They really have been skating together for just 6 months?!
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
And our winners...She in flowy green sparkly dress, Zach in Scott Moir top
Music is big and bold from the start.
Fast tight frantic twizzle to open movements.
First twizzle a little far apart and off, second fine
Spin a little bit slow (for them)
Stationery lift wonderful.
Ooh great rotating lift!
Well, the skated all out. And they skated great. I definitely can see them getting the bronze at JW, but somehow the program is a little too out-of-control to me to get the silver...but I may very well be wrong...
Ted says: "It's rare that I am at a loss for words. I've seen that like three or four times, and no matter how warm it is in the rink it gives me chills."
Score: - 108.84 179.91 total into...wait for it...1st! by 21 points...I like them and they are very good but I feel like that score difference does a little but of injustice to the other amazing teams...
Their SB is 166.52. The next Canadian team's is F/MP at 152.46 (more than 14 point difference) and that was at the Armenian JGP which I know some people found quite inflated. F/MP's first JGP score was 141.60 (~25 points behind L/L). The next Canadian team after them Bronsard/Bouaraguia was 140.67 (~26 points behind). Now, Fabbri/Ayer skated much better here than on the JGP, but still - Lajoie/Lagha have a huge gap on the others internationally. This is pretty realistic.
This has been a very strong event so far. A lot of great teams with good skates tonight.
I watched just the last group and i agree with you, there is so much positive things to say about those teams...But for me personally, those positives are somehow minified with the fact that all those teams looked totally the same with their type of skating, elements and aestetics, so when we came to the best team of the night - Lajoie/Lagha, i became a little bit bored... Its probably not the problem with the skaters themselves, but with the coaching teams, but it would be much better if someone tried something original/unique, or at least different, a la Gilles/Poirier style. Then the whole last group would look even better :thumbsup: