Ladies' short program (FINAL)
1. Mao Asada JPN - 64.25
2. Ashley Wagner USA - 64.07
3. Kanako Murakami JPN - 63.45
4. Caroline Zhang USA - 58.74
5. Kexin Zhang CHN - 54.07
6. Agnes Zawadzki USA - 52.87
7. Amelie Lacoste CAN - 51.72
8. Cynthia Phaneuf CAN - 50.76
9. Min-Jeong Kwak KOR - 48.72
10. Bingwa Geng CHN - 46.98
11. Haruka Imai JPN - 45.19
12. Victoria Muniz PUR - 42.63
13. Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook THA - 37.23
14. Alexandra Najarro CAN - 37.08
15. Chae-Yeon Suhr KOR - 36.54
16. Qiuying Zhu CHN - 36.43
17. Sandra Kohpon THA - 35.58
18. Melinda Wang TPE - 35.35
19. Yea-Ji Yun KOR - 32.46
20. Chantelle Kerry AUS - 32.28
21. Lejeanne Marais RSA - 32.15
22. Melanie Swang THA - 31.21
23. Crystal Kiang TPE - 30.91
24. Zhaira Costiniano PHI - 30.33
25. Reyna Hamui MEX - 29.84
26. Chaochih Liu TPE - 29.07
27. Mericien Venzon PHI - 28.91
28. Brittany Lau SIN - 28.79
29. Zara Pasfield AUS - 28.14
30. Jaimee Nobbs AUS - 26.33
RECAP: Ladies' short program
TRIPLE-TRIPLE COMBO COUNT: 4 attempted (Wagner flip-toe, Murakami toe-toe, KZhang toe-toe, CZhang loop-loop), 2 clean (Murakami, KZhang)
Bingwa Geng CHN - Umbrellas of Cherbourg - triple lutz-double toe, steps into triple toe (fall, possibly underrotated), double axel (fall) - TES 25.52, PCS 23.46, FALLS -2.00, SP SCORE 46.98
Cynthia Phaneuf CAN - double axel (fall), triple lutz (fall), triple loop-double toe - oy, this skate-off between her and Lacoste isn't really all that exciting right now - TES 26.56, PCS 26.20, FALLS -2.00, SP SCORE 50.76
Agnes Zawadzki USA - triple toe (fall, no combo), steps into triple lutz-double toe (nice), double axel - not bad, it was good that she didn't fall apart after the fall on the toe (and it was a pretty splattery fall) - TES 27.07, PCS 26.80, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 52.87
Caroline Zhang USA - triple loop-triple loop (just too far back on her heel and fell out), triple flip (nice), double axel - like at Nationals, the loop-loop looked clean ... let's see how they call it here - TES 32.79, PCS 25.95, SP SCORE 58.74
Min-Jeong Kwak KOR - East of Eden - triple lutz (two-foot?), triple salchow-double toe (nice), double axel - good to see her skate a solid short program after having a lot of struggles in the past few years - TES 25.01, PCS 23.71, SP SCORE 48.72
Kexin Zhang CHN - triple toe-triple toe (nice), steps into triple lutz (fall, a bit delayed on the rotation), double axel - TES 31.59, PCS 23.48, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 54.07
Final group on the ice to warm up. Skate order: KZhang, Kwak, CZhang, Zawadzki, Phaneuf, Geng. I will make a prediction now - especially seeing what Murakami did and scored - none of the final six are going to top Asada or Wagner today, even with clean programs.
Ice cut! So two shockers in that last group. Wagner's high PCS marks really bring a smile to my face - the international judges are finally taking notice of her skating (both of her programs this season are outstanding). The fact that she tried and rotated her triple flip-triple toe and landed it with a slight two-foot likely helped her case in the PCS arena too. Second shocker was the fact that a clean Murakami with a triple-triple didn't beat a flawed Asada and flawed Wagner. In my mind, though, her PCS were where they should've been. I just expected her TES to be higher.
Wagner is doing exactly what she needs to be doing to become a medal contender at Worlds. As I had written a week ago, the key for her will be the triple-triple in the short. If she can hang with the top ladies in the short program, her PCS will also hang with them through the competition. It's all about respect right now from the international panels. And there was plenty of it today in her short program score.
