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

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Babs and her stopwatch, see we could make merchandise out of her.

Do you think she knows there’s a stopwatch on her smart phone?

 

[Karen-W]

That's a hell of a score. Could move them up into the conversation.

 

[tony]

Didn't this team also skate this in the past? 2023?

 

[CantALoop]

What a coincidence we get a Batman program after a Spirit of Halloween Joker program

 

[kwanfan1818]

I didn't get that score for the Hungarians: the last third of the program felt like a struggle, and not in a thematic way.

 

[PRlady]

W/L look like they’re skating pairs, tricks with nothing in between. This is not a compliment.

 

[Debbie S]

He’s got nice posture and extension and she’s quite the diva, maybe this one will work.

They need to work with a different coach. At least in the summers.

 

[tony]

First twizzles covered NO distance. The whole thing moved so slow. GOE too nice.

 

[Rukia]

why are they getting these goes??????????

 

[Vagabond]

W/L look like they’re skating pairs, tricks with nothing in between. This is not a compliment.

They are skating to Pairs music, so....

 

[tony]

This is really tentative. I don't hate it, I actually prefer it more than the Hungarians free dance probably but the scoring is off the charts crazy. There were teams in group 2 that did most of these elements cleaner.

 

[Lanie]

The lifts and tricks are cool and that’s about it

 

[CantALoop]

I kept hoping for Prince’s Batdance to come on and was severely disappointed

 

[skatingguy]

Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu
Rank after RD: 6
Coach: P. Lauzon, P. Denis, G. Huang, L. Song
Music: Batman

Stationary Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Straight Line Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Dance Spin 2
Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Choreo Character Step Sequence !
Choreo Spinning Movement
Choreo Sliding Movement

The opening lift was definitely the highlight of the program. The ice coverage in the twizzles was pretty limited.

101.24 = 2nd Place
168.83 = 1st Place

 

[peibeck]

Maybe just me, but while some of the lifts and moves are unique, they seemed a bit sloppy in and out of elements and a bit slow.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, I liked that more than I wanted to, just on the principle of it all given who he is. Glad, though that the TES was well below the Hungarians, though they had a big enough lead from the RD that I think they'll stay ahead of them overall. Won't be enough, I don't think, to move up without one of the final 5 teams screwing up.

ETA - also, yes, I agree with everyone who has commented about the slowness at different points.

 

[Debbie S]

"They made their own dance". Well, yeah, i guess you could say that....

 

[tony]

Five teams to come TED

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I really don’t know much about this next Spanish team, do you guys think they can pull it off?

And at least one of them appears to be from Spain.

 

[Lanie]

I had no idea about the controversy surrounding him. Good Lord… what a winner.

 

[peibeck]

W/L look like they’re skating pairs, tricks with nothing in between. This is not a compliment.

Well that's worked for other IAM teams, so....

 

[Karen-W]

I really don’t know much about this next Spanish team, do you guys think they can pull it off?

Anything is possible. These next three teams are separated by only .95 - so it's going to be really close.

 

[peibeck]

Sorry, I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere... besides getting the Olympic slot, are these teams getting world standing points for this comp too?

 

[NinjaTurtles]

They should have stuck with The Batman soundtrack instead of mixing in The Dark Knight and Lego Batman. Fun idea though.

 

[shan]

Here we go!

 

[tony]

Randomly throwing out Stephen Carr and his double duty at the Olympics in 1994. My once a year Mark marry me

 

[skateboy]

Oh great, Exogenesis again... please, make it stop.

 

[Rukia]

"this program is about ai"

exogenesis plays

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Holy crap, Exogenesis. Peace out.

 

[shan]

More Exogenesis???