FSU Watch Party Sunday 3/29 - 2010 Olympics pairs SP [12pm CDT / 7pm CET]

[Hanna]

Morand/Dorsaz great! I remember really liking them back in the day! Fab throw, very nice sbs 2a, great lift... what's not to like!

 

[her grace]

Watching this competition makes me think the technical level of pairs is quite similar than now 10 years later. Compared to singles where the level has shot up like crazy.

Probably because the pairs rules devalued the quad twists and throws in relation to quality triples while in singles, the quad is worth the risk.

 

[Jeschke]

Slay Maria!
Good lord how I loved this pair back then!

(Trankov was never the same for me after )

 

[Finnice]

My moody Maxim and Le Tragedie to come. Oh my heart.

 

[her grace]

Audience boos Swiss skaters' scores!

 

[alchemy void]

Someone recall why they finished?
He was done with skating or what was it?

Via wiki:

Dorsaz retired from competitive skating after the 2010 season, citing lack of motivation.

 

[Jeschke]

My moody Maxim and Le Tragedie to come. Oh my heart.

Oh girl

 

[Colonel Green]

Watching this competition makes me think the technical level of pairs is quite similar than now 10 years later. Compared to singles where the level has shot up like crazy.

While there hasn't been anything quite as dramatic as the quad revolution, pairs tech has had some notable changes -- you still saw teams placing in the top ten with double twists circa 2010, and lifts were less complicated.

 

[Finnice]

Slay Maria!
Good lord how I loved this pair back then!

(Trankov was never the same for me after )

You just do not see the value of moody assets.

 

[Jeschke]

Audience boos Swiss skaters' scores!

I need more booing back in FS

 

[Jeschke]

This was such a good SP for M/T!
But their real masterpiece was their Pink Floys SP the season before for me!

 

[skatingguy]

The skate order groups during this period - why they went with 6 groups for 20 pairs I'll never understand - two groups between every ice resurfacing I guess.

 

[skatingguy]

This was such a good SP for M/T!
But their real masterpiece was their Pink Floys SP the season before for me!

We're using 'masterpiece' in the loosest sense of the word, no?


Sorry @Jeschke I seem to be taking a lot of shots a you today.

 

[Jeschke]

Chokin'.

 

[alchemy void]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Colonel Green]

Hideous soul patch.

 

[Hanna]

MOODY MARIA/MAXIM One of my forever faves Volo/Trank don't compare

THROW

 

[Jeschke]

Body language right after end pose!
Dying!

 

[Colonel Green]

Trankov could scarcely have looked less involved in that program.

 

[alchemy void]

The body language after they finish

 

[her grace]

Mukhortova/Trankov

Proof that Trankov could not find a good competition outfit for the Olympics

MESS fall from Trankov on the SBS jumps
nice throw
they just float across the ice
spins way out of sync

 

[Jeschke]

MOODY MARIA/MAXIM One of my forever faves Volo/Trank don't compare

THROW

OMG! I know why we are married, wheeeee

 

[Jeschke]

The body language after they finish

Awesome

 

[Jeschke]

Don't comfort him!
He's a bitch!

 

[Colonel Green]

Taylor: “What you doing with a girl like that?”

He won’t be with her for long. Despite how much she’s trying to cheer him up after his screwup.

 

[Hanna]

Seriously that throw though, perfection! That extension!

 

[her grace]

The look on the coach's face

 

[alchemy void]

Ohhhh poor Maria, don't even waste your energy in the K&C, Trankov has already checked out.

 

[Finnice]

Do not cry, Maxim. Your hair is a mess, your program the most lyrical snot and you just falled out the OGM. But Sochi will come

 

[Jeschke]

OMG!
I forgot those costumes!