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I miss the Shib Sibs.I have a fondness for sister-brother dance teams. They make me happy.
I miss the Shib Sibs.I have a fondness for sister-brother dance teams. They make me happy.
I heard (and truly hope it wasn't true) that YK was on a ridiculously low calorie diet in the lead up to 2014. If so, that may have been a contributing factor.
Ahead of competitions at the Sochi Olympics, her final stage as career athlete, Kim eats freely as she pleases, and exercises. In a recent interview, Kim even said, These days, I am losing weight perhaps due to aging, and I am trying to gain weight.
Don't usually like sib teams but really liking them.They're so powerful fast and dramatic! Also the other Cze team too.The Taschlers come ro my mind. Absolutely love them.
Oh yes! The Mrazk/Mrazkova siblings.Don't usually like sib teams but really liking them.They're so powerful fast and dramatic! Also the other Cze team too.
I enjoyed Sinead & John Kerr when they were competing.I have a fondness for sister-brother dance teams. They make me happy.
I enjoyed Sinead & John Kerr when they were competing.
We have had more than enough Jesus programs recently, so this is probably a good thing.Lindsay Thorngren's The Windmills of Your Mind SP last season was just okay not the second coming of Jesus.
Tell me you don't know the rules without telling me you don't know the rules.Just finished watching Oly diving. There are two things they do scoring wise that would improve scoring in skating.
2. The low/high scores are not counted. This would lessen 2 problems in skating - judges who aren`t knowledgeable enough and reputation scoring. The final score is a representative of the judging panel and not something thrown off by a weird score.
I think this is like GOE for each element in skating.1. They are much harsher. For example, if you don`t quite finish an element and go in the water crooked you get a major ding. No 85, you get 45. So winner is the person who is as close to perfection on ALL the dives (elements) as possible. The winner is often 20 points ahead. The score don`t bunch around at the top with the truly remarkable getting a similar score to the very good.
It does happen in fs scoring - but actually, I don't believe it reduces anything by doing this at least in fs. Most scores, due to corridor and reputation judging, are already bunched together. So trimming the mean, I don't believe, helps in alleviating anything.2. The low/high scores are not counted. This would lessen 2 problems in skating - judges who aren`t knowledgeable enough and reputation scoring. The final score is a representative of the judging panel and not something thrown off by a weird score.
But, there are a lot of complaints here about international judges having different/uneven understandings of the rules. That`s going to continue. Looking for something to lessen the sting.Tell me you don't know the rules without telling me you don't know the rules.
And to your first point, although at the mercy of three technical panelists, going "into the water crooked" would be the equivalent of a < or << in skating, which then brings down the element score massively. Diving is based on one element per round. Skating is based on many more, so it's not really an apt comparison between sports with the big scoring difference in that one element.
That's what is theoretically being done by the tech panelists and the judges...But, there are a lot of complaints here about international judges having different/uneven understandings of the rules. That`s going to continue. Looking for something to lessen the sting.
6dives = 8 elements (theoretically). What if you got next to nothing for a lazy, ugly spin? Or, unintentionally rounded turns in a step sequence. Afterall, this IS elite skating.
No Tony, I don`t think this is the best of all possible worlds.![]()
Yeah, we`re seeing what we`ve always seen (let me guess, start with a 2A that ends in a long curved flow out). The Russians are gone; what direction with the sport now take? A 3a with Kostner artistry? No lady out of juniors has a regular 4. That`s a goal. Some 3-3s are pretty tough and unusual (3lz3L). Ladies has become rather boring.Sakamoto has fantastic skating skills, but tbh, if she's on the track to winning 5 world titles as well as an olympic gold, it wouldn't sit well with me. Michelle has 5, without an olympic gold, Mao has 3 without an olympic gold, Yuna does have an olympic gold, but only two world titles... I don't think Sakamoto holds a candle to any of those three.
Hopefully there'll be more competition this season.
I did not think Kostner was artistic
Yes?Say what?
Did you ever see her short program from Sochi?
Aww. Loved that one, but my all time faves are Find Me, Sunday Afternoon, Tango, Paso Doble. Can you blame them though? The judges seemed prejudiced to accept a particular style. But these I can watch on repeat, not to mention their Power Over Me Gala. Sigh.Oh. I've found myself only ever wanting to rewatch P/C's 2016 Worlds FD from their entire body of work. I think that's a brilliant, brilliant program, and also the only one that I actually feeling the need to go back to. Stunning skaters, just... turned boring, in the 2018-22 quad, for me.
Yeah, we`re seeing what we`ve always seen (let me guess, start with a 2A that ends in a long curved flow out). The Russians are gone; what direction with the sport now take? A 3a with Kostner artistry? No lady out of juniors has a regular 4. That`s a goal. Some 3-3s are pretty tough and unusual (3lz3L). Ladies has become rather boring.
I think her perceived artistry is overblown, possibly because her style was so different from her contemporaries. (Tall, an adult, etc)I did not think Kostner was artistic, and I guess this is the perfect thread to be saying that.
I mean I don't bother with rewatching anyone else's FDs at all from the 2014-22 period, if it helps?Aww. Loved that one, but my all time faves are Find Me, Sunday Afternoon, Tango, Paso Doble. Can you blame them though? The judges seemed prejudiced to accept a particular style. But these I can watch on repeat, not to mention their Power Over Me Gala. Sigh.
I think her perceived artistry is overblown, possibly because her style was so different from her contemporaries. (Tall, an adult, etc)
I did not think Kostner was artistic, and I guess this is the perfect thread to be saying that. (I also thought her Sochi LP was awful, when it comes to talking about that)
I also don't mean women's is boring. There are some women who skate beautifully, and they're much better than the men for me (the men who're considered "artistic" anyway). I just don't think the scoring is doing anyone any favours.
Lajoie and Lagha come to mind.I'm still waiting for a new V/M or P/C to wow me. I don't see that team yet. Are there any prospects that have caught your eye? Will ice dance judging ever make sense? Legit question here.