Timestamps: 1:00 Daria Usacheva / mixed information from Team Tutberidze 🇷🇺 9:51 How coaches react to injury 11:39 Eunsoo Lim 🇰🇷 13:46 Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 16:36 Dave’s program laughs / The color gray 19:30 Mana Kawabe 🇯🇵 21:28 Young You 🇰🇷 ( 23:03 NHK Callers ) 23:23 Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 27:53 Amber Glenn 🇺🇸 30:11 Wakaba Higuchi 🇯🇵 ( 30:39 - 31:53 Russia not in Austria ) 32:46 Fear / Gibson 🇬🇧 ( 34:54 - 35:38 Smart / Diaz 🇪🇸 and some other teams ) 36:06 Muramoto / Takahashi 🇯🇵 38:47 M/T versus Team KoKo 🇯🇵 40:22 Hurtado / Khaliavin 41:31 Sinitsina / Kataslapov 🇷🇺 43:58 Chock / Bates 🇺🇸 44:40 C/B compared to other NA teams 46:56 back to Viki and Niki 48:46 Tarasova / Morozov 🇷🇺 53:03 Mishima / Galliomov 🇷🇺 54:53 Cain-Gribble / Leduc 🇺🇸 55:57 Miura / Kihara 🇯🇵 57:25 Back to CG / L 58:30 Hiwatashi and Pulkinen 🇺🇸 59:42 Nam Nguyen and Canada overall 🇨🇦 1:00:42 Russian Men ( Samarin and Ignatov )🇷🇺 1:02:17 Vincent Zhou 🇺🇸 1:05:08 Shoma Uno 🇯🇵 1:07:07 Jun Hwan Cha 🇰🇷 1:08:06 Moment of the Week!

I saw everything live in Japan. What dies not show on TV very well is Kaori｀s skating quality. It seems that she needs like only 3 ateps to go across the ice. It is so amazing that i finally understood that Kaori always get high scores without difficult jumps.

Can I just say how happy I was to hear Mark Hanretty commentate on the ISU stream? He's better than Simon Reed "by a country mile." He manages to say positive things about each performance while being critical and technical about the mistakes. I hope he will be on the stream for the rest of the GP. My moment was Shoma winning gold. His Sholero makes Bolero tolerable.

“Everyone seems to be on the same page but it’s not a good page to be on.” Idk why but that made me laugh hysterically

My heart breaks for Daria I really hope she will be able to recover from this injury

Wakaba unfortunatly didn't land her 3A in the FS and placed 4th, but still finished in first place due to her 22p lead from the SP. I'm rooting for her and my girl Kosternaia to make it to the Olympics. Also I loved the commentator for NHK (especially the accent lol), he had great input, was critical but phrased it very politely.

Riku Miura said she was actually crying in frustration because of the jump error. She was very upset because she didn't meet the standard of improvement she set for herself. That's a champion mindset and it will keep taking that team further and further.

I have to say, Chock/Bates have completely won me over on their free dance. When I first saw it I was disappointed by it. But I don’t know if it’s just the time they’ve put in and their performance quality is better now or something, or if it was Mark fangirling over them in the commentary (which we love 🙌🏻), but I saw it with new eyes this time, even with the fall, and now I LOVE it. The first lift on the music, the cool slide move when she’s on his foot, the build in the music at the end. I’m so here for Alien Madison 🔥🙌🏻

Anyway, Kaori is going to the GPF and thats enough to make me happy for the following weeks. Now it´s Kostornaia´s turn to deliver.

Oh the never ending saga of figure skating. How sad it was to watch Daria falter after experiencing a very painful injury. She is a beautiful skater and i was really looking forward to watching her take the NHK upon the absence of Trusova. As for Yuzuru, its always a loss for the men's event if he is not competing and challenging Nathan for the top spot. I hope they all recover. Rika, Daria, Bradie, Trusova and Yuzuru.

Time stamps: (to be continue) PS: apologize if I have typos on some of the names 01:03 Daria 07:22 comments on judging system. Eteri’s girls consistency vs what pcs should be for the quality 11:40 eunsoo lim 13:47 kaori sakamoto 19:35 mana kawabe 21:30 young you 23:23 Alysa Liu 27:54 Amber glenn 30:11 wakaba --- Ice dance --- 32:49 Fear/Gibson (Dance) 36:07 Japanese ice dance battle 40:22 Spanish ice dance battle 41:04 Vicky/Nikita 44:00 chock/bates --- Pairs (48:40) --- 48:46 Tarasova/Morozov 55:57 Japanese pairs

Happy for Aliona to continue being 'lazy' if it spares her of injuries!

I’m with Jonathan on Vicky’s thong. It was super sleazy. And give Madison her flowy hair back.

Daisuke is male charisma on legs. Personally, I believe their RD is the best, he's selling it from start to finish. Hoping to see them in Olympics

Daisuke's arms obviously the moment of the week

Miura/Kihara were actually asked about the pressure and Kihara said, “if I am to feel pressured, it will be next year. Right now, I’m just enjoying being able to compete at the top.”

"We're dealing with schmaltz, 'ahh ahh ahh', and a space romance between an astronaut and an alien". Pause for a moment: what is going on???

Marina and Daisuke understood the assignment that this is an Olympic year and he needed Olympic programs! Team japan is gunning for the USA’s team silver

"meryl davis superfan" is such a wild twist to this story

„It has a talent show at the mall vibe to it“ - fave quote from the episode

Daria did a 3F right before the Flip she fell from, and that jump looked iffy. Something was definitely off with her way before her fall. I think bad technique on 3F, her thin body, exhaustion and already existing injury led to this injury. I wish her speedy recovery and all the best, even when it is possible we won't see her again at competitions.

I am all about Shoma short program if he can have that program 100 percent amazing at every event, he is in the podium, as long as the long program is ok...

Am I the only one who really likes Kaori's free program? I find it really powerful

"master of the boogie woogie" always kills me haha. Thanks for the upload a day early!!

daria has bad jumping technique but that's not what caused this. lots of skaters with great technique like Nathan, Hanyu, Rika, etc. have been injured on jumps. What caused this was eteri not teaching the girls when to say enough which is why Daria came to NHK despite being injured already. And when one girl (Aliona) does say "this is my maximum right now" eteri and her team badmouth her. so it is on team tut but not because of the technical coaching rather the psychological

I was so happy to see Shoma looking like he enjoys being on the ice. I really don't want to be that guy who says "You'd be so much prettier if you'd just smile..." but I guess I am. Tarasova/Morozov are just so gorgeous, and I've seen him smile when he's off the ice and it's glorious, so I wonder who told him growing up that pairs boys don't smile? Contrast with Miura/Kihara; he's got a dozen different smiles he uses during their program and it's no wonder we're all wishing them well. And Junhwan Cha's Ina Bauer was perfectly placed and spectacularly executed. So nice to see him skating well again. (And he smiles) Also: How tall is Makar Ignatov? He looked about twice as tall as Shoma, which would make him 10 feet tall?

I don't understand why people are interpretating the criticism of eteri's methods as "hatred" when infact it's genuine concern for the young girls health and well-being.

My heart broke for Daria 😭 poor girl 💔

Samarin has really improved his PCS in the free skate from his past programs. It was. It was a pleasant surprise to see him show emotion on the ice.

Tarasova and Morozov look so miserable. It makes it so hard to watch. They need to skate to something like Hungarian Dance No. 5 to bring some life to their skating. They desperately need to spark some joy

I was literally thinking that Bells of Moscow would be perfect for T/M. It would be so so so good. M/G can nail those side by side salchows and when they do it’s incredible. Aleksandr is my favorite male pairs partner currently, I think he’s wonderful. I think M/G should do The Master and the Margarita again but with Moskvina spin on it. That music suits their style and I like Aleksandr as the Devil. I couldn’t stop staring at Vicki’s butt during that free dance. It was unbelievably distracting.

