FSU Watch Party Saturday #2: 2006 Olympics OD [12:30pm CDT/6:30pm CET]

[Jeschke]

Ah this is when DomShabs had the Waltz of the Spirits FD!!!!! I LOVED THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obviously.

OMG!
I just wanted to post exactly that!

 

[Vagabond]

Shabalin's knees still worked back then.

 

[Dobre]

D&V--And the second team bites the dust. The first contenders. I really didn't expect them to come back for this. I was impressed that they did. (Not too impressed by the chicken-wing move, though).

 

[Erin]

I know that Shabalin is the worse dancer in this team, especially as his knees got worse, but I still can’t get over how stiff-kneed Domnina was and how the judges never cared.

 

[shan]

Domnina's hair

She's working it though!!

 

[VGThuy]

Back when I actually really liked Domnina/Shabalin.

 

[alchemy void]

Admit you want her dress for the clubs though!

Yes, as soon as I saw that dress in action, all was forgiven.

 

[Jeschke]

Haha, the Vancouver predictions

 

[Colonel Green]

Oops, Simon calls Domnina/Shabalin the Vancouver Olympic champions.

And that might even have seemed plausible right up until about 2009.

 

[Hanna]

Or not, Chris & Simon.

 

[her grace]

Domina/Shabalin

I really liked their CD from 2006 Os. I don't remember the OD at all

-great unison and knee bend (Shabalin)
-fast rotational lift
-good performance

 

[Theatregirl1122]

We've just seen the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Champs!

 

[Colonel Green]

Domnina and Shabalin obviously got the message that their OD here wasn't racist enough to deserve the really high marks.

 

[Wyliefan]

I know that Shabalin is the worse dancer in this team, especially as his knees got worse, but I still can’t get over how stiff-kneed Domnina was and how the judges never cared.

Neither does the commentator.

 

[Vagabond]

This was when all the cool Ice Dance couples were known as D&S.

 

[VGThuy]

Oops, Simon calls Domnina/Shabalin the Vancouver Olympic champions.

And that might even have seemed plausible right up until about 2009.

He was just sure they were going to follow every other ~5-10 place Russian team going into the next Olympic cycle.

 

[Jeschke]

Was I the only one liking Grushina/Goncharov?

 

[alchemy void]

Chris and Simon, I didn't think D/S were THAT amazing.

 

[Barbara Manatee]

That was sketchy judging

 

[shan]

GrushGons! They're really bringing the pink!

 

[Jeschke]

Goncharov shirt!

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Chris and Simon, I didn't think D/S were THAT amazing.

True, but they didn't fall on their @sses either, so.

 

[VGThuy]

Was I the only one liking Grushina/Goncharov?

I knew someone who liked them once upon a time. To be fair, this OD is well-done.

 

[CassAgain]

Brought to you by Pepto...

 

[Dobre]

Domnina & Shabalin--so much talent & potential. So much need for earmuffs with that music.

 

[Erin]

Neither does the commentator.

I don’t think anyone cared except me

 

[VGThuy]

So was Morosov cuckolding Goncharov during this season?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well, you certainly can't say this isn't. Pink.

 

[Vagabond]

Yulia Lavrenchuk could have learned how to ice dance in the time it took Grushina and Gorshkov to do one of their programs.

 

[mjb52]

They sat near me at MN Worlds at some point so I had this sort of vague ephemeral affection for them for awhile