2012 World Figure Skating Championships: Mens Qualifying Round Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	FS
1	Nan SONG	CHN	130.75	1
2	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	128.47	2
3	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	126.50	3
4	Misha GE	UZB	124.41	4
5	Kim LUCINE	MON	122.58	5
6	Viktor PFEIFER	AUT	120.48	6
7	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	115.78	7
8	Christopher CALUZA	PHI	112.08	8
9	Javier RAYA	ESP	111.66	9
10	Justus STRID	DEN	110.45	10
11	Min-Seok KIM	KOR	110.24	11
12	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	108.51	12
13	Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI	FIN	100.16	13
14	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	97.75	14
15	Brendan KERRY	AUS	95.40	15
16	Laurent ALVAREZ	SUI	93.24	16
17	Damjan OSTOJIC	BIH	93.11	17
18	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	92.84	18
19	Luke CHILCOTT	GBR	91.92	19
20	Jordan JU	TPE	89.56	20
21	Marton MARKO	HUN	86.08	21
22	Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	84.34	22
23	Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	83.97	23
24	Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS	LTU	82.40	24
25	Taras RAJEC	SVK	81.81	25
26	Manol ATANASSOV	BUL	79.14	26
27	Harry Hau Yin LEE	HKG	66.56	27

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Nan SONG	CHN	130.75	68.33		64.42	6.71	6.08	6.54	6.46	6.42	2.00	#26
2	Q	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	128.47	66.73		61.74	6.50	5.54	6.54	6.08	6.21	0.00	#20
3	Q	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	126.50	67.64		59.86	6.17	5.75	6.13	5.92	5.96	1.00	#25
4	Q	Misha GE	UZB	124.41	60.81		64.60	6.50	5.88	6.75	6.46	6.71	1.00	#23
5	Q	Kim LUCINE	MON	122.58	60.48		62.10	6.04	5.67	6.46	6.50	6.38	0.00	#18
6	Q	Viktor PFEIFER	AUT	120.48	59.20		61.28	6.25	5.88	6.17	6.17	6.17	0.00	#17
7	Q	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	115.78	56.96		58.82	6.08	5.67	6.00	5.83	5.83	0.00	#24
8	Q	Christopher CALUZA	PHI	112.08	53.40		59.68	6.13	5.92	6.04	5.79	5.96	1.00	#19
9	Q	Javier RAYA	ESP	111.66	52.22		59.44	5.92	5.71	5.92	6.17	6.00	0.00	#21
10	Q	Justus STRID	DEN	110.45	57.19		55.26	5.54	5.17	5.67	5.71	5.54	2.00	#22
11	Q	Min-Seok KIM	KOR	110.24	53.66		57.58	6.08	5.33	5.96	5.79	5.63	1.00	#27
12	Q	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	108.51	57.99		50.52	5.38	4.79	5.25	4.92	4.92	0.00	#13
13		Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI	FIN	100.16	47.16		53.00	5.25	4.96	5.33	5.54	5.42	0.00	#10
14		Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	97.75	44.13		55.62	5.88	5.38	5.42	5.63	5.50	2.00	#28
15		Brendan KERRY	AUS	95.40	50.74		44.66	4.71	4.25	4.54	4.50	4.33	0.00	#16
16		Laurent ALVAREZ	SUI	93.24	46.38		46.86	5.00	4.38	4.71	4.67	4.67	0.00	#12
17		Damjan OSTOJIC	BIH	93.11	52.61		41.50	4.50	3.83	4.25	4.04	4.13	1.00	#5
18		Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	92.84	46.92		47.92	5.04	4.29	4.92	4.83	4.88	2.00	#14
19		Luke CHILCOTT	GBR	91.92	45.74		47.18	4.92	4.50	4.75	4.67	4.75	1.00	#4
20		Jordan JU	TPE	89.56	46.88		42.68	4.63	4.13	4.25	4.25	4.08	0.00	#11
21		Marton MARKO	HUN	86.08	50.16		36.92	3.79	3.54	3.67	3.71	3.75	1.00	#8
22		Ali DEMIRBOGA	TUR	84.34	46.68		39.66	4.00	3.71	4.04	4.00	4.08	2.00	#7
23		Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	83.97	42.55		42.42	4.54	3.96	4.33	4.25	4.13	1.00	#9
24		Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS	LTU	82.40	40.22		44.18	4.63	4.25	4.46	4.33	4.42	2.00	#3
25		Taras RAJEC	SVK	81.81	43.81		40.00	4.21	3.75	4.00	4.08	3.96	2.00	#2
26		Manol ATANASSOV	BUL	79.14	41.22		40.92	4.33	3.88	4.13	4.04	4.08	3.00	#6
27		Harry Hau Yin LEE	HKG	66.56	34.88		33.68	3.71	3.08	3.38	3.42	3.25	2.00	#1
WD		Kevin ALVES	BRA											#15

