Nobunari Oda of Japan is the men's champion at the 2009 Trophee Eric Bompard. I watched on icenetwork and boy, is there anyone who can beat Nobu when it's his day? He racked up 242.53 points, about 12.57
points ahead of silver medalist Tomas Verner from the Czech Republic, who had 229.96 points. The U.S.'s Adam Rippon had a great day also, taking the bronze with 219.96 points. I listened to Peter Carruthers' commentary on Universal Sports and he was right on between the difference in Nobu and Tomas' programs. Nobu was in complete character as Charlie Chaplin and stayed with the storyline throughout the entire program. Tomas still needed to develop his Godfather persona but it was good start for his first major competition.
Final results for men at 2009 Trophee Eric Bompard:
| FPl | Name |
Nat | Points | SP | FS |
| 1 | Nobunari ODA |
JPN | 242.53 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Tomas VERNER |
CZE | 229.96 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Adam RIPPON |
USA | 219.96 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Brian JOUBERT |
FRA | 207.39 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Yannick PONSERO |
FRA | 205.74 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Sergei VORONOV |
RUS | 204.45 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Alban PREAUBERT |
FRA | 189.63 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Chao YANG |
CHN | 178.63 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Ryan BRADLEY |
USA | 177.65 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Peter LIEBERS |
GER | 176.52 | 11 | 9 |
| 11 | Javier FERNANDEZ |
ESP | 170.16 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Vaughn CHIPEUR |
CAN | 155.43 | 12 | 12 |
I saw the debut of Nobu's free skate to Charlie Chaplin in late September at a benefit in Danbury, Connecticut. He wowed the crowd and I remember thinking that we had perhaps witnessed an Olympic gold medal performance. In case you missed his debut, here it is:
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