Grand Prix of Espoo 2023 Mens FS - “Santa Quad is Coming to Town”

[airgelaal]

Jimmy wants to get on the podium in the bottom

 

[Lana K]

Geez, that was hard to watch. Not entirely unexpected, based on previous outings, but I would’ve liked Jimmy to have had his moment out there.

 

[Sally1214]

Aw, man, that was tough to watch. Jimmy just couldn't get anything going today at all. Shame.

 

[Finnice]

Santa splat is coming to town, unfortunately.

 

[Wyliefan]

Our power went out near the end of Jimmy's skate. Mercy chack?

 

[Frau Muller]

My only thought about Ma: “Just get this man off my screen!”

 

[Lana K]

Wow, all the way down to 9th. Nightmare.

 

[Lana K]

C’mon, Kao’s bestie!

 

[leilaofpaper]

I think Kevin will be right on the bubble for GPF. If Shun Sato gets second he'll be tied with Kevin for points so then it's tiebreaker, assuming Adam, Ilia, Shoma, Kao. Depends on how Yuma goes though, if he does poorly and expected result for Shun then both Shun and Kevin. will be through

 

[airgelaal]

I think Kevin will be right on the bubble for GPF. If Shun Sato gets second he'll be tied with Kevin for points so then it's tiebreaker, assuming Adam, Ilia, Shoma, Kao. Depends on how Yuma goes though, if he does poorly and expected result for Shun then both Shun and Kevin. will be through

And what if he wins?

 

[Lana K]

A beautiful, if somewhat tentative, skate by Shun! Not the most exciting skater, but there’s something about him that makes me want him to do well.

 

[leilaofpaper]

And what if he wins?

Then he's definitely in the GPF, and it depends on how Yuma goes for Kevin.

 

[Wyliefan]

That was impressive!

 

[Frau Muller]

Sato brings great skating back to this venue. Bravo!

 

[Sally1214]

Wow...Sato is skating for gold!! Awesome skate.

 

[Lana K]

Almost time to test my theory from last year’s 4CC that Kao and Shun both skate better when competing against each other.

 

[Lana K]

Wow, new PB!

 

[airgelaal]

It'll be close

 

[Wyliefan]

Kao!! Some of those spin levels are going to hurt him, but that was an exciting skate.

 

[airgelaal]

Skaters continue to scare the judges. They'll soon start demanding a restraining order

 

[Lana K]

Woohoo, a dynamic skate for Kao! It’s a real competition for gold now. But I assume the judges will give the edge to Kao here.

 

[leilaofpaper]

@airgelaal Jackie Wong did the maths, if Shun is second Kevin wins the GPF tiebreaker.

 

[Holy Headband]

Miura has better programs than Sato as a rule and makes more of an effort to perform, and he’s a nicer skater to watch IMO… so if he loses the gold here, I hope he learns the right lesson from that (you can’t be a serious contender with level-2 spins; it’s just not acceptable).

 

[Sally1214]

I have SO much respect for skaters who skate under that kind of pressure and deliver. Well done, Kao.

 

[Lana K]

Skaters continue to scare the judges. They'll soon start demanding a restraining order

It always feels like Kao’s ending pose is happening against his will and he would like to apologize profusely for it

 

[leilaofpaper]

Finally broke the silver streak in a good way!

 

[Wyliefan]

Aw, gingerbread man plushie.

 

[airgelaal]

@airgelaal Jackie Wong did the maths, if Shun is second Kevin wins the GPF tiebreaker.

So Kevin is going to Beijing

 

[victorskid]

FS results

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1​	Shun SATO	JPN	182.93​	100.61​		82.32​	8.14​	8.04​	8.54​	0.00​	#11​
2​	Kao MIURA	JPN	181.02​	96.80​		84.22​	8.36​	8.36​	8.57​	0.00​	#12​
3​	Kevin AYMOZ	FRA	176.09​	85.58​		90.51​	9.04​	9.21​	8.93​	0.00​	#8​
4​	Matteo RIZZO	ITA	168.10​	84.28​		83.82​	8.32​	8.46​	8.39​	0.00​	#7​
5​	Nikolaj MEMOLA	ITA	149.14​	77.34​		72.80​	7.29​	7.43​	7.14​	1.00​	#6​
6​	Koshiro SHIMADA	JPN	140.63​	65.08​		76.55​	7.71​	7.57​	7.71​	1.00​	#9​
7​	Ivan SHMURATKO	UKR	134.37​	63.11​		71.26​	7.18​	7.36​	6.86​	0.00​	#3​
8​	Arlet LEVANDI	EST	134.01​	64.79​		69.22​	7.04​	7.04​	6.71​	0.00​	#2​
9​	Nikita STAROSTIN	GER	129.16​	63.07​		67.09​	6.68​	6.79​	6.68​	1.00​	#5​
10​	Liam KAPEIKIS	USA	127.84​	61.14​		67.70​	6.79​	6.61​	6.93​	1.00​	#4​
11​	Jimmy MA	USA	111.07​	43.81​		68.26​	6.86​	6.57​	7.07​	1.00​	#10​
12​	Makar SUNTSEV	FIN	107.56​	45.55​		63.01​	6.46​	6.32​	6.14​	1.00​	#1​

Overall results

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1	Kao MIURA	JPN	274.56	1	2
2	Shun SATO	JPN	273.34	2	1
3	Kevin AYMOZ	FRA	250.03	5	3
4	Matteo RIZZO	ITA	241.47	6	4
5	Nikolaj MEMOLA	ITA	221.25	7	5
6	Koshiro SHIMADA	JPN	218.44	4	6
7	Nikita STAROSTIN	GER	201.15	8	9
8	Ivan SHMURATKO	UKR	200.67	10	7
9	Liam KAPEIKIS	USA	196.94	9	10
10	Arlet LEVANDI	EST	195.83	11	8
11	Jimmy MA	USA	191.26	3	11
12	Makar SUNTSEV	FIN	162.00	12	12

Protocols link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[Wyliefan]

Glad he hung on!