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catsbythegreat) wrote2019-02-07 09:27 pm
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[figure skating] four continents part 1
Four Continents started today with the Ladies Short and the Men's Short is...in a few minutes but going past midnight so I'm not staying up for that. I might stay up for the free on Saturday even though it's also really late but...we'll see.
The ladies did really well! Kaori Sakamoto -- AAA I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHE WAS SO GOOD! I think she should've been in first but...what can you did. Mariah Bell also did amazingly, and was scored too low, but both of them are still in the top three and not behind by much, especially Kaori. I have every bit of faith Kaori can do well in the free -- her free program is beautiful. And Rika -- I think every competition Rika has a mistake either in the short or the free on her triple axel. I've never seen her hit it in both programs which is a shame, because I want to see what happens when she does. But when she doesn't hit it in the short, she usually comes back in the free, so she's not out of it yet.
Very nervous for the men. Shoma sprained his ankle -- TWO MORE TIMES since Nationals!! I don't even know how this is possible, but somehow he seems 100% happier before this competition than he was before the Grand Prix Final or any of his Grand Prix competitions, despite not being injured. I think whatever realization he had at JP Nationals is carrying over here and I hope that he can be happy even if he doesn't get the gold he's been wanting all season. And, not gonna lie, I think he won't unless he skates perfectly and the others don't. He watered down his program content because of the injury, and while it's still difficult, I know that some of the other skaters have more difficult planned program content -- Boyang Jin and Vincent Zhou specifically. And...well...I'm fine with Boyang winning, he's great and he's the defending champion and he had his own confidence issues early this season. But Vincent above Shoma is something I cannot live with ever at all. I am still mad about Vincent over Jason Brown at Nationals.
Jason is gonna be there! Junhwan Cha is also there and I hope he does really well!
Team Japan in general has been pretty chaotic. Kaori started things off by saying she'd give her life for success at this competition. Rika is wearing mismatched skates (one gold blade and one silver) because one of her boots was worn down, *and* she dislocated a finger on Tuesday. Shoma has his sprained ankle. I hope the others aren't hiding some strange issue that will throw a wrench in things.
Here's hoping I wake up to good news with the men. As far as I know, most of them have been doing relatively well in practice.
The ladies did really well! Kaori Sakamoto -- AAA I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHE WAS SO GOOD! I think she should've been in first but...what can you did. Mariah Bell also did amazingly, and was scored too low, but both of them are still in the top three and not behind by much, especially Kaori. I have every bit of faith Kaori can do well in the free -- her free program is beautiful. And Rika -- I think every competition Rika has a mistake either in the short or the free on her triple axel. I've never seen her hit it in both programs which is a shame, because I want to see what happens when she does. But when she doesn't hit it in the short, she usually comes back in the free, so she's not out of it yet.
Very nervous for the men. Shoma sprained his ankle -- TWO MORE TIMES since Nationals!! I don't even know how this is possible, but somehow he seems 100% happier before this competition than he was before the Grand Prix Final or any of his Grand Prix competitions, despite not being injured. I think whatever realization he had at JP Nationals is carrying over here and I hope that he can be happy even if he doesn't get the gold he's been wanting all season. And, not gonna lie, I think he won't unless he skates perfectly and the others don't. He watered down his program content because of the injury, and while it's still difficult, I know that some of the other skaters have more difficult planned program content -- Boyang Jin and Vincent Zhou specifically. And...well...I'm fine with Boyang winning, he's great and he's the defending champion and he had his own confidence issues early this season. But Vincent above Shoma is something I cannot live with ever at all. I am still mad about Vincent over Jason Brown at Nationals.
Jason is gonna be there! Junhwan Cha is also there and I hope he does really well!
Team Japan in general has been pretty chaotic. Kaori started things off by saying she'd give her life for success at this competition. Rika is wearing mismatched skates (one gold blade and one silver) because one of her boots was worn down, *and* she dislocated a finger on Tuesday. Shoma has his sprained ankle. I hope the others aren't hiding some strange issue that will throw a wrench in things.
Here's hoping I wake up to good news with the men. As far as I know, most of them have been doing relatively well in practice.