Skate America 2012

19 - 21 Oct, Kent/Seattle, WA
http://2012skateamerica.com/


CET (Central European Time) schedule:

Saturday, Oct. 20

04:00 Pairs SP
05:30 Men SP

21:30 Ladies SP
23:10 Short Dance

Sunday, Oct. 21

04:00 Men FS
06:00 Pairs FS

20:45 Free Dance
22:15 Ladies FS

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Eastern USA times:

Friday, Oct. 19 - Subscribers Only
10:00 p.m.: Pairs short program
11:30 p.m.: Men's short program

Saturday, Oct. 20 - All Registered Users
3:30 p.m.: Ladies short program
5:10 p.m.: Short dance
10:00 p.m.: Men's free skate
Midnight: Pairs free skate

Sunday, Oct. 21 - Subscribers Only
2:45 p.m.: Free dance
4:15 p.m.: Ladies free skate

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Entries:

SA ISU Entries / Results page:
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051401.htm

MEN! (among others):

Yuzuru HANYU
I expect him to improve his FT result in SA. Here's his SP and FS links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfwxV6BiaoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPky2ZHQLgw&feature=plcp

Takahiko KOZUKA

FS:
https://youtu.be/a9OS67IdLEM?t=2m9s

Jeremy ABBOTT

SP:
https://youtu.be/qtWzcVMkbfE?t=17s

FS:
https://youtu.be/HclDBc_ek2s?t=46s

Konstantin MENSHOV

SP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7WRt9Wk3hQ

FS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEVPXbGh0ow&feature=share&list=UUd05Y7576jQAyT5M_43gjTQ


Also starring: Michal BREZINA, Tomas VERNER, Armin MAHBANOOZADEH and others. As you already know, Evan Lysacek WD due to groin injury.


Ladies: Ashley WAGNER, Adelina SOTNIKOVA, Alena LEONOVA, Haruka IMAI and other.

Pairs: Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV, Qing PANG / Jian TONG, Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN et al

Ice Dance: Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE, Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE et al

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Next to come: viewing options, TBC

Thanks for starting this thread. I am so glad that Icenetwork is offering free service on Saturday. If you are in the US NBC is broadcasting on t.v. live the final 2 groups of ladies LP on Sunday 4-6 EST. Icenetwork will not live stream the last 2 groups of the ladies LP for its subscribers but it will be available on demand the following Tuesday. Lots of good skaters at SA.

Hi Guys:

I am so excited to be able to see this event live
My seat will be the 3rd row just besides judges, so it will be spectacular
I will be watching from the men's practice starting from 12 35 pm tomorrow.

For people who live in the northern part of USA, CBC is also covering this event.

Anybody going from this Forum?

Enjoy yourself Genki! I will be looking forward to your comments!

Shyla, thank you for reminding about IceNetWork day of free viewing!

They say they'll show the following events live and for free:

-Ladies short program
- Short dance
- Men's free skate
- Pairs free skate

For further details see:
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121002&content_id=39362564&vkey=ice_news

I found my old login and pw for INW and am planning to give it a try.

Genki, you're so lucky you'll be there to see it all live!
I, too, will be looking forward to your comments!

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HOW and WHERE to WATCH:

1. Eurosport has 2 broadcasts scheduled, both are on Sunday, all times are CET:

18:00 -- 20.00 -- something recorded, they don't specify, I think they'll show top 3-5 finishes from different disciplines.

22:15 -- appr midnight -- LIVE Ladies FS

To watch Eurosport go to

http://www.frombar.tv/

and choose one of the links there. I just checked, the 3rd link from above works for me and shows exact same content as my TV Eurosport channel. And it didn't ask me to install some trash spy ware first.

2. http://livetv.ru/allupcomingsports/18/

This site promises to show all SA events, according to them the links will appear minutes before bc starts, but it remains unclear if this site does what it promises.

I checked other sports and channels on the site and they seem to work (as of now).

** Lots of annoying pop-ups with 'free' software offers and installs, ignore them, click them away.
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-- RAI-sport (GEOblocked online). I have them on dish, they show lots of figure skating.

