FSU Watch Party: Sunday, April 5, 2020 1pm CDT/2pm EST/7pm UTC - 1995 World Figure Skating Championships Ladies Long Program

[casken]

With Kielmann you could tell me this is 1985, not 1995, and I would believe you.

 

[VGThuy]

This dress is like something you'd see now. The music, not so much, unless someone found a dirgey cover of it.

Imagine some pained male gravely voiced or overly serious and affected female singer slow version of this piece in the style of “In This Shirt”.

 

[VGThuy]

I think I’m in love with this program.

 

[alchemy void]

Kielmann actually did this program cleanly, with 6 triples, at her home Europeans in Dortmund the month before. The crowd went insane, it was actually a really awesome moment.

Too bad she couldn't replicate at Worlds.

 

[VGThuy]

Man that last combination. Something we aren’t allowed to see these days.

 

[alchemy void]

Kielmann: 4.3/5.5

 

[skateboy]

Man that last combination. Something we aren’t allowed to see these days.

Right out of a roller skating program (even 7 jump combinations were not rare)... Marina was also a roller champion.

 

[VGThuy]

Man, Hubert is the epitome of up-and-down.

 

[VGThuy]

That kind of layback spin makes me miss 6.0. So musical.

 

[alchemy void]

I've never seen this program before, but something about Hubert flying around the rink at 125 mph to instrumental Les Mis works really well!

And she's actually holding her spirals out, too.

 

[VGThuy]

That was honestly the best Les Miz program I’ve ever seen.

 

[Vagabond]

Man, Hubert is the epitome of up-and-down.

I do wonder what she would have achieved without that creepy coach.

 

[VGThuy]

Hubert looked like such a French Queen out there. So statuesque and that program actually highlighted her strengths. She held out those positions and had such great and musical shapes and poses throughout.

 

[casken]

One of Hubert's best skates. If only she skated like this with one of her vodier programs like the prostitute one.

 

[alchemy void]

Hubert: 5.4/5.6

 

[VGThuy]

Remember when we had three French ladies? And we looked forward to seeing all three?

 

[VGThuy]

That hand down went right with the music.

 

[alchemy void]

Hubert looked like such a French Queen out there. So statuesque and that program actually highlighted her strengths. She held out those positions and had such great and musical shapes and poses throughout.

Yes! I live for voidy Hubert, but this program totally surprised me with the musicality and placement of the elements. I'll definitely go back and watch this program again in the future.

 

[VGThuy]

Is it me, or do we have a lot of musical variety at this Worlds? Even when two skaters had the same music, this event seems to have a lot of diversity in programs.

 

[VGThuy]

I love Santa Esmerelda’s “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”. I wish skaters edited that better but this one was one of the better edits. They always cut it right before it hits its peak making it unsatisfying.

 

[VGThuy]

Final flight!!!

 

[alchemy void]

That kind of layback spin makes me miss 6.0. So musical.

I hope it would be possible to create a judging system that's a hybrid of 6.0 and IJS. I want the best of both worlds!

 

[VGThuy]

I’m going to ignore the wrong design for a Vietnamese ao dai, and just say who told Markova putting two colors on the sleeves I. a horizontal fashion with one color going right to the armpits was a good idea? What do you guys think of her stockings?

 

[Kateri]

Never mind all the other voidy stuff, I'm never gonna be over Markova's sheer black tights OVER BOOTS. WHAT.

 

[alchemy void]

Markova has more transitions than the last five skaters combined.

Triple jumps, not so much.

 

[Kateri]

I’m going to ignore the wrong design for a Vietnamese ao dai, and just say who told Markova putting two colors on the sleeves I. a horizontal fashion with one color going right to the armpits was a good idea?

Obviously, it's to make the arm look slimmer. Pipecleaners are hot.

 

[VGThuy]

I just keep looking at her armpits. I do appreciate that she used so much of the Jazz section from Miss Saigon. Skaters never use it. That makes me think she’s portraying Ellen instead of Kim so it makes the program racially appropriate, if anyone cared about that.

 

[casken]

I love Markova, but always hated this program and detested this jazzy version of Miss Saigon.

 

[alchemy void]

I vote yes for the sheer black tights over the boots, but the rest of the dress is a no from me.

Oh look, it's Buyanova!

 

[alchemy void]

Markova: 5.5/5.7