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

[miffy]

I love Z/K but it's not exactly comparable to the Shibs who were only 16 & 19 and first-year seniors (Maia wouldn't even be old enough for worlds under the current age rules). This is Z/K's first time at worlds but they are 23 & 24 and this is their fourth senior season.

I felt sorry for Shibs too, they wouldn't have medalled if Gwendal XP hadn't fallen. Then they dropped to 9th or something crazy the next season

Remember when 'XP' was the new thing

 

[Reuven]

Look, I have issues with them as people but I don't actually think it's possible to overmark that.

Yeah, I know. Have to admit that was a very good skate. Well done!

 

[peibeck]

Compared to the other teams a good but more muted response from the audience.

Best they have done that curve lift all season. Lovely skating. Still find it a P/C re-tread and nothing we haven't seen from Cizeron multiple times before.

 

[Firedancer]

She has her world medal. Please retire now

 

[Sally1214]

MESMERIZING! You could hear a feather drop in that arena during that performance. That curve lift is jaw-dropping. All of it was just brilliant. Standing O totally deserved. Well done, Laurence and Guillaume ..... well done.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm not the biggest fan of this particular combination, but gosh....
I got literal chills from the first moment. It's just something else.

 

[MacMadame]

This was much better skated than at the Olympics. Program makes more sense.

I'm still not seeing the shapes of water except for a bit at the end, but they skated that well and it deserves to be in first place over Dune. The only issue I have is that I don't think it's 10+ TES above Dune.

 

[Moto Guzzi]

These two again? Swim away, Whale. Far, far away.

Where's a harpoon when we need one?

 

[Karen-W]

Someone tripped over the cords in Prague again! If only they'd kept them unplugged for the actual scores!

 

[miffy]

Much better than at the Olympics, I can't wait to see their reaction when Zingas and Kolesnik beat them if they stick around. lol

Exactly what I was thinking Get politiking Igor.

 

[Aceon6]

Et nunc factum est. Novum quadriennium adduc.

Approximately 120 days till Lake Placid.

 

[Rob]

How much more than 135 will they get?

 

[itsartemis]

That score!!!

 

[annie_mg]

Ok so I cried during the French.it was sublime. And then I saw Sorensen just a few meters away cheering. He was very loud. And now I'm just mad.

 

[victorskid]

Final FD results:
1 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 138.07 78.85 59.22 9.86 10.00 9.75 0.00 #20
2 Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP 125.31 70.67 54.64 9.25 9.25 8.82 0.00 #15
3 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 125.07 68.71 56.36 9.46 9.36 9.36 0.00 #19
4 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 124.99 69.85 55.14 9.25 9.18 9.14 0.00 #17
5 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 123.89 70.09 55.80 9.36 9.50 9.04 2.00 #18
6 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 121.00 68.44 52.56 8.75 8.89 8.64 0.00 #12
7 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 120.70 66.92 53.78 9.07 8.86 8.96 0.00 #16
8 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 119.67 67.95 52.72 8.75 8.79 8.82 1.00 #14
9 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 119.31 66.61 52.70 8.75 8.89 8.71 0.00 #11
10 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN 118.25 66.05 52.20 8.71 8.71 8.68 0.00 #13
11 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS USA 113.56 63.20 50.36 8.36 8.46 8.36 0.00 #8
12 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE 113.43 62.29 51.14 8.43 8.71 8.43 0.00 #9
13 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain le GAC CAN 111.96 63.74 48.22 8.07 8.18 7.86 0.00 #1
14 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR 108.99 61.07 47.92 8.07 8.14 7.75 0.00 #2
15 Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS 108.49 62.07 47.42 8.00 8.00 7.71 1.00 #5
16 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 107.47 61.33 47.14 7.89 7.93 7.75 1.00 #3
17 Jennifer JANSE van RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER 106.51 59.59 46.92 7.89 7.96 7.61 0.00 #4
18 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 101.16 57.32 44.84 7.50 7.46 7.46 1.00 #6
19 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 97.58 51.30 46.28 7.75 7.57 7.82 0.00 #7
WD Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN #10


Overall results:
1 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 230.81 1 1
2 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 211.52 2 3
3 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 209.20 4 4
4 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 208.98 3 5
5 Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP 206.37 6 2
6 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 203.77 5 7
7 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 200.66 9 6
8 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 200.56 7 8
9 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN 199.06 8 10
10 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO
11 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE 190.17 12 12
12 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS USA 189.98 13 11
13 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain le GAC CAN 181.66 20 13
14 Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS 179.61 16 15
15 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR 178.82 19 14
16 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 178.29 18 16
17 Jennifer JANSE van RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER 177.53 17 17
18 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 173.93 14 19
19 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 173.49 15 18
Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 78.03 11 WD


Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[Desperado]

The skating spoke for itself.

Now go away.

 

[marbri]

Regarding F/G vs Z/K.. Z/K win bronze medal over them by 0.22 pts.
In a world where the GOE thrown at Z/K wasn't so outrageous I am going on a limb to say they were gifted that medal.

 

[Sally1214]

WOW at that score.

 

[jao86]

Because Igor isn't known for his politicking at all...

Well, I'm not saying THAT. I'm sure he's pulling some (or a lot of) strings behind the scenes, but after all the shenanigans pulled by IAM, it's hard for me to be upset about it, personally.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Chock/Bates still have WR for total competition score.

 

[Jammers]

She has her world medal. Please retire now

Amen to that please can all of the older teams retire now? Not knocking them but we've seen these skaters for well over a decade now.

 

[Karen-W]

Compared to the other teams a good but more muted response from the audience.

Best they have done that curve lift all season. Lovely skating. Still find it a P/C re-tread and nothing we haven't seen from Cizeron multiple times before.

And not just for PapCiz but for every other team he's choreographed for. Remember that dreadful FD he gave LopBri for the 2022-23 season?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Two debutants are on the podium.

Was the last time a debutant in ice dance got a medal at worlds with Klimova/Ponomarenko?

 

[MacMadame]

Regarding F/G vs Z/K.. Z/K win bronze medal over them by 0.22 pts.
In a world where the GOE thrown at Z/K wasn't so outrageous I am going on a limb to say they were gifted that medal.

There was nothing outrageous about their GOE. SMH

 

[marbri]

As much as I loved The Whale this season ( and I loved it) if these two do continue next season I will need Guillaume to challenge himself....

 

[marbri]

There was nothing outrageous about their GOE. SMH

But there was....

 

[BittyBug]

LOL Mark saying they’ll stick around for the OLYs in France.

 

[Kateri]

Chock/Bates still have WR for total competition score.

The problem with this is that a.) they really shouldn't, and b.) wanting to get it back might keep Guillaume in for another year instead of retiring.

 

[peibeck]

"We can't wait to see you again," makes it sound like Laurence is content with staying in.

 

[marbri]

Chock/Bates still have WR for total competition score.

I always find the concept of WRs in figure skating pointless. It's not like swimming or similar where it's really impressive