN 160.91 75.13 86.78 8.89 8.50 8.39 8.79 8.82 1.00 #9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY9a1-XxVak&feature=plcp
3 Nobunari ODA JPN 156.20 78.48 77.72 7.93 7.36 7.89 7.79 7.89 0.00 #8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jixrkEiN24&feature=plcp
4 Ross MINER USA 144.19 73.91 70.28 7.36 6.68 7.07 7.07 6.96 0.00 #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxJorkuSuU&feature=plcp
5 Florent AMODIO FRA 144.11 69.41 74.70 7.68 6.89 7.57 7.50 7.71 0.00 #6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwsGjd835nw&feature=plcp
6 Takahito MURA JPN 137.64 72.00 66.64 7.14 6.32 6.64 6.61 6.61 1.00 #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duj6odUIVAc&feature=plcp
7 Artur GACHINSKI RUS 129.84 63.40 67.44 7.25 6.29 6.68 6.86 6.64 1.00 #4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIoptQV_fN8&feature=plcp
8 Denis TEN KAZ 128.44 58.74 72.70 7.39 7.25 6.89 7.39 7.43 3.00 #7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_3fRQw3TvY&feature=plcp
9 Elladj BALDE CAN 127.48 61.56 65.92 6.71 6.00 6.93 6.57 6.75 0.00 #5
10 Liam FIRUS CAN 109.17 49.51 60.66 6.32 5.75 6.04 6.18 6.04 1.00 #1

Judges Scores (pdf): http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan ... Scores.pdf

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Live play-by-play coverage: 2012 Skate Canada men's free skate:
http://www.examiner.com/article/live-pl ... free-skate

QUAD COUNT: 10 attempted (Mura toe, Gachinski toe, Gachinski toe, Amodio sal, Ten toe, Ten toe, Oda toe, Chan toe, Chan toe, Fernandez sal, Fernandez toe), 7 clean (Mura, Gachinski, Gachinski, Oda?, Chan, Fernandez, Fernandez)

Javier Fernandez ESP - triple toe (fall, completely slipped off the toe on the takeoff), quad salchow, triple axel, quad toe-double toe (nice!), triple lutz-double toe, triple loop, triple flip-half loop-triple salchow, triple salchow - great recovery from that fluke fall at the beginning - TES 85.15, PCS 83.92, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 168.07, TOTAL SCORE 253.94

Patrick Chan CAN - quad toe-double toe, quad toe (hand down), triple lutz, triple axel (possibly underrotated, fall out, hand down), triple loop, triple lutz (fall out), triple flip-half loop-double salchow, double axel - TES 75.13, PCS 86.78, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 160.91, TOTAL SCORE 243.43

Nobunari Oda JPN - quad toe (pulls it out, but could have been underrotated), triple axel, triple axel (fall out), triple lutz-triple toe, triple flip-double toe (bad pick off the flip but got it done), triple loop, triple salchow, triple flip (underrotated) - the music was a bit overpowering in the first section; I do like that he's experimenting, with success, with choreography - TES 78.48, PCS 77.72, FS SCORE 156.20, TOTAL SCORE 238.34

Denis Ten KAZ - quad toe (possibly underrotated, fall), quad toe (possibly underrotated, fall), triple axel (nice), triple lutz (squeaks it out), triple flip (step out), triple loop-double toe, double flip-double toe-double toe, triple toe (fall) - TES 58.74, PCS 72.70, FALLS -3.00, FS SCORE 128.44, TOTAL SCORE 203.70

Florent Amodio FRA - quad salchow (step out), triple salchow, double axel, triple axel (squeaks it out), triple flip, walley into triple lutz, double axel, triple salchow-triple toe - TES 69.41, PCS 74.70, FS SCORE 144.11, TOTAL SCORE 218.72

Elladj Balde CAN - triple toe, triple flip, triple axel-single toe, triple loop (fall), double axel, triple lutz-double toe-double toe, triple lutz, triple salchow-double toe - the music actually grew on me, and I do like the risk he's taking with the selection, but the program construction, especially in the second half, needs to be there too - TES 61.56, PCS 65.92, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 127.48, TOTAL SCORE 199.94

Artur Gachinski RUS - quad toe (a little celebratory mazurka out of that), quad toe-triple toe (nice!), triple axel (fall), triple axel (fall out), triple loop, single lutz (completely rushed the pick in), triple salchow (hangs on), double axel-double axel sequence (scratchy) - the program starts well but the second half almost feels like it wasn't choreographed - TES 63.40, PCS 67.44, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 129.84, TOTAL SCORE 199.58

Ross Miner USA - double salchow, triple axel-double toe, triple axel (right on the music), triple lutz-triple toe, triple lutz-half loop-triple salchow, double loop, triple flip, spread eagle into double axel - well-trained, really powerful skating right to the end - TES 73.91, PCS 70.28, FS SCORE 144.19, TOTAL SCORE 213.60

Takahito Mura JPN - quad toe, triple lutz-triple toe, triple axel (beauty), single loop (really long tentative preparation into that one), triple axel-double toe, triple salchow (downgrade, fall), triple lutz, triple flip - he messes up the two easiest jumps in the program! - TES 72.00, PCS 66.64, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 137.64, TOTAL SCORE 199.74

Liam Firus CAN - triple axel (two-foot, underrotated likely, fall), triple lutz, triple flip, double axel-double toe, triple loop, triple lutz(turn out)-single toe, double axel(foot down, turn out)-double toe, just a bit loose on the step sequence, triple salchow (fall out, hand down) - TES 49.51, PCS 60.66, FALL -1.00, FS SCORE 109.17, TOTAL SCORE 169.67

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FINAL Result
1 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 253.94 1 1
2 Patrick CHAN CAN 243.43 2 2
3 Nobunari ODA JPN 238.34 3 3
4 Florent AMODIO FRA 218.72 5 5
5 Ross MINER USA 213.60 8 4
6 Denis TEN KAZ 203.70 4 8
7 Elladj BALDE CAN 199.94 6 9
8 Takahito MURA JPN 199.74 9 6
9 Artur GACHINSKI RUS 199.58 7 7
10 Liam FIRUS CAN 169.67 10 10

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ARTICLES...

