Can France have a nice ice rink?

JayW · Nov 17, 2017

Last year, there was so much water on ice during TEB event.

This year again, on my CBC feed, it shows workers have to push water outside the rink.

What a joke.

da96103 · Nov 17, 2017

Again. And if history repeats itself, Coach Fluffy will wear her leather jacket instead of her fluffy mink coat, indicating the rise in temperature.

lavenderblossom · Nov 17, 2017

JayW you said you had a screenshot, could you upload it on a site like tinypic and link it so we can see?

One might say it's Olympic pressure, but when an event goes badly year after year across disciplines...

JayW · Nov 17, 2017

lavenderblossom said:
JayW you said you had a screenshot, could you upload it on a site like tinypic and link it so we can see?

One might say it's Olympic pressure, but when an event goes badly year after year across disciplines...

Thanks, I just uploaded two pics.

Mawwerg · Nov 17, 2017

Can not see much on the pictures. But seems France does not care about this event at all.

Spirals for Miles · Nov 17, 2017

Better yet, get the event out of France. Grr.
I'm tired of having a splat-fest event on ice this slippery. If Medvedeva fell here last year, arguably her best year to date, then there's kind of a problem. If all of the ladies except for Yuna had a splatfest here, then it's really a problem. Problems need solutions, some faster than others. And this is a critical one.

silverfoxes · Nov 17, 2017

Mawwerg said:
Can not see much on the pictures. But seems France does not care about this event at all.

The GPF was also a disaster last year with plastic medals, no banquet, and at least one instance of skaters having to share a bed(!). What has to be done to get a GP moved somewhere new? They can't keep their sponsors so isn't it time to give another country a chance?

pororocheburashka · Nov 17, 2017

silverfoxes said:
The GPF was also a disaster last year with plastic medals, no banquet, and at least one instance of skaters having to share a bed(!). What has to be done to get a GP moved somewhere new? They can't keep their sponsors so isn't it time to give another country a chance?

plastic medals:eeking:
at least one instance of skaters having to share a bed(!):shocked:

Just give it to Italy

berry8 · Nov 17, 2017

silverfoxes said:
The GPF was also a disaster last year with plastic medals, no banquet, and at least one instance of skaters having to share a bed(!). What has to be done to get a GP moved somewhere new? They can't keep their sponsors so isn't it time to give another country a chance?

So trueee

da96103 · Nov 17, 2017

silverfoxes said:
The GPF was also a disaster last year with plastic medals, no banquet, and at least one instance of skaters having to share a bed(!). What has to be done to get a GP moved somewhere new? They can't keep their sponsors so isn't it time to give another country a chance?

I am sorry but you got it wrong. They were not plastic medals. They were plastic coasters.

Spirals for Miles · Nov 17, 2017

In Alina's replay, you can see her foot having to go through some water to land, and thus the fall since the ice wasn't icy enough.
Enough is enough.
Petition for change!! ISU please listen to us!

da96103 · Nov 17, 2017

Also at medal ceremony, the three winners could barely stand together for pictures on the gold podium because the podium space was so small.

JayW · Nov 17, 2017

Mawwerg said:
Can not see much on the pictures. But seems France does not care about this event at all.

The ground outside the gate was wet in both pics.

russianfan · Nov 17, 2017

may be they just have a swimming competition right afterwards :biggrin:

tars · Nov 17, 2017

WTH? So that's why ladies' disastrous skates? :gaah::disagree:

ejnsofi · Nov 17, 2017

russianfan said:
may be they just have a swimming competition right afterwards

It's called multitasking. FS event during the weekend and waterpolo on Monday

kenboy123 · Nov 17, 2017

Spirals for Miles said:
In Alina's replay, you can see her foot having to go through some water to land, and thus the fall since the ice wasn't icy enough.
Enough is enough.
Petition for change!! ISU please listen to us!

Are you implying that without the watery ice, Zagitova would not have fallen and would have been higher (even 1st or 2nd), if you are...then i think that is a faulty argument???...Aren't the conditions the same for everyone???..if so, part of being an athlete is adjusting to all conditions, i would think...but i do agree that the ice was bad...

Also, why do we even have a GP in France...i mean that might have a really ice dance team and maybe a pairs team, but what else????....

Spirals for Miles · Nov 17, 2017

kenboy123 said:
Are you implying that without the watery ice, Zagitova would not have fallen and would have been higher (even 1st or 2nd), if you are...then i think that is a faulty argument???...Aren't the conditions the same for everyone???..if so, part of being an athlete is adjusting to all conditions, i would think...but i do agree that the ice was bad...

Also, why do we even have a GP in France...i mean that might have a really ice dance team and maybe a pairs team, but what else????....

No I'm implying that the bad ice is a key reason for the splatfest, for everyone.

I don't know. There's P/C and J/C but that's really it. That combined with the infamously poor conditions and lack of sponsorship should cause the ISU to rethink this...
There was originally a grand prix in Germany...

pearly · Nov 17, 2017

I would think that if the GP is moved from France it would go to a European country that already has a challenger. The challenger would become a GP series competition.

Ender · Nov 17, 2017

People should feel sorry for them... they lost their sponsor (though it’s their fault)...

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