Haruka Imai JPN - triple toe (hand down, no combo), steps into triple loop (bailed out in mid-air, came out forward), double axel - she seemed a bit shocked after that non-combo at the beginning, her loop is always so solid but she just lost focus - TES 21.18, PCS 24.01, SP SCORE 45.19
Kanako Murakami JPN - triple toe-triple toe (nice), triple flip, double axel - strong skate from Murakami, so much better than she was during the Grand Prix, that will go into first (or not??) - TES 35.16, PCS 28.29, SP SCORE 63.45
Ashley Wagner USA - speed into triple flip-triple toe (!!! two-footed the toe but looked rotated), triple loop (solid), double axel - she just looks so strong and confident here, that flip-toe was a VERY strong combination, really secure on both takeoffs; leaned just a bit outside the circle and had to two-foot the landing - TES 34.64, PCS 29.43, SP SCORE 64.07
Qiuying Zhu CHN - Pas de Deux - triple flip (possibly underrotated, fall), double toe, double axel - TES 17.31, PCS 20.12, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 36.43
Amelie Lacoste CAN - double axel, single axel (how many times has she done that in competition?), triple loop-double loop - that lutz was a bad sign for the skate-off ... she's got such a rushed takeoff on the lutz, hopefully, she can rebound for the free skate - TES 25.84, PCS 25.88, SP SCORE 51.72
Mao Asada JPN - Scheherazade - a whole lot of speed into triple axel (underrotated at least, two-foot), triple flip-double loop, steps into triple loop (nice) - it's a light program, suits her so much better than the recent drama-angst programs have - TES 34.11, PCS 30.14, SP SCORE 64.25
Fourth group on the ice. It's about to get a whole lot more exciting in here! Skate order: Asada, Lacoste, Zhu, Wagner, Murakami, Imai. Those first 18 were pretty subpar, but it's going to be a whole different stratosphere of skating coming up. Let's see what Asada's got up her sleeve today.
Alexandra Najarro CAN - single flip (saw that one coming from the warmup), triple salchow (foot down), spread eagle into double axel (hand down), first part of the step sequence was just a tad forced - TES 18.48, PCS 18.60, SP SCORE 37.08
Lejeanne Marais RSA - triple loop (fall, possibly underrotated), triple salchow (at least underrotated, fall), double axel - TES 18.09, PCS 16.06, FALLS -2.00, SP SCORE 32.15
Victoria Muniz PUR - triple lutz (hand down, turn out)-double toe, triple flip (underrotated), double axel - are we going to see our first 40+ score? - TES 24.46, PCS 18.17, SP SCORE 42.63
Jaimee Nobbs AUS - single axel, threes into triple loop (downgrade, came out forward on two feet), double lutz - TES 12.28, PCS 14.05, SP SCORE 26.33
Chae-Yeon Suhr KOR - triple salchow-double toe, double axel (fall), triple toe - TES 20.63, PCS 16.91, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 36.54
Melanie Swang THA - Imagine/Yesterday - double axel (two-foot, fall, at least underrotated), double lutz, double flip-double loop - TES 17.64, PCS 14.57, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 31.21
Third group on the ice to warm up. Skate order: Swang, Suhr, Nobbs, Muniz, Marais, Najarro. These ladies will be taking it up a couple notches here, and then the next group will blow this group out of the water.
Pregame analysis: The final two groups of ladies are going to be heads above the rest for sure. Like the men's short, it's going to be the second-to-last group that will have the greatest density of firepower. Asada goes first in the second-to-last group, Wagner goes fourth, followed by Murakami. There's a chance we will see both the triple axel and the triple flip-triple loop combo from Asada for the first time this season, so that should be exciting.
There's Lacoste and Imai also in that second-to-last group, both of whom could be dark horses. And then Zhang, Zawadzki, and Phaneuf are in the final group. And it'll be in those final two groups where the triple-triple combos are going to be attempted.
Ice cut!
