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Post by deedeelocks on Nov 7, 2008 12:07:23 GMT 1
yeah, he can gain 4-5 points advantage on PCS alone in the long program... perhaps even more... we'll see tomorrow
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Post by deedeelocks on Nov 7, 2008 12:21:02 GMT 1
(before warm up) I didn't really expect he'd really go for the quad though...but he did! I knew when I saw him do it in the warm up...but I also saw it didn't go very well...so then I was like...uh oh... OTOH, good for him that he tried... I mean...no risk no fun right? here are the scores: www.isufs.org/results/gpchn08/SEG001.HTM
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Post by Lilla on Nov 7, 2008 16:15:25 GMT 1
4th place...With best PCS and worst TES... The jumps...why dont they work? ?They are against Tomas... OK 3A was nice. GOOO TOMAS tomorrow!The Tango rocks and he will do the jumps!!! Oh and i just realized: only 3(!) europeans? ?whats going on?
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Post by ninadel on Nov 7, 2008 16:19:26 GMT 1
Oh wow, in the protocol the lutz didn't count either... since he did 2t instead of 4t, the 2t after the lutz was a repeat element so that whole pass counts for 0. That's really harsh (those 6 points would have put him very close to 2nd place)...
... but the fact that he's still in 4th with those deductions goes to show how strong the rest of his skating is.
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Post by srbiangirl on Nov 7, 2008 16:27:05 GMT 1
Tomas was good today, he may had difficulties with some of the jumps but i really liked steps so i am thinking that i am not beeing subjectve if i say that i think that judges werent really fair. Tomas did had some tehnical mistakes but he deserved more points, especialy for presentation score, at least it is my opinion, forgive me if i am mistaking.
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Post by srbiangirl on Nov 7, 2008 16:29:21 GMT 1
P.S. I was really surprised whan i saw that Tomas have new coach/coach of Carolina Costner if i am right? What happened with Vlasta Koprivova, wasnt she his coach?
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Post by ninadel on Nov 7, 2008 16:38:05 GMT 1
He's coached by both of them (Vlasta and Michael Huth). I think his presentation scores were fine. It's these deductions that are annoying. In what world is a lutz with a 2t added worse than a lutz with no jump added? I mean yeah I understand the rule but jeez... these technical specialists are uber-strict this year. They should count the single jump and ignore the second element.
At least his axel was good, and I'm looking forward to the Tango tomorrow. I'm pretty confident he'll move up onto the podium at least... the rest is depending on the other skaters.
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Post by deedeelocks on Nov 7, 2008 18:27:53 GMT 1
No the technical specialist is right the rules have always been like this... If he had jumped a 3T it would have been OK, but he didn't so...very unfortunate for Tomas. ANd yes, Tomas has been training with Michael as well for a long time... Mrs. Koprivova choose to stay in Prague, she didn't want to go so far to China with him as well... She thought one coach would be enough, that Tomas would be fine
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Post by deedeelocks on Nov 7, 2008 18:49:35 GMT 1
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Post by srbiangirl on Nov 7, 2008 19:24:52 GMT 1
Thanks Daphne, i hope so that he will skate better tommorow, tommorow is a new day so i hope so that everything is going to be fine for Tomas. Tommorow is a big Christian holiday, Saint Dimitrije, in my country, in every Ortodox church, in my home and i am cellebriting, so i hope so that everyone will have a beautifle day.
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Post by Mireille on Nov 7, 2008 23:05:28 GMT 1
He made me smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile
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Post by deedeelocks on Nov 8, 2008 0:16:33 GMT 1
www.sportovninoviny.cz/index_view.php?id=343103Czech article with only basic info...but it's too bad that it doesn't say the lutz didn't count at all. it just says he failed the quad attempt, but did "save the combo" by adding a 2t to the 3lz.... unfortunately he didn't really save anything
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Post by deedeelocks on Nov 8, 2008 0:19:15 GMT 1
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Post by Mireille on Nov 8, 2008 1:30:51 GMT 1
hmm... ouch?
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Post by Melanie on Nov 8, 2008 14:29:57 GMT 1
Loved his FAB free program. Definitely the best program of the day!
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