2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Trophee Eric Bompard Men's Short Program LIVE BLOG

1) Romain Ponsart (FRA)
     Music:

• This is my first time seeing Romain and I'm excited!
• Very nice 4t!
• Stumble out of the triple axel, hands down, very splayed out on the ice
• Popped the 3rd jump to a single, he didn't do a combination unless I missed it on the 1st jump
• He is a very theatrical skater and this music suits him so well
• He is so expressive and so passionate, especially in this step sequence
• Even with those jumping errors, he is a joy to watch
• I'd like to see him relax his upper body a little more to move more fluidly through some of his positions
• Very abrupt ending, if you've been reading me  you know I hate that

SP Score: 23.36 (TES) + 27.67 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 50.03

2) Chafik Besseghier (FRA)
     Music: Artsakh

• He reminds me of a mini Florent, both in looks and in style
• Took the first jump to the knee, but almost made it look intentional rather than like a fall
• Huge height and power in the triple axel, but again hand down and almost to the knee
• And we have a pop, these young Frenchmen are struggling to jump today
• He has so much energy and power through this program, but I would love to see more expression on his face

SP Score: 19.14 (TES) + 27.29 (PCS) = 46.43

3) Nan Song (CHN)
     Music: Requiem for a Dream

• This program was amazing at Cup of China, let's see if he's carried that momentum here
• 4t-3t, looked so easy for him
• He has that catlike ability to land almost anything, even if it looks awful in the air
• Huge triple axel
• Everything he does on the ice is huge
• Really low landing on the triple lutz
• He is really throwing everything he has in him into this footwork
• If he does this in the free, he may be up on the podium again!
• I hate that "butt out" spin position 
• What a short program, he laid down the gauntlet for the 2nd group of men
• He is a special talent, if he worked with a dance teacher and a top choreographer, her could really contend for medals

SP Score: 44.92 (TES) + 31.61 (PCS) = 76.53

4) Kevin Reynolds (CAN)
     Music: Chambermaid Swing

• Kevin is a little more stylish this year
• Both jumps of that opening 4s-3t looked two-footed to me
• He struggled on that axel, was that even a triple?
• I loved those steps into that triple lutz
• This choreography is a bit strange for me, I get that he's trying to show he can perform and not just jump, but this is just a bit odd for me
• Good short program outing for him overall

SP Score: 32.57 (TES) + 32.99 (PCS) = 65.56

5) Alexander Majorov (SWE)
     Music: Soul Bossa Nova

• Oh Austin Powers
• Triple axel, hand down
• This costume is very bizarre, but it fits the music at least
• I missed the jump but saw the fall, I think that was a triple axel?
• His programs still look very junior-ish to me
• That was a very abrupt ending in the music and in the choreography
• He has a lot of maturing to do

SP Score: 32.45 (TES) + 30.67 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 62.12

6) Florent Amodio (FRA)
     Music: Summertime, Jumpin Jack

• Big 3a
• He looks really comfortable over his legs today, opposite of Skate America
• Could those pants get any tighter
• Mr. Gershwin would roll over in his grave if he heard his music in combination with Jumpin Jack
• I hate that in every program, he stands at the end of the rink and gestures wildly before going into his footwork, it is the equivalent of a runner starting a spring from the blocks
• A little tight on some of the jumps, but he'll be happy with that home performance

