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They need to move up now to get a head start on an Olympic spot. They could get it done at Worlds if they have a strong debut season. Even if they don’t, it will be easier to come into Nebelhorn (or whatever the qualifier event is) with a year of senior competition experience under their belts

Popko is handsome. Maybe a good thing the fortune tellers weren’t able to bring her boyfriend back!

I wondered if Isabeau is having spin issues this season because she isn’t practicing spins much on account of back pain from her horrible jump technique. All speculation on my part! But I think it’s weird such a well trained and prepared skater has so many spin mistakes.

That took a lot of strength. Sasha was like a flame I couldn’t look away from. I knew better but I’d watch her on practice and get so drawn in. Those glorious positions, her musicality, her dynamic timing. Even at 2010 nationals when she came back, she did maybe four jumps on practice and I was...

Literally. I’ll never be burned again. When I heard anyone wail over Patrick or Gracie bombing at key moments, my first thought was that they weren’t around for Sasha. :violin:

She still holds the record for the biggest jump from previous finish to a World title. Papadakis/Cizeron went 14th to 1st from 2014 to 2015 but didn’t break her record

Kamila is out of the spring Tutberidze tour. No reason given in the announcement.

Lajoie Lagha are on the Four Continents team so hopefully Marjorie is already on the road to recovery! :cheer:

It could be that Dalilah targeted certain students for abuse while doting on others. I don’t doubt the love some of her students expressed for her. It can be hard to see situations clearly when a person you care about and think you know well is accused of such awful behavior.

Going from Ondrej Hotarek to Steuer/Savchenko/Szolkowy is a pretty significant change. Those coaches seem quite different temperamentally. Not many skaters flourish under Steuer’s intensity and H/K surely know what works best for them at this point.

Well G/F are also no V/M. It’s an example of a similar scenario I’m reminded of by the judging at this event.

It’s very reminiscent of the D/W era, particularly when V/M were healthy and losing to them. On Twitter I saw some comparisons of the scores coming up to Sotnikova in Sochi, but I think of the dance event in Sochi, and in Calgary the year before… wondering am I even watching the same sport as...

Where are you guys able to watch the Russian GP? It isn’t streaming full length on the figurnaye katanye YouTube page. I tried a few different countries on my VPN and still couldn’t access full event videos. Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere!

I guessed it was easier for her to get a visa to the US with her Georgian passport than it was for Dudakov/Gleikhengauz to get one as Russians. I thought this might also have been the reason Litvintsev came without his Russian coaches.

I’d like to see Isabeau work with Kaitlyn Weaver on a FS. Kaitlyn created excellent material for Amber and Hana Yoshida this season; those programs were refreshing and fun. I think she could tap into another side of Isabeau’s personality than the bird stuff.