Colonel Green
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The Mrazkovi surely liked what they saw when they woke up this morning.
Some of us are still holding our breath on this but yes it does look good for Czech ice dancing so far.The Mrazkovi surely liked what they saw when they woke up this morning.
Yes this. Really though it does improve conditions.As a C/B uber, I'm so proud of them and yay for being in first. With a 3.7 lead, I might be able to breathe while watching them tonight/early tmrw. Or maybe not.
Not really, no. It was much more common for them to have problems in the early going and be stronger in the second half.I'm glad G&P can blame appendicitis for the loss of stamina/momentum... My memory could be wrong, but I think they have struggled to maintain any early-season momentum/placement/scores in plenty of years' past.
No, I don't think so. Some years that would apply, like 2018 when they switched FDs, but as recently as last year they couldn't hold it together at the Olympics or worlds. Or '18/'19 when they couldn't overtake W&P who didn't even compete on the GP. I was thinking of '15/'16 when I thought they were going places with their stunning Saudade program, but by worlds it was... different.Not really, no. It was much more common for them to have problems in the early going and be stronger in the second half.
They didn’t have much in the way of early season momentum in either the years you cite.No, I don't think so. Some years that would apply, like 2018 when they switched FDs, but as recently as last year they couldn't hold it together at the Olympics or worlds. Or '18/'19 when they couldn't overtake W&P who didn't even compete on the GP.
2016 Worlds was their best ever Worlds RD showing pre-2021, though they dropped back in the free because (among other things) the judges didn’t really like that program.I was thinking of '15/'16 when I thought they were going places with their stunning Saudade program, but by worlds it was... different.
repeat for FDI was going to say judges finally got it right when G/F surpassed Gi/Po, then they gave C/B nearly 92 points. Whatever, I guess.
C/B's 53.33 RD TES is actually the new World Record (P/C got 53.16 at last year's Worlds). I know the elements this year are different, but still...
repeat for FD
Well, it was obvious this was going to happen this season. I wonder who the "it" team will be next season. Fingers crossed for Hawayek/Baker.You reminded me to check it and yes, C/B now hold the World Record in FD TES too (77.85, previously it's P/C's 77.40 at NHK 2019).
It’s about time the US Fed understood how to play the game. It must irk you that Skate Canada is just so inept at it when they’ve tried so hard with their own cheating tactics too! See Jean Senft 1998 Nagano.Americans have become the biggest cheaters in ice dance buying off the judges behind the scenes with the help of blumberg and rettstatt, Madison chock still can`t skate, Piper and Paul were robbed should have won the fd by at least 5 points, and the suspect scoring of the canadanes needs to be investigated.
Russian ice dance very weak at this point.Does anyone else think that next year's worlds the over level will rise a lot? So many strong juniors are moving up, and with the way the spots worked out this year, there will be a new Czech, Great Britain, South Korea junior team joining in, an extra Canadian and Finnish team next year... If no one gets injured, 5 more strong teams at Worlds, plus if Russia comes back, there will be another team too. 20 teams for the Free Dance really is tough.
It would be really ironic if the first year the Russians come back it will be on Canadian soil....