Skate Canada 2023 Mens SP - Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fibre

[genevieve]

Wedgie Data

ISU Channel

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Conrad ORZEL CAN
2 Aleksa RAKIC CAN
3 Liam KAPEIKIS USA
4 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR
5 Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ
6 Wesley CHIU CAN

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Mihhail SELEVKO EST
8 Sota YAMAMOTO JPN
9 Kao MIURA JPN
10 Matteo RIZZO ITA
11 Kazuki TOMONO JPN
12 Junhwan CHA KOR

 

[Wyliefan]

Gonna try to make it all the way through, but we'll see ...

 

[Karen-W]

Gonna try to make it all the way through, but we'll see ...

This field makes it really tough to want to slog through until the end...

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Will this be a splatfest? Maybe I should pour a cup of the pumpkin spice cream liquor Hubby bought. Oh and I got all excited seeing the name Matteo listed up top only to remember, wrong Matteo. Darn

 

[Wyliefan]

This field makes it really tough to want to slog through until the end...

But the guys I really want to see (Kao and Kazuki) are at the end.

 

[4rkidz]

Gonna try to make it all the way through, but we'll see ...

I am eating my way through it lol

 

[Karen-W]

Peacock finally checked in... I think we might have lost Mark. Sad day.

ETA - nope, we still have him!

ETA2 - my roommate is grunting in her sleep and fell asleep to her iPad playing with the volume up rather high.

 

[victorskid]

The Skate Canada International event page livestream: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-international/#live-stream
The Skate Canada Daily Motion stream: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8oz829
The CBC restream of the Skate Canada stream, event by event, can be found here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/winter/figure skating

 

[Vagabond]

Peacock finally checked in... I think we might have lost Mark. Sad day.

ETA - nope, we still have him!

He is still on the ISU Channel.

 

[peibeck]

Peacock finally checked in... I think we might have lost Mark. Sad day.

ETA - nope, we still have him!

Sadly, no.

 

[quartz]

I’ve had peanut butter filled pretzels already, but I still have more snacks. And lots more wine.
I’ve got the CBC stream, so now have Kevin, and I really like Kevin‘s commentary.

 

[Frau Muller]

So it’s Mark commentating every discipline? Hmm… I like him but I’m sorry to not be recording the programs with only the musical sound (my thing).
Must stay to the end, with CHA -CHA-CHA !!!

 

[tony]

There has never been a more predictable program than the Matrix. Every outfit looks the exact same.

 

[4rkidz]

I’ve had peanut butter filled pretzels already, but I still have more snacks. And lots more wine.
I’ve got the CBC stream, so now have Kevin, and I really like Kevin‘s commentary.

I agree about Kevin, I finished my wine from dinner now it’s sparkling water and third dinner lol

 

[floridaice]

So, 3 (4) Canadians and a Yankee who trains in Canada in the first group. I'm surprised at the lack of sweeter vests

 

[peibeck]

Obviously I didn't have enough caffeine today to figure out quickly this thread title was another knitting reference.

 

[tony]

Actually I take it back, the Matrix outfit is not only obvious but that back tail screams Urmanov. I still remember Alexei had that 20 foot long cape at World Pros or one of the big pro competitions and he fell over it.

 

[peibeck]

There has never been a more predictable program than the Matrix. Every outfit looks the exact same.

Ugly?

 

[Wyliefan]

The way that 2 toe went straight up and down! I don't think he covered any ice at all.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

There has never been a more predictable program than the Matrix. Every outfit looks the exact same.

See, because I sort of feel like this one looks like if joubert had listened to a lot more My Chemical Romance in the early 2000s

 

[JoannaLouise]

So, 3 (4) Canadians and a Yankee who trains in Canada in the first group. I'm surprised at the lack of sweeter vests

I'm sure various members of the audience are knitting them as we speak!

 

[Rukia]

2 nice quads then a "3a" fall

seems about right

 

[tony]

Orzel is-- or was-- on. 4S didn't have enough flow (or any flow, really) to go for a triple and wisely did the double. 4T was pretty!

Same program as last year, and still developing the ability to look up and out into the crowd but trust, it's infinitely better than it was pre-Walia. Maybe one of the least naturally artistic skaters in the world, and he's self-proclaimed very introverted.

 

[thvu]

Orzel is really phoning in the 2nd half of this step sequence. Like wow.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I’ve returned from my fundraiser just in time for my favorite discipline! The ice dance!

:checks screen:

Ah, alas.

 

[Satellizer]

Forget the 3A, Conrad is still so stiff after all these years

 

[Colonel Green]

Well, that's on me for getting excited after the first two jumping passes.

 

[once_upon]

How tall is Conrad? I think he jumps well for being that tall.

 

[skatingguy]

Orzel, Conrad
Coach: Ravi Walia
Music: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

4S+2T
4T
Ch Sit Spin 4
3Aq - fall
Step Sequence 3
Fly Camel Spin 3
Ch Combo Spin 4

Started well, and the quadruple toeloop looked really good, but then triple Axel was just tight, and short of rotation.

77.68 = 1st Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Orzel was grand until the axel fall.