IMHO, it's not all Moskvina. She's not skating the program. But, I'll blaspheme as well. I love her as a person, but I've never liked how her skaters skate, but this is on B/K. We'll see what they look like at the test skates in a couple of weeks.
There is no program. If you put the sound on mute, you may see that nothing indicate what they are skating to. They could skate to anything. Actually, it is not such a bad idea. Keep the program and change the music to something more suitable. Their choreography doesn’t highlight any point in music, (there is not much choreography in it anyway), so it will fit to any music.
Given though what Anissina/Peizerat did for their Olympic Gold Medal free dance, every pair or dance team should get a pass for whatever....hopefully I haven't spoken too soon.
I am not saying they can’t win the worlds or Olympics with that program. If they skate well on the night, they can win with anything. But I am expressing my opinion on whether the program will do them any favours or not. If everyone goes clean and it is very close pointwise, any little thing may sway the judges. And this program will definitely not be helping them.
The quality of skating is not surprising - it's August. If they don't get better, it's on them. But what is Moskvina doing? I don't have a problem with Tamara taking on their biggest rivals, that's her right. She still needs to give B/K something. Clearly, they are not a priority. And they have nowhere to go. This year can be a career killer for them. Just sad.
I am with Hanca on this. Of course they can with it. Tarasova / Morozov COULD win with candyman, theoretically. We all know what happens when a pair fights to survive the program. Why put elite skaters in this position? B/K have so much to give. How hard could it be to create something that highlights their strength?
I am just frustrated by their uninspired choices. I still remember the programs of Sui/Han, G/G, B/S, K/S (Manfried?) in particular, last years programs for M/G and I think how bland can the choreography for T/M get? It's like they can only do one set of elements more or less and they pretty much just change the music or rotate the elements. Unimpressed. Waiting for the ladies, and Nathan Chen.
I think you might be unto something there. The confidence and sharpness is lost in Dmitry in particular. B. is a fighter. She's got the spark and fight. He looks to be struggling and out of shape or he's injured. But something is not right with him. He needs a mentor.
I disagree, I think they are both struggling with confidence but when the wheels come off it's usually Boikova that makes the costly errors (like at Worlds). It seems like once a mistake happens she gets so mad (at him and herself from what it seems) that she struggles to push through and then the mistakes just pile on.
Yeah. It all just seems very odd. Or maybe a choreographer is really very limited by a team's talent.
ITA. If Pav/Kho have a good nationals, they could take the 3rd spot. It's really going to come down to that one competition this year unless it's so close the Federation uses Europeans (hopefully) or if that is cancelled again, the Russian Cup Final to make their decision. If Boi/Koz haven't put their bronze medal at Worlds behind them by this point, they have bigger issues to deal with. You have to focus on what's in front of you and not what is behind.
If they press their hands together one more time I will scream. If the Chinese are clean and M/G switch to last years free and are also clean, T/M will max out at bronze. I never, I never. But as we are saying, if this is the programme they can manage, good on them.
Go to Tarasova Morosov FS for this season, it will give abit a a relief.
I was thinking M/G FS second music would have suited mixing with Kung Fu panda, what's that music title that lipnitskaya skated at Russia nationals at 12 years old. it's also Chinese themed !
I wouldn’t award the gold medal to Sui/Han yet. After all, at the last worlds they were by Mishina/Galliamov…. That speaks volumes!
I am not awarding anybody anything. I was commenting on the emotion I felt every time I watched them skate that program. For them, a home Olympics, I hope they have material to rival it. May the best pair team win.
T/Ms program is clean and simple, I'll give them that. It's filled with good basic skating as well, but I was hoping for something more. M/G's programs last season was much more interesting. When I remember Sui and Han's Blues for Klook and their LPs, this is really flat. But hey, it was clean.
I disagree that B&K are not Tamara's priority. She cares for all her students. I am sure there is a reason she chose the programs she did for both her pairs. It just so happened, M&G skated great at worlds and B&K skated below expectations.