SP Score: 36.11 (TES) + 35.31 (PCS) = 71.42

7) Adam Rippon (USA)
     Music: Korobushko by Bond

• In this costume I feel he should be skating to Trepak from Nutcracker
• Rippon lutz! I miss that at every competition he's not in
• Very low landing on the triple axel, needed more flow in the exit edge
• Very stiffled 3F-3t
• He is landing the jumps, but they look rushed today,  two-foots here and there
• He didnt' have the technical package of Song, but that was a more complete program with stronger spins, more elaborate footwork, and better performance quality

SP Score: 36.42 (TES) + 36.54 (PCS) = 72.96

8) Nobunari Oda (JPN)
     Music: Memphis Soul Stew

• What happened to Nobu's jumps? No Quad, falling out, where has he gone?
• That shirt looks like a piece of art taken off the wall at MOMA
• He usually has such long gliding edges out of his jumps but everything looks so stiffled today
• He still has the softest knees in figure skating
• I love his sit spin variation!
• There was just no life to that program

SP Score: 27.52 (TES) + 36.43 (PCS) -1.00 (DED)= 62.95

9) Michal Brezina (CZE)
     Music: Best of Kodo

• I'm not a fan of re-using programs, I find it to be cheating
• Big 4t-but only a double toe
• Nice jumping overall today
• This choreography brings out the subtle nuances of the music quite well
• Very good execution of this short, but that tends to be easier when you are using last year's short
• His spins are quite slow, probably the weakest aspect of his skating

SP Score: 36.51 (TES) + 37.81 (PCS) = 74.32

10) Patrick Chan (CAN)
      Music: Take Five

• Again with last year's program, we've seen this program now like how many times?
•  Fall on the opening Quad toe, how do you botch a program you've been doing forever? Undertraining?
• Beautiful exit from the triple axel, he could have sat on that edge for a minute and not run out of speed
• Steps into 3F-3T, equally beautiful
• I like this music because it is in a difficult time signature and it forces the skater to really listen and skate into the music rather than over it
• He has such gorgeous swing on his free leg
• I hate that its recycled, but that's how you do a complete program

SP Score: 41.20 (TES) + 43.96 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 84.16

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Patrick CHAN	CAN	84.16	1
2	Nan SONG	CHN	76.53	2
3	Michal BREZINA	CZE	74.32	3
4	Adam RIPPON	USA	72.96	4
5	Florent AMODIO	FRA	71.42	5
6	Kevin REYNOLDS	CAN	65.56	6
7	Nobunari ODA	JPN	62.95	7
8	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	62.12	8
9	Romain PONSART	FRA	50.03	9
10	Chafik BESSEGHIER	FRA	46.43	10

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Patrick CHAN	CAN	84.16	41.20		43.96	8.96	8.64	8.61	8.93	8.82	1.00	#10
2	Nan SONG	CHN	76.53	44.92		31.61	6.54	5.86	6.57	6.32	6.32	0.00	#3
3	Michal BREZINA	CZE	74.32	36.51		37.81	7.64	7.18	7.71	7.64	7.64	0.00	#9
4	Adam RIPPON	USA	72.96	36.42		36.54	7.36	7.00	7.43	7.32	7.43	0.00	#7
5	Florent AMODIO	FRA	71.42	36.11		35.31	7.18	6.46	7.25	7.21	7.21	0.00	#6
6	Kevin REYNOLDS	CAN	65.56	32.57		32.99	6.57	6.39	6.64	6.64	6.75	0.00	#4
7	Nobunari ODA	JPN	62.95	27.52		36.43	7.75	7.04	7.21	7.25	7.18	1.00	#8
8	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	62.12	32.45		30.67	6.14	5.82	6.18	6.21	6.32	1.00	#5
9	Romain PONSART	FRA	50.03	23.36		27.67	5.96	4.96	5.57	5.50	5.68	1.00	#1
10	Chafik BESSEGHIER	FRA	46.43	19.14		27.29	5.68	5.11	5.46	5.61	5.43	0.00	#2

2011 Trophee Eric Bompard: Men's Preview

We've reached the final continent of the 2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Europe, for Trophee Eric Bompard. This Men's field has been talked about as being one of the finest assembled for a single Grand Prix in recent years. I'd like to say that these outstanding skaters will not disappoint, but even if they do, there will be other guys just as good ready to jump onto the podium. For those of us in the US, it's a blessing that we won't have to watch the events in the middle of the night. The men skate their short at 9:00 a.m. EST on Friday November 18th and their free skate at 7:30 a.m. EST on Saturday November 19th. I'll be LIVE BLOGGING all the events on my site so come back and visit and I'll talk to you then!

