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- Dec 21, 2011
Adel TANKOVA / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVVRRQgyfrY
Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS)
SP: 40.58+35.44 = 76.02 (PB), 1/2
Mother of tortoises, 76?!?
LIKE, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!?
Maria PALIAKOVA / Nikita BOCHKOV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBf_ue-vXjY
Did you watch the official stream or TheFSRussia's videos? In any case, if she is was not there, probably she was not even supposed to commentate everything. Perhaps just men/singles. After all, she is not young anymore, it might be too exhausting fro her to sit through all of this.No Tarasova??? :scratch:
Did you watch the official stream, or TheFSRussia's videos? In any case, if she is was not there, probably she was not even supposed to commentate everything. Perhaps just men/singles. After all, she is not young anymore, it might be too exhausting fro her to sit through all of this.
I still can't believe my eyes... Is it a personal best SP score for them? 35.44 for PCS? Just unbelievable! Yeah, they performed it well, but over 76 for their first competition in the very early season? Their indomitable will has won over the panel judges there? Still, congratulations to them on their flying start for the new season!
Mother of tortoises, 76?!?
LIKE, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!?
Kavaguti and Smirnov were good but their short program is way too cheesy for me...
Are protocols available somewhere ?
I'm watching an official stream, and I see her in the headphones with someone at her commentator's position. But it looks she's not commenting. Maybe she's waiting for ice dance?
The program itself isn't cheesy IMO, but that music surely is.
Yes, that repetitive tune is so annoying, but their performance to it went really smoothly and beautifully.
I think an Asian lady usually finds it a bit embarrassing or uneasy to show some kind of connection in competitions with her partner to whom she is not emotionally related in real life.I agree that the music is repetitive and schmaltzy. They certainly skated their program well, and I thought that Yuko looked a little less 'fragile' than in seasons past, which was nice to see. That said, I didn't see much in the way of connection between them (which is particularly problematic in a program such as this) and/or facial expression. I am not exactly convinced that they are portraying the meaning of the music.