Worlds 2010 - Men's final result (** spoiler **)

[Artemis]

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Final results after both the short and long!

1 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 257.70
2 Patrick CHAN CAN 247.22
3 Brian JOUBERT FRA 241.74
4 Michal BREZINA CZE 236.06
5 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 232.10
6 Adam RIPPON USA 231.47
7 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 218.66
8 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 218.43
9 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 218.26
10 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 216.73
11 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 216.58
18 Ryan BRADLEY USA 179.24

Congrats Daisuke! It was his to lose, so I'm glad he was able to face up to the pressure.

And congrats to both Patrick and Brian for overcoming their past poor performances this year. (Brian was actually 4th in the long, Brezina was third, but Brian's lead after the short kept him on the podium.)

[AgnesNitt]

Well, no three spots for the US next year.

[MQSeries]

Yeah Brian. I know he plans on competing next year, and I really hope he or his team is smart enought to get him a strong LP.

[MQSeries]

Well, no three spots for the US next year.

Really? 11 points for Abott and Rippon aren't low enough ?

[Artemis]

Isn't 13 the magic number? Meaning both US (11) and Canada (13) get 3 spots next year?

[TreSk8sAZ]

Isn't 13 the magic number? Meaning both US (11) and Canada (13) get 3 spots next year?

Yes, 13 is the magic number.

[Virtualsk8r]

Good first showing at World's for Kevin Reynolds. If he'd just doubled his planned triple axel in the short (did a single) or done a simple double axel in his long (where he did a waltz jump), Reynolds would have been an easy 7th - and if he'd done two jump perfect programs, may have been in 6th!

[AgnesNitt]

Yes, 13 is the magic number.

Ooops!......

[sk8ergalgal]

Just wondering out of plain curiosity who developed the whole add up to thirteen thing and what year it was implemented in.. has it always been that way?

[Artemis]

^ The points sytem was developed by the ISU about ... 8 or 10? ... years ago. Prior to that, if you had a medallist you earned 3 spots the next year, and if you had a skater in the top 12 (? not quite sure about that number), you earned 2 spots.

I believe the rationale for changing it was to acknowledge the placings by the entire team, not just the best skater. There were a lot of cases where a country had a medalist or world champion, but the next best skater was around 20th.

[let`s talk]

One more quadless champion. At least he tried.

[skatingfan678]

One more quadless champion. At least he tried.

I thought Takahashi did manage to pull off the quad?

[let`s talk]

I thought Takahashi did manage to pull off the quad?

No, it was downgraded. Base value 5.5, GOE-1.6, Scores of panel 3.9.

[sk8ergalgal]

Thanks Artemis. What do skaters have to do to qualify two spots for next year's world?? Remain in the top 10??

So I guess we haven't had a men's world champion land a quad since Brian won in 2007.. interesting.

[NDsk8]

Well, no three spots for the US next year. Andrea Joyce kept repeating there WOULD be 3 skaters. She said that the total of the top 2 had to equal 13 or less. With Rippon & Abbott's plament numbers equalling 11, there should be 3 spots, if Andrea Joyce is right.
DD

[AgnesNitt]

Unfortunately, I don't have TV service, so I was not able to hear Andrea Joyce's explanatory comments.

It was clarified to me by earlier posters.