Some falls and stumble but a good free skate from Leyli Akhundova (π¦πΏ).
Heard the home crowd roaring in those 3 and a half minutes despite the falls.
That was something in my opinion.
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Figure Skating Friday for me as I just finished watching the free dance from #JGPBaku.
Now... watching the Women's Free as I await the Men's Free from #Nebelhorn.
Going to be swamped when Friday is all over.
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Final group... first 2 had nightmarish free skates.
Then Caleb roars the crowd with his free.
Then Denis (despite his 1 mistake) topped that.
Then we go back to earth as Patrick blows up in the free.
And then... despite the fall to begin the free, Minkyu topped every1.
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Despite the 1 fall (at the very first jump), Minkyu Seo (π°π·) performed a wonderful free skate to "Exogenesis" by Muse.
He's winning Baku and is heading to Nagoya this December.
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And just as soon as I got done typing this... gave it all away.
Patrick Blackwell (πΊπ²) totally struggled in his free.
That was a nightmare to watch after watching back-to-back great free skates from his teammate Caleb and from Denis (π§πͺ).
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As soon as I just typed this... Blackwell had already made 2 mistakes in his free.
Lost the gold... now... fighting for silver.
Needs to at least finish second with a shot at the Final in Nagoya.
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The answer to the question in the previous post is... yes.
Despite the error, Denis Krouglov is now in the lead with only Patrick Blackwell (πΊπ²) and Minkyu Seo (π°π·) left to compete.
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Despite making a mistake on a combo, we just saw another fantastic free skate, this time from Denis Krouglov (π§πͺ).
Will he take the lead with 2 to go?
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We finally found a clean free skate.
It took a black man from πΊπ² to give us all the free skate we've been looking for.
What a performance from Caleb Farrington, who will be soaring into first place with 3 to go, including Minkyu Seo (π°π·).
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Feel like I'm going to need therapy after the Men's Free skate is done.
Have yet to see 1 clean free from Baku and... there are only 4 skaters left as Ryoto Mori (π―π΅) continue the streak of struggling skaters today.
π€¦πΎββοΈ π
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Albino Samuelsson (πΈπͺ) continues the nightmare in Baku.
1 group to go.
ππΎ all get above 130 in the free.
This is truly worse than Ankara.
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Men's Free skate in Baku (π¦πΏ) so far... π¬
And worse... 7 skaters to go... not 1 has passed 130 in the free and 200 overall.
Considering this weaker than Ankara almost a month ago.
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Was expecting "Billie Jean" for Nikita Kozlov's (π°πΏ) short program.
Got that but... not the version I wanted.
This version of "Billie Jean" Nikita used... π€¨.
Didn't know there was more than 1 version and this version... didn't like it at all.
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Site comes back up just in time for me to say "Amazing performance by Patrick Blackwell (πΊπ²)".
Awesome short despite the mistake on the combo.
He's taking the lead with that performance.
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Hoping people can respond to this.
Something is wrong with Bluesky.
Not sure but... nothing's refreshing as of 7:11 AM Eastern.
And to make matters worse for me... House of Torture appearance messing up #JGPBaku stream.
π€¦πΎββοΈ... hope all is resolved soon.
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Some opening ceremony in π¦πΏ.
Gotta love that dancing.
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"House of Torture ruins everything" which is how I would be reacting right now but because I'm also watching #JGPBaku in which the π¦πΏ anthem was being played (I think), wasn't even focused on them.
Thank the Lord for figure skating.
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Looks like some buffering in Baku.
Hopefully it's fixed up now.
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Morning all.
Still have some catching up to do when it comes to the archives of #JGPFigure and NJPW.
But right now... live... it's the finale of "Battle Line Hokkaido" and the Junior Men's short at #JGPBaku.
Here we go.