I only saw the last six or so original dances. I'm no dance expert, but everyone seemed to do very well. I really like Winkler/Lohse's "Cabaret" program. Anissina and Peizerat were pretty aggressive in their warm-up; they certainly weren't getting out of the way for anyone.
Men's Free Skate
JUMP CHART
| Dmitry Dmitrenko | 3a(turnout)2t, 3t, 3L(2ft), 3a(fall), 2f, 2l, 3l(2ft), 3s |
| Markus Leminen | 3L2t, 3a(2ft), 3t, 3l(2ft), 1f, 2s, 3? |
| Yamato Tamura | 4t, 4t2t, 1a, 3l(fall out), 3L3t, 2f, 3s(kinda), 2a |
| Roman Skornyakov | 3a3t, 3f3t, 3a(fall), 3L, 3l, 3s(fall), 2s, 2a |
| Gheorghe Chiper | 3a(step out)2t, 3s3t, 3f, 2l, 2L, 3a, 3s, 3L |
| Vincent Restencourt | 3f2t, 3a, 3a, 3t, 3L(fall out), 3t, 3l(step out), 3s |
| Emmanuel Sandhu | 4t3t, 3a3t, 3f, 3s, 3a(fall), 3l, 3L |
| Min Zhang | 3a3t, 2t-1.5t, 3L, 4?t, 3f, 3l(fall out), 3s |
| Patrick Meier | 2a(2ft), 3L, 3s, 3a(fall out), 3f(hand), 3s, 3t2t |
| Sergei Rylov | 3a, 3L, 3a(2ft)2t, 3s-hop-3t, 3f, 3L2t, 3s, 2a |
| Vitaly Danilchenko | 3t, 3a(fall out), 3L, 3l(fall), 3a(fall), 2f, 3f, 3s |
| Stefan Lindemann | 3a, 3L, 3a(fall), 3l(fall), 3f(fall), 3t, 2s |
| Anthony Liu | 4t(fall), 2a(fall), 3L2t, 2t, 3l, 3s, 3f |
| Elvis Stojko | 3f, 4t(fall), 4t(2ft), 3l, 2a, 2a, 3s(2ft), 3L(hand) |
| Takeshi Honda | 3a(fall), 4t(step out), 2s, 3l, 3a2t, 3L, 3f |
| Chengjiang Li | 4t3t, 2s, 1a, 3a3t(fall), 3a, 3l, 3s |
| Ivan Dinev | 2t, 3a3t(hand), 3L, 3a, 3l, 3f, 3s, 3t(2ft) |
| Stannick Jeannette | 3t, 3a, 2f, 3a(step out)1t, 2L, 1l, 3s, 3t |
| Alexei Yagudin | 4t3t(barely), 3L, 3a-1/2l-3s(hand), 3l, 3a, 3f, 3s |
| Alexander Abt | 4t(fall), 3a(fall), 3L(barely), 3a(hand), 3f, 3l, 3s, 3t |
| Evgeny Plushenko | 3t, 3l, 3f, 3a3t, 3L, 3a, 3s |
| Todd Eldredge | 3t, 3l, 3F, 3a3t, 3L, 3a, 3s |
| Yunfei Li | 4t(hand?)3t, 1a, 3f3t, 3l, 3L2t, 2a, 3s |
| Tim Goebel | 3L, 4s3t, 3a(step out)2t, 4t(fall out), 3a, 4s, 3f, 3l |
Notes: someone threw Markus Leminen a pair of red underwear after his skate, and when the little flower girl discovered them, she didn't want to pick them up! LOL Elvis' marks were too high, IMO. He had a horrible skate, plain and simple. Chengjiang Li changed some choreography to add a jump or two. Yunfei Li was just ecstatic, and he was so cute in the KnC, waiting for his marks - he couldn't even sit down, he was so excited! Todd still gives me goosebumps when he skates like he did. His music choices are wonderful. He probably should have won silver, but I'm sure he's very happy to have stood on the podium!! Evgeni was flawless; I don't think there's anything anyone could have done to defeat him. I still prefer Yagudin, though.
Oh, yeah - the Russian National anthem is the "never-ending" anthem! It must have lasted 5 minutes; the melody kept repeating over and over and over....I wasn't there, but at the Skatefest public presentation of the medals, I heard that Alexei Yagudin started getting bored a couple minutes into the anthem and did a bunch of funny poses, apparently making Todd Eldredge crack up. Poor Evgeni was trying so hard to stay serious. Wish I'd been there to see that!