2026 Worlds Free Dance PBP - Whale, That's All Folks!

Your uber is showing. :lol:
What some of you are saying is the equivalent of “I prefer a competent wedding singer’s version of ‘Nessun Dorma’ to Pavarott’s”. Which is fine and you are entitled to do. It just means you have very bad taste and are unable to recognise superior skating skills and musicality when you see it. :)
 
In the past I have seen documents for technical panels around what is called "Field of Play" (I can't find them at the moment). That means they are given the benefit of doubt in regards to calling what they see at the time. I daresay by the amount of time it took for the scores to come up, there was obviously quite a bit of discussion around that element and the decision to deduction was not taken lightly because the panel would know it affected the podium placements. But why do a dodgy element that the slightest move would make it a violation?
 
I would love them to do something else. But boy with that clip it would be a vibe to see a part 3.

ETA - just got onto Spotify. Yep the soundtrack is there. I will totally understand why they would do it. It is amazing music and they could pull it off. I think they might have my blessing.
 
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What some of you are saying is the equivalent of “I prefer a competent wedding singer’s version of ‘Nessun Dorma’ to Pavarott’s”. Which is fine and you are entitled to do. It just means you have very bad taste and are unable to recognise superior skating skills and musicality when you see it. :)
No, what you are saying is that you think Pavarotti is better than Plácido Domingo or Enrico Caruso and claiming that means you have good taste. ;)
 
No, what you are saying is that you think Pavarotti is better than Plácido Domingo or Enrico Caruso and claiming that means you have good taste. ;)
If those two teams were as good as Domingo and Caruso, why were they not at Worlds?
 
What some of you are saying is the equivalent of “I prefer a competent wedding singer’s version of ‘Nessun Dorma’ to Pavarott’s”. Which is fine and you are entitled to do. It just means you have very bad taste and are unable to recognise superior skating skills and musicality when you see it. :)
Don’t you prefer Ewan McGregor’s cover of Your Song? :saint:
 
wow this really is the off season if we are comparing b/s to Domingo or Caruso unless I have someone on ignore and it's David Caruso you all are taking about
 
So I've only just watched the Free Dance today. I was already aware of the controversy re Fear/Gibson's deduction but haven't had a chance to read/listen to any analysis from the usual suspects and was reading this thread as I was watching.

Anyway, I'm disappointed Lopareva/Brissaud didn't finish higher, and ditto Lajoie/Lagha. Very happy for Gilles/Poirier and Zingas/Kolesnik. Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron deserved the win based on their skating.

ETA: Almost forgot to say I'm thrilled for what I think is Australia's best ever ice dance result. Will be looking forward to seeing if Harris/Chan can build on this season's improvements.

As for (as another poster dubbed it) elbow-gate, I was obviously watching quite carefully and reluctantly have to agree one arm was much more extended so could certainly be considered to be locked. Watching that Reddit video which was posted it was pretty clear to me that it was different here as well (and pretty close at the Olympics too I might add). Those are the risks when you're pushing the edge of the rules.

Rules for lifts in ice dance have been gradually relaxed over the years. If I'm remembering my ice dance history correctly in the early days the man's hands couldn't be higher than the waist, then it became the shoulders, and latterly all the rules/interpretations about whether on not the hands/arms above the shoulder was supporting, transitionary etc etc. I'm inclined to say they need to start being a lot clearer again. We still got plenty of interesting lift positions with the not above the shoulders rule.
before they retire, they need to do something from the 1984 Dune soundtrack
I support this idea. So long as they don't take any costume inspiration from Sting.
 
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Aboian/Veselukhin were too young for Worlds.
I saw them live in Tallinn and they wouldn’t have been chosen over the three teams who did go.
An opera singer could help me on vocals for 100 years and I still wouldn't sing as well as Elton John, let alone Pavarotti. Just saying...
First of all, the fact that you think Elton John is a great singer shows you know as much about music as you ice dance. :shuffle:

Secondly, the idea that the fifth placers at US Nationals and a junior team who scored in the 60s for their rhythm dance at Junior Worlds have better programmes than the Olympic and World champions does not make you edgy. It would be simpler and more honest if you just said you don’t like Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron because they represented a threat to/took American gold and you’re all still upset about it. ;)
 
I have news for you. A lot of people here, including many Americans, were not Chock/Bates ubers and thought they were only multi-champions in a weak quad.

The reason we’re not happy about the “French” is that he’s a narcissist who treated his former partner badly and she’s defending her rapist boyfriend.

They might have skating skills from Mars, but if you care about a skater being photographed with a men’s rights advocate, start looking at skaters with much worse personal histories.
 
I have news for you. A lot of people here, including many Americans, were not Chock/Bates ubers and thought they were only multi-champions in a weak quad.

The reason we’re not happy about the “French” is that he’s a narcissist who treated his former partner badly and she’s defending her rapist boyfriend.

They might have skating skills from Mars, but if you care about a skater being photographed with a men’s rights advocate, start looking at skaters with much worse personal histories.
I bet if Cizeron took a photo with that Canadian meat 🥩 eater , it wouldn‘t mean anything or he‘d have accidentally fallen into the photo😜
 
Of course Abo/Ves wouldn't have made it to Worlds as they now are. They were too young in every sense. They were juniors skating a junior program. The other teams have years of experience and seasoning that they don't have. I think if all goes well they have superstar potential, but they have years and years to go before they get there.

But if the question is who skated a well-put-together program with excitement and verve and attitude -- well, by that standard I would put them right up there with the best in the world.
 
I saw them live in Tallinn and they wouldn’t have been chosen over the three teams who did go.

First of all, the fact that you think Elton John is a great singer shows you know as much about music as you ice dance. :shuffle:

Secondly, the idea that the fifth placers at US Nationals and a junior team who scored in the 60s for their rhythm dance at Junior Worlds have better programmes than the Olympic and World champions does not make you edgy. It would be simpler and more honest if you just said you don’t like Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron because they represented a threat to/took American gold and you’re all still upset about it. ;)
Yuma has the best skating skills among all men competing but I think there are other skaters with more musical Turandot that I enjoy more.

Same logic applies to the French
 

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