Skate to Milano OWG Qualifier - Beijing CHN - Ice Dance RD & FD

[Belsornia]

Val/Kazimov not bad but Reitan/Majorov have the superior Ricky. Low levels on the steps but higher GOE on the choreo sequence to help them.

 

[skatingguy]

Sofia Val/Asaf Kazimov
Coach: Kirill Khaliavin, Sara Hurtado, Ksenia Monko
Music: Maria, La Copa de la Vida

Sequential Twizzles W:3 M:4 (W:2 M:4 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 1
Choreo Rhythm Sequence
Rotational Lift 4

This team should be right in the mix with that performance. Solid technically, and a good performance of their latin program.

68.35 = 2nd Place

 

[kwanfan1818]

Val/Kazimov skated closely together.

 

[tony]

thvu ended up having a major crush on this guy simply because he showed his bicep in the warm-up at Worlds. Don't listen to anything he says about this performance.

But I do like this team a lot and GOOD MUSIC CHOICE.

 

[thvu]

OMG rotational lift as the 2nd element thank you.

 

[Amy L]

Now that they don't train in Russia anymore, I wonder if we'll get the real story about the stabbing incident.

 

[Rukia]

i almost felt like they were skating 2 different programs

 

[Karen-W]

Well, that was rather flat from the Hungarians. That's going to go behind WangLiu, I think.

 

[tony]

I can get behind the vibe of this and the little cheesy choreography, although I didn't really like the pattern and how it didn't keep up with the tempo change at all. Actually, the whole second half is kinda meh. Should've done La Bouche all the way through.

But skating skills and speed and assuredness of movement probably best so far.

 

[Lanie]

thvu ended up having a major crush on this guy simply because he showed his bicep in the warm-up at Worlds. Don't listen to anything he says about this performance.

But I do like this team a lot and GOOD MUSIC CHOICE.

I meannnnn

show them nice biceps and get extra GOE?!

 

[Belsornia]

I guess I like Mr Bombastic more for Szemko than for Paul Ayer.

 

[Kateri]

I meannnnn

show them nice biceps and get extra GOE?!

He is also fully tits-out. The commmitment.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Sloppy from HUN.

 

[skatingguy]

Mariia Ignateva/Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko
Coach: Barbara Fusar Poli, Roberto Pelizzola
Music: Be My Lover, Mr. Boombastic

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:3
Rotational Lift 4
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 1 (B after review)
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

The music really suited this team, and I thought they did well with the performance, and feel of the music. Technically they are in the picture with the top teams so far in the competition.

64.58 = 4th Place

 

[thvu]

He does it again.

 

[Amy L]

He looks especially short going right after Szemko.

She's bringing all the Peggy Bundy leopard print 90s vibes. (needs bigger hair tho)

 

[Dobre]

That's not going to do it for Ignateva & Szemko, I don't think; and I'm a little sorry for them because with Italy & Israel not bringing all their cards, I&S's odds were looking pretty good. But their FD is the weaker of their two dances, I think. Needed to bring it in the RD.

 

[thvu]

I really love the club outfits from the Polish team. Her top is pretty fab (and ice dance is the only context in which I will complement something leopard print.)

 

[tony]

That's not going to do it for Ignateva & Szemko, I don't think;and I'm a little sorry for them because with Italy & Israel not bringing all their cards, I&S's odds were looking pretty good. But their FD is the weaker of their two dances, I think. Needed to bring it in the RD.

Isn't it a repeated FD? I feel like they more or less do the same thing in the FD as it is, but yeah. If it's still the same Joker then I don't think it's all that good.

 

[Rukia]

look they were fun and it wasn't ricky martin

 

[skatingguy]

Sofiia Dovhal/Wiktor Kulesza
Coach: S. Nowak Trebacka, M. Spodyriev, D. Popova
Music: Gonna Make You Sweat, RITMO

Sequential Twizzles W:2 M:4 - Sofia spun the 2nd twizzle
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 1
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

Love the music mix, but this team is not keeping up with the changes in tempo, or the character in the program.

56.43 = 9th Place

 

[Lanie]

the season has barely started and I never want to hear Ricky Martin again

 

[tony]

I remember growing up and seeing Nowak (coach here) and Kolasinski on TV quite a bit, at least one GP medal along the way and top 10 in the world. Anyways, at Worlds, an older couple in front of me was trying to say they saw her competing in the 80s. She doesn't look THAT old.

 

[Belsornia]

Dovhal/Kulesza killed their twizzles with the unnecessarily difficult entry. Usual Sylwia Nowak team problem of overreaching with the content and messy execution. I’d like to see what these two could do with a different coach.

 

[Dobre]

Isn't it a repeated FD? I feel like they more or less do the same thing in the FD as it is, but yeah. If it's still the same Joker then I don't think it's all that good.

Yes, it's the same. And it starts off not bad, but I feel like loses its steam halfway through.

 

[Rukia]

I don't know why carolane and mr. carolane are even here but she committed to the 90s fashion like no one else

 

[tony]

Saulius' chest is going to be once again the most interesting thing of the day. Better than their skating, I am betting.

 

[Karen-W]

Just a reminder of last season's RD SB scores for the last five teams:

Reed/Ambrulevicius 78.67
Harris/Chan 70.84
Soucisse/Firus 69.52
Yoshida/Morita 68.94
Pinchuk/Pogorielov 65.93

 

[Kateri]

Carolane is giving '90s children's TV presenter like nothing I've ever seen. Say what you like, this is pure commitment to the theme. Everyone else here in generic ice-dance dresses needs to take notes.

 

[Rukia]

Carolane is giving '90s children's TV presenter like nothing I've ever seen. Say what you like, this is pure commitment to the theme. Everyone else here in generic ice-dance dresses needs to take notes.

i'm honestly obsessed it's perfect