2017-2018 Canadian Road to the Olympics

[Mango]

The AP and CBC's round up of Rostelecom Cup 2017: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/w...m-cup-figure-skating-saturday-final-1.4365762

 

[Mango]

I checked the entry lists for Golden Bear of Zagreb and Canada actually has 3 entries. In junior ladies Hannah Dawson and Lissa-Anne McGaghey. In junior men Beresford Clements.

 

[Osmond4gold]

There was a post in the Australian thread about their new Olympic uniforms. I wanted to post about the worst, absolutely worst, Canadian ones, but I could not find a picture anywhere. In fact, I started to question my memory (and sanity).

Does anyone remember bright yellow Olympic uniforms that kind of looked like a firefighter's coat? I thought they were for winter, but they may have been summer. Anyone know what year they were from? They were plug ugly, as well as being yellow, which is such an un-Canadian colour.

No, but I do remember the NHL California Seals, Nana Pat. Now that was Bumble BEE ugly! You couldn't get rid of those hockey cards fast enough.

 

[Osmond4gold]

I checked the entry lists for Golden Bear of Zagreb and Canada actually has 3 entries. In junior ladies Hannah Dawson and Lissa-Anne McGaghey. In junior men Beresford Clements.

So pleased for Lissa Anne. Go New Brunswick!

 

[EastCoastBlades]

BC/YK Section- Autumn Leaves 2017 results are up- of particular note- Senior Ladies Event:

http://www.skatinginbc.com/sites/de...Autumn Leaves/results/al2017seniorwomencr.pdf

Emily Bausback 1st- 148 points
Sarah Tamura 2nd- 133 points
Kelsey Wong 3rd- 129 points
Amanda Tobin 4th- 117 points

Emily Bausback -1st event moving up to Senior Ladies after struggling earlier in the year with a bout of Osgoods Schlatters- Wins Gold with a 148 total- skated a great Free Program with only a minor blip on popped Sal:

http://www.skatinginbc.com/sites/de...mn Leaves/results/al2017seniorwomenfp2dro.pdf

Emily is too young for Pyeongchang Olympics- by 24 days- but nonetheless a Skate Canada Next Gen standout that would have likely had 2 JGP spots this year is it wasn't for the OS's- will make a run for this year's National Senior Team and make Skate Canada give her a solid look for the lone Junior World's Ladies spot.....

Has great things to share on Twitter @EmilySkater1

 

[Mango]

BC/YK Section- Autumn Leaves 2017 results are up- of particular note- Senior Ladies Event:

http://www.skatinginbc.com/sites/de...Autumn Leaves/results/al2017seniorwomencr.pdf

Emily Bausback 1st- 148 points
Sarah Tamura 2nd- 133 points
Kelsey Wong 3rd- 129 points
Amanda Tobin 4th- 117 points

Emily Bausback -1st event moving up to Senior Ladies after struggling earlier in the year with a bout of Osgoods Schlatters- Wins Gold with a 148 total- skated a great Free Program with only a minor blip on popped Sal:

http://www.skatinginbc.com/sites/de...mn Leaves/results/al2017seniorwomenfp2dro.pdf

Emily is too young for Pyeongchang Olympics- by 24 days- but nonetheless a Skate Canada Next Gen standout that would have likely had 2 JGP spots this year is it wasn't for the OS's- will make a run for this year's National Senior Team and make Skate Canada give her a solid look for the lone Junior World's Ladies spot.....

Has great things to share on Twitter @EmilySkater1

I like Emily. She had a season of silvers last year and then her family got a license plate commemorating that. I think though that Aurora, Alison, and Emily will be sent out to another event all together to get an idea of how they all stack up against each other (like they did with Aurora and Sarah last year). Right now Alison's scores favour her for that lone spot but things can change in the 2nd half of the season by the time JWC roll around.

 

[Cherry blossom]

Baby Scott Moir :luv17:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bab7qAaAmU4/

d'awwww I dont think I have ever seen a photo of him as a baby, how cute!

 

[Mango]

Emy Decelles has been assigned to Warsaw Cup: https://www.instagram.com/p/Baj5aRgjFV4/

Conrad & Joseph should also be getting assignments for a senior event soon.