Daisuke has said in countless occasions he idolizes Meryl Davis and it is his dream to skate with her one day, so it is more like he is living his dream! Interesting to note the feeling might be somewhat mutual. Mie Hamada has revealed it was Meryl who recommended Kana try skating with Daisuke when Hamada, former coach of Kana, casually asked who would be a good partner for Kana after she split from Chris, in the backstage of a show.

Moment of the week was Dai and Kana’s RD hands down

Germany not giving a F*CK and giving Diana and Gleb 6’s and 7’s in the RD. Canada is really going for that bronze medal in individual and gave Diana and Gleb 8’s! 😝

Timestamps in depth perspective: 0:00 Introduction 1:02 Daria’s Injury before SP during the 6-minute warm up. 7:22 Inconsistencies with ISU and their “judging” especially with what are considered “favorites” for events. Like I.e Eteri girls getting points where it’s probably not right. Ladies: 11:40 Eunsoo Lim (better here). I love her so much. I didn’t know her coach was MinJung Kwak??!! I loved her!! She skated to Les Miserables at the 2010 Olympics (a very similar cut to what You Young is doing and got another GP medal here at NHK! Could she qualify with the absence of top Russian skaters for the final? I’m not sure but I do hope so! 13:28 Kaori Sakamoto (great victory for her here! I don’t love either program really). The lutz call is correct for both programs. She needs to do loop in the short since the lutz edge is very dicey for her, and Kaori’s loop is absolutely gorgeous!! Go rewatch The Piano from 2 years ago and you’ll see what I mean. 19:35 Mana Kawabe, rising star in Japan! Should Satoko or whoever else retire this season Japan has a lineup of great skaters! Including Matsuike who didn’t do so well here in the Short especially. 21:30 You Young, loved her here. Just great to see her do better than last year. Just a year ago she did so poorly at NHK. What a redemption for her. I think with the lack of Daria it was really anyones day to win. Obviously Kaori did but Young You had a chance to win here. The technical content in the free should she cleanly do it, is very high. She did so well at Skate America and she is continuing this upward trend. She’s making progress! Hopefully she doesn’t injure herself or implode at Nationals. It’ll be interesting to see who goes for Korea. Do they only have one spot for ladies? Please comment if you know. I can’t remember. 30:11 Wakaba, CS Austrian Cup 58:30 Camden and Tomoki, more of the same for Camden. Really was a rising star a few years ago and now not so much. Not sure what’s happening. I don’t see very many rising mens talents with the exception of Ilia Malinin who won bronze at the CS Austria Cup this week. I think Wakaba is leading there which is amazing for her she is 3 for 3 with the 3A. Can’t deny her a spot Japanese Federation. I want to see Mai and Wakaba at the Olympics. Both programs are worthy of going in my opinion. 59:42 Nam Nguyen. Rough SP. Redemptive free. Not much to say. All the Canadian men are at a equal playing field in my opinion. Wait and see till nationals. 1:00:42 Makar and Alexandr. Both were ok. Makar’s Quad loop looks great! One of very few who are doing it currently. I think it’s the 2nd rarest with the exception of the Axel (which nobody has done cleanly). 1:02:17 Vincent. Rough free many mistakes. Riding the wave from Skate America. Good to see him hopefully make the final. 1:05:08 Shona Uno. Great to see him get 100+ points in the short again. I love the short, free not so much. He won by almost 30 points ahead of Vincent! This was a great victory for Shoma!! 1:07:07 more of the same from Jun Heat Cha. Great skater with great qualities but sometimes inconsistencies plague him. Top contender here as well. Side note, Matteo Rizzo love his programs! Great to see him do well here at NHK!

Yay I was hoping it'd be today!

