NOTE: Since this edition of “Wonderings” is clearly posting
well after Day 1 of NHK events are in the books, you’ll see that I’ve alluded
to some of those Day 1 results... and in some cases, provided answers to my own
(silly) questions.
Can Hanyu top the SP score he set records with at Skate
America? (Yup.)
Will Rippon’s switch to the more traditional, less
classic-rock driven version of Nessum
Dorma allow him to reunite with his SP triple axel? (Um, nope.)
How will Takahashi’s work hold up side by side against
heel-nipper Hanyu? (Round 1 went to Hanyu.)
Will Miner get his quad salchow this time? (Yes, I asked
this same thing earlier in the GP season... the answer then was “no”... so it
bears re-asking.)
Can either Nagasu or Makarova back up their SP scores with a
dominant FS this time? Or will they both be outdone by China ’s
15 year-old phenom Li Zijun (in 3rd after the SP)?
And speaking of Makarova—how soon before I’m able to see her
brunette image on the screen without thinking I’ve called up the wrong video?
Can Castelli/Shnapir find the medal podium in a relatively
lightweight pairs event?
Since we already know Davis/White are sure to win the event... will they be able to set a new SB in the free dance?
Will we be able to watch the Shib Sibs’ Memoirs of a Geisha FD without holding our breath every time Alex
(and his previously troubled back) goes to lift Maia into the air?
And now that we know what is to come when Ilinykh/Katsalapov start their Ghost FD, what will our new reaction be
at the “spoken word” portion of the program? (Assuming your initial reaction
was something like mine: um, WHAT???)
I'll be back after the event, when the GP finalists are in place!
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