GPF 2014 - The Men's Final
Last night left us with the bitter taste of disappointment as we watched Javier Fernandez crash under the pressure of competing on home ice for the first time. But it also gave us hope that the Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, has put behind him the collision that cost him not only one, but two Grand Prix wins. The results aren't cemented though; anything can happen in figure skating and there's never a better time for anything to happen than right now.
Takahito Mura starts the competition as the underdog, but you wouldn't know it from his performance. The only mistake is singling out the triple Loop. His interpretation of Phantom of the Opera is quite dull though; he needs to express the desperation of his character a bit more. His score: 157.02. Overall: 235.37.
Javier Fernandez is visibly more relaxed than yesterday. Still, he's not quite able to convey the carefree feeling of The Barber of Sevilla. Technically he's not flawless, but his biggest error is singling out the triple Lutz. He gets 174.72 points. Overall: 253.90.
Sergei Voronov very cleverly sets his first quad to the biggest moment in This Is a Man's World. Uncharacteristically, that is the only quad he lands, but he doesn't make any mistakes. His score: 160.05. Overall: 244.53.
It's hard to connect with Maxim Kovtun's Exogenesis Symphony because the music is dark and quite depressing, but he does project that very well. His biggest mishap is doubling out on the quad Salchow. He gets 155.25 points. Overall: 242.27.
Tatsuki Machida is unrecognisably flawed tonight. He falls on the first quad, the triple Loop and the last triple Axel, puts his hand down on the quad Salchow and under-rotates three other jumps. His score: 128.31. Overall: 216.33.
It's official; Yuzuru Hanyu is back in excellent form. I always say there's no use in skating to grand stories unless you're going to make it memorable and Yuzuru proves me right; his Phantom of the Opera is the best Phantom ever done by a male skater. Period. He falls on the last element, but that is so irrelevant he laughs about it too. He gets 194.08 points. Overall: 288.16.
The crowd goes wild as it's confirmed not only that Yuzuru Hanyu gets the gold, but especially that Javier Fernandez has managed the impossible - to get the silver after a disastrous short programme. Thus he's done his duty and proved that there is a future for figure skating in Spain. I shouldn't leave Sergei Voronov out, who managed to take home the bronze medal despite the fact that nobody placed him on the podium at the start of this competition. Congratulations to all three of them!
For more comments on the other events, go to: http://crystalskate.blogspot.co.uk/.
Takahito Mura starts the competition as the underdog, but you wouldn't know it from his performance. The only mistake is singling out the triple Loop. His interpretation of Phantom of the Opera is quite dull though; he needs to express the desperation of his character a bit more. His score: 157.02. Overall: 235.37.
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| The medalists Photograph: David Ramos/ Getty Images Europe |
Sergei Voronov very cleverly sets his first quad to the biggest moment in This Is a Man's World. Uncharacteristically, that is the only quad he lands, but he doesn't make any mistakes. His score: 160.05. Overall: 244.53.
It's hard to connect with Maxim Kovtun's Exogenesis Symphony because the music is dark and quite depressing, but he does project that very well. His biggest mishap is doubling out on the quad Salchow. He gets 155.25 points. Overall: 242.27.
Tatsuki Machida is unrecognisably flawed tonight. He falls on the first quad, the triple Loop and the last triple Axel, puts his hand down on the quad Salchow and under-rotates three other jumps. His score: 128.31. Overall: 216.33.
It's official; Yuzuru Hanyu is back in excellent form. I always say there's no use in skating to grand stories unless you're going to make it memorable and Yuzuru proves me right; his Phantom of the Opera is the best Phantom ever done by a male skater. Period. He falls on the last element, but that is so irrelevant he laughs about it too. He gets 194.08 points. Overall: 288.16.
The crowd goes wild as it's confirmed not only that Yuzuru Hanyu gets the gold, but especially that Javier Fernandez has managed the impossible - to get the silver after a disastrous short programme. Thus he's done his duty and proved that there is a future for figure skating in Spain. I shouldn't leave Sergei Voronov out, who managed to take home the bronze medal despite the fact that nobody placed him on the podium at the start of this competition. Congratulations to all three of them!
For more comments on the other events, go to: http://crystalskate.blogspot.co.uk/.
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