-- Russian sportbox.ru will show everything and live, as usual, but they are geoblocked as well. I've read many times though people from other countries manage to watch them through Russian proxy, but I've never tried that myself.

If you have such a proxy, go here and choose a broadcast (from the list to the right from the article, under the feed icon):

http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Figurnoe_katanie/dance/spbnews_NI313531_Luchshiy-trenerskiy-tandem-raspalsya

Don't forget to share your working proxy with us, in this thread.

Guys, if you know more sites and channels, please don't hesitate to share

Hi Guys:

Came back from the men's practice a while ago. I was able to watch only the first group, but all Japanese guys were in this group and I enjoyed it a lot.

It is very strange that the security of this arena is quite tight. They really checked my bag in detail, but we are not sure what they are looking for. It is not food, or camera or computer, then what is it?

Anyway, I was truly impressed with Yuzu's 2 quads, and Machida's expression. He got a lo of ovation from the crowd even though he did not jump too much.

I am little concerned about Kozuka, because he popped many jumps and fell on quad attempt.
I hope he was not attempting those jumps not popping them

Japanese media focused on Yuzu so much rather than Kozu. Hope they pay more respect to world silver medalist.
I will not be able to make it to a women's practice today, but I will start to watch paris practice and Men's short practice and also the real comps in the evening!!

Talk to you soon.

Thank you Genki for you report. Fingers crossed that Kozuka leaves his troubles on the practice ice and not in the competition. Good news about Hanyu and Machida, glad they are skating well. It is possible that we could see a sweep of the podium by the Japanese men!

Shyla wrote:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskating/opinion/2012/10/teen-hanyu-looks-to-show-new-skills-at-skate-america.html

Thank you for the link, Shyla

Even though:

Quote :

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan. The 17-year-old was the world silver medallist last season

Yeah right

Thank you for your report, Genki

So Yuzuru seems to be planning 2 different quads in his FS again. I wish he skated 2 clean programs this time. His tendency to make mistakes in SP and to (have to) come back strong in FS kind of worries me: he looses lots of points with that strategy.

Here's USFS twitter for latest events updates and (hopefully) pics:
https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating

Shyla wrote:

It is possible that we could see a sweep of the podium by the Japanese men!

Ha! I hope Mr. Abbott does something that will prevent that from happening!

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And here you'll find Skating magazine latest blog updates:

http://skatingmagazineblog.com/2012/10/18/2012-hilton-hhonors-skate-america-thursday/

I didn't know Yuzuru missed his flight the other night 'because he got caught up in immigration'.

Thanks hsuhs and Shyla for all the info! And Genki, for your report! Have fun tomorrow!

hsuhs wrote:

Quote :

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan. The 17-year-old was the world silver medallist last season

Yeah right

Maybe she is one of those who don't recognize Patrick Chan as the 2012 World Champion

Hello!

Here's the scoring sheet.

http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpusa2012/

Hello Chris :-)

Thanks a lot!

Cheers
Gudrun.

Thank you, Chris

And here's SA official poster:

http://skatingmagazineblog.com/2012/10/19/2012-hilton-hhonors-skate-america-program/

Great poster..... for US Nationals, IMO.

CCTV5 shows pairs live right now

http://www.frombar.tv/v-4/6/46/v-464766.html

(Wait till the banner countdown is on 0)

Million thanks hsuhs!

Hello hsuhs, hello Chris, a very fine good morning :-)))

Thank you hsuhs, I will just try it :-)

You're welcome, Chris and Gudrun!

But I'm not sure if CCTV5 shows men SP which starts in 30(?) minutes. CCTV is totally unpredictable.

I SO want to see mens.

hm, I have the third Chinese advertisement, no count down...

me, too hsuhs :-))))

Gudrun, the red CD is on the left side, there must appear a |x| on the right side of the screen -- to click the banner away.

Thanks hsuhs hope they carry the men.

Hello Shyla :-)

hsuhs, now the advertisments have stopped and a Chinese lady is in a studio with someone ...

So do I, Shyla. It's early in the morning over here, in Europe. I hope we're not staying up for nothing.

ah, it's working :-))))))))

I also really want to see!

Better off than an hour ago.
There was no link, no video, nothing.
Worth the wait!