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http://www.ifsmagazine.com/polls/11-who-wi...ntinents-titlesSPOILER (clicca per visualizzare)Mao Asada è in testa! Forza MAO!!!! :japan:
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Ho trovato un altro streaming, l'orario è quello di PECHINO
http://sports.cntv.cn/live/index.shtml
Beijing Time
Feb,10 9:45-14:20 4cc Men sp
Feb,11 3:45-8:30 4cc Lady sp 9:45-14:30 4cc Men lp
Feb,12 3:45-14:20 4cc pairs sp /dance sp /lady lp
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Men - Short Program
Starting Order
Giovedì 9 Febbraio
ore 2.45 AMStN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Nicholas FERNANDEZ 
AUS 2 Maverick EGUIA 
PHI 3 Alex Kang Chan KAM 
KOR 4 Harry Hau Yin LEE 
HKG 5 Hwan-Jin KIM KOR Warm-Up Group 2 6 Wun-Chang SHIH 
TPE 7 Luiz MANELLA 
BRA 8 Jordan JU TPE 9 Kevin ALVES BRA 10 Min-Seok KIM KOR Warm-Up Group 3 11 Brendan KERRY AUS 12 Jeremy TEN 
CAN 13 Christopher CALUZA PHI 14 Mark WEBSTER AUS 15 Jinlin GUAN 
CHN 16 Misha GE 
UZB Warm-Up Group 4 17 Adam RIPPON 
USA 18 Ross MINER USA 19 Nan SONG CHN 20 Patrick CHAN CAN 21 Tatsuki MACHIDA 
JPN 22 Richard DORNBUSH USA Warm-Up Group 5 23 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 24 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 25 Jialiang WU CHN 26 Denis TEN 
KAZ 27 Takahito MURA JPN 28 Abzal RAKIMGALIEV KAZ
TIME SCHEDULE
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STREAMING
A me funziona, c'è da vedere se trasmetteranno per davvero i 4CC: www.epctv.com/channels/CCTV-5-Online-Watch-1172.htm
Forse tra qualche giorno spunterà il link su HA HA: www.hahasport.com/c-11.html
Anche a me va, anche se ogni tanto l'immagine si ferma per qualche secondo...cmq va!
Bellissima la tabella con l'ordine di discesa dello SP uomini!
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Team Giapponese Maschile 
Team Giapponese Femminile
Team USA Maschile
Team USA e Cinese Femminile
Team Coreano Femminile
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Men - Short Program
Result DetailsPl. Qual. Name Nation TSS
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-StN. 1 Q Patrick CHAN CAN 87.95 45.73 42.22 8.61 8.21 8.32 8.54 8.54 0.00 #20 2 Q Takahito MURA JPN 83.44 47.22 36.22 7.50 6.82 7.43 7.29 7.18 0.00 #27 3 Q Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 82.59 41.64 41.95 8.50 8.14 8.39 8.46 8.46 1.00 #24 4 Q Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 82.37 43.88 38.49 7.75 7.46 7.89 7.71 7.68 0.00 #21 5 Q Denis TEN KAZ 77.73 43.44 35.29 7.14 6.79 7.04 7.18 7.14 1.00 #26 6 Q Ross MINER USA 76.89 41.68 35.21 7.18 6.79 7.14 7.14 6.96 0.00 #18 7 Q Adam RIPPON USA 74.92 39.79 36.13 7.39 6.96 7.21 7.36 7.21 1.00 #17 8 Q Nan SONG CHN 69.34 38.23 32.11 6.64 6.18 6.39 6.54 6.36 1.00 #19 9 Q Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 