I think they are contenders. I don't think they are the favourites to win, especially if not clean.Hase/Voldin might win worlds with one major error. I tell you.
I think they are contenders. I don't think they are the favourites to win, especially if not clean.Hase/Voldin might win worlds with one major error. I tell you.
Well i was right... not only short but < (downgraded)I am not sure their triple toes were clean... looks short. one throw was not clean.. the twist a bit crashy... some lost levels too.
I think it's between Hase/Volodin and Stellato/Deschamps at the moment - H/V haven't skated clean so far, so S/D currently have the upper hand.Hase/Voldin might win worlds with one major error. I tell you.
Yes. The Stellato/Deschamps have already skated at their best at Vancouver. The Germans have more potential. They will probably already show it in Japan. Their components will rise next week.I think it's between Hase/Volodin and Stellato/Deschamps at the moment - H/V haven't skated clean so far, so S/D currently have the upper hand.
And that's without taking into account some other teams who are currently out with injury, like Miura/Kihara.
I suspect that they were really, really tired after competing in China last week and then having to travel to Finland days later, and chose to leave it out to conserve their strength; even with that adjustment, their energy did seem to flag today, especially mid-program. Neither is young anymore (except by Deanna Stellato standards, of course.)Did Peng/Wang really just forget the combo or did they deliberately planned not to do it to try aiming for clean?
If they just forgot..... it's exactly like Ami Nakai in Japanese Nats last year, missing the podium due to forgetting a combo
that's what I've thought for years, well ever since I first saw it. Not everyone does it, though. I think it's important to say that. Ashley and Timothy didn't ... although I don't remember, maybe they tried it one year and then abandoned it.They can retire that upside down split lift position any time now.
It is not attractive nor tasteful and looks awkward no matter who does it.
They still have time to turn it around and remember the bloomed late in the season last year and SD faded as the season progressed. Still HV for gold - I don't know them but if that's the best we have in the world maybe at best award silver and no gold. Nothing against them personally but these team do not have the skating skills, the personality or character on ice or the big tricks to compare with the greats.Continued regression from Conti/Macii. That K&C was tense...and they are extremely lucky to get away with silver here.
By far the biggest tragedy today is that we will be subjected to this Cinema Paradiso program YET AGAIN at Grand Prix Final.
As I've said multiple times in multiple threads, lol, it should be banned. I cannot tell you how much I hate it. Hideous. And there's not even any novelty factor anymore.They can retire that upside down split lift position any time now.
It is not attractive nor tasteful and looks awkward no matter who does it.
But the reason many of them aren't beautiful any more is because the points system rewards difficulty rather than images of flight, or feeling of flight, or simple beauty. Don't get me wrong; I wish that would change, but it would be a very big overhaul, and they'd need to give pairs a few of years, probably a quad, to transition. In general, they don't do big overhauls; instead they piecemeal out the changes little by little, which in my opinion often doesn't address the big issues.Actually I think lift positions just need a big overhaul in general. They're mostly ugly contortions rather than images of flight.
I absolutely do not think it would take an entire quad to transition. Simply not requiring the woman to grab her skate blade as a feature would fix a great deal of the issue.But the reason many of them aren't beautiful any more is because the points system rewards difficulty rather than images of flight, or feeling of flight, or simple beauty. Don't get me wrong; I wish that would change, but it would be a very big overhaul, and they'd need to give pairs a few of years, probably a quad, to transition. In general, they don't do big overhauls; instead they piecemeal out the changes little by little, which in my opinion often doesn't address the big issues.
But I do think the changes that have been made in the past few years have helped pairs to recover beauty and expression, and I think the judges like it. Their stylization is one of the reasons Minerva and Nikita have made such a splash in their first year.