News and updates à la Française, part quatre

[kwanfan1818]

It doesn’t take a step on the ice to replace the country’s current #1 in the minds of the judges with a phantom team. Especially since the French Fed has made it clear not only that FB/ C are FRA #1 this minute, but that their current teams are shite.

 

[On My Own]

This is a lot of speculation before we've seen anything from F-B/C.

I just know they're going to skate a Free Dance to Love, Actually.

 

[Tesla]

This is a lot of speculation before we've seen anything from F-B/C.

And I'll address the elephant in the room: we don't know how people (=judges) will respond to Laurence given her association with Sorensen.

I don't think they'll care. In the Instagram picture accompanying the announcement, she just looked so ill-at-ease while he eye-f*cked the camera. I'm hoping this is something she wants. To me, there just wasn't any happiness in the picture.

 

[PRlady]

I’ll fight anyone who thinks CarPon are a better team than Lop/Bri but under these scenarios it’s all politics anyway.

 

[Karen-W]

I’ll fight anyone who thinks CarPon are a better team than Lop/Bri but under these scenarios it’s all politics anyway.

I mean, CarPon did beat them at Worlds last year and in 2023 as well... But, sure, LopBri are the better team if you say so.

 

[PRlady]

I mean, CarPon did beat them at Worlds last year and in 2023 as well... But, sure, LopBri are the better team if you say so.

By .04 points? Bwahaha. I’d like to make a bet on this year’s results but with the politiks changing so drastically, sadly no.

 

[Karen-W]

By .04 points? Bwahaha. I’d like to make a bet on this year’s results but with the politiks changing so drastically, sadly no.

I'm just saying that CarPon as the US #3 beat them by 2 places and 6.5 points in 2023 when they were the clear FRA #1; and CarPon still beat them last year. It was incredibly close between 6th through 9th (1.07 points) and the placements could have gone any which way - LopBri did well to close that gap (and both also bridged the gap with ReedAmbru).

Your position that LopBri are better than CarPon is not, though, borne out by the results at the last two Worlds - and I contend that the only reason they may have beaten CarPon this year would have been because of politiks pushing them higher than their fall scores would indicate. As it is, with the new FBCiz partnership & the clear message from the FFSG that THIS is our #1 team and the rest of the teams really have no ability to build our future, I expect LopBri to wind up 7th or 8th.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I’ll fight anyone who thinks CarPon are a better team than Lop/Bri but under these scenarios it’s all politics anyway.

I mean no one touches ZingKol

 

[cholla]

Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron are currently working with Stéphane Lambiel in Switzerland.

 

[Panja]

Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron are currently working with Stéphane Lambiel in Switzerland.

This doesn't surprise me, PapCiz worked with him in the past (which I read in International Figure Skating at the time).

 

[cholla]

Eva Bernard and Amedeo Bonetto have split

 

[her grace]

That is not surprising at all since they had a lot of mistakes in their performances this year. Maybe they can find partners with whom they can be a better match