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They cooked so much that the bouef bourguignon had turned black.
They cooked so much that the bouef bourguignon had turned black.
After a planet side excursion gone wrong
Apparently he was skating while still injured (ankle) & on anesthetic tablets. http://fsrussia.ru/news/3269-dmitrij-aliev-iz-za-travmy-ne-khvatilo-vremeni-chtoby-podgotovitsya-kak-nado.htmlWas this the first time ever that Aliev skated through his freeskate program??? Never heard of full run-throughs?
So yeah, personally I'd give him a benefit of a doubt instead of insinuating he's just lazy and doesn't want to practice his programs... But hey, that's just me.
I think he was in two minds about it and that was also the impression that I got from his interviews / statements. I felt that he will continue.
Duh. I have also noticed that injuries are quite common in skating -- I'm sure you have noticed that, too -- and that Russians do get injured, too. We're talking about a skater doing his sr GP debut in front of a home crowd who surely wanted to give the best performance he could & who withdrew from an earlier int. comp (due to the same injury he was nursing here), so I don't see why "oh, those Russians, never doing full run-throughs this early!" would be the only logical/obvious explanation for him visibly struggling in the second half.You have not noticed that some Russian male skaters tend to run out of steam long before the end of their freeskate programs, especially early in the season and sometimes even later?
I agree with you all. I like Moris very much and I applaud innovative music choices
That's the way to go I think We will see less quads but more often than now - the clean ones.It the GOE range was increased so that it was -6 points at max for instance(automatic with a fall), a planned fall on a quad lutz would only give 6.60 points which is less than a triple with positive GOE. So that might fix it already.
I for one am super happy Seimei is back. That music in itself is a masterpiece.
I don't get why Yuzu is using last season's LP. Why?? Would have been nice to see something new.
Yeah, increasing the GOE range was one of the potential changes that would affect that. Reducing quad base value would as well, but that'd be a shame because clean quads are still beautiful.
Right now, a 3Lz is worth 6.00 points base and that might become like 7 points or slightly more when performed with good GOE. A planned fall on a quad lutz is still 8.60 points. That's... stupid, yeah.
I actually like the fact that he didn't push the Orientalism of the program in our faces with some OTT costume.
Then again I'm a big fan of Shaker furniture. Simplicity can be so elegant.
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum.
But I think that's such a wonderful attitude to have when you find someone not to your taste. Credit where credit is due and all that.
I'm not a fan of GOE range being increased. As we've seen here, the top skaters are getting GOE favours regardless of the errors they make.
A second tier skater could land a clean jump and still be awarded 0 GOE whereas a top tier skater could have a turn out or two foot or step out or scratchy landing on the same jump and get awarded the same (or even +GOE), in spite of an error, just because of how prominent they are.
That's the way to go I think We will see less quads but more often than now - the clean ones.
So how do those extremely sour grapes taste?
I do understand a lot people really like Seimei, but seriously as a music aficionado, I really appreciate Nathen's FS program more, especially their contrast is so stark, so much complexity, intricacy, textured, interesting, dynamism, ethereal build up to power, epic grandeur challenge of Nathen's rite passage so much. (I wish this is the program conceived for Han Yan all these years ago, his career would have been quite different today, and I think he has the edge quality and sensitivity to do this type of program justice)
Everything I hope to see in a skater's program. I just love this program for him. So many interesting variations, alteration challenging moments to express and interplay... it is conceived as an ambitious artistic challenge and Olympic moment. Terrific choice. This program wins for me by miles.
Originality, creativity, modernity really helps!
I'm not bickering. I'm pointing out that falls adversely affect performances and should be penalized accordingly on components as well. I've also explained why I think falls adversely affect component scores.
If you think a skater falling 3 times and a step out as well deserves 9.25 for Performance (and up to 9.50 on other components), that's on you, and you're entitled to think so. Someone's fave skater (or one of their faves) could fall 20 times and they could say each one isn't disruptive since he got up, and so 9.75 is totally fine for Performance. That's an opinion (while not the most agreeable one) that they are entitled to.
And I don't think Chan (who is a way better skater overall than Kolyada, and deserves higher PCS by comparison, mind you) has ever had a performance where he's fallen 3 times and gotten as generous scores as Kolyada got here.
I am one of Patrick's biggest fans, but I've got to be honest, he fell several times (4) in two competitions and still received top PCS. Many disagreed with awarding him high PCS for his falls. I fought back against his critics because of the quality of his overall performance, edges, quality of his footwork, his spins, stepsequences, etc. Kolyada deserves the same consideration - he is a dedicated and hardworking athlete with a great deal of experience, who battled injuries, and after so many years his PCS (high 80s) are still nowhere near the top tier. Yet his other qualities are definitely there, speed, flow, edges, footwork, ice coverage, etc. Unfortunately he isn't invested in or given great programs - he had to repeat that Nightingale Tango over like, what, 4 seasons? He has landed his jumps before, he isn't faking his falls, I just don't think it's fair to trash him just because he is bearing a flag from a different country.A performance with 3 falls should definitely not score in the 9's for *any* skater. The best skaters (of which I disagree Kolyada is, for now) with 1 fall should be scoring 9.25 at best for performance. With 3 falls the very best skaters should be getting mid-8's.