68.22 34.36 34.86 7.04 6.75 6.96 7.07 7.04 1.00 #23 10 Q Jinlin GUAN CHN 66.36 36.00 30.36 6.18 5.82 6.32 6.00 6.04 0.00 #15 11 Q Misha GE UZB 64.49 32.99 31.50 6.14 5.79 6.50 6.43 6.64 0.00 #16 12 Q Jeremy TEN CAN 61.37 31.23 30.14 6.11 5.89 5.89 6.07 6.18 0.00 #12 13 Q Richard DORNBUSH USA 61.34 29.60 32.74 6.71 6.32 6.46 6.71 6.54 1.00 #22 14 Q Christopher CALUZA PHI 58.02 30.37 27.65 5.54 5.29 5.64 5.57 5.61 0.00 #13 15 Q Jialiang WU CHN 56.19 27.26 28.93 6.32 5.54 5.71 5.79 5.57 0.00 #25 16 Q Alex Kang Chan KAM KOR 52.12 28.56 23.56 5.07 4.46 4.75 4.71 4.57 0.00 #3 17 Q Abzal RAKIMGALIEV KAZ 52.10 24.28 29.82 6.04 5.50 5.96 6.21 6.11 2.00 #28 18 Q Mark WEBSTER AUS 50.88 26.27 24.61 5.18 4.68 4.93 4.93 4.89 0.00 #14 19 Q Luiz MANELLA BRA 50.17 27.14 23.03 4.82 4.46 4.68 4.61 4.46 0.00 #7 20 Q Jordan JU TPE 49.49 27.81 22.68 4.71 4.25 4.54 4.75 4.43 1.00 #8 21 Q Min-Seok KIM KOR 49.39 24.64 25.75 5.39 4.96 5.11 5.18 5.11 1.00 #10 22 Q Kevin ALVES BRA 47.96 25.40 23.56 4.89 4.39 4.71 4.75 4.82 1.00 #9 23 Q Brendan KERRY AUS 47.01 24.91 23.10 4.96 4.43 4.54 4.71 4.46 1.00 #11 24 Q Nicholas FERNANDEZ AUS 44.57 23.93 21.64 4.71 4.04 4.32 4.39 4.18 1.00 #1 25 Harry Hau Yin LEE HKG 42.00 21.47 20.53 4.25 3.86 4.21 4.21 4.00 0.00 #4 26 Maverick EGUIA PHI 41.63 22.67 20.96 4.50 3.89 4.25 4.25 4.07 2.00 #2 27 Wun-Chang SHIH TPE 37.27 17.80 20.47 4.29 3.86 3.93 4.18 4.21 1.00 #6 28 Hwan-Jin KIM KOR 36.95 15.73 21.22 4.43 4.04 3.96 4.43 4.36 0.00 #5
Judges Scores (pdf)
VIDEO
1 Patrick CHAN
http://youtu.be/Eg8Tc3AIp3I
2 Takahito MURA
http://youtu.be/ivHXUdN-qow
3 Daisuke TAKAHASHI
http://youtu.be/TI9aTd9QXbI
4 Tatsuki MACHIDA
http://youtu.be/AOGshKryKhg
5 Denis TEN
http://youtu.be/m24qOw8d828
6 Ross MINER
http://youtu.be/HgTs67tyYmk
7 Adam RIPPON
http://youtu.be/m4l4DOoDOCM
8 Nan SONG
9 Kevin REYNOLDS
10 Jinlin GUAN
11 Misha GE
12 Jeremy TEN
13 Richard DORNBUSH
14 Christopher CALUZA
15 Jialiang WU
16 Alex Kang Chan KAM
17 Abzal RAKIMGALIEV
18 Mark WEBSTER
19 Luiz MANELLA
http://youtu.be/90GWPNwWyRg
20 Jordan JU
21 Min-Seok KIM
22 Kevin ALVES
http://youtu.be/51cUiXUeOcA
23 Brendan KERRY
24 Nicholas FERNANDEZ
25 Harry Hau Yin LEE
26 Maverick EGUIA
27 Wun-Chang SHIH
28 Hwan-Jin KIM
ALTRI video:
Warm-up Gruppo 5 - http://youtu.be/YIc3_z-HSf4
Riassunto gara
Ed eccoci allora ai primi risultati. Partenza col botto con la gara più attesa, quella maschile. Il corto vede in testa, con un discreto margine sul secondo, 4 punti, Patrick Chan. Il suo SP non è stato perfetto, il 4T è arrivato con l'appoggio di entrambe le mani, ma il canadese ha evitato la caduta ed è ripartito eseguendo molto bene il resto del programma. 3A ottimo, 3Lz3T perfetta, sequenza di passi da par suo per profondità dei fili e scorrevolezza, con livello 4 raggiunto; bene le trottole. Components, tutti sopra l'8, il punteggio, 87,95.
