Skate America 2007 *SPOILERS* (Oct 25-28, 2007)

[Isk8NYC]

Skate America 2007 discussion thread.

Feel free to post spoilers.

ISU RESULTS PAGES: http://www.isufs.org/results/gpusa07/index.htm (http://www.isufs.org/results/gpusa07/index.htm)


Skate America 2007 Website (http://www.2007skateamerica.com/)
Reading, Pennsylvania (US Eastern Time)

Friday, Oct. 26 : Compulsory Dance, Pairs Short Program, Men's Short Program
Saturday, Oct. 27 : Original Dance, Pairs Free Skate, Ladies Short Program, Men's Free Skate
Sunday, Oct. 28 : Free Dance, Ladies Free Skate, Exhibition of Champions

ETA:
NBC is broadcasting ladies' final coverage live from 4 to 6pm ET. They're also showing highlights of the other events.
NBC's broadcast team is Tom Hammond, Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic and Andrea Joyce.

IceNetwork.com is streaming all events for US viewers live with commentators. Other countries have to wait for the "On Demand" video feed to be put up. (There is a problem with some US residents getting a blackout message - if you get this message in error, check out the Icenetwork.com website or call 866-464-8499.)

[Isk8NYC]

Quick reminder: if you wanted to sign up for the USFSA Fantasy Skating Challenge, do it ASAP before the entries close.

[Isk8NYC]

Can't believe I (of all people) actually watched ice dancing. Very nice job.

Standings after the Compulsory Dance:
FPl. - Name
1-Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO (USA)
2-Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT (FRA)
3-Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI (ITA)
4-Kristin FRASER / Igor LUKANIN (AZE)
5-Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE (USA)
6-Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE (USA)
7-Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI (ISR)
8-Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER (RUS)
9-Cathy REED / Chris REED (JPN)
10-Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG (CHN)

[Isk8NYC]

Pairs Standings after the Short Program:

1-Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON (CAN)
2-Qing PANG / Jian TONG (CHN)
3-Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV (RUS)
4-Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG (USA)
5-Meeran TROMBLEY / Laureano IBARRA (USA)
6-Stacey KEMP / David KING (GBR)
7-Laura MAGITTERI / Ondrej HOTAREK (ITA)

The Russian team was awesome - first intl competition; she's only 14!

[Nicki]

Thanks for posting all of the results for us. Nice to be able to find everything so easily all in one place.

[Isk8NYC]

Men's Short Program Results:

1-Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) <Editorial Comment: Don't miss this program; it was awesome.>
2-Evan Lysacek (USA)
3-Patrick Chan (CAN)
4-Alban Preaubert (FRA)
5-Andrei Lutai (RUS)
6-Stephen Carriere (USA)
7-Kevin Reynolds (CAN)
8-Ryan Bradley (USA)
9-Yasuharu Nanri (JPN)
10-Takahiko Kozuka (JPN)
11-Kristoffer Berntsson (SWE)

12-Karel Zelenka (ITA)

[Isk8NYC]

Thanks for posting all of the results for us. Nice to be able to find everything so easily all in one place.
You're welcome. I don't know if I'll be able to do it again tomorrow, but I'll try.

Feel free to add comments or observations or scores as you like; this is a "SPOILERS ALLOWED" zone.

[Schmeck]

Pairs Standings after the Short Program:

1-Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON (CAN)
2-Qing PANG / Jian TONG (CHN)
3-Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV (RUS)
4-Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG (USA)
5-Meeran TROMBLEY / Laureano IBARRA (USA)
6-Stacey KEMP / David KING (GBR)
7-Laura MAGITTERI / Ondrej HOTAREK (ITA)

The Russian team was awesome - first intl competition; she's only 14!

I thought a skater had to be 15?

[Schmeck]

Ok, I watched Daisuke skate, don't know if I'm :bow: or :roll: It was techno-bad, but also pretty amazing, LOL!

[Isk8NYC]

I thought a skater had to be 15?
Apparently not for the Grand Prix circuit. Definitely have to be 15 for Worlds though.

[Isk8NYC]

Ok, I watched Daisuke skate, don't know if I'm :bow: or :roll: It was techno-bad, but also pretty amazing, LOL!
I really liked that program and the music. The man can skate, we can't take that away from him. The costume I could do without, but we've seen worse. *cough*swan weir*cough*

[Mel On Ice]

Couldn't stand Takahashi's costume, but the music was interesting and the choreography blew me away. I can't wait to see it on a bigger screen, I was so impressed - Tara Lipinski and Elvis Stojko tried to blend hip-hop and skating (I think I remember a cringe-worthy attempt by Steven Cousins too), and Tanith and Ben tried it with an exhibition, but Takahashi finally made it work. Wow, that was cool.

[frbskate63]

The Russian team was awesome - first intl competition; she's only 14!

It's their first senior international - but they're already through to the Junior Grand Prix final! I saw them at the Sheffield JGP last weekend, and they blew everyone away there.

