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ICE DANCE - Short Dance

aniela

On the Ice
Joined
Oct 23, 2009
W/P and C/P were the only 2 teams in the town 10 to not get SBs. Think that says alot about the judging! Cause for me they both gave their best international skates here!
well, W/P - yes. but Vanessa messed up her twizzels
 

Serious Business

Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 7, 2011
Nathalie and Fabian skated like a dream. But I find that arrangement of Lara's Theme to be pretty repetitive. Not a lot of dynamics and variations until a perfunctory flourish to close. As a result, the program is slightly flat (unlike Nathalie, kekeke). I still enjoyed it though.
 

smia

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 25, 2010
Great to see Tessa/Scott in first but it's too close for my taste. Both Davis/White and the Shibutanis were overscored. I really loved Ilinykh/Katsalapov, they are so hot together. Cappellini/Lanotte, Weaver/Poje, Bobrova/Soloviev were also great. Pechalat/Bourzat were a bit disappointing today but I'm glad they're in third. Did not care for any of the Americans short dances. I hope the free dances are better and they actually deserve their inflated scores next time. The rules need to be changed so that there's a maximum of one official from each country. Two officials from the U.S. and Japan each skewed the results today.
 

Mirunna

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 12, 2009
Both american couples were over scored. The olympic champions should have at least 5 points lead going into the free. The french were better than the americans today
 

skatingfan04

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 1, 2007
W/P should have been in 3rd.

I agree. I actually would have had I/K behind them, and then the others, but hey, I'm not a judge :)

As much as I hate to say this, Crone/Poirier were well placed here. Their SD just isn't as good as the ones in the top group here, W/P included.

Nice score for the French, solidly into 3rd. I think the podium is pretty much set here, unless someone self destructs. It'll be interesting to see whether V/M or D/W take the title, especially considering that no one has seen V/M's FD yet. I'm already counting the hours, lol. :biggrin: It'll also be really interesting to see who ends up where in that group just below the top one.

It's amazing to see V/M looking so good after the season that they've had. Tessa truly is a rockstar:yes: And I'm SO proud of W/P!! They've been away from worlds for a few years, and its amazing to see how much they've improved. I know they're in 7th, but they're within 5 points of the podium, which is so amazing. Overall, though, I'm most impressed with the quality of the entire top ten. Really, there were a bunch of excellent programs, and almost no mistakes. Amazing. Really, I didn't love the SD concept at the beginning of the season, but it's really coming along now. A great event!
 

janetfan

Match Penalty
Joined
May 15, 2009
I love watching the Shibs and glad to see the judges liked them today as well.

I must be the rare fan who likes brother/sister teams. The Duchesnays are my all-time favorite team and maybe that is because I don't watch ice dancning for anything more than entertainment.

Just good fun for me to see so many talented teams.

If V/M hold up I expect them to win. My only reason would be their programs are always so much more enjoyable for me to watch.

It looks to me as ift he coaches almost do this intentionally as I always like V/M's programs better and by a wide margin. Aside from that there is not a whole lot of difference I can see in their skating.
 

Serious Business

Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 7, 2011
The Shibutanis got the lowest PCS of the top 6. Their superior placement is due to higher level calls, which I don't find incredible. Shpilband is a master at training his teams to milk those levels.
 

ljaeren

Rinkside
Joined
Feb 27, 2011
Meryl and Charlie receiving positive GOE's on those twizzles is just absurd.
Yeah, and a high GOE as well..... They did get dropped from a level 4 to a level 3 though.
 

skatingfan04

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 1, 2007
Nice. Tessa and Scott got level 4 on eveything but one GW sequence. Really, they were stunning.

I don't really understand why Davis/White got +2 and +3 on the twizzles when they were clearly out of synch, but everything else seems pretty fair. I still wish they would connect with each other a little more.

Great levels for W/P, same as the ones V/M got. Although I think they were underscored, it's nice to see them getting credit for what they're doing out on the ice. I hope they have a killer FD and move into the top 5.
 

gmyers

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 6, 2010
The Shibs are totally objectionable. The horrible fake smiles and cutesy performing for our parents routines are so fake! They are just ewww all around. They do get their technical levels so they are good their but their programs are the worst!! Total overhaul is needed on that front. Eww.
 

smia

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 25, 2010
The Shibs are totally objectionable. The horrible fake smiles and cutesy performing for our parents routines are so fake! They are just ewww all around. They do get their technical levels so they are good their but their programs are the worst!! Total overhaul is needed on that front. Eww.
That's precisely my problem with this team. I don't expect sizzle from a brother/sister team but something along the lines of Kerr/Kerr would be better than this saccharine cutesiness, I was bored to tears.
 

Mirunna

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 12, 2009
Eurosport guys thought the Shibs and Davis/White were overscored(they did like the Shibs though).They thought W/P deserved more than they got(I agree). They loved the Tessa and Scott, they liked both russian couples even though they disliked the first portion of Elena/Nikita SD, they also liked the French and the Italian couple. Overall I do agree with them :) I am 100% sure that Davis/White will win worlds tomorrow unless they make mistakes judging by their scores today
 

100yen

You can't explain witchcraft
Medalist
Joined
Jan 8, 2009
Eurosport guys thought the Shibs and Davis/White were overscored(they did like the Shibs though).They thought W/P deserved more than they got(I agree). They loved the Tessa and Scott, they liked both russian couples even though they disliked the first portion of Elena/Nikita SD, they also liked the French and the Italian couple. Overall I do agree with them :) I am 100% sure that Davis/White will win worlds tomorrow unless they make mistakes judging by their scores today

Do you know who the commentators are? :)
 

keasus

On the Ice
Joined
Nov 25, 2006
I know what I say is going to be taken as heresy, but I had the opposite reaction to V/M. I thought they looked slow and sluggish and should be BEHIND D/W. They are ultra-smooth skaters with nice lines, to be sure, but I don't agree that their performance was the best of the night. I think the judges were overly generous in their marks.
 

skatingfan04

Final Flight
Joined
Sep 1, 2007
Any links to V/M, D/W and Shibs skates?

V/M's skate is up on the CBC website, but I'm not sure if it can be viewed outside of Canada



I know this is silly, but I realized that if V/M keep it up, Canada will have two world titles here. That's just so amazing. I remember just 5 years ago, us Canadian skating fans used to hope that we would make the podium in one event. Now we have the chance to win two world titles in the same year, and we've amassed 8 world medals in the past 3 years. It's incredible what the group of really young, talented skaters (Chan, Virtue & Moir, etc) have done for the sport in this country.

Sorry, I'll stop my overly patriotic gushing now :)
 
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