puglover
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Yes, yes yes, Piper and Paul. I am thrilled for them!
Bashynska/Beaumont should probably get the spot over Makita/Gunara, given that they beat them at Challenge.Agree on the ice coverage. It’s a super difficult/relentless program. I don’t care that she’s not in a red dress. She’s wearing red for the FD, she doesn’t need one in the RD too. The black dress was gorgeous.
Regarding junior ice dance, it will be interesting to see if Skate Canada sends the YOG teams to JW along with Bron/Bour.
I also find it interesting that international judges seem to have D’A/W and M/G much closer in marks than judges in Canada. I think D’A/W are a bit overrated. Their FD does not look that difficult to me. Too much SBS skating, hand to hand skating and not enough time in a dance hold. M/G have more dance holds and more difficult transitions. But the FD is not that great IMO. Hope they’ll have a better theme and music next year.
I agree with this - plus the choreography, especially combined with the music choice, looks very dated.I also find it interesting that international judges seem to have D’A/W and M/G much closer in marks than judges in Canada. I think D’A/W are a bit overrated. Their FD does not look that difficult to me. Too much SBS skating, hand to hand skating and not enough time in a dance hold.
Regarding Makita & Gunara, maybe they need to look at some outside choreography next season?
Since there are no other competitions for juniors I wonder why they won’t name the other two spots. I truly think it should be the two B/Bs but not sure what criteria they would be waiting for
Well, it's pretty simple that the National Champs should go, since we have 3 spots, so that's Bronsard/Bouaraguia. And Makita/Gunara may have had a JGP score a couple of points higher, but Bashynska/Beaumont beat them head to head at Challenge by several points. JGP scores weren't at the same event, and they weren't that different. I'd definitely send Ba/Be.Based on what should it be the two B/Bs? Because of Challenge scores? Let’s not forget that Makita/Gunara had the highest or second highest total scores on the JGP this past fall.
Since there are no other competitions for juniors I wonder why they won’t name the other two spots. I truly think it should be the two B/Bs but not sure what criteria they would be waiting for
There are some international B-level junior competitions out there, like the Bavarian Open, previously discussed. Skate Canada sent Lajoie/Lagha and Fabbri/Ayer there last year in the leadup to Junior Worlds. Unless they're going to schedule some other domestic skate-off, I'd guess that's what they're going to do again.Since there are no other competitions for juniors I wonder why they won’t name the other two spots.
I liked that team, but if Grayson's health problems made it seem like a good time to retire, I wish him well in future endeavours. Irina has a lot of potential, so I hope she can find somebody to help her realize it.Irina Galiyanova (7th at Challenge with Grayson Lochhead; they WD from Nationals due to health issues, according to her Instagram) has listed herself on IPS. She has dual Canadian & Russian citizenship.
The German fed has put up an entry list, and all four top teams are going (Natalie & Bruce already have their spot, but they’re going for the experience).It does look like there may be a Junior skate off at Bavarian open - there was a Carol Lane tweet recently that indicated Ba/Be and L/R and her novice team going there. Or maybe just extra experience for the teams as I don't see an official competitors list on the ISU website
They are not sending F/A this year. I guess that means they will not be named as subsThe German fed has put up an entry list, and all four top teams are going (Natalie & Bruce already have their spot, but they’re going for the experience).
Much deeper field than last year, when L/L and F/A pretty much had it to themselves.
Thank-youFabbri/Ayer are already listed as subs for 4CC on the ISU list.
I don't think this has been posted anywhere on the board yet: Bev Smith has an interview with F-B/S that goes into much more depth about his condition and the surgery. With regards to Worlds, they're just taking things a day at a time and seeing how he does before trying to make a decision.
The waiting game - Bev Smith Writes
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen skate in the singular, which is to say, they skate as one. Nothing about this was clearer than last season when they performed to the percussive freestyle Polish guitarist Marcin Patrzalek (one of my favourites) for the free dance, full of power and...bevsmithwrites.com
Piper & Paul have changed the color of the their FD costumes : https://twitter.com/cjlanecoach/status/1225600244815024128?s=20
That was my first thought too when I saw the start order. The very first skaters out, when the three other teams are all in the final group. It's hard to compete with a skate order like that.Well, tomorrow the battle for Junior Worlds commences at the Bavarian Open. The start order for the RD is up, and hoo boy did Miku & Tyler get screwed.