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Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, the jr World Champs
Thanks, have never watched them. I will take a look on YT sometime for them.
Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, the jr World Champs
Thanks, have never watched them. I will take a look on YT sometime for them.
The emotion D&W go through isnt really done well though at all, i think they should not win the FD.
Piano 18 will tell you it's a konspiracy against Canadians. Wah, wahhh. Oh, the pain, the pain!Photographer took the Canadian flag away from Scott, why? any rules against it?
Piano 18 will tell you it's a konspiracy against Canadians. Wah, wahhh. Oh, the pain, the pain!
Looking at the final score there was more than 25 points between 2nd and 3rd, what teams can bring that gap in between now and Sochi? Looks like it's going to be a US/Canada battle for the next few years.
Dissapointing season for K/N, they have really been dumped by the judges. Where do they go from here?
Where are you coming up with these theories? You guys are ridiculous. Can't you ever imagine that some teams just skate better than before, or worst ???Omg.. amazing.. D&W
I just thought of something. C&P are doing better than in Vancouver. S&B and N&B seem to be getting low scores. Does that mean D&W are going to be above V&M? :think:
No. If my favourites do well, it's because of fair judging. If they don't, it's because of politicking.
More seriously, I still can't believe that in only four seasons, Virtue and Moir now have a complete set of World Medals and the Olympic Gold. I have to echo Joesitz, even flawed, "Adagietto" is hypnotic. Their purity of expression is the best in the world and there's no team that feels the music as deeply. And they're coming scarily close to the perfect PCS mark: mathematically, no FD can beat 60 points. They got 57.93. And while I don't think it'll ever happen (can you imagine seven of nine judges giving tens on each component?), that should be their new goal.
My hope for their future: they skate next season. After a close battle, Davis/White win worlds. If V/M win worlds next year, I think they'll be done. So they skate for the 2012 Worlds in Nice. By this time, they've announced that Canada has the 2013 Worlds. They win 2012, but decide to continue onto 2013. The top two are still the Canton quartet, but bronze has been rotating (I haven't thought it through yet who wins bronze). They come second in 2013, to D/W (of course). So, losing in front of the home town crowd has lit a fire in them (see Davis/White post LA in 2009) and they barnstorm Sochi, winning all both portions and becoming the first ice dancers to defend an Olympic Gold Medal.
Oh, something funny: only one team in the top ten was weighed the same across the board - Samuelson/Bates. They were tenth in each phase. They were ninth overall, though.