USA judge... Steve Winkler. (and some still believe judges are not country biased)
I assume he will get away with it...Well, the Americans will only get a bronze in ice dance next year, so...he must find someone to cheer for...
USA judge... Steve Winkler. (and some still believe judges are not country biased)
Alright, that's good to know. Do you think it's working when it comes to the long program?Why do people think that the Russian fed does nothing to help T/M :sarcasm: ? That these programs are forced on them?
Since S/K are injuried and V/T having a baby they are number 1 in Russia. They worked with 2 new choreographers this year for their programs A.Gazsi and P.Tchernyshev. They get to work with Robin Szolkowy so the Russian fed IS investing in them.
What's this logic? They are Olympic medalist so they are not overrated?? Give me a second to laugh
This is exatly what I want.
4Tw should be enough to beat everyone else when the other elements are clean.
What's this logic? They are Olympic medalist so they are not overrated?? Give me a second to laugh
sure but my point, is that their team has decided not to go your way... and i would think, logically, that if the 4twist was there, they would have included it... perhaps it's not working for them and they have decided to only use the 3twist in both programs... rather than attempt the quad in the LP only and crash and burn on it... I think that a driven pair team like them look at all possible ways of improving BV and go for what seems first to reach... and for them, it seems to be throws... but it takes time....
IMHO I think that the focus is too much on catching up D/R and S/H... too quickly because of the OGM.... by rushing through new elements quickly, they are creating inconsistencies... hence the problems they are having... when all the top teams are in the same events, they will get less PCS if they skate like today and top teams skate cleanly...
I think the whole trajectory is built with only ONE scenario ... OGM.... Aliona was clear about that... however, if they took more time and refined their elements and stabilized them better first, they would do better earlier on, like now... but maybe it would only be good enough for bronze or silver down the road.... we will see how they adjust.... if they keep these throws in, it's because they are risking everything for the big prize in 2018... but they may not win this year's worlds nor skate clean this season.
I agree that the inconsisteny is very bad. Makes me feel bad.
But there are different massages from Aljona and the coaches these days. They did not really practiced the 4Tw so far. I think because it will not be a big deal. And they will add it later.
They first want to go for some bigger throws and try someting new. The German commentator said that they possibly change the order of elemens in the Free program and maybe some elements after this Grand Prix.
Aljona is really focused on Poeng Chang but everybody said that she is more relaxed now because she found her personal happiness in oberstorf.
But I am really asking myself is if she does not see that they can catch up D/R and S/H right now even without the big throws. The judges go with them.
We can argue about VT's gold (but their throws were huge that night) but they were so strong until Sochi, they won everything. Worlds 2016 was the first time ever off the podium for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Volosozhar
SK deserved everything of that silver medal at Sochi, to me they were even better than VT and it wasn't expected.
1 - Savchenko/Massot (GER) : 30pts - 1er & 1er
2 - Tarasova/Morozov (RUS): 24pts - 2ème & 3ème
3 - Seguin/Bilodeau (CAN): 22pts - 1er & 5ème
4 - Zabiiako/Enbert (RUS): 22pts - 2ème & 4ème - 390,33
5 - Denney/Frazier (USA): 22pts - 2ème & 4ème - 380,88
6 - James/Ciprès (FRA): 20pts - 3ème & 4ème
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Duhamel/Radford (CAN): 15pts - 1er & NHK
Yu/Zhang (CHN): 13pts - 2ème & COC
Iliuschechkina/Moscovitch(CAN): 11pts - 3ème & COC
I really really hope Aliona will be okay. I just watched the video from the victory ceremony and she definitely was not okay
S/B are not in yet ... but of course, they are in much better shape today than they were yesterdaySo, correct me if I'm wrong, but now we can safely put S/M, T/M, and S/B into the GPF, along with D/R (presuming there's no freak disaster for them at NHK). Anyone with more knowledge than me able to break down the showdown between Z/E, D/F, and Y/Z?
Not really. VT were set up to win the gold whatever happened. It was a known thing for at least two years before, read the boards from that period, nobody was delisunial about it, deserved or not. It became even clearer after COR 2012 when they had a craptacular LP and still got OTT marks.
SK took their chance and skated beautifully to earn their silver, rightfully so given SS's errors. Theirs wasn't a given. I would have give them gold, like at 2014 Euros.
No. Moskvina's pairs are the elegant pairs in figure skating.