Recent content by jdonavan

Asshats

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Good. 5 Olympic Games is enough.

True I forgot about World placement

It is all based on ISU standings, and the winnings is at least 10,000 per skater for second place (?)...Karen is 17th place ranking and Amber is 30th place.

They are solid, but T/T had better elegance, stretch and very unique transitions IMO. This new team has huge potential though.

participation is decided by World standings right?

As Leitch is her step father, so I doubt it.

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Dear God. This thread. Always the most "fun". PS: "Granny" Evora is younger than both Savchenko and Stellato. Anyway it says they are only teaming up for the 2018 US Open, a competition for professionals.

Don't forget Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski in the "twist height" pioneering also

Yes a bit cranky. I saw solid jumps, throws and great lifts with improved twist. Program was nice. Music overused? Yeah, but when has skating not gone that direction in an Olympic year? PS: Alexa and Chris did not perform twist or jumps in their run thru. It is common to leave out elements in...

I saw this too. Today seemed about the same.

Charlie’s championing of Vincent as “the future” - after the less than stellar season he’s had - was pretty mystifying to me, until I remembered that he’s worked closely with Vincent: he choreographed Vincent’s original FS this season. That fact should have been disclosed in the article, because...

Who else?