 

[mrrice]

Are any of you going to Skate Canada? Every time I look at the roster of skaters I want to jump on plane so I can be there to see Patrick Chan. I know in my heart that this will most likely be his final season and I'd love to see him live before he stops competing.

 

[SnowWhite]

Brian Orser talked about Stephen Gogolev in an interview with a Russian reporter just before Rostelecom. From the translation: http://fs-gossips.com/brian-orser-hanyu-is-focused-on-winning-the-olympics/

Doesn’t the fact that now almost 10-years old children start to do quads sсare you?

– I have one of such skaters. He does all quads, including lutz, and he is only 12 years old. I guess, he said that he did his first triple axel three years ago. How old was he, nine?

But these jumps do not become easier for execution. What has changed? Technique? Or just light-weight boots?

– ... When I look at how my 12-year-old athlete works on combination of quad lutz and toeloop, I’m just puzzled, trying to imagine myself on his place. He even has no fear: just a jump, nothing special.

Can such jumping loads provoke early injuries? Much, of course, depends on how much the athlete is technical. My guy has good technique. He has a sports family, his parents were engaged in sports and understand it. Since the growth process at 12 years is in high gear, the athlete periodically has knee pain. But such problems are solved quite simply: we remove the jumping load and work on something else – steps, skating skills, choreography.

He also talked about Gabby:

– ... I started to notice that, working with Yuzuru, I always watch Javier out the corner of my eye. And vice versa. But it should not be like this, it affects the quality of training. Therefore, actually, the idea of two different ice rinks arose. From time to time me, Javi and Gabby just go to another ice rink and work there, while other specialists of our group work with Yuzuru at our main rink.

Everyone thinks only about the Olympics, sometimes the level of stress goes off scale to such an extent that we decided to attract sports psychologists to work with athletes.

Is it really that serious?

– How to tell you … The same Gabby suffered a rather serious surgery this summer, because of which she now lags behind the training schedule, and sometimes she just needs to talk to someone so that the stress does not grow into a panic.

He also says he likes his athletes to go to the Worlds after the Olympics if possible.

 

[4everchan]

Emy Decelles has been assigned to Warsaw Cup: https://www.instagram.com/p/Baj5aRgjFV4/

Conrad & Joseph should also be getting assignments for a senior event soon.

go CO and JO my boys

 

[Mango]

4everchan is that unicorn Chiddy's glorious 4S?

I wanted to talk about Piper & Paul's FD. What do you guys think of it? They scored about the same for it at ACI (103.46) as they did in Russia (102.62). However last season they were scoring better with their tango FD. TES were similar, but PCS were 2-3 points higher.

They brought in Jeff Dimitriou to work with them on this free dance. I think he's helped them with their lifts in particular.

If you listened to them on Ice Talk (.mp3 file) you will know they had another idea in mind for the Olympic season. They felt they weren't ready for that, so they went with the film noir theme. They had liked the Hitchcock program but felt it was too cold to do now with their changed chemistry.

Do you think Piper and Paul made the right choice going with this theme? Do you think they should have gone for a program like they had last season? Do you think they should have stuck with their planned Olympic season program? Do you think they should get a new FD altogether? The time to make a big change is now, with a month until Skate America and about 2.5 months until Nationals.

I just can't shake the feeling that despite this FD being what they want and being something different (as they are used to presenting) and being well received with some fans it's not a program that will sit well with the judges or be rewarded. I also think if they continue with this program then next season we'll see a dramatic shift back to more judge-pleasing programs (like what happened after 2015-16).

Thoughts?

 

[4everchan]

4everchan is that unicorn Chiddy's glorious 4S?

yup... only pure souls can see it.. .like the salchow...

I wanted to talk about Piper & Paul's FD. What do you guys think of it? They scored about the same for it at ACI (103.46) as they did in Russia (102.62). However last season they were scoring better with their tango FD. TES were similar, but PCS were 2-3 points higher.

They brought in Jeff Dimitriou to work with them on this free dance. I think he's helped them with their lifts in particular.

If you listened to them on Ice Talk (.mp3 file) you will know they had another idea in mind for the Olympic season. They felt they weren't ready for that, so they went with the film noir theme. They had liked the Hitchcock program but felt it was too cold to do now with their changed chemistry.

