Papadakis/Cizeron #10 - Waacking All The Way To Beijing

[cocotaffy]

French TV, VPN needed if watched outside France: https://twitter.com/francetvsport/status/1495494394065170437

 

[Miloune]

French TV, VPN needed if watched outside France: https://twitter.com/francetvsport/status/1495494394065170437

Gabriella's 2012 haircut I can't .
...D*mn I'm gonna miss them on the ice!

 

[cocotaffy]

Glad Axelle Munezero is getting some visibility at least in the skating community thanks to Gaby and Guillaume gold medal performance. Nice interview by Asher and Dylan for CBC where we get to see more training clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njA_s7DZDzI&ab_channel=CBCSports

 

[bcash]

If you set your VPN to Australia (specifically Sydney on mine), you can find P/C's RD and FD in full on the official Olympics channel (the FD has two versions, one shorter, one more extended to include the full kiss and cry). All without commentary. Nice clean recordings to have on file. I'm interested in hearing the commentary for the world stream though, with the Australian lady.

 

[cocotaffy]

If you set your VPN to Australia (specifically Sydney on mine), you can find P/C's RD and FD in full on the official Olympics channel (the FD has two versions, one shorter, one more extended to include the full kiss and cry). All without commentary. Nice clean recordings to have on file. I'm interested in hearing the commentary for the world stream though, with the Australian lady.

You can get it if you set your VPN to Canada.

 

[cocotaffy]

I find Nathalie Pechalat's reaction very moving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPgrLMpH614&ab_channel=TheDailyPost
She was bawling her eyes out all the way backstage. Last 2 years must have been tough for her taking over FFSG with the*** crisis, the pressure for P/C to perform at the Olys and letting them make daring choices.

 

[Miloune]

I find Nathalie Pechalat's reaction very moving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPgrLMpH614&ab_channel=TheDailyPost
She was bawling her eyes out all the way to backstage. Last 2 years must have been tough for her taking over FFSG with the*** crisis and the pressure for P/C to perform at the Olys and letting them make daring choices.

Yep. I think she was relieved too...

 

[Sylvia]

"Guillaume Cizeron face à l’homophobie, avec Gabriella Papadakis-C à vous-22/02/2022": https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaS-2F6IU93/

 

[deegee]

You can get it if you set your VPN to Canada.

does anyone have a link to the world stream, please?

 

[cocotaffy]

does anyone have a link to the world stream, please?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/winter/replays/figure%20skating

 

[Vash01]

Are they going to the worlds next month?

 

[Enchanted]

New article on Le Parisien. It’s about their relationship but unfortunately behind the paywall.

 

[cocotaffy]

News round, article by Nick Carvel on the Olys experience

 

[Sylvia]

Are they going to the worlds next month?

They're featured on FFSG's publicity poster (https://www.ffsg.org/IMG/jpg/affiche_montpellier_ok-2.jpg) and listed as of Feb. 17:

FFSG

www.ffsg.org

 

[Orm Irian]

This tumblr post includes an embedded YouTube video of an interview Gabriella did recently (after the Olympics) with Rainbows & Orgasms on the subject of 'being queer in sport'. For those of us whose French listening skills aren't up to this level, the tumblr poster provides a brief summary in English which makes it clear why it's Gabi doing this interview on this topic.

Suffice to say that anyone who follows Gabi's instagram has probably picked up on the fact that she doesn't consider herself to be straight by now, though.

 

[bcash]

https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/winter/replays/figure%20skating

Wow all the replays. Thanks for the link!

 

[bcash]

News round, article by Nick Carvel on the Olys experience

Interesting to hear about Guillaume's intuition the night before the RD. Were they practicing on the main rink that night? I don't think they article made it very clear. ("practice facility" sounds like the practice rink, but the logic of it seems to suggest main rink.)

 

[Viscaro]

This article was published a week ago in a French newspaper and talks about the level of stress everyone was feeling, including Péchalat and the paper author (who was feeling the same thing as many of us did in this thread haha) : https://www-20minutes-fr.translate....l=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Quotes from it Google Translated :

In the stressed family, we ask for the final boss, Nathalie Péchalat. In tears in front of us (an hour after the judges' verdict), the president of the ice sports federation admits that she did not manage to "appreciate the program on an emotional level". “I was too focused on technique. I was like that [she mimes the pen ticking boxes]: one element passed, two elements passed, green light, green light. I was finally able to enjoy the last ten seconds. »

But back to our two champions of the day. Once quietly posed in the mixed zone, when one of our colleagues pointed out to them the level of tension of the entire French clan, delegation and journalists included, Gabriella Papadakis laughed. “Bah go ahead, go in our place, I swear you weren't stressed out there! ". If the two skaters agree that this free program was nothing like a bike ride on the heights of Ajaccio (yes, sorry but after three weeks of freezing, we dream of sun, heat and of cicadas), it was nothing compared to their first visit three days earlier.