In this field of greats, reigning World Champion Patrick Chan (CAN) is the clear front-runner, especially after the withdrawal of Evan Lysacek. In true Chan fashion, he took gold at Skate Canada even with mistakes. His ability to pull points in GOE and PCS, even with falls, makes him a great bet to take the title here. Nobunari Oda (JPN) was quadless at Cup of China, but still took Silver, even with an array of small mistakes. He'll be on the podium if he doesn't beat himself off of it. Adam Rippon (USA) has the 10th highest score of the season, and the 4th highest of this field, even though he made his fair share of errors at Skate Canada. With his great artistry and technique, he could  even take Silver if he can land his Quad Lutz and skate two clean sets. Let's see who to discuss next, oh yes, Nan Song (CHN) this surprise Bronze medalist at his home Grand Prix. This guy is a technical machine and he capitalized on the mistakes of some contenders to grab a medal and will certainly factor into this competition with his huge Quad Toe and positive GOEs across the board on jumps. Michal Brezina (CZE) won Skate America but his score is not among the top ten this season, so what does that tell you? He skated a phenomenal short but absolutely fell apart in the free. He does have Quads if he chooses to show them, so he has major scoring potential if he can go clean, though that rarely happens. Florent Amodio (FRA) is a glorified hot mess in my opinion, who happens to rack up some major points when he is clean, which he was not at Skate America. Even if he skates without major mistakes, it is my opinion that he is outclassed in this field of men, many of whom have a real sense of artistry and not coach Morozov's brand of sequin-clad flitting and flailing.

My Podium Predictions:
1) Patrick Chan (CAN)
2) Nobunari Oda (JPN)
3) Adam Rippon (USA)


Competitive History: 


Florent Amodio (FRA)-9th at 2011 Skate America, 7th 2011 Worlds, 1st 2011 Europeans, 6th 2010 Grand Prix Final, 2nd 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard 3rd place 2010 NHK Trophy; PB: 229.68 at 2011 Worlds


Chafik Besseghier (FRA)-2nd at 2011 Cup of Nice, 11th at 2011 O Nepela, 6th at 2011 Triglav Trophy, 5th at 2011 Winter Universiade, 5th at 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard; PB: 185.69 at 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard

Michal Brezina (CZE)-1st at 2011 Skate America, 2nd 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, 4th 2011 Worlds, 8th 2011 Europeans, 1st 2011 Bavarian Open, 2nd 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb, 7th 201 Nebelhorn Trophy; PB: 236.06 at 2010 Worlds 

Patrick Chan (CAN)-1st at 2011 Skate Canada, 1st at 2011 Worlds, 1st at 2011 Grand Prix Final, 2nd at 2010 Rostelecom Cup, 1st at 2010 Skate Canada; PB 280.98 at 2011 Worlds 


Alexander Majorov (SWE)-9th at 2011 Skate Canada, 4th 2011 Finlandia Trophy, 28th at 2011 Worlds, 1st at 2011 Nordics, 1st at 2010 NRW Trophy, 1st at 2010 Ice Challenge; PB: 195.71 at 2011 Worlds


Nobunari Oda (JPN)-2nd at 2011 Cup of China, 6th 2011 Worlds, 1st 2011 Winter Universiade, 2nd 2010 Grand Prix Final, 2nd 2010 Skate America, 2nd 2010 Skate Canada; 244.56 at 2006 NHK Trophy


Kevin Reynolds (CAN)-7th at 2011 Cup of China, 7th at 2011 Skate America, 20th 2011 Worlds, 11th 2011 Europeans, 4th 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, 4th 2010 Skate Canada; PB: 218.62 at 2010 Skate Canada

Adam Rippon (USA)-4th at 2011 Skate Canada, 4th at 2010 America, 3rd at 2010 Skate Canada; PB: 233.04 at 2010 Skate Canada 


