Grand Prix de France 2023 Women FS - “Gone with the Ouiiiiiiiii”

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

This could have been a lovely program for Gubanova, if not this horrendous music.
I almost prefer Notre Dame.

The stucture of the choreography is nice, and everything is nice and kinda lackluster. I still think that was better than Nina.

 

[marbri]

Poor girl having to skate a 10 minute program to that music.

 

[thvu]

Caruso as a GFB works for exactly zero skaters.

 

[Colonel Green]

Looks like silver for Belgium?

 

[Amy L]

Loena doubtless thrilled that "first Belgian woman to win a Grand Prix medal" now isn't synonymous with "only Belgian woman to win a Grand Prix medal".

I remember last year that Eva-Lotta Kiibus said something to the effect of being happy for Petrokina's success because she wasn't the lone Estonian anymore.

 

[tony]

Layback spin 1, technical score way behind at this point, and that's with generous GOE. This could drop below Higuchi even.

 

[airgelaal]

I never understood why so many people praise Gubanova’s skating so much. Her components are so-so.

 

[PRlady]

Whoa. SS 2 and layback 1? Not sure she did enough.

 

[Karen-W]

Gubanova - lovely program, not enough TES to medal, even with a 5pt advantage over Sumiyoshi from the SP.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

So Gubanova composes music. How long until she pulls a Radford and makes us listen to it?

 

[4rkidz]

The women are bringing it!! Another lovely program. I do believe though that Angers flower girls are the cutest and I love their dresses.

 

[Colonel Green]

I never understood why so many people praise Gubanova’s skating so much. Her components are so-so.

She hasn't looked the same the past 1-2 years, she's clearly got some ongoing back problems.

 

[Amy L]

I never understood why so many people praise Gubanova’s skating so much. Her components are so-so.

She got the praise in comparison to the Eteribots who were ahead of her nationally.

 

[skatingguy]

Gubanova, Anastasiia
Coach: Evgeni Rukavicin
Music: Caruso by Lara Fabian, Lucio Dalla

3Lz+3Tq
2A
3Lo
3S
Fly Camel Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3F (was too be triple-triple)
3F+2T (was to be the 3 jump combo)
2A+2T
Ch Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Layback Spin 1

Good program, and really nice use of the music with the choreography. Kind of lost the plot in the 2nd half with issues with the combos, and then the step sequence, and the layback spin.

120.96 = 6th Place
187.66 = 5th Place

 

[Sally1214]

Gubanova was lovely ... but this is going to be interesting.

 

[beckab81]

The lack of stamina was obvious (and probably shouldn't be surprising given her coach). How does she listen to this music all the time?

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

I want to send ice cream to Team Georgia. Besos. eteri.

 

[rfisher]

:Alas, the Rukivitsin School training regime of no stamina strikes again.

The eternal question of why is still unanswered.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Oof she is not happy.

 

[Primorskaya]

I used to really like Gubanova but she's going round in circles I feel. Nothing is new or improved and that's been the case for a while.
Accurate judging, unfortunately.

 

[Colonel Green]

Sumiyoshi quads her way onto the podium after all.

 

[CassAgain]

Yikes. Fair judging, though.

 

[skatingguy]

Levito, Isabeau
Coach: J. Kuznetsova, O. Japaridze, E. Platov
Music: The White Crow (soundtrack) by Ilan Eshkeri

 

[tony]

Gubanova wanted to storm out of the kiss and cry but Evgeni is holding her back

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh, I'm glad for Rion! Not least because I picked her in the poll.

 

[airgelaal]

She hasn't looked the same the past 1-2 years, she's clearly got some ongoing back problems.

I'm not talking about the last few years, but in general.

 

[marbri]

Gubanova showed more energy and personality in the few seconds her score was revealed in both programs than she does for the whle 15 minutes she was competing.

 

[4rkidz]

Oh dear I missed those technical issues I would have thought she was about 3rd or 4th overall

 

[Hanna]

That's a lot of costume on Isabeau.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Gubanova wanted to storm out of the kiss and cry but Evgeni is holding her back

I really wish they would do away with being forced to sit until the camera leaves. I think the storm outs would make for more entertaining KnC moments.