Patrick ha così commentato: "Sono molto contento per come sono riuscito a gestirmi, sono stato davvero bravo a farlo, quest'anno. Ho preso questa gara come una sfida e un test e sono riuscito a dare il meglio con le condizioni che avevo". Qualcosa lo ha disturbato, ha detto: "Hanno cambiato il ghiaccio, la temperatura era un po' differente, lo potevo percepire. Sono arrivato qui l'altro venerdì, il ghiaccio è diverso da allora. Piccole cose come questa cambiano la situazione, per questo la sento un po' estranea. Mi fa sentire di essere in una gara internazionale e non a casa (Chan si allena per buona parte dell'anno proprio a Colorado Springs, NdR)."
Solo terzo l'atteso rivale, Daisuke Takahashi (82,59), secondo il suo connazionale Takahito Mura (83,44). Mura ha eseguito un corto perfetto, con 4T3T e 3A ottimi, 3Lz sicuro e buone trottole, solo sul livello dei passi ha perso qualcosa; è suo il miglior punteggio tecnico, non altrettanto i components, i quarti del segmento. Il suo commento: "Sono molto, molto sorpreso di essermi piazzato davanti a Daisuke. Il contenuto è stato il mio migliore della stagione, spero di far anche meglio domani. Ai Nazionali sono arrivato quinto, mi sono allenato duramente e qui l'ho dimostrato. Mi spiace di non poter andare ai Mondiali, ma spero di far meglio il prossimo anno."
Takahashi ha pagato l'errore sul 4T, sottoruotato e terminato con una caduta. Ottimo tutto il resto, con un gran 3A, 3Lz3T pulita e passi magnifici, trascinante la sua interpretazione; peccato per il livello 2 della camel spin cambio piede. Tutti sopra l'8 i components, ma inferiori a Chan.
Quarto, a completare il buon risultato del Giappone, Tatsuki Machida (82,37), che non ha presentato il quadruplo ma un programma pulito con un 3A gigante e 3F3T come combinazione.
Denis Ten, quinto con 77,73, ha esordito col 4T ma è caduto; salto comunque valido. Buono il 3A, tutti 4 i livelli, ma la differenza nei components è stata netta rispetto ai primi.
Hanno un po' deluso gli americani, con Ross Miner sesto (76,89), Adam Rippon settimo (74,92) e Richard Dornbush 13mo. Miner ha pattinato senza errori, ma senza quadruplo e con GoE non altissimi, mentre Rippon, pur avendo tutti livelli 4, ha presentato come salti solo 3F3T, 3A pulito ma non eccelso ed è caduto sul 3Lz.
Peggio il cinese Nan Song, ottavo con 69,34, che è caduto sul 4T ed ha atterrato male il 3A, e Kevin Reynolds che lo segue con 68,22; per lui problemi con le rotazioni del 4S e del 3A, sul quale è caduto.
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Allora ho visto la classifica e l'unico video che per adesso è uscito su youtube è quello di Chan, quindi non posso esprimere un giudizio sulla classifica...aspetto di vedere i video di takahashi e Mura per commentare.... . -
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Fatto sta che sul quadruplo avrebbero dovuto dargli la caduta: aveva il peso del corpo per la maggior parte sulle due mani, il suo non si poteva considerare un atterraggio o un salto riuscito.
Ad altri pattinatori avrebbero segnalato una caduta, invece i giudici sono così gentili con Chan da lasciarglielo passare.
Mi piacerebbe che trattassero in modo uguale tutti gli altri pattinatori.
