Monday, October 19, 2020

Remember When: Skate America 2019 Mens Free Program

Benny the skating dog stole the show.
I'll be honest, this competition didn't end the way I wanted. I had really hoped Keegan could make it onto the podium. He deserves to. He is an incredibly talented skater and often comes close. Still, that afternoon event was a lot of fun to watch (I mean, Nathan Chen tried to do hip hop. That in and of itself was worth the price of admission.) We sat next to a lady (who was not our fan in any way, especially once she found my best friend was NOT a fan of the sport so how dare she even exist) who was a huge Jason Brown fan so it was nice to see her guy skate well. I mean, it's hard not to want Jason to do well, he's just one of those guys you want to cheer for.

Not surprisingly Nathan Chen was leaps above the rest of the competition and he wasn't even completely on his game (he stood up though). His tech is incredible and I like that he keeps trying things to keep the sport interesting. It was a well skated event for being the first big competition of the season, and once again we had a blast cheering them all on. I did not get photos of the medal ceremony for the men or the pairs because it went longer than expected and so I had to hoof it to make our reservation for dinner. 

As with my blog post earlier (Pairs Free Program) I'll keep it to two photos per skater and you can view all of the photos from Skate America in my gallery.

Koshiro SHIMADA - Japan

Koshiro SHIMADA - Japan

Roman SAVOSIN - Russia

Roman SAVOSIN - Russia

Alexei KRASNOZHON - USA

Alexei KRASNOZHON - USA

Kazuki TOMONO - Japan

Kazuki TOMONO - Japan

Junhwan CHA - South Korea

Junhwan CHA - South Korea

Boyang JIN - China

Boyang JIN - China

Jason BROWN - USA

Jason BROWN - USA

Alexei BYCHENKO - Israel

Alexei BYCHENKO - Israel

Michal BREZINA - Czech Republic

Michal BREZINA - Czech Republic

Keegan MESSING - Canada

Keegan MESSING - Canada

Dmitri ALIEV - Russia

Dmitri ALIEV - Russia

Nathan CHEN - USA

Nathan CHEN - USA

Nathan CHEN - USA

Okay so I lied, I gave you three of Chen... but that shirt is everything and deserves more love.


Free Program Results

1 Nathan CHEN USA     196.38

2 Jason BROWN USA     171.64

3 Dmitri ALIEV RUS    156.98

4 Kazuki TOMONO JPN     154.71

5 Boyang JIN CHN    150.42

6 Alexei KRASNOZHON USA     144.29

7 Koshiro SHIMADA JPN     144.10

8 Keegan MESSING CAN    143.00

9 Junhwan CHA KOR    140.69

10 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR     139.94

11 Michal BREZINA CZE     132.06

12 Roman SAVOSIN RUS     124.24

Overall Results

1 Nathan CHEN 299.09

2 Jason BROWN 255.09

3 Dmitri ALIEV 253.55

4 Keegan MESSING 239.34

5 Kazuki TOMONO 229.72

6 Boyang JIN 224.98

7 Alexei BYCHENKO 219.70

8 Junhwan CHA 219.67

9 Alexei KRASNOZHON 216.59

10 Koshiro SHIMADA 216.22

11 Michal BREZINA 213.17

12 Roman SAVOSIN 182.16

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