So looking forward to this since yesterday's As the Blade Turns episode!

Actually, Riku cried because she was frustrated by herself that she made the same mistake she did at the world's and was not happy at the performance. She didnt' realize they medaled.

I just love how both you guys so frequently will randomly make 80s or 90s skating references - comparing Eunsoo to Jill Trenary's pageant vibe, saying Scott Hamilton will find a way to blame Tonya Harding for Daria's injury, Nicole Bobeck reference (and last season Jonathan compared Madi Chock's rhythm dress to Jayne Torvill's 1994 free dress). Makes me feel like the 80s/90s WEREN'T that long ago and I'm not as old as I am.

Can we mention important thing about Viki and Niki: It's typical Zhulin 2006 idea to have 2/3 of the program of classic music and than drop most irrational "modern" thing as closing 30% of the program. But this time it is worst, having Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto in ugliest version played on the saw and fiddlestick mixed with irish dance, propably inspired by Riverdance? This music mix, the random choreography/ no choreography, no idea in the program is offensive violetion of an aesthetics on every single level, judged with the scores of 9.75 and 10.0. This program is the taste level of Sylwia Nowak and 16th ranked Polish Team !! (I'm Polish, so come for me bit**es ;) As a viewer, fs fan and person who studied art for 13 years i find it as slap in the face.

It was nice to appreciate the skating skills and deep edges here with so many Japanese and North American skaters… especially in the Men‘s event I thought there was a sich a visual difference between Samarin / Ignatov and the others. I’m in awe at their jumping skills but just don’t engage with their programs as much.

Was not expecting this on a Saturday, thank you Dave and Jonathan, looking forward to watching!!

Yes, shoma’s 2F was supposed to be 4F. His 4S and 4L are weaker, so he puts them in the first half. It was supposed to be a 5-quad program.

I'm convinced that Takahashi is planning one day to skate with Meryl Davis in a show and live his dream

The olympic battle will be between s/h and m/g, only a miracle can put t/m as a serious contender, b/k are not in better shape. I love both teams, s/h because they are top class and m/g because they are new, fresh and young.

You guys: Chock and Bates took a huge step forward during this competition. The Russians got many 10’s and the US was not far behind with 9.5 and 9.75. Even Canada gave the US Team 1st place (9.50) for composition. I know Evan is boring and stiff sometimes, but he really comes from the Charlie White age where the female partner is the center of the show. Evan still has amazing strength in the lifts and detail in his choreography and twizzles. I know they are known to have “weaker” skating skills but I disagree. I think my podium right now is: 1. Papadakis/Cizeron 2. Vicky & Nicky 3. Chock & Bates 4. Piper & Paul 5. Hubbell & Donahue 6. Stepanova & Bukin

Ha! Jonathan with the "four hour program" Freudian slip. So true!

“scott hamilton would find some way to blame this on tonya harding” I DIED I SIBELKQLQJD

Yay!! So excited to watch!

I'm a little surprised that I haven't heard anyone speak of the two perfectly clean programs skated by Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov. Why don't we send *them* to the Olympics? It's so refreshing to see an American team who has zero problems with jumps or throws. No hesitation. Bravo!

I was about to go to bed and I just had to check one last time if tsl posted

Yuma has the best free in men’s field! But i got to be honest i’m starting to like Shoma s bolero!

YAAAAAYYYY!!! It’s out today! 🎉🎉🎉

For once I love both being in on Japanese time and having terrible sleeping hours, perfect timing for this and that

The doors of heaven are opening up for aliona, hope she is ready for next week!!

I thought the coach has the goal to get the best out of their student and to represent their interests. Why would Danny G say such bad stuff about a student who he may have to rely on at olympics??

Omg I am so glad somebody also noticed Viktoria's bottom outfit situation. I mean she has an amazing body but it distracted me too and I thought maybe there is something wrong with me because I noticed it... felt a bit like a perv :/ :) Nikitas costume for rythm dance - I cannot stand the gopnik style bottom of the pants, and the shirt is borrowed from a Kusturica movie character!!

