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MBM rocking her new cast
MBM rocking her new cast
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I can agree. But not as pretty as the real thing
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I find a couple of things interesting from a #TTW perspective.
First, Tuktamysheva got the nod over Trusova for the second Russian Ladies' spot. The Russian Federation's other selections indicate that it is in it to win it, and it seems to be relying on Worlds results above all else.
Second, Pulkinen is, with Zhou, one of the U.S. Men's substitutes even though he was only eighth at Nationals.
Criteria:
1) Skater needs a complete package to potentially be a top skater at Euros/4CC's/Worlds/Olympic level
2) Skater needs to have the ability to absolutely rock one day and splat the day after. Even better: rock and splat during one program
3) Skater is not afraid of breaking one's heart over and over again
4) Skater needs more splat/messy performances than great ones
I find a couple of things interesting from a #TTW perspective.
First, Tuktamysheva got the nod over Trusova for the second Russian Ladies' spot. The Russian Federation's other selections indicate that it is in it to win it, and it seems to be relying on Worlds results above all else.
Second, Pulkinen is, with Zhou, one of the U.S. Men's substitutes even though he was only eighth at Nationals.
Criteria:
1) Skater needs a complete package to potentially be a top skater at Euros/4CC's/Worlds/Olympic level
2) Skater needs to have the ability to absolutely rock one day and splat the day after. Even better: rock and splat during one program
3) Skater is not afraid of breaking one's heart over and over again
4) Skater needs more splat/messy performances than great ones
H/D not going is interesting. I generally like Madison Hubbell, she seems cool and I was glad they had material that people seemed to respond to well this season after some struggles in the last two seasons, but damn, she seemed bitter as hell in the press conference after the free. I guess that's the tough thing about being an athlete, everyone wants to win.
That's why my own dream would be to be re-born as an OES ice dancer from Slovakia who imports a Russian partner and is thrilled to come in 17th at Euros!
That's why my own dream would be to be re-born as an OES ice dancer from Slovakia who imports a Russian partner and is thrilled to come in 17th at Euros!
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Not only bitter. I thought it was incredibly rude that she was calling out S/K themselves. Call out RusFed, Call out the ISU. Be my guest. But to call out your fellow competitors who are right there, was so rude. Nikita coughing in the middle of her rant was the icing on the cake. Also USFS as the model of having safe competitions, I think not. They let Bradie compete at nationals after her coach and training mate tested positive right before. The mightier then though attitude that her and Zach have is so off putting. I want to like them but then they start talking.
Yeah, I had actually been rooting for them, but I will probably take a break from that for a little while. Gilles/Poirier were so cute and nice by contrast. I think it's important to express yourself and would never object to that, but it's also valuable to be at least a little thoughtful in how you do it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixJAml54PSU&t=2s. She starts ranting at 17:30Wait, what are you taking about? Press conference or what?
Anyway, I miss the days #ttw was all about failures, 2-2 combos, weird taste, shiny costumes, Celine Dion, happy smiles and diva faces
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At least one dance team (preferably not with English as their first language) includes “WAP” in the RD, heavily censored.
I am really hoping to see non-American hip hop. Maybe French hip hop and Russian hip hop but from lower-ranked teams who aren't expecting to make the Olympics so they can afford to do something more risky? Shevchenko/Eremenko are always #1 on my list for anything like that.
No costly costume malfunctions at the Olympics for my favourite couple... It happend once, this should be enough...
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This!Anyway, I miss the days #ttw was all about failures, 2-2 combos, weird taste, shiny costumes, Celine Dion, happy smiles and diva faces
Unless Queen U coming back in teaming up with Ivan Righini to skate for Tajikistan coached by IrinaLux, choreo by @alchemy void with intentional simultaneous #nipplegate by all four, dance discussions would fit perfectly in the dance thread
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Ouch on the bad sportsmanship. Look, I think S/K were pre-annointed to win this competition and the skating wouldn't necessarily have mattered. But did H/D go out there and skate like A/P at 1999 worlds when K/O were pre-annointed? No. This isn't a controversial win. H/D were not great in the FD. They got beat and deservedly so.
Why are all my favorites such crybabies, cough, Boikova, cough?
ETA: okay, I listened to the clip starting at 17:20 (probably should have done that before posting
), and my apologies to Hubbell. She didn't mention S/K by name as indicated earlier. She did sound pro-USA regarding COVID protocol, but I didn't hear any bitter complaints about the competition or S/K.
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Granted I have not watched the whole thing, but I didn’t find the remarks on the YNW protocols at 17:30 to be ranting or bad sportsmanship. It is reality that there were outbreak problems with events in Russia (and footage all over social media of very not YNW safe behavior) and if I were from elsewhere, I would have been concerned too.
I think it was a glitch on my computer. Just such an exciting experience I had to share. I'm going to research French hip-hop on youtube this week; if I find any gems that would be suited to the RD I'll bring them by.
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I get it too, just for Bossman.
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The bottom of bossman's avatar is missing on my screen. 
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Did I miss where Madison called out S/K by name? Timestamp please - I didn't listen to the whole thing. I wouldn't call that a rant starting at 17:30- it seemed as if she were explaining her thoughts on the worlds experience.
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how appropriate the Bossman's avatar is a
Must be a sign of the future
Must be a sign of the future
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She didn't call them out by name but she said that people from other countries or cultures wouldn't be following the Covid Protocols. I think they felt called out. 18:19 she starts talking about it. Feel free to disagree
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My Nomination for S/K to Pantheon Status still stands. I think his facial expressions from worlds add bonus points to their nomination.
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Not that surprising, as I explained here
: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ason-news-updates.107352/page-11#post-5985293aka_gerbil
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Like I said in my other post, it is reality that the Russian events were superspreader events and the footage was all over social media. She was asked her thoughts on the bubble. Was she not supposed to bring this up when it’s a concern that was also expressed by many other people?
It sounds like she had concerns about not everyone taking things seriously as they should and given what happened in Russia with video-documented behavior....
It sounds like she had concerns about not everyone taking things seriously as they should and given what happened in Russia with video-documented behavior....
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