Switching from a junior to a senior program in under a week is pretty impressive as well - I don't know how different the requirements are, but I guess there's a few things they have to change (including an extra 30 seconds on their free).

[Isk8NYC]

A one-week changeover? Now, I'm even more impressed with the Russian team.

I should take the kids out to a Halloweenie thing, but I'm shamefully checking SA reports. Bad Mommy!

[littlekateskate]

A big congrats out to Dube/Davison very nice work...

As well to Kimmie.. However I cant decide if i like her short program dress or not..

Nice job to Mark and Amanda.. Elegant as always!

I look forward to watching more today!

[Isk8NYC]

Mens Freeskate Results:

1-Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)
2-Evan Lysacek (USA)
3-Patrick Chan (CAN)
4-Alban Preaubert (FRA)
5-Andrei Lutai (RUS)
6-Stephen Carriere (USA)
7-Kevin Reynolds (CAN)
8-Ryan Bradley (USA)
9-Yasuharu Nanri (JPN)
10-Takahiko Kozuka (JPN)
11-Kristoffer Berntsson (SWE)
12-Karel Zelenka (ITA)

[Isk8NYC]

Ice Dancing - Original Dance - Folk-Country Dance Results:

1-Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (USA)
2-Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat (FRA)
3-Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali (ITA)
4-Meryl Davis / Charlie White (USA)
5-Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin (AZE)
6-Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre (USA)
7-Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski (ISR)
8-Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer (RUS)
9-Cathy Reed / Chris Reed (JPN)
10-Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang (CHN)

[Isk8NYC]

Pairs Long Program / Final Results:

1-Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison (CAN)
2-Qing Pang / Jian Tong (CHN)
3-Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov (RUS)
4-Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig (USA)
5-Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra (USA)
6-Stacey Kemp / David King (GBR)
7-Laura Magitteri / Ondrej Hotarek (ITA)


Okay, I'll say it: Pairs was a splatfest this year.
Glad Dube and Davison came back from last year's injury to do so well. Seemed to me that they played it safe and didn't stretch too much.

[Isk8NYC]

Ladies Short Program:

1-Kimmie Meissner (USA)
2-Miki Ando (JPN)
3-Caroline Zhang (USA)
4-Emily Hughes (USA)
5-Mai Asada (JPN)
6-Mira Leung (CAN)
7-Binshu Xu (CHN)
8-Alexandra Ievleva (RUS)
9-Valentina Marchei (ITA)
10-Tugba Karademir (TUR)
11-Elene Gedevanishvili (GEO)

[Oracle]

Men's Final Results
1-Takahashi
2-Lysacek
3-Chan
4-Carriere
5-Preubert
6-Bradley
7-Lutai
8-Kozuka
9-Reynolds
10-Nanri
11-Berntsson
12-Zelenka

[Isk8NYC]

Thanks for posting the results!

Took the twins to a fall festival today, so I haven't watched any skating yet.
(Withdrawal has set in.)

While chatting with the Club Activities Director about my winning "Trunk or Treat!" entry (see Patsy's Parlor for a photo), I mentioned that I would have loved to sneak inside the Club and watch the skating on the big-screen TV. She told me to go ahead, it was perfectly all right unless there was an event going on in that room . I think I'm going to be very happy here.

[Artemis]

Wow, great placement for Patrick Chan! Was he really that great, or did the rest of the field behind him really falter? (esp. Bradley and Reynolds, both of whom I would've expected to beat Patrick).

I've liked Patrick a lot since I first saw him as a novice, but I didn't think he had quite enough to compete at the top senior level ... yet. But maybe he matured a lot since last season.

[Isk8NYC]

I was very impressed by Patrick Chan. I would NEVER have known he was that young - I figured he was at least 18-19. That's without seeing his face up close - his skating is so controlled and mature. He's definitely someone to watch this year.

[Schmeck]

I looked through the detailed results - they're marking an e for flutzes and lips! What are they deducting for the e though, anyone know? I don't have an up-to-date handbook anymore.

Also, there is a < symbol next to some of the jumps - what does that stand for?

[doubletoe]

I looked through the detailed results - they're marking an e for flutzes and lips! What are they deducting for the e though, anyone know? I don't have an up-to-date handbook anymore.

Also, there is a < symbol next to some of the jumps - what does that stand for?

The "e" (wrong takeoff edge) indicates that the judges are supposed to give a -1 GOE. I'm not sure exactly how that works in reality, i.e., if the GOE must be at least -1 or if the GOE must be 1 less than the GOE the judges are giving (for example, +2 for difficult entry, great height, air position and outflow -1 for wrong takeoff edge = +1).

< means the jump was supposed to be a triple but was underrotated by more than 1/4 revolution and was therefore downgraded to a double.

[doubletoe]

I thought a skater had to be 15?

Only for Worlds and Olympics

[Schmeck]

Thank you, doubletoe!