??? Tiff and John are terrible. Saw them at Ondrej Nepela and wondered what on earth they were doing there.
What things didn't you like at them? I didn't see them live, but from TV, they look pretty ok to me.
??? Tiff and John are terrible. Saw them at Ondrej Nepela and wondered what on earth they were doing there.
What things didn't you like at them? I didn't see them live, but from TV, they look pretty ok to me.
Are you on drugs?
You must be if you think P/C should retire already.
Heard from a non-US coach who returned from the event that the one point extended lift deduction for the Shibutani's rotational spin lift may not have been a correctly issued penalty. Seems could have been due to an artifact of the method used by the technical panel and referee to measure lift duration. The time from when Maia leaves the ice to when she resumes contact, was in fact within the 7 second limit. Officiating obviously involves judgment calls. Ironic that this is actually a rare instance in figure skating where a stop watch is involved.
Interesting. You can time it yourself watching the performance. Maia's foot returns to the ice, marking the end of the lift, at 6.7-6.8 seconds; clearly within the 7 second limit. They then have additional movements completing the segment involving the element. This should have been challenged. The one point deduction cost them the Free Dance small medal bronze.
It was a comment done in the heat of the competition (as a P/C fan) when I was shocked to see V/M get a score just slightly off their personal best, despite an obvious disruptive mistake (borderline on an element) and the fact that they were off their best by far and still win by a comfortable margin. This means that they only need to stay on their feet to get the Gold medal. Which makes P/C chance to win the Olympics close to none.
I know it is a public forum and anyone can freely express their opinions but it wouldn't hurt if you would refrain for insulting skaters / forum members. It would make the conversation much more constructive and pleasant.
This statement makes zero sense. If Russia had any hold over the judges at Worlds, or the tech panel for that matter, they'd have put their teams way up the standings in the SD already, especially B/S, who'd need to stay in the top five to guarantee a chance at advancing more. Their FD didn't score anything over what they've scored three or four times this season, and I don't see a reason to cry lobbying or cheating. After a while it starts to smell like 'not your favorites won and you don't like it'. Get over it.
Tessa and Scott (actually only Scott) did make a mistake, but Gabriella and Guillaume didn't get really get their levels and had that twizzle issue in the SD, so all things considered both couples weren't perfect, and P/C had the most costly mistakes. I honestly believe that at this stage the judges aren't favouring one team over the other.It was a comment done in the heat of the competition (as a P/C fan) when I was shocked to see V/M get a score just slightly off their personal best, despite an obvious disruptive mistake (borderline on an element) and the fact that they were off their best by far and still win by a comfortable margin. This means that they only need to stay on their feet to get the Gold medal. Which makes P/C chance to win the Olympics close to none.
I know it is a public forum and anyone can freely express their opinions but it wouldn't hurt if you would refrain for insulting skaters / forum members. It would make the conversation much more constructive and pleasant.
I am just telling you what goes on in the ISU dance world. If you would rather not know and believe that everything is on the up and up then please ignore me. I have nothing against B/S but they simply do not deserve the scores they get. I subscribe to, may the best team of the day win. Find someone to discuss this with that is involved in dance at the next ISU competition that you attend.
So many posts related to judges (at least some of them) favouring V/M (against P/C at NHK & Worlds or against S/S at 4C).
For once, one of the Montreal coaches talks about it in this interview
http://www.rtl.be/sport/tous-les-spo...ir-905566.aspx
Original French text -------------------
Les champions olympiques 2010 et vice-champions olympiques 2014 se sont toutefois fait une frayeur quand Moir n'a pas pu éviter un gros déséquilibre sur une séquence de pas.
"Ca ne leur coûte pas très cher", a remarqué Haguenauer, qui entraîne également le tandem canadien
"En étant objectif, j'ai l'impression qu'il y a un petit peu deux poids, deux mesures quand même", a-t-il estimé, en référence aux trois points retirés aux Français la veille sur leurs deux séquences de pas.
English translation ------------------
The 2010 Olympic champions and 2014 Olympic vice-champions felt frightened when Moir stumbled on a step sequence.
"They are not much penalised" noticed Haguenauer, also coach of the Canadian Team.
"Let's be objective, I have the feeling there are double standards" comparing with the 3 points lost by the French on their SD step sequences.
Have the rhythms for the short dance been chosen yet for next season?