Gold on Gold: Lajoie & Lagha Cheer thread!

[shan]

I'm so excited to see them in action next week!

 

[CassAgain]

They look ready to go and medal worthy in that clip.

 

[Andora]

They look ready to go and medal worthy in that clip.

I know it's a long shot, but ice is slippery. They've got the goods to push through if teams make mistakes. I hate to wish for errors, but as they're stuck behind lesser teams ahead of them in Judges' minds...

 

[shan]

More LaLa! This time a FD clip from On Ice Perspectives!

Marjorie Lajoie on Instagram: "Hello darkness my old friend🖤 Thank you @oniceperspectives 🎥"

375 likes, 8 comments - marjorie.lajoie on March 22, 2025: "Hello darkness my old friend🖤 Thank you @oniceperspectives 🎥".

www.instagram.com

 

[ginsengtea]

Early morning practice snippets and mixed zone interviews!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904493538852692215

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904509767630098476

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904508617279090852

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904490596913336590

 

[ginsengtea]

Marjorie and Zachary are also featured at about 16:58 on That Figure Skating Show with Brenda Irving and Asher Hill, anyone know the proverb Zach told Asher about?

 

[ginsengtea]

A new, longer CBC interview with some more training footage

 

[ginsengtea]

LaLa in fifth with a shot(?) to get on the podium? For me this was their best performance of this RD by a long shot. I think they were a bit underscored here but nevertheless, extremely proud of them holding it together so well especially after the Finns and Lithuanians had unexpected wipeouts.

Also, best message to the crowd: “Hold my beer”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905712154772390234

 

[ginsengtea]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905719107175268362

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905722372654850193

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905725950383542584

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905705516913094665

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905713810104840268

 

[ginsengtea]

Good choice

 

[almiranara]

Obviously not the result that they were hoping for but i hope it doesn't let them down and they'll come back stronger next season!

 

[ginsengtea]

Hard not to feel disappointed in the scores because it was a beautiful and very solid skate, but they will come back better than ever next season I’m sure of it. I was checking SkatingScores and then it annoyed me because it finally made more logical sense why the score was so low. LaLa by far had the largest TSS spread of all the top 12. USA judge put them highest of all the judges in 4th, and all four Eastern European judges (AZE, EST, UKR, SVK) had them at 10th and 12th. Make of that what you will.

 

[ginsengtea]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906085147801186718

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906080669341565277

 

[marbri]

Hard not to feel disappointed in the scores because it was a beautiful and very solid skate, but they will come back better than ever next season I’m sure of it. I was checking SkatingScores and then it annoyed me because it finally made more logical sense why the score was so low. LaLa by far had the largest TSS spread of all the top 12. USA judge put them highest of all the judges in 4th, and all four Eastern European judges (AZE, EST, UKR, SVK) had them at 10th and 12th. Make of that what you will.

The is back and have chosen LaLa as their

 

[shan]

I'm so sad for Marjorie and Zach. I'm glad they're sticking with their attitude of not getting hung up on results or scores, but that must be very frustrating for them. Hopefully this setback will keep them motivated to improve, which sounds likely given Zach's comments post FD.

 

[ginsengtea]

Post-FD interview with CBC

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906315560889225335

And some photos from the ISU Awards red carpet. They both clean up nicely

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906504624754106775

 

[Cpomfan]

What do y'all want Lala program is going to be next season. I saw someone suggest Darcula on Twitter and I think that will be brilliant choice if they go down that route. But knowing their stellar track records of amazing programs, I know they can virtually pull off about anything.

 

[clairecloutier]

My hope is for distinctive & original music choices. Something that stands out.

The programs this season were decent vehicles, but in no way fresh. I felt like they were fighting a bit uphill all season due to that. Although the judges have hardly been consistent in the message they’re sending , it does seem like there’s interest now in programs that are strong and original and coherent, like Dune (and, at Euros, Chorus Line and L/B’s techno).

L/L had two beautiful, original programs last season (Thriller was fresh, even if MJ isn’t), and had great results, so I’d love to see that again.

 

[Andora]

Their White Crow really took them next level, and in a year where they were held back from world's through no fault of their own. They really put their mark on the field despite the odds being against them.

I think this year's finish will be motivating for them in a way they may not have had going into this season.

But I look forward to something they can really connect to and elevate, like their White Crow program, their Junior World Winning FD, etc.

 

[shan]

I really enjoy Roses because it's quietness highlights their fantastic skating and performance abilities. I don't mind Sound of Silence, but I don't think it builds as well. The Murky Solitude section is my favorite part, but the rest of the music and vocals compete with the performance. I'm sure this season has been a learning experience for them and motivating for next season.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I quite liked SoS when I saw it at Canadian Nationals - on my screen it looked like they might not have had the same energy when they performed in Boston. SoS is the kind of program that needs to be close to perfect to work. I do think their RD was the bigger miscalculation - they already have a problem with looking "more youthful" or "less mature" than the teams above them and returning to something they did as a very young team probably wasn't a good idea, especially because the 1970s part made no sense at all. It might have been better if they'd leaned fully into the 1960s trippy go-go dancing aspect. I do hope they can find a FD next year that really stands out from the other teams. Zachary is a musician and a contemporary dance student - he's got to like some pretty interesting music.

 

[skategal]

I quite liked SoS when I saw it at Canadian Nationals - on my screen it looked like they might not have had the same energy when they performed in Boston. SoS is the kind of program that needs to be close to perfect to work. I do think their RD was the bigger miscalculation - they already have a problem with looking "more youthful" or "less mature" than the teams above them and returning to something they did as a very young team probably wasn't a good idea, especially because the 1970s part made no sense at all. It might have been better if they'd leaned fully into the 1960s trippy go-go dancing aspect. I do hope they can find a FD next year that really stands out from the other teams. Zachary is a musician and a contemporary dance student - he's got to like some pretty interesting music.