L'unico lato positivo è che non lo abbiano rimpilzato di punti sull'interpretazione, se c'era Abbott qui, sicuramente avrebbe dovuto prendere un punto e mezzo (minimo) in più... dato che l'idea e le espressioni dei loro SP sono simili, ma Abbott le fa sentire e vedere molto di più.. -
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-StN. 1 Q Mao ASADA JPN 64.25 34.11 30.14 7.61 7.25 7.68 7.50 7.64 0.00 #19 2 Q Ashley WAGNER USA 64.07 34.64 29.43 7.29 7.11 7.46 7.39 7.54 0.00 #22 3 Q Kanako MURAKAMI JPN 63.45 35.16 28.29 7.21 6.86 7.18 7.00 7.11 0.00 #23 4 Q Caroline ZHANG USA 58.74 32.79 25.95 6.57 6.18 6.61 6.54 6.54 0.00 #27 5 Q Kexin ZHANG CHN 54.07 31.59 23.48 6.18 5.82 5.79 5.89 5.68 1.00 #25 6 Q Agnes ZAWADZKI USA 52.87 27.07 26.80 6.68 6.50 6.68 6.79 6.86 1.00 #28 7 Q Amelie LACOSTE CAN 51.72 25.84 25.88 6.57 6.43 6.43 6.50 6.43 0.00 #20 8 Q Cynthia PHANEUF CAN 50.76 26.56 26.20 6.54 6.36 6.46 6.64 6.75 2.00 #29 9 Q Min-Jeong KWAK KOR 48.72 25.01 23.71 6.00 5.64 6.04 6.07 5.89 0.00 #26 10 Q Bingwa GENG CHN 46.98 25.52 23.46 6.07 5.68 5.86 5.89 5.82 2.00 #30 11 Q Haruka IMAI JPN 45.19 21.18 24.01 6.11 5.71 5.82 6.25 6.11 0.00 #24 12 Q Victoria MUNIZ PUR 42.63 24.46 18.17 4.57 4.21 4.79 4.46 4.68 0.00 #16 13 Q Mimi Tanasorn CHINDASOOK THA 37.23 20.77 16.46 4.32 4.00 4.07 4.25 3.93 0.00 #10 14 Q Alexandra NAJARRO CAN 37.08 18.48 18.60 4.89 4.36 4.57 4.75 4.68 0.00 #18 15 Q Chae-Yeon SUHR KOR 36.54 20.63 16.91 4.46 4.00 4.25 4.29 4.14 1.00 #14 16 Q Qiuying ZHU CHN 36.43 17.31 20.12 5.29 4.82 4.96 5.07 5.00 1.00 #21 17 Q Sandra KOHPON THA 35.58 20.53 15.05 3.93 3.68 3.75 3.82 3.64 0.00 #2 18 Q Melinda WANG TPE 35.35 19.62 16.73 4.39 3.89 4.25 4.18 4.21 1.00 #9 19 Q Yea-Ji YUN KOR 32.46 17.69 15.77 4.21 3.68 3.96 4.04 3.82 1.00 #7 20 Q Chantelle KERRY AUS 32.28 18.91 15.37 3.96 3.71 3.71 4.00 3.82 2.00 #1 21 Q Lejeanne MARAIS RSA 32.15 18.09 16.06 4.18 3.86 4.04 4.00 4.00 2.00 #17 22 Q Melanie SWANG THA 31.21 17.64 14.57 3.82 3.50 3.64 3.79 3.46 1.00 #13 23 Q Crystal KIANG TPE 30.91 15.11 15.80 3.93 3.86 3.96 3.96 4.04 0.00 #12 24 Q Zhaira COSTINIANO PHI 30.33 15.75 15.58 4.00 3.61 3.86 4.04 3.96 1.00 #4 25 Reyna HAMUI MEX 29.84 15.59 15.25 3.86 3.64 3.68 3.93 3.96 1.00 #5 26 Chaochih LIU TPE 29.07 14.76 15.31 3.75 3.75 3.75 4.00 3.89 1.00 #11 27 Mericien VENZON PHI 28.91 14.68 15.23 3.86 3.54 3.86 3.89 3.89 1.00 #8 28 Brittany LAU SIN 28.79 15.30 13.49 3.50 3.21 3.32 3.57 3.25 0.00 #3 29 Zara PASFIELD AUS 28.14 15.51 13.63 3.50 3.07 3.46 3.43 3.57 1.00 #6 30 Jaimee NOBBS AUS 26.33 12.28 14.05 3.68 3.32 3.46 3.68 3.43 0.00 #15
Judges Scores (pdf)
SMALL MEDALS
Ladies - Short Program
VIDEO
1 Mao ASADA
http://youtu.be/7QrTZf2nN40
2 Ashley WAGNER
3 Kanako MURAKAMI
http://youtu.be/7waxMUo8tIg
4 Caroline ZHANG
5 Kexin ZHANG
6 Agnes ZAWADZKI
7 Amelie LACOSTE