Crystal Kiang TPE - Nostalgia - triple lutz (downgrade, came out forward on two feet), triple flip (underrotated, two-foot), double axel (it looked like it was overrotated, or was it a triple axel attempt?) - TES 15.11, PCS 15.80, SP SCORE 30.91
Chaochih Liu TPE - East of Eden - triple toe (fall), single salchow, ina bauer into single axel - TES 14.76, PCS 15.31, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 29.07
Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook THA - Memoirs of a Geisha - triple toe-double toe (nice), double axel, single salchow (very tentative approach) - TES 20.77, PCS 16.46, SP SCORE 37.23
Melinda Wang TPE - Otonal - triple toe-double toe, triple toe (fall, rotating in all sorts of axes in the air), double axel - TES 19.62, PCS 16.73, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 35.35
Mericien Venzon PHI - double flip, triple salchow-double toe, double axel (fall) - TES 14.68, PCS 15.23, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 28.91
Yea-Ji Yun KOR - Rondo Capriccioso - triple salchow-double toe (possible underrotation on the sal), triple flip (underrotated, fall), single axel (came down on two feet) - TES 17.69, PCS 15.77, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 32.46
Second group on the ice for warmup. Skate order: Yun, Venzon, Wang, Chindasook, Liu, Kiang
Zara Pasfield AUS - double axel (downgrade, step out), triple loop (downgrade, fall), double lutz-double toe (possible two-foot on the toe), a nice back crossfoot that went on for days! - TES 15.51, PCS 13.63, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 28.14
Reyna Hamui MEX - threes into single loop, triple salchow (fall), double axel (fall out) - TES 15.59, PCS 15.25, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 29.84
Zhaira Costiniano PHI - triple lutz (downgrade, two-foot), triple salchow (had to take a falling leaf out of it), double axel (fall) - TES 15.75, PCS 15.58, FALL -1.00, SP SCORE 30.33
Brittany Lau SIN - convoluted setup into triple loop (downgrade, two-foot came out forward), double axel (downgrade, two-foot came out forward), double flip-double toe - TES 15.30, PCS 13.49, SP SCORE 28.79
Sandra Kohpon THA - double axel, triple salchow, double flip-double loop - she's got quite the Ito/Nakano wrap on her jumps - TES 20.53, PCS 15.05, SP SCORE 35.58
Chantelle Kerry AUS - long setup into triple loop (fall), steps into triple toe (two-foot, fall, possibly underrotated), double axel - TES 18.91, PCS 15.37, FALLS -2.00, SP SCORE 32.28
First group on the ice for warmup. Skate order: Kerry, Kohpon, Lau, Costiniano, Hamui, Pasfield.
Stay tuned - right here! - for live up-to-the-second play-by-play coverage of the ladies' short program at the Four Continents Championships. The fun begins at 2:50 p.m. Eastern / 11:50 a.m. Pacific / 4:50 a.m. (2/11) Tokyo. Take a look at the preview and predictions to see who's who amongst the ladies. The top ladies will not be skating until the last two groups - and the second-to-last group is especially packed, with Asada, Wagner, and Murakami in that group. I'll be doing more pregame analysis during the ice cut between groups 2 and 3.
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Ladies' short program (start order)
GROUP 1
1. Chantelle Kerry AUS
2. Sandra Kohpon THA
3. Brittany Lau SIN
4. Zhaira Costiniano PHI
5. Reyna Hamui MEX
6. Zara Pasfield AUS
GROUP 2
7. Yea-Ji Yun KOR
8. Mericien Venzon PHI
9. Melinda Wang TPE
10. Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook THA
11. Chaochih Liu TPE
12. Crystal Kiang TPE
GROUP 3
13. Melanie Swang THA
14. Chae-Yeon Suhr KOR
15. Jaimee Nobbs AUS
16. Victoria Muniz PUR
17. Lejeanne Marais RSA
18. Alexandra Najarro CAN
GROUP 4
19. Mao Asada JPN
20. Amelie Lacoste CAN
21. Qiuying Zhu CHN
22. Ashley Wagner USA
23. Kanako Murakami JPN
24. Haruka Imai JPN
GROUP 5
25. Kexin Zhang CHN
26. Min-Jeong Kwak KOR
27. Caroline Zhang USA
28. Agnes Zawadzki USA
29. Cynthia Phaneuf CAN
30. Bingwa Geng CHN
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