Do you think Piper and Paul made the right choice going with this theme? Do you think they should have gone for a program like they had last season? Do you think they should have stuck with their planned Olympic season program? Do you think they should get a new FD altogether? The time to make a big change is now, with a month until Skate America and about 2.5 months until Nationals.

I just can't shake the feeling that despite this FD being what they want and being something different (as they are used to presenting) and being well received with some fans it's not a program that will sit well with the judges or be rewarded. I also think if they continue with this program then next season we'll see a dramatic shift back to more judge-pleasing programs (like what happened after 2015-16).

Thoughts?

well... i am not sure because to me, P&P have amazing programs this year... but perhaps there is a bit of politicking going on right now.... P&P are clearly Canada's number 3 and not really podium contenders... expect to see them being dropped all year by judges. They would usually place much closer to step-bukin but clearly... that's not what happened here...

to me it's not what they are doing on the ice here... it's really about hierarchy.... i find it sad that it seems like that though... i was hoping COP would prevent that.

it will be very hard for weapo as well to get close to the podium.... i bet the russians may score higher than them... it's all about the team event IMHO...

 

[Mango]

yup... only pure souls can see it.. .like the salchow...

well... i am not sure because to me, P&P have amazing programs this year... but perhaps there is a bit of politicking going on right now.... P&P are clearly Canada's number 3 and not really podium contenders... expect to see them being dropped all year by judges. They would usually place much closer to step-bukin but clearly... that's not what happened here...

to me it's not what they are doing on the ice here... it's really about hierarchy.... i find it sad that it seems like that though... i was hoping COP would prevent that.

it will be very hard for weapo as well to get close to the podium.... i bet the russians may score higher than them... it's all about the team event IMHO...

Lol then we must await its appearance later in the season. Lori Ewing's reporting on it too: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/w...trick-chan-fewer-quads-skate-canada-1.4367097

I think it's not just politicking, though that does play a huge part in relative scoring. I think their material is just not as strong this season as it was last year. If I take an example from WeaPo I'd say it's like "Aranjuez" vs. "Je Suis Malade". There is a noticeable difference. Though you're right, they will be dropped again at Skate America.

W/P for their part cannot afford any more technical errors. They've been set back so much by them. When they skate clean they can score huge, as we see with events like WTT. But most of the time that's not what happens and they end up missing podiums or medals they should be getting. I don't know if they'll manage a silver at SCI this week. It looks set for Hubbell/Donohue unless they make mistakes.

I am not sure why both these teams didn't chose stronger material for the Olympic season. Like this is the one season you go all out...and I am not sure if they did.

 

[Mango]

Entries for the 2017 Warsaw Cup have been posted online. From Canada we have signed up

Elladj Baldé
Liam Firus
Emy Decelles
Sarah Arnolds / Thomas Williams
Molly Lanaghan / Dmitre Razgulajevs

I'm very happy to see these ice dance teams get their international debuts.

 

[4everchan]

Entries for the 2017 Warsaw Cup have been posted online. From Canada we have signed up

Elladj Baldé
Liam Firus
Emy Decelles
Sarah Arnolds / Thomas Williams
Molly Lanaghan / Dmitre Razgulajevs

I'm very happy to see these ice dance teams get their international debuts.

and I am glad Liam gets a second outing as he did so well a us classic... and that elladj has another chance after his withdrawal at ACI

 

[siberia82]

Laval will host next year's Skate Canada International: https://skatecanada.ca/2017/10/laval-to-host-2018-skate-canada-international/

 

[Osmond4gold]

Have you heard anything about Weaver and Poje going back to Je suis malade, or is that just fake news I read on here. Moulin Rouge is still listed.

 

[Mango]

Have you heard anything about Weaver and Poje going back to Je suis malade, or is that just fake news I read on here. Moulin Rouge is still listed.

It's true! But Moulin Rouge is Tessa & Scott's FD music. CBC has a piece on WeaPo's return to Je Suis Malade: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/w...kate-canada-poje-weaver-song-change-1.4373373

 

[Osmond4gold]

Thanks Mango, always my Hero. BEYOND excited for them! What a show stopper that was and will be again!

Wait a minute, does SarahSynchro know. She is going to freak. Have the cold cloths and the Newfie screech ready, when she finds out.