8 Cynthia PHANEUF
9 Min-Jeong KWAK
10 Bingwa GENGMen - Free Skating
Result DetailsPl. Name Nation TSS
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-StN. 1 Patrick CHAN CAN 185.99 95.83 90.16 9.04 8.93 9.04 9.11 8.96 0.00 #21 2 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 161.74 76.88 84.86 8.50 8.21 8.54 8.54 8.64 0.00 #20 3 Adam RIPPON USA 146.63 73.41 74.22 7.54 7.00 7.57 7.54 7.46 1.00 #14 4 Ross MINER USA 146.34 73.04 74.30 7.50 7.29 7.43 7.54 7.39 1.00 #24 5 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 135.04 66.74 69.30 7.04 6.57 6.93 7.11 7.00 1.00 #15 6 Takahito MURA JPN 133.72 62.16 71.56 7.46 6.86 7.14 7.25 7.07 0.00 #23 7 Denis TEN KAZ 132.30 63.22 70.08 7.14 6.79 6.93 7.18 7.00 1.00 #22 8 Misha GE UZB 132.04 63.04 69.00 6.86 6.32 7.18 6.96 7.18 0.00 #17 9 Jinlin GUAN CHN 130.17 63.17 67.00 6.89 6.43 6.68 6.75 6.75 0.00 #16 10 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 125.67 56.91 69.76 7.14 6.71 6.89 7.07 7.07 1.00 #19 11 Nan SONG CHN 121.17 59.37 62.80 6.57 5.86 6.39 6.29 6.29 1.00 #13 12 Christopher CALUZA PHI 114.58 52.78 61.80 6.11 5.89 6.36 6.18 6.36 0.00 #11 13 Min-Seok KIM KOR 107.75 56.53 52.22 5.57 4.93 5.32 5.29 5.00 1.00 #4 14 Richard DORNBUSH USA 102.95 41.49 62.46 6.36 6.04 6.04 6.43 6.36 1.00 #8 15 Alex Kang Chan KAM KOR 101.95 46.09 55.86 5.89 5.21 5.61 5.68 5.54 0.00 #12 16 Abzal RAKIMGALIEV KAZ 101.53 51.39 53.14 5.46 4.89 5.25 5.43 5.54 3.00 #7 17 Jialiang WU CHN 100.43 49.21 52.22 5.71 4.93 5.29 5.18 5.00 1.00 #10 18 Jeremy TEN CAN 97.85 37.13 63.72 6.54 6.14 6.14 6.50 6.54 3.00 #18 19 Brendan KERRY AUS 97.25 49.31 47.94 5.11 4.57 4.79 4.89 4.61 0.00 #6 20 Mark WEBSTER AUS 87.99 37.43 50.56 5.32 4.79 4.96 5.25 4.96 0.00 #9 21 Nicholas FERNANDEZ AUS 87.19 42.57 45.62 4.71 4.32 4.57 4.64 4.57 1.00 #2 22 Jordan JU TPE 85.48 43.42 43.06 4.64 4.25 4.11 4.46 4.07 1.00 #3 23 Kevin ALVES BRA 84.98 44.08 42.90 4.64 3.96 4.25 4.39 4.21 2.00 #5 24 Luiz MANELLA BRA 82.90 42.12 42.78 4.57 4.07 4.25 4.39 4.11 2.00 #1
Judges Scores (pdf)
Men - Free Skating
VIDEO
1 Patrick CHAN
2 Daisuke TAKAHASHI
http://youtu.be/v7f_0bigGrg
3 Ross MINER
4 Adam RIPPON
5 Takahito MURA
6 Denis TEN
7 Tatsuki MACHIDA
8 Kevin REYNOLDS
9 Misha GE
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Men
ResultFPl. Name Nation Points SP FS 1 Patrick CHAN CAN 273.94 1 1 2 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 244.33 3 2 3 Ross MINER USA 223.23 6 4 4 Adam RIPPON USA 221.55 7 3 5 Takahito MURA JPN 217.16 2 6 6 Denis TEN KAZ 210.03 5 7 7 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 208.04 4 10 8 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 203.26 9 5 9 Misha GE UZB 196.53 11 8 10 Jinlin GUAN CHN 196.53 10 9 11 Nan SONG CHN 190.51 8 11 12 Christopher CALUZA PHI 172.60 14 12 13 Richard DORNBUSH USA 164.29 13 14 