Nan Song (CHN)-3rd at 2011 Cup of China, 22nd 2011 Worlds, 9th 2011 Four Continents, 3rd 2011 Asian Winter Games, 6th 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, 10th 2010 Skate America; PB: 226.75 at 2011 Cup of China

2011 Finlandia Trophy: Men's Short Program

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Takahito MURA	JPN	67.78	36.28		31.50	6.65	5.80	6.40	6.30	6.35	0.00	#17
2	Paolo BACCHINI	ITA	65.75	35.70		30.05	6.00	5.65	6.10	6.10	6.20	0.00	#18
3	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	64.27	33.62		30.65	5.95	5.85	6.30	6.20	6.35	0.00	#13
4	Ivan TRETIAKOV	RUS	63.00	35.00		28.00	5.85	5.40	5.55	5.60	5.60	0.00	#3
5	Douglas RAZZANO	USA	63.00	31.60		32.40	6.60	6.10	6.65	6.40	6.65	1.00	#11
6	Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON	ITA	62.42	32.22		30.20	5.95	5.80	6.25	6.00	6.20	0.00	#8
7	Zhan BUSH	RUS	60.10	31.00		30.10	6.20	5.45	6.10	6.10	6.25	1.00	#9
8	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	59.80	30.50		29.30	5.70	5.50	6.00	5.85	6.25	0.00	#7
9	Artem BORODULIN	RUS	58.76	27.26		31.50	6.15	5.90	6.55	6.40	6.50	0.00	#5
10	Adrian SCHULTHEISS	SWE	56.95	28.30		29.65	6.20	5.70	5.80	6.05	5.90	1.00	#15
11	Abzal RAKIMGALIEV	KAZ	55.38	28.58		26.80	5.40	4.80	5.55	5.50	5.55	0.00	#12
12	Akio SASAKI	JPN	52.97	23.82		30.15	6.05	5.60	6.00	6.10	6.40	1.00	#16
13	Julian LAGUS	FIN	48.57	24.22		24.35	4.75	4.45	4.90	5.05	5.20	0.00	#10
14	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	47.39	24.94		23.45	5.00	4.40	4.65	4.70	4.70	1.00	#1
15	Bela PAPP	FIN	46.00	22.00		24.00	5.00	4.55	4.85	4.80	4.80	0.00	#4
16	Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI	FIN	45.14	21.24		23.90	5.00	4.45	4.80	4.75	4.90	0.00	#14
17	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	42.45	20.20		22.25	4.65	4.25	4.50	4.35	4.50	0.00	#6
18	Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	38.50	18.30		21.20	4.40	4.15	4.10	4.35	4.20	1.00	#2

2011 World Figure Skating Championships: Mens Qualifying Round Results

Below are the results of the Mens Qualifying Round which ended just about an hour ago. The top 12 move on to the short program on Wednesday.

  

FPl. Name Nation Points FS 1 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 165.00 1 2 Alexander MAJOROV SWE 136.64 2 3 Michal BREZINA CZE 130.87 3 4 Peter LIEBERS GER 129.89 4 5 Viktor PFEIFER AUT 123.22 5 6 Paolo BACCHINI ITA 122.29 6 7 Joey RUSSELL CAN 118.37 7 8 Kim LUCINE MON 117.78 8 9 Maxim SHIPOV ISR 116.42 9 10 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL 109.59 10 11 Misha GE UZB 109.39 11 12 Min-Seok KIM KOR 98.67 12 13 Mark WEBSTER AUS 95.84 13 14 Justus STRID DEN 95.16 14 15 David RICHARDSON GBR 93.20 15 16 Tigran VARDANJAN HUN 91.16 16 17 Mikael REDIN SUI 90.79 17 18 Kutay ERYOLDAS TUR 86.60 18 19 Stephen Li-Chung KUO TPE 85.71 19 20 Bela PAPP FIN 83.47 20 21 Harry Hau Yin LEE HKG 82.39 21 22 Vitali LUCHANOK BLR 81.51 22 23 Sarkis HAYRAPETYAN ARM 77.25 23 24 Georgi KENCHADZE BUL 73.72 24