2025 Skate Canada Womens SP PBP - Night of the Cheating Edge

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Do you think that Kaiya and Gabrielle would’ve been the highest placing Canadians here?

 

[Rukia]

this is a disaster for schizas

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh, poor Maddie. Nightmare skate.

 

[peibeck]

Schizas doing her best to give her Olympic spot away.

 

[PRlady]

Well somebody has to be last. Poor Madeleine. I’m hoping for Dupuis in Milan but this is sad.

 

[Colonel Green]

We should probably change the title of the Canadian women's discussion thread to "Waiting for Kwon".

 

[Belsornia]

I know Schizas ran into copyright issues, but this reheated Blue Swan is not it for her, even without the splats.

 

[Karen-W]

Ooof - whelp, the judges and tech panel can't really prop that up with a fall on what was supposed to be the first jump of her combo. And down on the 3lo too. Yikes.

So, Sara-Maude's odd, multi-colored starburst SP dress in Milano-Cortina, anyone?

 

[skatingguy]

Madeline Schizas
Coach: Nancy Lemaire, Alison Purkiss
Music: Stumbled Beginnings, Ninas Dream

3Lz - fall
2A
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
3Lo+COMBO - fall
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Layback Spin 4

Disaster.

-2.00 = Falls
48.72 = 9th Place

 

[Private Citizen]

Sara Maude for the Olympics!

This should go last, even though the scoring tracker is not yet giving her the combo. Flying sit really had no fly and was scored generously, but there are enough other problems without that demerit, too.

 

[Jay42]

Poor Maddie

 

[Citlali]

No one thing about this is good. The program is awful, the jumps are sad , and the dress is ugly

 

[Skaterbob]

That was bleak

 

[LilJen]

OW! This evening seems to be full of nasty falls.
and OW! again. This is clearly not Maddie's night
Choreography that starts the step sequence seems to have nothing to do with the music at all. Did Chris say something about changing her program? Um.

 

[beckab81]

Maddie joins Deanna & Maxime as someone who peaked too early in the olympic cycle. Not sure if it's the pressure of the Olympics, struggles balancing training & school, or something else, but she just hasn't looked right this season

 

[her grace]

Schizas

Fall on opening jump, and falls on 3r, too. Feeling the angst in the steps. Opening for Dupuis here!

 

[Sally1214]

He's wearing a costume. He came as a normal coach for Halloween.

ZING!!! That was good!

 

[tony]

Schizas just does not move effortlessly at all. Those clenched fists. The desperately trying to hang on to edges in the step sequences and typically getting level 2s. She needed to hit the basics hard an Olympic cycle ago but they've gone nowhere. And when she doesn't skate well, it's all magnified even more. The program is fine enough but the foundations never going anywhere is so annoying.

She will get points back for the loop attempt but it was wildly underrotated plus the fall so she might actually end up in the negative points (as in like -.65 total points earned w/ fall deduction) as it is.

Dupuis has beaten her at two of the last three 4CC. The Olympics ain't a done deal.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Yikes. Is this the worse short program Maddie has ever skated?

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

Nooooo Maddie ugh

I feel like she’s competed way too much this season. Almost seems like she’s nervous with just 1 spot on the Olympic team (rightly so) and the other Canadian ladies bringing it.

 

[slicekw]

Schizas with weird music cuts and jump problems - absolutely no height. She’s kinda got blank puke-face the whole skate. She’s barely getting off the ice in her choreo, even. I hope she’s healthy and can at least show us a good free skate.

 

[peibeck]

So why did Benoit pick Halloween to not look scary in the kiss and cry?

Because every day is Halloween for him???

 

[Lilia A]

That program didn't scream Black Swan the movie. It didn't scream Swan Lake either FWIW. She should just get an AI song and pretend like she's skating to Lion King.

 

[Karen-W]

Do you think that Kaiya and Gabrielle would’ve been the highest placing Canadians here?

Nope.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

in Milano-Cortina, anyone?

Daleman

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Because every day is Halloween for him???

I knew he had to be a Ministry fan!

 

[genevieve]

I almost like Gutman's dress, but the keyhole openings on the black netting is back just makes it look ill-fitting

love the color and the look from the front tho

 

[PRlady]

She should go get a drink with Brit pair. Or 48 of them.

 

[Sally1214]

Is Gutmann's dress black or deep burgundy? On my screen, I can't tell. Probably because I'm watching so many screens at one time my eyes are worn out!

 

[tony]

To me, this is the route Sarah Everhardt needs to go by looking at some of Lara's programs. Squid Game, even Pyscho that was tame. Jaws this year. Sarah needs something kooky that at least her big jumps can somewhat sell.