14 Jeremy TEN CAN 159.22 12 18 15 Min-Seok KIM KOR 157.14 21 13 16 Jialiang WU CHN 156.62 15 17 17 Alex Kang Chan KAM KOR 154.07 16 15 18 Abzal RAKIMGALIEV KAZ 153.63 17 16 19 Brendan KERRY AUS 144.26 23 19 20 Mark WEBSTER AUS 138.87 18 20 21 Jordan JU TPE 134.97 20 22 22 Luiz MANELLA BRA 133.07 19 24 23 Kevin ALVES BRA 132.94 22 23 24 Nicholas FERNANDEZ AUS 131.76 24 21 25 Harry Hau Yin LEE HKG FNR 25 26 Maverick EGUIA PHI FNR 26 27 Wun-Chang SHIH TPE FNR 27 28 Hwan-Jin KIM KOR FNR 28 CITAZIONEDespite Chan’s lead, men’s short belonged to Japan at 4CCsReigning World Champion Patrick Chan, 21, took the lead after the short program at the 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Canadian was overshadowed, however, by the performances of the three Japanese competitors who could give him a run for his money in Friday evening’s free skate.
“I actually feel more foreign here than I thought I would,” said the locally trained Chan. “I couldn’t find my feet. The ice conditions were a little different than usual. I was a bit more nervous than usual. I was very happy how I was able to gather myself.”
Chan opened his Take Five routine with a stumble on a quadruple toe loop attempt, but quickly recovered and took command of the ice for the rest of his program. He scored a new season’s best 87.95 points for his effort.
“This whole year has been a test,” Chan said about being the hunted instead of the hunter. “This is just another step in my development, and it hasn’t been easy. I expect to have to continue to fight for everything this season, and I’m looking forward to that.”
Though Chan is the leader in points, it was Japan’s Takahiko Mura who came away with the most inspired performance of the night. The fifth place finisher at the 2012 Japanese National Championships, Mura was surprised to be included in the elite company of Chan and teammate Daisuke Takahashi, who sits in third place.
“First of all I must say that I’m very surprised that I’m placed above Daisuke,” Mura said. “As far as the content of the program, I thought it was the best of the season and I hope to place well tomorrow.”
Mura earned the highest technical scores of the night with his Red Violin program that opened with the only quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination of the competition.
I was so sad because I couldn’t get into the Grand Prix series. This sadness gave me extra motivation. I understood that if I skate clean like I did today I can get a good score. So this is a very good learning experience for me.
“This season I haven’t done a very good short program until today,” said Mura excitedly. “I am so happy to achieve this great skating in this big competition. I was so sad because I couldn’t get into the Grand Prix series. This sadness gave me extra motivation.”
