ps: in honor of the RUS pair, here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywOPNNii9w
I actually saw this movie in the theater. Yes, Lubov reminded me of this woman.
ps: in honor of the RUS pair, here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywOPNNii9w
missed you saying it, but thank you!The only thing I like about this pair is their p-o-w-e-r and the fact that they are so risky and go for anything!
But other than that, this is not a pair in terms of being two halves of a perfect whole, as Dick Button would say.
Seriously, like two individual skaters skating out there. And have I mentioned how much I HATE bowed legs.
Funny to see such animosity towards S/S when they got such praise in Skate America, especially for the LP.
did you think this program was skated as well as SA?Funny to see such animosity towards S/S when they got such praise in Skate America, especially for the LP.
did you think this program was skated as well as SA?
K/S will have no trouble making up the points to win a silver, but with that being said
I wish Yuko would retire and let Smirnov finish his career with a partner he can win with.
Oh please! Last week, Yuko did a triple toe - triple toe sequence. Smirnov did what? triple double. He always doubled the second triple. Between the two, he's the weaker one. If anything, he would drop like Maria Mukhortova in the ranking with a different partner.
If you start counting the mistakes they made, he certainly has quite a rap sheet.
Are all the pairs suffering from serious jet lag? Everyone was off today. I'm surprised S/S continue to go for the throw 3A, but then again, I'm not surprised, because they can win even if they crash it. Their short program is fantastic, and I think they held it together a little better today than they did at Skate America.
Takahashi/Tran's program is gorgeous, as is their skating. If only she wasn't so limited technically. I absolutely love the quality of most of their elements.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply... I should have mentioned that my online GP subscription didn't include SA, so I was unable to view their SP. I too, enjoyed their SA LP(via TV). Thank you for updating me on the quality of the preformances.In SA they had problems with the 3Twist and the mistake on the 3A made them look like they were behind the music. Today they made big mistakes as well but the program overall looked more polished than in SA, they were skating to the music, not trying to catch it. I am talking only about the short programs. The LP in Skate America was gorgeous.
Even with all the mistakes there are lots of things to appreciate about this team, not only their power. Their step sequence from today was a highlight for me.
Always? Give me a break.
She is by far the weaker one, she may have heart, I'll give her that but she has fallen far more than he has and he has much more grace in his skating. She is all elbows, knee caps and jazz hands. She can't point her toes to save her life. She has to fight for every landing no matter if it's a throw or a jump. She gave it a good try and now it's time to move on, she is pushing 30 and he can at least do two more Olympics.
Why do you think they stopped doing 3T-3T sequence? In 2008, they were doing that and he ALWAYS failed. The last time they did the 3T-3T was in 2009 World LP, and he doubled the second 3T.
They restarted the 3T-3T this year, and he failed again.
Lest you forget, he randomly fell in the SP at World this year. Skipped a 2A at the Olympics. He's a weak jumper. She has problem landing the throw jumps.
Let's call a spade a weak partner. People have said many times how much better she is than he, how elegant and flexible she is.
They stopped doing the 3T SEQ the same time they stopped doing the 4STh.They stopped doing the 3T SEQ because they couldn't do both the SEQ and the 4STh together at the beginning of the program; it was too much, so they switched to the two 2A in the middle.
world 2008 lp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bxoWg11Yw&feature=related
euro 2008 lp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvEdJMaQet8
world 2009 lp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPgC6MwdmSo&feature=related
cup of china lp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOy72ik3NfU
This guy just can't do 3T-3T sequence. There's no way he's going to win anything with anyone.