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Interesting and heartwarming that Adria has a twitter account and he has not liked her post.
Yes, they did Finlandia and Open D'Andorra before Golden Spin. Admittedly Open D'Andorra is not much of a challenge, but it was a good way for them to prep for their two more important competitions.H/K skated at Finlandia Trophy this season, so Golden Skate wasn't their first competition.
I think he liked her "we are a team" tweet. My guess is that most of those who liked it did so as a way of congratulating her for winning Nationals.Interesting and heartwarming that Adria has a twitter account and he has not liked her post.
Except his PCS marks are not out of line with other judges marks at all. Could be very clever judging. It's much more visible in GOE.
Strong theme will suit them like Hitchcock. Good choice. I'm wondering if they'll go to 4CC to get two competitions under their belt before the Olympics.According to this blog post from http://pjkwong.com/skating-surprises/, Piper and Paul's new FD is "James Bond themed".
what a weird choice for Piper and PaulAccording to this blog post from http://pjkwong.com/skating-surprises/, Piper and Paul's new FD is "James Bond themed".
According to this blog post from http://pjkwong.com/skating-surprises/, Piper and Paul's new FD is "James Bond themed".
Right. Presumably keeping the lifts and some choreo. Seems a wise decision on the surface. We won't really know until Canadians. They had to do something.Thematically, it's not too different from their film noir theme. Paul still gets to play some sort of law enforcement agent, this time international espionage rather than a local detective, and Piper still gets to play something sexy. I'm assuming they're going for Bond and Bond girl.
Interesting and heartwarming that Adria has a twitter account and he has not liked her post.
Big question... Skyfall or not ?According to this blog post from http://pjkwong.com/skating-surprises/, Piper and Paul's new FD is "James Bond themed".
Big question... Skyfall or not ?
I think this could be good. But no arm movements with fingers/guns. Please. (I did that when I was 9 )
Yuna made me forget that... just YunaHey, it served Yuna Kim well.
I actually really like Wakaba Higuchi's Bond program this season. But not the finger gun part. LOL LOL. Kurt Browning always suggests a deduction for the finger gun. HAHAHAHAHAHA.Yuna made me forget that... just Yuna
Absolutely And quite honestly, whether I like it or not, how could one do James Bond without the finger gun? Haha.. I doubt Higuchi will take it out as I believe this is a homage to Kim for Pyeongchang.
According to this blog post from http://pjkwong.com/skating-surprises/, Piper and Paul's new FD is "James Bond themed".
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!! Now I hope it IS!From Russia with Love?
Unless the team is from Canada and even more so if it's the dealing of his co-commentator Carol LaneKurt Browning always suggests a deduction for the finger gun. HAHAHAHAHAHA.
LOL. That'd be brilliant !From Russia with Love?
From Russia with Love?
Nope. Kurt is fairly consistent on the things he feels should have a deduction. Finger guns, bad hair etc.Unless the team is from Canada and even more so if it's the dealing of his co-commentator Carol Lane
Looking at Smart's tweets, apparently she also feels that she and Diaz deserved the Olympic spot because they were the ones who had qualified it. If this were the case, Voronov, Kovtun and Tuktemysheva would have all been Olympians by now.
It really is too bad that Spain only has the one Euros spot. This is a classic case where a Euros skateoff would have been the best solution.
ETA:
IIRC, they WD from two CS events - Lombardia and Ice Star Minsk. Lombardia was due to Hurtado's injury. Was there any other competition that they withdrew from? If not, I don't see how this is a fair accusation.
According to this blog post from http://pjkwong.com/skating-surprises/, Piper and Paul's new FD is "James Bond themed".
Except his PCS marks are not out of line with other judges marks at all. Could be very clever judging. It's much more visible in GOE. Also, there is a noticeable difference in three other judges scores for H/K and S/D too. One of them is the Russian judge, though, and the Spanish judge went the opposite way with her marks. The difference in the Turkey judges marks is pretty notable too, but not quite so large.
All in all, it's a real pity that it happened this way, as Hurtado/Khaliavin very likely didn't even need any cheating to win over Smart/Diaz in that competition. They have the better skating skills, and they managed to perform well and without any major mistakes at least in the SD there. But, if they had won over S/D with a few less points, it could have made all the difference overall, allowing S/D to go to Olympics. Although we don't really know what would have been.
Sometimes the criteria for the Olympics and Worlds are different. Did the Spanish fed ever say that Golden Spin + Nats would determine the Worlds spot too? Because as I recall that was only for the Olympics. I don't think I ever saw what the criteria for Worlds are.And S/D even will be send to Worlds 2018, what other federation does that?. ¨You qualify for the Olympics but you can not go to the Worlds, sorry¨. They will be sent again to the Worlds, not because any criteria say it, but because the Spanish federation says so in the last minute.