Ice Dance - short dance

[Mrs. P]

Well I bet the Shibs are glad they don't have to do Latin for the SD for a while. Big huddle for these guys. BUt you have to admire them for trying to work despite the challenges.

[jan]

No comparison. V/M are in a league of their own. I would have given them a 4 point cushion. Free Dance will be closer though.

[Mrs. P]

Ouch. The Shibs are going to be out of the final group.

[skatingbc]

Honestly I can't wait until the Shibs are over, just find them boring all the time. Go P/B!!

Agree. It was pretty bleh. They don't have the fire that Latin dance requires. Very clean and precise, but so boring.

Absolutely.

[Mao88]

Position After 24 of 25

1. Tessa VIRTUE/Scott MOIR (CAN) - 72.31 (TES: 34.29, PCS: 38.02)
2. Meryl DAVIS/Charlie WHITE (USA) - 70.98 (TES: 33.50, PCS: 37.48)
3. Kaitlyn WEAVER/Andrew POJE (CAN) - 66.47 (TES: 33.21, PCS: 33.26)
4. Elena ILINYKH/Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS) - 65.34 (TES: 31.86, PCS: 33.48)
5. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE (ITA) - 65.11 (TES: 32.14, PCS: 32.97)
6. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI (USA) - 62.35 (TES: 29.44, PCS: 32.91)
7. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE (USA) - 59.56 (TES: 32.64, PCS: 26.92)
8. Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV (RUS) - 58.29 (TES: 26.43, PCS: 32.86, DED: 1.00)
9. Ekaterina RIAZANOVA/Ilia TKACHENKO (RUS) - 58.19 (TES: 28.64, PCS: 29.55)
10. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA/Alexander GAZSI (GER) - 56.29 (TES: 28.64, PCS: 27.65)
11. Penny COOMES/Nicholas BUCKLAND (GBR) - 54.35 (TES: 26.85, PCS: 27.50)
12. Xintong HUANG/Xun ZHENG (CHN) - 51.35 (TES: 26.86, PCS: 24.49)
13. Lorenza ALESSANDRINI/Simone VATURI (ITA) - 51.18 (TES: 26.85, PCS: 25.33, DED: 1.00)
14. Kharis RALPH/Asher HILL (CAN) - 50.75 (TES: 27.21, PCS: 24.54, DED: 1.00)
15. Isabella TOBIAS/Deividas STAGNIUNAS (LTU) - 50.22 (TES: 24.85, PCS: 25.37)
16. Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY/Dmitri DUN (UKR) - 48.70 (TES: 25.07, PCS: 23.63)
17. Sara HURTADO/Adria DIAZ (ESP) - 48.68 (TES: 26.21, PCS: 22.47)
18. Julia ZLOBINA/Alexei SITNIKOV (AZE) - 48.15 (TES: 23.22, PCS: 24.93)
19. Danielle OBRIEN/Gregory MERRIMAN (AUS) - 47.92 (TES: 25.93, PCS: 21.99)
20. Pernelle CARRON/Lloyd JONES (FRA) - 47.75 (TES: 20.25, PCS: 27.50)
21. Irina SHTORK/Taavi RAND (EST) - 47.24 (TES: 25.86, PCS: 21.38)
22. Zsuzsanna NAGY/Mate FEJES (HUN) - 45.70 (TES: 24.78, PCS: 20.92)
23. Cathy REED/Chris REED (JPN) - 44.19 (TES: 21.21, PCS: 23.98, DED: 1.00)
24. Anna NAGORNYUK/Viktor KOVALENKO (UZB) - 44.08 (TES: 23.51, PCS: 20.57)

[sky_fly20]

The Shibutanis are so boring, they are boring after B/S
they have no fire, maybe because they are siblings their capabylities will be limited ?

[Mrs. P]

Ouch. The Shibs are going to be out of the final group.

ETA: It looks like they were docked majorly on levels. Their TES is lower than H/D even.

[fairly4]

that is why they are rigging it.
they lost and moir complained, bitched and did everything this year at gpf. guess what they won free skate =did have enough point to win overall so guess what rigging competitions since.
ogm lost didn't like it-cant hacked it-poor sportmanship on his part. cant have that-so guess what now lets rig all competitions later for v/m. to win. and butched u.s kids scores like d/w and shib was a bit low compared to rest.
hubbell and donohue was 5 points to high.-should have been a 55

[fairly4]

pechalat and bourzat great job.

[jcoates]

Interesting scores. Waiting for protocols.

[jan]

This statement does not make any sense at all.I do not think anyone here would dispute these results at all. If anything V/M were undermarked.

that is why they are rigging it.
they lost and moir complained, bitched and did everything this year at gpf. guess what they won free skate =did have enough point to win overall so guess what rigging competitions since.
ogm lost didn't like it-cant hacked it-poor sportmanship on his part. cant have that-so guess what now lets rig all competitions later for v/m. to win. and butched u.s kids scores like d/w and shib was a bit low compared to rest.
hubbell and donohue was 5 points to high.-should have been a 55

[Bue]

So pleased they skated that well, not sure where it will come though! Seemed to really pick up momentum as the program went along.

[blue_idealist]

that is why they are rigging it.
they lost and moir complained, bitched and did everything this year at gpf. guess what they won free skate =did have enough point to win overall so guess what rigging competitions since.
ogm lost didn't like it-cant hacked it-poor sportmanship on his part. cant have that-so guess what now lets rig all competitions later for v/m. to win. and butched u.s kids scores like d/w and shib was a bit low compared to rest.
hubbell and donohue was 5 points to high.-should have been a 55

Davis and White's score was a little low, but the Shibs have struggled with the type of SD this season and weren't expected by most to repeat as bronze medalists this season.

[Tesla]

I really wish I liked V/M. It would make watching figure skating so much more enjoyable and easier.

[fairly4]

great job--that shows how it is done--pechalat and bourzat.

v.m are boring--yes it is easier to do last years program and improve on it.

they really didn't change it and make it better. all they did was skate a bit better. nothing special
v/m. arent in a league of their own.

personally i would have p.b 1st
v/m2
d/w 3


shibs 4-5

of course candians can't understand it- since rigging it for v/m. due to outburst.
rigging --you skaters wouldn't know it when see it why-your are inside not outside looking in from no special way-just want best one to win.
you have favorites push them at expense of other skaters, teams. so you wouldn't know and deny it existence at all cost.-why might affect you favorite skater and team.