The 21-year-old trails Chan by less than five points, earning a new personal best of 83.44 points in the competition thus far.
Like Chan, Takahashi fell on his opening quadruple toe loop attempt in his In the Garden of Souls program. The defending champion recovered to nail the rest of the program, and finished with 82.59 points.
“I was feeling good about the quad toe since I came in and I have been planning to include that, so I went for it today,” explained the 25-year-old. “I was a little bit shaky today, but I feel not too bad about today’s performance.”
Another Japanese skater, Tatsuki Machida, 21, had one of the few clean performances of the night and finished in fourth place with 82.37 points—more than 10 points higher than his previous personal best. His Russian folk music program was a crowd favorite.
Finishing in fifth place—also with a new personal best, was Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten. The 18-year-old fell on his opening quadruple toe loop, but nailed the rest of his program to earn 77.73 points on the night.
American Ross Miner, 21, finished in 6th place, while teammate Adam Rippon finished in 7th. The two skaters scored 76.89 and 74.92 points respectively—each a new season high score.
Miner gave a solid skate that featured a triple Axel, triple Lutz-triple toe, and triple flip.
“I’m really happy with it,” said Miner of his performance. “It’s my new season’s best, so it’s a good start to the competition and I’m excited for tomorrow.”
Rippon landed a triple flip-triple toe and a triple Axel, but fell on the triple Lutz.
“The Lutz is such a silly mistake that I never make,” said Rippon of the fall. “I’d rather make it here at the Four Continents than at the World Championships.”"
“I’m going in focused on what I need to do,” added the 22-year-old regarding the long program. “I know that this is just a good practice for Worlds and I’m going to take each element at a time and I’m excited to show my best at the World Championships.”
Richard Dornbush, 13th at last month’s U.S. Championships repeated that placement tonight as he continues to struggle to return to his level from last season. He earned 61.34 points with his The Fifth program.
“It didn’t go like I wanted it to, but I only had a week since nationals so I guess 10 points in a week isn’t bad,” the 20-year-old commented. “I have a lot to look forward to [in the free skate]—triple Axel and triple flip—especially, so I look forward to getting those done.”
Chan wins second 4CC title by a landslideIf you weren’t a believer before, you have to be now. Reigning World Champion Patrick Chan decimated the competition in the men’s free skate at the 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championship, reinforcing the fact that he is the one to beat heading into next month’s World Championships in Nice, France.
“You just have to feel it and I was feeling it,” said the new champion. “It came together very well today. My plan from the beginning was two quads, but if it didn’t go well, I just trust my training. You just have to trust yourself.”
After opening with a beautiful quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination, it was easy for the Colorado Springs-trained Chan to trust himself. Though he appeared confident throughout his Concerto de Aranjuez program, Chan admitted to feeling the pressure of the competition.
“I was more nervous today than I have been in a long time,” he admitted. “As soon as I got my feet under me, I was able to get my head on straight and let things go. I went through the elements one by one. I’m happy that I was able to remain focused after such a rough practice this morning.”
Chan’s practice aside, this competition was all him—he ended up with a competition total of 273.94 points which was nearly 30 points more than silver medalist Daisuke Takahashi.
Takahashi had a disastrous start to his Blues For Klook program, falling on his opening quadruple toe loop attempt and then popping an intended triple Axel. As the program progressed, however, the Japanese champion pulled himself together and finished strong.
“Today was not good,” said the 2010 World Champion. “I missed two jumps, but the audience helped me and I enjoyed tonight a lot.”
The silver medalist thinks that this competition is a good stepping stone for the World Championships, but realizes he has his work cut out for him if he wants to return to the top of the podium in Nice.
“Between nationals and Worlds there is a lot of time so I’m glad to compete here in between,” he said. “There was also a big gap between me and Patrick which gives me motivation to work harder. Watching and practicing with other skaters also gives me motivation. I realize again [that] I need to improve the consistency of the quad jump.”
Takahashi earned 244.33 points in the competition.