Agree.

At Skate Canada SOS was magnificent.

But I think it’s a program that really needs to be pushed out as far as possible with lots of speed, confidence and clean lines to be effective.

I also think they should have leaned into the Austin Powers RD and scrapped the 70s music.

Can’t wait to see what they come up with for next season.

 

[yurokis40]

Traitors marie france and patrice more interested in promoting there international teams than them they are not getting enough attention the result was a travesty for a team this talented. They aren`t many coaching options maybe join margalio or carol lane.

 

[almiranara]

does anyone know if we could watch their new interview outside of Canada? looks like it's on a program called le Québec matin on TVA Nouvelles channel

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907809744422859143

 

[ginsengtea]

does anyone know if we could watch their new interview outside of Canada? looks like it's on a program called le Québec matin on TVA Nouvelles channel

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907809744422859143

I found some clips from April 3rd’s morning show but unfortunately not their interview, hopefully it will be uploaded soon!

 

[ginsengtea]

Robert Brodie's interview with Mike Slipchuck post-Worlds

Slipchuck's comments on Marjorie and Zach:

While the seventh-place finish by Canada’s No. 2 team, Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha — two spots lower than a year ago in Montreal — might strike you as a bit of disappointment, Slipchuk didn’t see it that way. At all.

“Marj and Zach, I thought, had a good Worlds. I’ll be honest, I was surprised where the result was,” he said. “But as far as the season they had and how they performed at Worlds, I thought they continue to improve, to move forward and definitely, in our minds, have put themselves in that conversation with that group of teams that sits from from third to seventh now.

“They’re just going to continue to push and they’re going to keep moving up. So again, it was a good week for them. You don’t control the results end of it. But as far as how they performed and how they just kept developing this season, I thought it was a very good season for them.”

It might take a while yet for Lajoie and Lagha to figure out exactly why they slipped two spots in the ice dance competition at Worlds — and more specifically, why their free dance score suddenly fell off in the judges’ eyes in the final two events of the season.

Slipchuk admits he’s equally puzzled by it all, but one thing he knows for sure is this: these are the kind of athletes who will be fuelled by everything that didn’t go their way in Boston. While we’ve suggested in the past that going backward in ice dance can be harmful for your future more than any other discipline in figure skating (as in, it’s generally bad news), Slipchuk doesn’t see that happening here (and quite frankly, he shouldn’t, given the relative young ages of Lajoie and Lagha, at least in ice dance terms).

“I’ll be honest, I don't know. I don’t see it. I thought they skated as well as they skated all year, and how that (score) was significantly lower, I don’t know,” he said in reaction to their results. “But with Marj and Zach, they’re competitive. They want to win, they want to be up there. And so, as I said to them after (the event), I wouldn’t want to be a team ahead of you right now, because they’re going to be hungry.

“Even from that moment, I know they were disappointed, but you could just see that fire that (tells you) they’re going to get back there. And this stuff happens. We’ve been through it with Piper and Paul. We’ve been through it with other teams, where sometimes you can’t really explain what happened. There were other teams in that event, too, that were surprisingly in a different position than I think people expected coming in, but that’s sport. Once Worlds is done, it’s over, and now we prepare for the next season.”

 

[shan]

I agree that their finish and score is still puzzling. It's good to see them move forward and use it to motivate them!

 

[puglover]

I decided long ago to like what I like and take the results, particularly in ice dance, with a grain of salt. However, I can absolutely not imagine investing the time, energy, money, heart and soul into something that consumes your youth and arguably the best years of your life, only to see "puzzling" results at the culminating competition at the end of the season. If there are explanations for this, we, the fans, are left in the dark and it seems the athletes aren't very much the wiser either. Most of the "reasons" I have heard have involved - they have skated it better (no obvious errors), or not unique enough (surely that should have been obvious all year if that is valid). It feels to me they are all aiming for some obscure program concept that is "unique and different" but not too "unique and different". Now they get to digest and learn from this as they prepare for next year - and not question whether they have lost favour somehow in the judge's eyes. End of rant.

 

[yurokis40]

I decided long ago to like what I like and take the results, particularly in ice dance, with a grain of salt. However, I can absolutely not imagine investing the time, energy, money, heart and soul into something that consumes your youth and arguably the best years of your life, only to see "puzzling" results at the culminating competition at the end of the season. If there are explanations for this, we, the fans, are left in the dark and it seems the athletes aren't very much the wiser either. Most of the "reasons" I have heard have involved - they have skated it better (no obvious errors), or not unique enough (surely that should have been obvious all year if that is valid). It feels to me they are all aiming for some obscure program concept that is "unique and different" but not too "unique and different". Now they get to digest and learn from this as they prepare for next year - and not question whether they have lost favour somehow in the judge's eyes. End of rant.

The result can be easily explained the tech specialist was american Julia Rey lets get real she really works for USFS not the ISU and there was no Canadian judge on the free dance panel. Personnally they should have easily finished ahead of the overrated 2nd american team with that boring bolero program, and ahead of the Italians who had mistakes and the Spanish. I think the fix was in that is why Marie-France didn`t show up at worlds she didn`t want to explain the result to marjo ans Zach.

 

[Cpomfan]

Happy birthday Zachary Lagha
Instagram story from Marjo
Instagram story from Christina Carreira