I’m not even going to lie, that was the most insane men’s free skate I have ever witnessed. Adam jumps to the podium after being in the first warm-up group, Yuma wins his third Worlds silver, and Ilia with a flawless free skate after all the question marks this week. The emotions. The whiplash. The drama.
JSF opting to keep the ice dance spot at Worlds TBD and waiting to see how the results pan out at 4CC - we’re seeing the rise of Azusa and Shingo, and Utana and Masaya. Japanese ice dance is so exciting.
ilia's performance tonight resulted in the first ever quad axel executed in a short program. including his 4Lz+3T and 3A, ilia's technical content is the most difficult ever attempted in short program history!
A messy men’s free skate for a great women’s free skate when the reverse happened in the short program is very on brand. Skating gods giveth and the skating gods taketh away.