Ross Miner jumped his way from sixth place after the short program to win the bronze medal by a little more than a point over teammate Adam Rippon, who finished in fourth.
“Today was pretty unexpected result-wise,” Miner said. “I had a long wait. When I got on the ice, I felt cold. The whole performance felt a little off then the results came up and whoa! That’s cool. I didn’t expect that.”
The U.S. bronze medalist skated with lots of speed, but struggled with some of the jumps—and even fell on a triple Lutz in the second half of the program. His performance still netted him 223.23 points, a new personal best.
“The goal for me coming in was a new season’s best,” he explained. “Winning a medal is just the cherry on top.”
Rippon rebounded from a disappointing seventh place finish in the short program, and actually beat Miner in the free skate by less than a point. His total of 221.55 points was also a season’s best.
“I told myself that I was well-trained and I worked really hard for nationals,” Rippon said. “I just really wanted to keep that momentum going. This wasn’t as strong, but I don’t really think I showed much weakness or letdown from nationals.”
Rippon opened with a quadruple Salchow attempt, but was able to complete it.
“I felt really tight tonight,” he admitted. “My only goal for the Salchow was to rotate it and get that monkey off of my back. I plan to start prepping for the World Championships, and I will definitely need the quad there. I’m gearing up to skate two clean programs in Nice.”
Japan’s Takahito Mura, second after the short program, struggled throughout his program, and appeared to struggle with the high altitude in Colorado Springs. He faded to a distant fifth place, but managed a new season’s best 217.16 points in the competition.
Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten also had issues with his free skate, but still managed his best placement in this competition—sixth.
Japan’s third entry, Tatsuki Machida finished in seventh place, while Canadian Kevin Reynolds finished in eighth.
Misha Ge from Uzbekistan and China’s Jinlin Guan rounded out the top ten in ninth and 10th, respectively.
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Pairs - Short Program
Starting OrderStN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA 2 Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE CAN 3 Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER USA Warm-Up Group 2 4 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN 5 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN 6 Huibo DONG / Yiming WU CHN Warm-Up Group 3 7 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 8 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 9 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG USA 10 Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS CAN
Ice Dance - Short Dance
Starting OrderStN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Cortney MANSOUR / Daryn ZHUNUSSOV KAZ 2 Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO UZB 3 Corenne BRUHNS / Ryan VAN NATTEN 
MEX Warm-Up Group 2 4 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN 5 Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM CAN 6 Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN AUS 7 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA Warm-Up Group 3 8 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 9 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 10 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA 11 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
Ladies - Free Skating
Starting OrderStN. Name Nation Rank Points Warm-Up Group 1 1 Lejeanne MARAIS 
RSA 21 32.15 2 Crystal KIANG TPE 23 30.91 3 Chantelle KERRY AUS 20 32.28 4 Melanie SWANG 
THA 22 31.21 5 Zhaira COSTINIANO PHI 24 30.33 6 Yea-Ji YUN KOR 19 32.46 Warm-Up Group 2 7 Chae-Yeon SUHR KOR 15 36.54 8 Alexandra NAJARRO CAN 14 37.08 9 Mimi Tanasorn CHINDASOOK THA 13 37.23 10 Sandra KHOPON THA 17 35.58 11 Qiuying ZHU CHN 16 36.43 12 Melinda WANG TPE 18 35.35 Warm-Up Group 3 13 Haruka IMAI JPN 11 45.19 14 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN 8 50.76 15 Amelie LACOSTE CAN 7 51.72 16 Bingwa GENG CHN 10 46.98 17 Victoria MUNIZ 
PUR 12 42.63 18 Min-Jeong KWAK KOR 9 48.72 Warm-Up Group 4 19 Caroline ZHANG USA 4 58.74 20 Ashley WAGNER USA 2 64.07 21 Agnes ZAWADZKI USA 6 52.87 22 Kanako MURAKAMI JPN 3 63.45 23 Mao ASADA JPN 1 64.25 24 Kexin ZHANG CHN 5 54.07 .
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