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>> Terry: BUT HERE'S RYAN
JAHNKE.
HE EARNED A TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA
BY WINNING THE MIDWESTERN
SECTIONALS, HIS FIRST TRIP TO
THE SENIOR NATIONALS.
>> Brian: COMING IN THE SENIOR
NATIONALS YOUR FIRST YEAR CAN BE
QUITE INTIMIDATING.
SO HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.
I REALLY LIKE THIS GUY'S
SKATING.
HE HAS A VERY PLEASING STYLE TO
ME.
>> ***: GOOD BACK, GD
POSITION, NOT ROUND SHOULDERED
AT ALL.
TRIPLE LUTZ.
AND DID YOU NOTICE HOW STRAIGHT
HIS FREE LEG WAS, HOW PERFECTLY
POINTED IT WAS DOWN INTO THE ICE
EXACTLY LIKE A POLE VAULT.
THAT'S WHY THAT JUMP WAS
BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S HIS TRIPLE LUTZ.
>> Brian: OH.
LEANING.
WAY FAR FORWARD ON THAT TRIPLE
AXEL.
>> ***: BEFORE HE EVEN STARTED.
THE TRICK TO ANY JUMP IS THE
ENTRANCE TO THAT JUMP.
HAVE YOU THE RIGHT ENTRANCE,
YOU'LL HAVE THE RIGHT JUMP.
YOU HAVE A BAD ENTRANCE, THE
JUMP WILL GO NOWHERE.
AGAIN, LOOK AT HOW WELL HE STEPS
BACK, HOW STRAIGHT THAT LEG IS,
HOW CLEAN AND STRAIGHT THE LINE
IS.
THOSE ARE AS SECURE AS THEY CAN
BE.
NICE POSITION.
GOOD SITTING POSITION ON THE
SECOND BACKSPIN, THE BACK SIT
SPIN.
NOW, THIS A TRIPLE LOOP, TRIPLE
LOOP.
IT ENDED UP ONLY BEING A DOUBLE.
>> Brian: HE WAS HITTING THEM SO
WELL IN PRACTICE.
I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING THAT.
>> ***: THAT'S THE ONE THAT
TARA LIPINSKI DOES IN HER SLEEP.
>> Brian: AND HE USUALLY DO, TOO
BUT NOT TONIGHT.
>> ***: WELL, AT LEAST HE CAME
BACK AND DID A TRIPLE LOOP RIGHT
THERE.
WHICH WASN'T PLANNED.
AND LOOK AT THE FORWARD OUTSIDE
EDGE THERE ON THAT CAMEL.
>> Terry: WHEN YOU SEE A YOUNG
SKATER START TO MAKE MISTAKES IN
THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROGRAM,
IS IT A LAPSE OF CONCENTRATION?
>> Brian: I THINK IT'S MOSTLY
FATIGUE.
WITH ANYONE WHO STARTS TO MAKE
MISTAKES LIKE THIS AT THE END OF
THE PROGRAM.
USUALLY YOU KEEP WITH IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ***: WELL CERTAINLY A VERY
MUSICAL PROGRAM.
RYAN JAHNKE HAD A ROLE FOR THE
FIRST HALF.
>> ***: THEY'RE RIGHT DOWN
THERE IN THAT MESSY AREA.