“For the short program we were ten times more stressed , observes Guillaume Cizeron. I had never felt that, I wanted to vomit, I had relents…”. Gabriella Papadakis cuts it off: “And I really thought I was going to faint from stress, I had never experienced that in my 17-year career! ". Indeed, this "washing machine of emotion", as the 27-year-old skater says, is the result of four complicated years during which they went through just about every possible and imaginable emotion. Personal doubts about their desire to put the cover back after Pyeongchang, questioning, confinement not very well experienced and trips/competitions canceled due to Papdakis' visa problem, nothing was spared them.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

This tumblr post includes an embedded YouTube video of an interview Gabriella did recently (after the Olympics) with Rainbows & Orgasms on the subject of 'being queer in sport'. For those of us whose French listening skills aren't up to this level, the tumblr poster provides a brief summary in English which makes it clear why it's Gabi doing this interview on this topic.

Suffice to say that anyone who follows Gabi's instagram has probably picked up on the fact that she doesn't consider herself to be straight by now, though.

Merci for posting this!

 

[cocotaffy]

I am just hoping something got lost in translation here because is Zueva really stating that Gaby and Guillaume dance without soul and feelings !!!! Is there someone speaking Russian who could maybe confirm ?

 

[Enchanted]

If you read the entire comment, you can see that she is homophobic.

 

[text_skate]

I am just hoping something got lost in translation here because is Zueva really stating that Gaby and Guillaume dance without soul and feelings !!!! Is there someone speaking Russian who could maybe confirm ?

Только танец без души и чувств - это просто движения под музыку.

It's the right translation: dance without soul and feeling – it is just a movement to the music

 

[cocotaffy]

If you read the entire comment, you can see that she is homophobic.

Yes it was my take on it but I still prefer asking people who speaks the language because things can get lost in translation. Then this is a right shame. You can dislike P/C style, music choices and many more but saying they lack soul and feelings is just BS.

 

[skatfan]

I am just hoping something got lost in translation here because is Zueva really stating that Gaby and Guillaume dance without soul and feelings !!!! Is there someone speaking Russian who could maybe confirm ?

Zueva makes herself look really small with this comment. There was that one program P/C did a few years back that had a good half that was abstract, but other than that…

 

[Peepsquick]

I was not expecting that from Zueva ... it is disappointing and upsetting! She should know better than to let her bigotry get in the way of her professionalism.

 

[Escarbille]

If I remember correctly, it was Marina Zueva who trained the Shibutani during the 2016 worlds. No doubt that brotherly love is a nobler, more authentic feeling to express the fusion of dance...? Or maybe I'm losing my Latin...

 

[Escarbille]

Gabriella and Guillaume talking about waacking (Eurosport France, may need a VPN).

Papadakis et Cizeron révèlent la genèse de leur "court" : "On est tombés amoureux du waacking" | JO

JEUX OLYMPIQUES - De retour de Pékin, les champions olympiques de danse sur glace Gabriella papadakis et Guillaume Cizeron sont revenus sur la genèse de leur...

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Their media tour must be endless, they look tired.

 

[Bigbird]

Gabriella and Guillaume talking about waacking (Eurosport France, may need a VPN).

Papadakis et Cizeron révèlent la genèse de leur "court" : "On est tombés amoureux du waacking" | JO

JEUX OLYMPIQUES - De retour de Pékin, les champions olympiques de danse sur glace Gabriella papadakis et Guillaume Cizeron sont revenus sur la genèse de leur...

www.youtube.com

Their media tour must be endless, they look tired.

I hope they get to rest soon and prepare for worlds.

 

[Bigbird]

I was not expecting that from Zueva ... it is disappointing and upsetting! She should know better than to let her bigotry get in the way of her professionalism.

She is a very, very, very bitter woman. I bite my tongue...

 

[GreenGan]

I am just hoping something got lost in translation here because is Zueva really stating that Gaby and Guillaume dance without soul and feelings !!!! Is there someone speaking Russian who could maybe confirm ?

I just laughed. When I look at the material she gave to her team, especially V/M in the 2012-2014 era, I don't see soul or feelings at all. So it's kinda reassuring to see that from her.