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[Marco @marco_fsu]

@rockerskating Michelle also showed that arm position during East of Eden in 1999 but during a simpler spin.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

@rockerskating Beautiful arms and not rushing her moves. Wonderful qualities but all these backbends have got to hurt, no? Funnily her layback isn't that impressive. I do not like her flying camel and do not understand how it is level 4.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

@davesha @rockerskating And since both flips received ! calls, it is essentially 5 lutzes in six jump passes. Speaking of lippers, Elena Liashenko was widely dinged for her ugly jump setups and I feel like he should be too.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

@rockerskating wow it is the start of the season and Yuna is already delivering the most musical performance. Love that step sequence, every bit of it.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

@UpholdTheISUBan @rockerskating But the decision process was not yet officially done so announcing things ahead of that decision is counter-intuitive, even if many believe that decision was already made internally.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

@pompurinabauer Kovtun beat Plushenko at 2013-4 Nationals and yet it was the latter man who went to Olympics.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

@SkatingScores I often wonder, with such pure technique, why Paul wasn't able to land 3/3s.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

My performances of the season:

Men: Yuma Kagiyama free skate at Worlds
Women: Yuna Aoki free skate at 4CCs

[Marco @marco_fsu]

My Olympic men top 5 skating placements would have been:

G: Misha
S: Cha
B: Yuma
4th: Shun
5th: Stephen

[Marco @marco_fsu]

10. My overall placement:

G Kaori
S Mone
B Isabeau
4 Ami
5 Jia
6 Nina
7 Lara
8 Amber
9 Sarah
10 Niina
11 Anatasia

[Marco @marco_fsu]

8. Jia Shin should have placed and scored higher overall. Fresh out of juniors, very underappreciated.

9. Quite meh with the 2 Euro champs. They are mostly reliable and clean but I always feel they are maxed out and not up to surprise.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

8. Jia Shin should have placed and scored higher overall. Fresh out of juniors, very underappreciated.

9. Quite meh with the 2 Euro champs. They are mostly reliable and clean but I always feel they are maxed out and not up to surprise.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

6. Also not a big fan of Lara.

7. Well can we have Amber' short here and her free from the Olympics? She is consistently inconsistent at big comps. Not getting my hopes up for her.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

6. Also not a big fan of Lara.

7. Well can we have Amber' short here and her free from the Olympics? She is consistently inconsistent at big comps. Not getting my hopes up for her.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

4. Not a fan of Nina's skating. I would have placed her much lower.

5. Who convinced Isabeau to do 3lutz3loop combos when she wasn't even rotating 3lutz3toes? Love her skating, but now that the Olympics is over maybe she can take a real season off to fix those jumps?!

[Marco @marco_fsu]

4. Not a fan of Nina's skating. I would have placed her much lower.

5. Who convinced Isabeau to do 3lutz3loop combos when she wasn't even rotating 3lutz3toes? Love her skating, but now that the Olympics is over maybe she can take a real season off to fix those jumps?!

[Marco @marco_fsu]

3. Too bad Ami missed her 3axels here but I don't feel she should have placed or scored this low overall. 4th or 5th is more like it. It's like the Fed only had quota to clout for 2 girls so she missed out here just like Mone did at the Olympics.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

3. Too bad Ami missed her 3axels here but I don't feel she should have placed or scored this low overall. 4th or 5th is more like it. It's like the Fed only had quota to clout for 2 girls so she missed out here just like Mone did at the Olympics.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

#WorldFigure

1. Much deserved redemption for Kaori here. Too bad her skating never moved me but she was indeed the best overall skater this quad.

2. Hopefully no more Let's Dance again, ever. It was cute and all, but two seasons of high level exposure is more than enough.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

#WorldFigure

1. Much deserved redemption for Kaori here. Too bad her skating never moved me but she was indeed the best overall skater this quad.

2. Hopefully no more Let's Dance again, ever. It was cute and all, but two seasons of high level exposure is more than enough.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

7. Happy that we will likely see both Selevkos at World's next season. Sasha was magnificent here.

8. Well everyone about Grassl's skating was, well, ugly. The judges have always been reluctant to score him well and it is time for the Fed to wake up.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

5. Have to hand it to Stephen Gogolev. Absolutely nailed it at the Olympics and here. Height be damned.

6. Kevin deserved 3rd in the free with 2nd in PCS and maybe 5th overall. Neither he nor Adam are reliable so the Fed shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

5. Have to hand it to Stephen Gogolev. Absolutely nailed it at the Olympics and here. Height be damned.

6. Kevin deserved 3rd in the free with 2nd in PCS and maybe 5th overall. Neither he nor Adam are reliable so the Fed shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

3. Love Shun's jumps but he was quite dull, as is Sota. Kao was much more exciting but hey, results matter. Let's see how Rio goes in seniors.

4. Jun was much missed here by me and supposedly by his Fed. No KOR men made the free and they are back to 1 spot next season. Oops.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

3. Love Shun's jumps but he was quite dull, as is Sota. Kao was much more exciting but hey, results matter. Let's see how Rio goes in seniors.

4. Jun was much missed here by me and supposedly by his Fed. No KOR men made the free and they are back to 1 spot next season. Oops.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

#WorldFigure

1. Most delighted that Yuma finally nailed Turandot. It was divine. Medal colour be damned.

2. So happy that Ilia redeemed himself here, not that he really needed to prove anything. So he fluke-tanked at the Olympics, big deal. He dominated the entire quad.

[Marco @marco_fsu]

#WorldFigure

1. Most delighted that Yuma finally nailed Turandot. It was divine. Medal colour be damned.

2. So happy that Ilia redeemed himself here, not that he really needed to prove anything. So he fluke-tanked at the Olympics, big deal. He dominated the entire quad.