Indeed accidents must be very unsettling for the other skaters witnessing it. When Hanyu and Han Yan collided in Shanghai during the warm up, Maksim Kovtun eventually won but with a sub-par performance and he mentioned how he was unnerved by what happened.

Unless you call that guy the Master of the Boogie Woggie I have no idea who your talking about because I don’t know his real name. 🤣 Thank you for all the new videos. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t know what was going on in AsThe Blade Turns. 🥰

...wearing my scarlet and grey OSU shirt. Channeling the redness. You guys look great. I'm red-dy for it.

Kaori is someone who shows performance like many asian skaters who have their programs choreographed by european/american/canadian choreographers. I love what she emotes despite it not necessarily being what the choreography was made to emulate. Which is ok, it both serves to fit different cultural expectations of what performance should be and shows her true personality and background.

Daisuke is a legitimate ice dancer now, sorry for calling you a fake ice dancer last season Dai! Genuinely, insane improvements from last season. How is this man that’s been training as an ice dancer for maybe 2-3 years better than skaters like Lilah Fear who have been doing this their entire lives? Shook

Many reports that Daria was already injured. Bet that she would have been allowed to withdraw if Trusova was competing. ET was hellbent on sweeping the ladies’ GP.

Wow Saturday thanks

Davis/Smolkin did attend the Cup of Austria. They finished in 4th place. Wakaba fell apart and came in 4th in the FS, where she fell twice. She still won, though.

Japan looks pretty strong even in pairs now. I think Japan will win the silver medal at the Olympics team event! What do you think? Would be nice to hear you guys discussing that event :)

I am in love with Mark Harnetty ❤️❤️❤️

Kaori is so athletically gifted, but she should try experimenting with a new choreographer and maybe a weekly ballet instructor.

Neither of your Moments of the Week were Dai and Kana’s programs? SACRILEGE. I expect more from you guys, especially Jonathan considering he’s a Daisuke super stan!

Am I the only one notice this, ever since Shoma become Stephan’s pupil, Dave and Jonathan’s attitude towards Shoma changed. They have hardly anything nice to say about his program or his skating. Even though Shoma’s landing improved so much, beside his amazing skating skill. Did I miss something?

Jonathan drinking out of his fancy metal straw was on point!

Tomoki and Camden seem really nice but I’m confused why they stay in Colorado if they (and most skaters in Colorado) keep getting the same mediocre results each competition for years

I love how casually you skipped Misato and Tim! lol! I'm rooting for Dai and Kana but kinda feel bad for the other team that nobody sees them anymore!

Victoria Sinitsina’s costume was clearly chosen in anticipation of Sir Mix-a-lot being on the Beijing judging panel.

I think japan dance team is already selected in olympic as Gala schedule is out and daisuke / muramoto is in it not koko team. 🙃

What’s the backstory on Eunsoo’s coach (Kwak)? She always appears really solid and steady with athlete communication/management/support. Does this coach work with other top level skaters? Only seen her with Lim.

49:35 Samarin & Sokolovskaya (coach/ student friendship goals 😁)

I still love eunsoo lim so much. [Yun-soo? E-un-soo? Oooon-soo?🙂] Her lp could be great when skated clean, and the middle song added to EoE [what is this song?] is a great choice.

These judges are throwing out 10’s like it’s an LSU / Alabama meet when a Yurchenko full was still valued out of a 10.0. 😐😑😐😑😐

I’m working on more in depth timestamps. Should be done later tonight. Sorry I’m late today.

Dave seemed very down today and Jonathan seemed to really carry it with so much enthusiasm. Wonder who the big guy was in the background of Dave's apartment.

