I did this kind of thread a long time ago for singles skating and now I'm going to bring it back with Pairs and Ice Dance! I'll resurrect the Mens and Ladies threads eventually as well. But, for now, let's talk about Pairs - your favorite performances and all of the robbing and incorrect scoring you feel has happened over the years.
List all of your podium choices for Worlds/Olympics, going back as far as you'd like. I'm not going to offer too much discussion of my personal choices in this first post, but hopefully everyone who loves pairs can weigh in and we can have a lovely (and heated, no doubt) debate about Pairs performances and competition results.
2010 Worlds
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2. Pang/Tong
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov
2010 Olympics
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Pang/Tong
3. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2009 Worlds
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2. Kavaguti/Smirnov
3. Zhang/Zhang
2008 Worlds
1. Dube/Davison
2. Zhang/Zhang
3. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2007 Worlds
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Pang/Tong
3. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2006 Worlds
1. Pang/Tong
2. Petrova/Tikhonov
3. Zhang/Zhang
2006 Olympics
1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Zhang/Zhang
2005 Worlds
1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Petrova/Tikhonov
3. Pang/Tong
2004 Worlds (An amazing World Championships)
1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Shen/Zhao (too bad about the big mistake in the SP, their LP performance is an all-time best)
3. Pang/Tong
2003 Worlds
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Totmianina/Marinin
3. Petrova/Tikhonov
2002 Worlds
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Totmianina/Marinin
3. Ina/Zimmerman
2002 Olympics
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Sale/Pelletier
3. Ina/Zimmerman (giving the best performance of your career and being robbed when the Olympics is in your home country...OUCH, feel so bad for them)
Honorable Mention - Shen/Zhao
2001 Worlds
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Sale/Pelletier
3. Shen/Zhao
2000 Worlds (Ridiculous how Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze were disqualified)
1. Petrova/Tikhonov
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Abitbol/Bernadis
1999 Worlds
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Zagorska/Siudek
1998 Worlds
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Meno/Sand
3. Shen/Zhao
1998 Olympics
1. Kazakova/Dmitriev
2. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
3. Wotzel/Steuer
Honorable Mention - Shen/Zhao
1997 Worlds
1. Wotzel/Steuer
2. Eltsova/Bushkov
3. Kazakova/Dmitriev
1996 Worlds
1. Meno/Sand
2. Eltsova/Bushkov
3. Wotzel/Steuer
1995 Worlds
1. Kovarikova/Novotny
2. Shishkova/Naumov
3. Meno/Sand
1994 Worlds
1. Shishkova/Naumov
2. Brasseur/Eisler
3. Kovarikova/Novotny
1994 Olympics
1. Gordeeva/Grinkov
2. Mishkutenok/Dmitriev
3. Shishkova/Naumov
Honorable Mention - Brasseur/Eisler
1993 Worlds
1. Brasseur/Eisler
2. Shishkova/Naumov
3. Meno/Sand
Stopping there for now. I shall add more later. Still need to watch some of the lower ranked performances from earlier years to see if there are any overlooked gems.
List all of your podium choices for Worlds/Olympics, going back as far as you'd like. I'm not going to offer too much discussion of my personal choices in this first post, but hopefully everyone who loves pairs can weigh in and we can have a lovely (and heated, no doubt) debate about Pairs performances and competition results.
2010 Worlds
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2. Pang/Tong
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov
2010 Olympics
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Pang/Tong
3. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2009 Worlds
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2. Kavaguti/Smirnov
3. Zhang/Zhang
2008 Worlds
1. Dube/Davison
2. Zhang/Zhang
3. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2007 Worlds
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Pang/Tong
3. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2006 Worlds
1. Pang/Tong
2. Petrova/Tikhonov
3. Zhang/Zhang
2006 Olympics
1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Zhang/Zhang
2005 Worlds
1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Petrova/Tikhonov
3. Pang/Tong
2004 Worlds (An amazing World Championships)
1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Shen/Zhao (too bad about the big mistake in the SP, their LP performance is an all-time best)
3. Pang/Tong
2003 Worlds
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Totmianina/Marinin
3. Petrova/Tikhonov
2002 Worlds
1. Shen/Zhao
2. Totmianina/Marinin
3. Ina/Zimmerman
2002 Olympics
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Sale/Pelletier
3. Ina/Zimmerman (giving the best performance of your career and being robbed when the Olympics is in your home country...OUCH, feel so bad for them)
Honorable Mention - Shen/Zhao
2001 Worlds
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Sale/Pelletier
3. Shen/Zhao
2000 Worlds (Ridiculous how Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze were disqualified)
1. Petrova/Tikhonov
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Abitbol/Bernadis
1999 Worlds
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Zagorska/Siudek
1998 Worlds
1. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
2. Meno/Sand
3. Shen/Zhao
1998 Olympics
1. Kazakova/Dmitriev
2. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
3. Wotzel/Steuer
Honorable Mention - Shen/Zhao
1997 Worlds
1. Wotzel/Steuer
2. Eltsova/Bushkov
3. Kazakova/Dmitriev
1996 Worlds
1. Meno/Sand
2. Eltsova/Bushkov
3. Wotzel/Steuer
1995 Worlds
1. Kovarikova/Novotny
2. Shishkova/Naumov
3. Meno/Sand
1994 Worlds
1. Shishkova/Naumov
2. Brasseur/Eisler
3. Kovarikova/Novotny
1994 Olympics
1. Gordeeva/Grinkov
2. Mishkutenok/Dmitriev
3. Shishkova/Naumov
Honorable Mention - Brasseur/Eisler
1993 Worlds
1. Brasseur/Eisler
2. Shishkova/Naumov
3. Meno/Sand
Stopping there for now. I shall add more later. Still need to watch some of the lower ranked performances from earlier years to see if there are any overlooked gems.
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