A first for Spain: Fernandez dethrones Chan to win gold at Skate Canada:
http://www.examiner.com/article/a-first ... ate-canada

Fernandez makes history for Spain:
http://fskating.com/2012/10/fernandez-m ... spain.html

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GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING 2012 / 2013
2012 Skate Canada International, Windsor, ON

Protocol (All scores) - PDF:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan ... otocol.pdf

[simona]

At last Chan got "butt kicked" on home soil! Bravò! Javi!

[clairdelalune]

I'm sorry for Chan but Javi's technical content was unbelievable. 4T combo after half point? I've heard he plans to add a 3rd quad for Euros and Worlds.

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Here are Biritish Eurosport's videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/frida340/videos?view=0

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Whole competition....

Men SP Skate Canada 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9usa4KshC0&feature=plcp

Pairs SP Skate Canada 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8dJQxu45wA&feature=plcp

2012 Skate Canada Ice Dance SD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYy7WMHgjcI&feature=plcp

[lala630312]

Can anybody knows what happened with Artur? Any article? Mishin's opinion?

[Nat7]

Can anybody knows what happened with Artur? Any article? Mishin's opinion?

В конце 2011 года говорили,что он сильно вырос, и ему заново пришлось восстанавливать прыжки. А сейчас вроде бы его еще травма спины беспокоит. Жаль конечно. Два четверных исполнить и на акселях и лутце завалить прыжковую часть программы. Будем надеяться, что восстановят прыжки Артуру.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/AOLManager/videos?view=0

‏@FSNews_Ru:

All video from gran prix series has been deleted by US FS from youtube. We will inform you about new chanel

Here you still have some GP videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MachineFSka ... eos?view=0
http://www.youtube.com/user/zyem35/vide ... rid&view=0
http://www.youtube.com/user/myskatechan ... rid&view=0
http://www.youtube.com/user/RiservaIsuG ... rid&view=1
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ireni0/videos?view=0

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http://www.examiner.com/article/opining ... l-costumes

Opining on Skate Canada: Catching Chan, colorful costumes

With the second Grand Prix event, Skate Canada, complete over the weekend, it's time to take a look at what transpired at the competition. My first look will be of the most unexpected defeat of the event, along with a much more expected victory, accomplished with some unorthodox costume choices.

¡Viva la España!
He may not be as big as Real Madrid, but Javier Fernandez made some history for his country by winning Spain's first gold in a Grand Prix event on Saturday at Skate Canada. Skating fans will remember that Fernandez had what many consider to be his career-changing competition at Skate Canada last year.

Monopoly no more
So why's this significant beyond being a first for Spain? The biggest reason is that Fernandez's win came at the expense of a loss for Patrick Chan. Yes, he had a horrible Japan Open and he took second at World Team Trophy individually, but this was his first loss in a non-team full competition since a silver at Rostelecom Cup two years ago.

Mistakes in both programs contributed a great deal to Chan's loss, but of more intriguing note was the PCS advantage of less than three points that he had over Fernandez in the free skate. At Skate Canada last year, the gap was 5 1/2 points. And I would argue that his free skate this season is of higher quality than his free skate last season.

Now, of course, it's tough to compare marks across competitions. But what we saw at Skate Canada and Japan Open will be indicative of the shift this season. For a while, Chan was heads and shoulders above the rest, with both great skating and great quads. And that distinction afforded him the advantage of much higher PCS marks, which kept him high even with a few mistakes here and there. Remember last week's reputation discussion? That's exactly it.

In some ways, it's a combination of factors has closed the gap between Chan and the other top men this season. Daisuke Takahashi was the first - his brilliant skating at the end of last season, which resulted in his year-end defeat of Chan at World Team Trophy, turned the tides on their budding rivalry. Second was Chan taking four falls at Japan Open, which gave the judges a reason to look elsewhere for great skating. Note that at Japan Open, Takahashi and Evgeni Plushenko, not to mention the no-longer-competing Jeff Buttle, all scored higher in PCS.

And third, skaters who were right on the bubble are stepping up to skate strong programs with superior technical merit. Fernandez saw an opening and jumped right through it. The judges aren't immune to these shifts in momentum. I expect that the PCS advantage the Chan has enjoyed will continue to stay slimmer than it was last year. Takahashi, who will be making his Grand Prix season debut this week at Cup of China, surely knows what transpired this weekend.

The Germans go wild with fabric.
I think I'd be grossly understating it if I said that viewers found Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy's costumes this week to be interesting. Certainly rarely orthodox in choreography or fashion, the World champs took it up a notch this past weekend. The name of the game seemed to be maximization of colors.

Costumes aside, I found their free skate to be more successful in choreography than their short program. Though they had Hypercolor-inspired costumes in the short, the program itself generally fairly conventional in layout and construction.

But with their free skate, they are trying to break the mold of the hundreds of Bolero programs that have littered the landscape since Torvill and Dean made cool in 1984. Almost 30 years later, any time "Bolero" is mentioned, there seems to be a palpable sense of exasperation. It's a different take on the music, and that's what I appreciate. The program itself is still a bit raw and disjointed in parts, especially in the middle section of lifts. Hopefully, it will grow to fulfill its promise.