#fav programs

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Yuzuru Hanyu Otonal - Realive (12.04.26)

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Just after the Men’s FS comp.

The good:

Misha Ge is a gift to skating and to mankind. Enchanting, artistic, intense both in the SP and in the FS. My moral winner. Thank you for the dreamy performances Misha :,)

Mah boi Shoma is a fighter. In spite of his injury and the botched first jumps today he was still charismatic and IC and bounced back in the second half jumps-wise too. So glad he managed to get silver at the end. Moral winner #2

Kolyada... managed to get bronze (yay!). 2 out of 3 podium medals of my dream podium happened and given this Milan 2018 Falls Curse it’s a little miracle.

Lots of highlights and promise in the lower ranks and/or by freshly ascended to Senior cat skaters!  1) Donovan Carrillo confirmed showman and little star in the making. What a charmer.  2) Kazuki Tomono feels like a dream fusion of Yuzuru Hanyu and Daisuke Takahashi. Lots of potential this boy. 3) Julian Zhi Jie Yee is a natural entertainer and performer and it’s always a delight to see.  4) Matteo Rizzo confirmed for mental fortitude. Granitic young lad. Attempted quad in competition in spite of low success ratio in pratice and mostly nailed it! Plus bounced back from a fall immediately later on.  Can only get better ^_^ .

Engaging performance by Michal Brezina!

Veteran Alexander Majorov’s performance was a welcome highlight. From Russia With Love, confidence, fun factor and rather springy jumps too.

Last but not least Deniss Vasiljevs was a treat to watch. Smooth, charming, fun.  His best FS performance of the season I believe ^_^ . Wish he could have ended on the podium.

The neutral: I wish I could love Chen’s skating in any way. But he managed a clean performance and in context that was plenty to secure him the gold today. Good display of mental fortitude on his account.

The bad:

In the final group especially basically everyone was falling?! It became like Worlds 2017 all over again?!

everyone was falling?!

see above

lack of Yuzuru Hanyu

lack of Adam Rippon

lack of Jason Brown

lack of Javier Fernandez

I’m still crying over Boyang Jin’s FS disaster but at least he was able to smile still :,)

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Junhwan Cha's James Bond freeskate at World Championships 2023

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Wakaba Higuchi - The Lion King Free Skate (Beijing 2022)

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Every Yuzuru Hanyu Program - Let's Go Crazy

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Yuna Kim's Vancouver 2010 short program James Bond Medley

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Favourite Kaori Sakamoto Programs: Gladiator (Beijing 2022)

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Daisuke Takahashi’s SP at the Kinki regionals. 1st in the SP, 3rd overall after the FS. Welcome back DaiDai  now go and qualify for Nationals you ancient marvel you :,) . ——- Btw Tomono Kazuki won the competition :D .

I’ve been in fangasm heaven for the last few days about Daisuke’s program actually XDDDD.