With Worlds in London next year, I bet that you will be getting some fairly good coverage, especially since Canadian skaters have had such success in Nice this year.
I went back and watched O/W's programs before responding to this O/W wuz robbed stuff and I'm afraid I don't share this opinion at all. They looked very junior to me. They were very light in their transitions, and their edges are not deep. Mostly they stand upright and lack the deep knees to contend with any of the teams who finished above them. Nicole does not lock her knees and as a result, their lines suffer. Last, but not least, there is a great deal of distance between the two of them. I could not help but note that they scored 10 points lower at Jr. Worlds than they did at Canadians and that their two lowest PCS scores were for transitions and skating skills.
Then I watched G&P and I saw speed, deep edges, strong matching lines. I noted that Piper has very strong lines and good positions. As for Tracey Wilson, she noted how close they skated together. They used all levels, while O/W are only using one level. Everything G&P did was more difficult and performed better than O/W.
O/W are a true junior team with a ways to before they can compete with senior teams. I have no problem with their placement, and they will get full junior team funding.
Gilles and Poirier you know will come very prepared next year they think they already have the goods for world and olympic medals i heard Piper say that, weaver and Poje better be on the lookout.
It's HUBBELL and DONOHUE
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O/W are a true junior team with a ways to before they can compete with senior teams. I have no problem with their placement, and they will get full junior team funding.
Do you know this for sure? I have been looking for a definitive answer. Thomas will be 21 this month, so I thought that would make him too old for ISU events, and, of course I thought that the Canadian Junior champions they had to move up. I was afraid they might have ended up in limbo.
The male partner can be 21 but not 22 so the 2012/13 season will be their last season of Junior eligibility. As Canadian Junior Champions they had to move up at nationally, but not internationally.
Yes it is, and they're probably not an easy mark. They also got together this spring and there is no reason to imagine they won't improve.
Good retort ImaginaryPogue! This is a good question that I wish Dragonlady responded to because Dragonlady's inconsistent arguments (reputation does not matter but it matters that G/P are the #1 in their club) do tie in with other posters' suggestion that R/H should change coaches. There is the perception that they are put at a disadvantage training with G/P because with G/P being the #1 team, G/P would get most of the attention.
R/H were the Nationals champions three years in a row. They have had international assignments as Juniors and Seniors. If, indeed, Carol Lane plays favourites, how could R/H do relatively well, then? It does not come across as logical to me that R/H leave Carol Lane either for Wing and Lowe or Dubreuil and Lauzon, considering that these coaches have not been as successful as Carol Lane.
If R/H go train under Wing and Lowe, they will be training with O/W; under Dubreuil and Lauzon, with the Spanish team. Is it not better to pit themselves against G/P instead? A similar scenario seems to work well among V/M, D/W, the Shibutanis, Chock and Bates, and also among P/B, W/P, H/D.