Now it's 0.30am, the men's free skating starts 2am... So here I'm sitting, waiting for the time to go, I'm so excited, I just don't know how this will end. I wish Takahashi and Lambiel gets medals, but it's hard to know. And since it seems that Lambiel's triple axel isn't steady enough, he maybe won't jump it, or maybe fall, many points will fall too. But I won't think this way. He can do triple axel, and if he jumps it, I will pray with all my heart that he'll make it without falling or any other problems.
For Takahashi it's the quad-toeloop that isn't in its place. I don't know whether he's planning on doing it in the free skating or not, but I hope he'll do a great performance.
But I wish all the skaters good luck with the free skating. I hope Adrian Schultheiss, our skater, shows what he really can do, and gets some places up.
Seeing my blog, I haven't written anything about the men's short program...!!
So why not writing about it while I have time? (^^)
There were many great performances at the short. Not many mistakes at all, some small from some skaters, but overall, good performances. Adrian said at an interview that he was nervous 2 days before the short. It's his first time at the Olympics, out of that, he made a good performance. He was one of the 4 skaters who jumped quad. It was quad-toeloop, but not the best landing, which made him do a single-toe, since it was his combination jump. I think one of his spins wasn't so good either. But overall it was good.
He placed 22th and will be skating the free today.
Brian Joubert made many mistakes, I think he felt so much pressure, at the same time wanted to do so good, so everything made it heavy for him. He placed low, around 16th or something. Same with Verner.
Plushenko was in the second group. So he competed early. He made all the jumps inclusive a quad-toe-triple-toe combination. But his spins were not adventurous, and his steps were soso, in my opinion. Even so, he got high scores, 90.85, which made him stand in 1st place after the short.
A super-group was in the middle of the competition. A group with Stéphane Lambiel, Takahashi Daisuke, Oda Nobunari, and Adrian Schultheiss. Among them were a 16 years young Kazakhstan skater, he was talented and I think he's something for the future.
Lambiel made a quad-toe, but the landing wasn't safe, so he made a double-toe after, he got some minus for that combination. But he had the highest program component score. He had 9.15 points for interpretation!! But he only made a double axel, which was a good one, but if he had done a good triple, he would've earned 4-5 points more or something. But the triple axel seems to not be so good, I think that's why he only made a double. We'll see what he does today. He's in 5th place with 84 something points.
Takahashi made a great performance, almost flawless. He became 3rd with 90.25 points after Evan Lysacek with 90.30 points. I just love Takahashi's short program, the music, the choreography, everything! I had his music spinning in my head the whole day after. And of course, great step sequences. Good job! I hope and think he'll get on the podium.
Oda Nobunari, after being away from competitions for a while, he made a great comeback. Great jumps and performance. He made it 4th with 84 something points. Not much before Lambiel.
Evan Lysacek made a great performance. He got second highest score, with 90.30. He actually cried when hearing his scores. Well, you say Kiss'n'cry, the place where the skaters sit and waits for their scores. What I didn't like with his program was his costume. I mean, a whole black costume, even the gloves. Why? But otherwise, good. He maybe will stand on the podium today.
Johnny Weir, haven't seen him for awhile. But he made a good performance too. He did a good triple axel. He's an unique skater, either you like him or not. And I do like him, even if people around me just say "nah....". He draws attention, and that's a good side as a skater, people remembers you. So I'm curious of his free program. Yes, I can search it on YouTube, but no, I'll wait for it today. He's 2 points behind Lambiel, so currently on 6th place.
I hope the judges will judge by seeing the performance, not the name. Because when I looked at the scores, Plushenko seemed to have received some plus points just because of his name and comeback... So, please, make a fair judgement.
Only one hour left.
