Thanks I'll give it a try! I guess I'm just extra frustrated since I shelled out all that money to have a feed that won't work. : /
Short Dance: 2013 NHK Trophy
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Thanks I'll give it a try! I guess I'm just extra frustrated since I shelled out all that money to have a feed that won't work. : /
The feed works fine for me. What browser are you using?
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I wonder if Elena and Nikita know what Sixteen Tons is about.
Clearly not. They are not dressed as a Coal Miner & Loretta Lynn, which they would be if they "got" the song. She doesn't look like anyone who owes her soul to the Company Store. There are quite a few teams using 16 Tons. It's like their coaches used the top song in a list of "Songs in Foxtrot" or "Songs in Quickstep" rhythm.
An odd plus-I changed cable companies and found that I could purchase TVJapan as an option. They are carrying the whole of the ladies & men's SP, and it looks like all of the LP's- just not live.
I don't know whether the Pairs LP or the Dance FD will be aired.It's so nice to be able to watch all the skaters on a decent sized screen.
I can't wait to see what else they'll have! Japanese Nationals
The Shibutanis and Capellini/Lanotte are smart for focusing on getting levels/key points. You can only make up so much for levels in +GOE.
At Skate America, the Shibutanis had 26.50 BV, got 3.80 in GOE and an overall score of 61.26. Here they had 28.50 BV, 3.43 GOE and an overall score of 63.09 and have a two point lead on I/K despite I/K having a 2 point lead in PCS and a 1.15 lead in GOE. The Shibs got 5.50 more in BV.
Doesn't take a math genius to see which strategy was more effective.
Haha, you are better than this, mathman. I'm just enjoying how the season is going so far. You can not spoil it.
Finally some posters make sense. It's quite possible that V/M's score will raise without the American technique assistant on board.
I/K needs to get levels up. If they can they are bronze medal favorites. Even Capellini/Lanotte or Bobrova/Soloviev didn't get those GOE. Even at Skate America where scores are inflated. You can fix levels. Unlike GOE. You can see from Shibutanis scores.
You can also improve in GOE as well just not as much as you can by fixing levels. The Shibutanis still have room for improvement as well, they got level 3 on both Finnsteps. They are capable of getting to level 4 on pattern dances.
I know at skate america and skate canada judges gave level four like candy but that is hard. Even some top teams didn't get at time of the world championships. Maybe Shibutanis can do this year but they will not get good GOE because of the skating quality. They are still skating small.
Bobrova/Soloviev's 65 and Pechalat/Bourzat's 63 don't look that bad anymore.
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thats a joke right if you think the Shibs are better than I/K
Shibutanis scoring higher in GOE wont happen, all they always relied on was level which unfortunately I/K are inconsistent with
if I/K ever get their levels all up they will beat anyone B/S, C/L even W/P
I love Elena!!!))
Levels kill them, but really counting from what I see from their Swan Lake, their components will be even higher in fp. If levels are up+ Sochi- I really would bet on them as the best 3rd place contender. But I am very biased of course. Still, from the amateur look- they blew Shibs away
Levels kill them, but really counting from what I see from their Swan Lake, their components will be even higher in fp. If levels are up+ Sochi- I really would bet on them as the best 3rd place contender. But I am very biased of course. Still, from the amateur look- they blew Shibs away
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Well, their score here turned out to be much lower than Skate America and barely equal to V/M who had twizzle problem in Skate Canada. Let's just say declaring them the next Olympic Champions now is a tad bit premature.
Just a reminder, D/W haven't broken their world record yet.
ETA: And they won't today. 73.70. The tech controller was clearly much stricter than in Skate America.
Alternatively, one could also say Skate America's scores were overly inflated. Not just in Dance, the other events in SA felt like they were handing out candies for free. D/W have clearly improved but their scores have become lower by 2 points. It goes to show why scores shouldn't be compared between different events.
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scores in NHK were only fair in Dance and Pairs, also inflated in Ladies in Men
by ranking of most inflated GP so far
1 SC - known as the most shady GP event
2 SA
3 NHK
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Nor should results at a single event be taken as some Omen From Heaven about who is going to be standing where on and off the Olympic podium. Man if I could predict the future like that I would use it for something really useful--like buying lottery tickets in every single state in the country!
