Today's pairs make me miss Zhang & Zhang, let alone Shen & Zhao
I hope Tong Jian comes back from his scheduled surgery stronger...and he and Pang Qing save pair skating at the Olympics.
How did pairs skating turn into the orphan child that nobody wants?
Pairs should be the most enjoyable and exciting discipline to watch. It has everything, jumps and spins like singles, two-skating-as-one like dance, plus its own bag of circus tricks like overhead lifts, throws and twists. And yet...
Cop is Killing the personalities of like all skaters and pairs is very much the same thing!
why and how could they "save" it? just wondering..
why and how could they "save" it? just wondering..
judges will always love that classical lines and Pairs
that you associate with Gordeeva/Grinkov, Brezhnaya/Sikhuralidze and now with Volosozhar/Trankov
I don't associate Volosozhar and Trankov with classical lines. They have some pretty ugly lifts. If you want classical lines, look at Vera Bazarova. She has some of if not the best lift positions of all time. And her manservant does a good job at showcasing her beautiful lines and extension.
I don't associate Volosozhar and Trankov with classical lines. They have some pretty ugly lifts. If you want classical lines, look at Vera Bazarova. She has some of if not the best lift positions of all time. And her manservant does a good job at showcasing her beautiful lines and extension.