Dave mentioned a codpiece? I'm all for bringing them back, but I couldn't recall seeing one on anybody...probably distracted by Nicki's shirt (yes, I think there was a small gold chain at collarbone level). So I went back to rewatch the pairs on codpiece alert. I think you're talking about Alexandr Galliamov, right? I think he's wearing a dance belt, so his butt is perfectly smooth. The seam in the front is kind of oddly done though, not particularly flatterring. Nicki's blouse in the Free Dance was great! It had so much movement of its own that he looked like he was much faster than usual.

I absolutely hope Roman‘s coaches aren’t as clueless as the plans of adjustment he reveals in his vlog seem to be.

Nikita’s “Versace” shirt killed me 😂

Unpopular opinion here: Sinitsina/Katsalapov SP is so kitsch it's actually good (think, 00s Eurovision 😁). I mean, if they tried to do some "true" street dance, it would look inappropriate. Overall, it's more fun than just another Billie Eilish program

yeah, galliomov looks great in his tights

Moskvina used to put Sikharukidze in those kind of light colored pants that show everything too, that woman needs to update her tastes to modern times and modern HD cameras 😳

P.S. Dave, I think Pagliacci is perfect for you, but don't give up on Chopin for future programs! I think the way you move on ice would be perfect for Chopin, like his Tristesse (not fast, but dramatic). Think about it next year! ❤️

Daisuke can pull off hip hop moves made me lol

I want Amber Glenn to make the Olympics and do well from the events but it’s interesting to see Amber do 3lutz and 3flip with arm over the head and sometimes both arms (rippon) over the head on TikTok. But she doesn’t put it in the programs. She would be the only US lady to be doing rippon jumps and make a statement for herself. But to see her not do rippons, when she can do them is just upsetting because she has soo much talent and just doesn’t do it in competition. But anyway hope she comes back hard at nationals!!!

I think we need to be honest about why Dave, Jonathan and Jenny all found it necessary to wear Red this weekend, of all weekends.. its Red (Taylor’s Version) season. Period.

Do we/ when will we the results for the Grand Prix final?

Does he have a chain? - it certainly would fit! 🤣🤣

re: Tarasova/Morozov and programs. I think those two really need to do a Star Wars skate, I am putting my dreams into the universe here. It matches their intense energy, they can have beautiful lyrical music and Drama music all in one program. His broody energy would be great for that

Anna 's injury was not on ice at all.. she said about it in her istagram : "Unfortunately, these training camps in Novogorsk began for me with a ridiculous injury that did not happen in training 😬"

I so agree with Johnathan about Vicki’s backside- icky!

I was watching with my mom this weekend and she said of Hurtado, "She looks fantastic! It's been a while since I've seen a good old sex on the ice program," didn't really miss it. totally agreeing with Jonathan!

Again Jonathan's bemused face when talking about Amber Glenn is oh so funny.

Victoria and Nikita have an amazing dance! There is so much in it - tenderness, flight, prower, soul. Real Olympic Dance! Bravo, Victoria and Nikita. Bravo, Zhulin.

You clearly implying that prerotated jumps technique have something to do with Daria's injury - when in fact it has nothing to do with it. Because there are lots of skaters (Alysa Liu, Loena Hendrixx, Young You, Satoko Miyahara, Shoma Uno etc.) with prerotated technique who are not suffered from such severe injuries and/or have long career whereas there are skaters with classic technique who have lots of injuries (Zhilina) or short career (Tsurskaya). Usacheva's trauma clearly is very individual. Also, your attention on Tutberidze team makes your perspective in relation to quantity of injuries - warped. In real life each and every top level skating school has lots of injured skaters each season. However majority of them are not famous enough to be known among general public - or just not interesting for them. It's especially bad among men (both juniors and seniors). However, given how Tutberidze team is under spotlight - they have no way to hide any injury from general attention. Which in turn can give false impression that their camp is especially bad in field of injury prevention or that they especially bad in exploting juniors (every top skating school has their own pool of juniors with various problems of which general public knows nothing about). And you gladly strenghten that narration.