I couldn't find SK's fan thread, so I thought I would post this here:
SK:
S: They’re gonna look to step up here today, execute a little bit more technically like we talked about with Piper and Paul, but I think they just need to bring a better energy, we’ll see if they’re capable of that
S: (immediately following twizzles) (excitedly) best twizzles I’ve ever seen them execute in competition, usually that particularly gives Nikita quite a hard time. not even a hesitation there today.
S: (during end of stsq) starting to slow down, you can see the camera’s not moving that fast across the ice
T: (after performance and comment from Brenda about Nikita having been slowed down by back injuries over the last couple of years having taken them out of early season competitions and the possible effects on his fitness and endurance) I thought they showed great polish, though. There was a finish to each move. They were creating beautiful shapes out there. I just have to say, and maybe this is after Gabriella and Guillaume, it lacked a certain sophistication in the choreography. There’s potential for it to be suave and elegant, and, and enchanting even, but it missed the mark.
S: I agree, I agree. I think a lot of it is a little bit raunchy-motivated. It doesn’t do it for me, not for a, an Olympic-level performance. I think that’s what maybe we were alluding to when we were talking about Gabi and Guillaume’s sophistication, two people moving kind of as one. I don’t really feel that from that performance, but what I did like is their attack. Compared to the team event, they came out and they were ticked off, right from the beginning, and that gave them a little bit more attack. Um, but what it did do, and what I saw, is that they were making little technical mistakes. And, and at the end, they couldn’t quite hold onto that same energy, but we’ll see if the judges agree with what, what I saw through the screen.
S: (slow motion replay of twizzles) These, this element, the twizzles, though, like, even in practices I don’t think I’ve seen them executed that well
T: And musical, too
S: (slow motion replay of 3rd key point) Here I’m super-interested, his blade can’t wobble, I thought it wobbled right here, you see it coming up and onto a flat. That’s not really showing that in the marks, it’s, or it might not show that in the marks, I guess, is, would be surprising.
T: In general, though, a clean skate
S: Yeah, much, much more energy, clean. I mean, I see him falling off a couple of these turns. And, I, I, I wonder if that’s just me really being too picky compared to Papadakis and Cizeron
(Brenda’s comment about judges having PC’s skate in mind when they mark SK)
T: Yes. And you have to be picky, it’s the Olympic Games
S: That’s true
T: The stakes are high
S: (immediately following slow motion replay of rotational lift) I love the entry and the exit of that rotational lift, I really do. The position for me…
T: Does it change?
S: And it’s not difficult enough, I don’t think. That might be the first position Tessa and I ever learned (T giggles), Ilderton Carnival.
S: (after marks come up) That’s a huge score for them
T: Huge, with
S: Best they could’ve done
T: With two American teams and Piper and Paul coming in, how do they slot in?