Vaitsekhovskaya article on GPF results: "A scandalous ending"

[quiqie]

I would like to know who that 'one' person is who would call B/L a "flawless pair"?

It's quite obvious they are Russia's #1 pair? Is it?

That would be Vaitsekhovskaya? She wrote that it was obvious at this moment of time, anyway.

Frankly, it surprises me that so many people are getting so over something so

[Vash01]

She really does not spare her words! The problem with Bazarova/Larionov is the lack of the feeling and really used music choiches. Her postures are absolutely regal, but watched live, they just lack the wow-factor. Figure skating is more than just doing the elements. But I totally agree about Duhamel and Radford, they did a good job.

It was horrible for poor Soloviev. They had such a high speed just before the fall that I made note of that to the jump sheet. Blame Putin

If using really used music is a negative (according to you), I think 80% skaters will not make it. B&L have improved in their expression. It's not a huge leap, but they are making gradual progress in that area. You don't even want to give Vera full credit for her gorgeous positions. I know that even if they skated perfect like G&G (a highly improbable scenario, of course) you will still not give them credit.

I am glad that Vait....brought up the issue about judging. Had B&L been a Canadian pair instead of Russian, there would have been a huge uproar over their silver medal.

I am wondering at this point whether Trankov can handle the pressure of being the favorites. He had major problems in two competitions in a row. I also remember that in the 2010 Olympics he was the one that fell on the sbs jumps in the SP. He was given a pass by fans at that time because they felt he was a more consistent jumper than Maria, but a pattern may be emerging here. They will need to skate clean at the Russian nationals to break out of it.

[LilJen]

After the skate, coach Alexander Zhulin was a universal catastrophe and cosmic sadness embodied

That line has sent me into an absolute laughing fit. I'm going to have to work that one into a conversation at some point now.

It really is brilliant. My favorite line encompassing the whole GPF.