Lysacek withdrew due to injury sustained during morning practice... Wonder if it was that horribly looking fall. That is the 2nd year in a row that Lysacek qualified to the final and had to withdraw.
clean, with superb steps, but he did not deserved his usual high GOE on jumps this time, both toe and lutz were landed nearly on the toe pick without much of run out. 3A was better than them, but still not good enough.
Oda, Fly Me to the Moon
3A, fall 3L3T FSSp CSSp CiSt 3F, popped to 1.5 rot. SlSt CCoSp
Excellent sit spin positions, which is rare these days. Then he fell on 3A I thought his mental preparation was thrown off by a bunch of fans who shouted very long tirades in Japanese (for Takahashi as well), but looking as his mistake on flip the problem might lay with something else. Still it's superior program (to Weir) so his placement is justified, despite the fact that he made more mistakes.
Joubert, Die Another Day
4T hand down 2T 3A FSSp, fast 3F CiSt CCoSp SlSt CSSp
Even without quad it was a class of the field: power and command of a true champion. I think Oda and Takahashi might match him, but they did not today