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Monthly Archives: April 2022
Disappointments
I wrote and published this post yesterday, in Italian. I’m talking about myself, about what I did, even if I pretend to address Yuzu. And at some point I really turn to him, even though I know very well that … Continue reading
Delusioni
English translation here. Nessuno può sapere cosa accadrà, cosa ci riserverà il domani. Il 4 novembre, per me, avrebbe dovuto essere un giorno come tanti, uno di quelli che attraversiamo, vivendo la nostra giornata, e che poi dimentichiamo. Non mi … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/5: Jason Brown’s SP
For Jason Brown I didn’t take all the screenshots I did for Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, and Nathan Chen. It’s a long job, so at first I ignored Brown. Then I started watching the video of his SP at 25% … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/4: Nathan Chen’s SP
Third program I watched at 25% speed. If you have no idea what I did, you can read my explanations at the beginning of the post dedicated to Shoma Uno‘s short program. So Nathan Chen. He has set a new … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/3: Yuma Kagiyama’s SP
As with Shoma Uno, I watched Yuma Kagiyama’s short program at 25% speed and took numerous screenshots. If you need explanations on what I did you can read the beginning of the previous post. These are the screenshots of Kagiyama’s … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/2: Shoma Uno’s SP
As I explained, I watched a few short programs at 25% speed, taking a screenshot every time the skater did something. What this something is, and how the skater did it, is something that varies from skater to skater and … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/1: serious error and criteria
I am not a figure skating judge, nor have I ever thought of becoming one. For years my ability to understand what was happening on the ice, beyond seeing the most glaring mistakes, was so limited that I could not … Continue reading
Quiz on the jumps: the answers/2
Second part of the answers. Jump 16 This is 3Lz executed by Yuma Kagiyama in the FS of 2021 Internationaux de France. No call on the edge, GOE marks from +2 to +4, final GOE +1.77. Your answers: 2 toe … Continue reading
Pechino 2022
Text already published in English. A volte capita di sorprendersi da soli e di fare qualcosa che non si pensava si sarebbe mai fatto. Mi traduco in italiano. Alcuni giorni fa ho scritto un testo, che ho intitolato Beijing 2022. … Continue reading
Quiz on the jumps: the answers/1
I did my quiz on the jumps because I wanted to look at them as impersonally as possible: I wanted them to be judged by how they were performed, regardless of who performed them. I’m a fan too, I know … Continue reading
