AquaLady
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With the completion of the Grand Prix Series, the next event everyone is looking forward to is the Olympics! Which Ice Dance teams do you think will be in Olympic Podium?
YES on H/D getting that bronze! They are absolutely magnificent. The judges need to stop playing games and reward Madi and Zach the scores they deserve. Sadly, they get screwed over because of politics...P&C and V&M unless they really f*ck up big time will be gold and silver.
I wouldn't mind betting that H&D will sneak into that bronze medal.
Hmmm they didn't get the bronze in the GPF because of a lift that wasn't quite right. That is not politics. They will have to go away and work on that lift.YES on H/D getting that bronze! They are absolutely magnificent. The judges need to stop playing games and reward Madi and Zach the scores they deserve. They always get screwed over because of politics, politics, politics...
I know, but what about yesterday's short dance? It seems like they're the American team offered as a sacrificial lamb. Even British Eurosport thinks H/D deserve way better.Hmmm they didn't get the bronze in the GPF because of a lift that wasn't quite right. That is not politics. They will have to go away and work on that lift.
Why would russia bother with dance? They can absolutely sweep ladies. No one will be pushing anything for b/s. Russia will be using dance as a way to sweep ladies.I know that none of the Russians are "contenders" this season, but I wouldn't count them out. Oldies B/S will be pushed extremely hard and babies S/B are performing better than ever. Dark horses like H/D are the ones I'm looking out for
Laughable. You don't know the Russian fed if you're saying that. Forgot what happened in rostelecom? B/S botched their spins and got a 108. Short dance - they were about a point behind shibs.Why would russia bother with dance? They can absolutely sweep ladies. No one will be pushing anything for b/s.
Why were they behind the Shibs at all? B/S are Olympic gold medalists. If Russia wanted to justify b/s winning they could just be like “b/s won gold in Sochi!” Why shouldn’t they be ahead of a team that was 8th. Or even 2017 worlds. B/S beat Shibutani in FD.Laughable. You don't know the Russian fed if you're saying that. Forgot what happened in rostelecom? B/S botched their spins and got a 108. Short dance - they were about a point behind shibs.
B/S won gold in the team event with plushenko, lipnitskaya, ilinykh, and gold and silver winning pair teams. It wasn't a personal victory.Why were they behind the Shibs at all? B/S are Olympic gold medalists if they wanted to justify b/s winning they could just be like “b/s won gold in Sochi!” Why shouldn’t they be ahead of a team that was 8th.
Their third place in short dance was vital though. FD didn’t really matter. They were vital in winning gold and gave gold.B/S won gold in the team event with plushenko, lipnitskaya, ilinykh, and gold and silver winning pair teams. It wasn't a personal victory.
Their third place in short dance was vital though. FD didn’t really matter.
But almost everyone else made huge errors and they didn’t. They didn’t medal. A low and lousy fifth. First Time ever a Russian team didn’t medal at pre Olympics worlds in dance. Russia politics is for ladies now. Not dance.That's not what we're discussing. Question was are they being pushed or not and the answer is an obvious yes. You said it yourself that they placed higher than the shibs in the last worlds free dance. That was purely politics because there is no way in hell that B/S had the third-best free dance.
Rightfully so because they're not even top 5 material. They got their placements because of politics and politics only.But almost everyone else made huge errors and they didn’t. They didn’t medal. A low and lousy fifth. First Time ever a Russian team didn’t medal at pre Olympics worlds in dance.
Sacrificial lamb, indeed.I know, but what about yesterday's short dance? It seems like they're the American team offered as a sacrificial lamb. Even British Eurosport thinks H/D deserve way better.
But any politics to fifth is meaningless. They didnt even make GPF. You don’t have to worry about them.Rightfully so because they're not even top 5 material. They got their placements because of politics and politics only.
Hmmm I am not sure the judges are throwing them under the bus. The Shibs were the ones who got slammed in the FD and dropped. I don't often analysis protocols but in this case it is worth looking at because of how it impacted the result.I know, but what about yesterday's short dance? It seems like they're the American team offered as a sacrificial lamb. Even British Eurosport thinks H/D deserve way better.
"The designer of the earrings and her puppet" would be a great, voidy concept for a free dance. If Delobel and Shoenfelder were still competing, that would be a great concept for them.LOL...at this time the bigs loosers : The designer of the earrings and her puppet are at 100 % .....and P&C only at 87,2 %....... FSUers never change
"The designer of the earrings and her puppet" would be a great, voidy concept for a free dance. If Delobel and Shoenfelder were still competing, that would be a great concept for them.
It's probably a little too avant-garde for Virtue and Moir, though.
I think it's possible for MF teams to sweep the podium. I believe Marina and Igor teams did it (Worlds?) when they were together.Given the fact that I don’t think TPTB will let Marie France sweep the podium, I think it will be P/C, V/M, and a USA team, most likely the Shibs, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s C/B, but I think that H/D are unfortunately destined for a pewter finish.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Debwilker/status/938826018072285184LOL...at this time the bigs loosers : The designer of the earrings and her puppet are at 100 % .....and P&C only at 87,2 %....... FSUers never change
And that was in Moscow. So not only did North America sweep they did so in Moscow.I think it's possible for MF teams to sweep the podium. I believe Marina and Igor teams did it (Worlds?) when they were together.
But worlds and Olympics are a while different ball game, a sweep from the same region/coaching team seems to be allowed at worlds but not the Olympics. The most immediate example that comes to mind is the Virtue/Moir, Davis/White,and Domnina/Shabalin podium in Vancouver. When given how the skating went a Virtue/Moir, Davis/White, and Belton/Agosto was the more accurate top 3, a N. American top 3.I think it's possible for MF teams to sweep the podium. I believe Marina and Igor teams did it (Worlds?) when they were together.