Satoko was sooooo low-balled on PCS!!!
I'm sad that Rizzo never had a chance to score decently even if he totally out skates himself (which he did). Why continue at all then?
How am I putting down skaters by remarking something that is true? Although I totally agree with the bold part, why is Alina being marked like she is beyond perfect? 75 PCS for a junior program/interpretation. When the flaws and deficiencies are in plain sight.
I have remarked Alina is an amazingly talented girl at her debut (could be more talented than Evegenia) with enormous potentials, just like Evegenia when she first debut, but the scoring are quite another, it is not only hurting the sport but also hurt them as a figure skater. It is a vicious circle, they have potentials, but judges are marking them like some bitcoins... betting on their future, which actually removes any motivation to improve. As of today, Evegenia's PCS should be well above Alina's but what happened? Russia new number 1 name tag reigns its ugly head again in the PCS department, everything BS I hate about PCS fake judging. Politics, federation judging, inflation to the scale we have never seen before.... worse than Sochi I'd say.
No. They got the same levels as V/M and B/S today. They actually beat B/S on +GOE. 112 with this panel is solid. Not to mention that on several elements they earned the highest.
And for everyone's bellyaching about them using Coldplay, if you look on Twitter people are EXCITED that they are doing Coldplay. The Shibs' premonition that casual fans/the masses would appreciate the selection turned out to be on-point. Not to mention the audience was ON BOARD. You think they were at Skate America, not the freaking Olympics in South Korea.
Why are Chan and Rippon both doing two double axels?
WHAT do U know about ballet? U're trying to teach it Russians? Do NOT make laugh my slippers!!
Are casual viewers giving out scores? Do their opinions matter even a tiny bit?
If you want the sport to continue to draw an audience, why yes, yes they do matter. More than a tiny bit.
The loss of that "casual" audience is what is responsible for the decline in the sport's popularity from its glory days two decades ago.
Short term: because Italy still had a chance at a medal, if the women and dance went differently
Long term: Because he's only 19 years old, and can still add more difficult content in future years.
If you want the sport to continue to draw an audience, why yes, yes they do matter. More than a tiny bit.
The loss of that "casual" audience is what is responsible for the decline in the sport's popularity from its glory days two decades ago.
Social media is going crazy about figure skating. Wait until the pairs start and then... the men. Yuzuru is going to crash twitter just by stepping on the ice. :scard7:
As it is, either Evegenia or Alina could fall twice and probably still beat everyone else! At least that's the way it seems to me.
I'm so happy to hear this. Any excitement for figure skating sounds wonderful :hap57:
Ice Dance is the "surprise" this year for the casual fan, people are loving it, #Shibsibs, Moulin Rouge, Coldplay were all trending on twitter after the final of Team event. I've seen comment on how people would like "other disciplines to have a theme" after the Latin SD (which people are loving because some skaters went bold with music despite the critics on the forums !).
Mirai Nagasu and Adam Rippon were trending for quite some time with over 70K each. The individual events are going to be insane if that is any indication.
If you want the sport to continue to draw an audience, why yes, yes they do matter. More than a tiny bit.
The loss of that "casual" audience is what is responsible for the decline in the sport's popularity from its glory days two decades ago.
What would you have scored her marks? Here are mine but I’m forced to go by memory from Last night’s performance so it isn’t really all that reliable but I did it without looking at what the judges scored her for what that is worth
Skating Skills: 8.25
Transitions: 8.75
Performance: 8.75
Composition: 9.0
Interpretation of the Music: 9.5
Now I’m going to go see how I compared to the judges and see if I’d be reprimanded
ETA: I don’t think I’d be reprimanded but I think the German Judge (Elke TREITZ) and I could get along quite well