2018 Internationaux de France Ladies Free Skate

[Lester]

On one hand I care about the fate of Zhenya and Rika, on the other the FD left me so deflated and depressed that I am not even sure I can be bothered to watch. But cheering for them.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

OK, so there have been huge delays to the ski jumping due to strong winds. It has been cut down to a 1-round competition, and there are only 2 jumpers left to go. So, since it is easier to eat and watch ski jumping than it is to eat and watch figure skating, I'm going to stick with it to the end. And then put on the Formula 1 qualifying that I missed earlier when I was finishing off watching the recording of the Men's SP.

Here is the link for the ISU livestream on the Eurovision Sports website:
https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/isu/single-pair-skating-ice-dance/live.html?id=2419

Here is the link for the archived World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/figure-skating-grand-prix/ca9866f2-795c-4d18-a7a9-15c9fae37a86

Here is the link for the archived British Eurosport 2 coverage on the Player (starts at 14m 38s. LIVE Women's Football at start. Highlights of Ski Jumping at 1h 00m 06s):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/figure-skating-grand-prix/ca9866f2-795c-4d18-a7a9-15c9fae37a86

Here is the Time Schedule of the Ladies Free:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/gpfra2018/gpfra2018_Ladies_FS_TimeSchedule.pdf

And here is the Live Scoring:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/gpfra2018/SEG004.HTM

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[satine]

This is the longest countdown. Start already! :hap85:

 

[tabsy]

This is the longest countdown. Start already! :hap85:

Nooooo please don't I'm trapped in McDonald's the queue is so long and there's barely anywhere else to go (and those that are also have enormous queues).

France - why do you not have more food places???

 

[linps]

Live stream: http://ok.ru/video/1361533083155

 

[satine]

Nooooo please don't I'm trapped in McDonald's the queue is so long and there's barely anywhere else to go (and those that are also have enormous queues).

France - why do you not have more food places???

I think time has slowed down just for you, tabsy. I swear the clock is not moving fast enough

 

[freeman21]

Nooooo please don't I'm trapped in McDonald's the queue is so long and there's barely anywhere else to go (and those that are also have enormous queues).

McDonald's instead of FS? :roll5::roll5:

 

[Fluture]

Breathe, I know it's hard, but breathe. And here's a cat picture. http://i.imgur.com/sjhzbl2.jpg

Thank you, this cat picture has brought me down from the verge of hyperventilating. Now I know how you feel with your darlings. Please, Zhenya darling, don‘t break my heart and have mercy on my nerves, stay CLEAN!

 

[tabsy]

McDonald's instead of FS? :roll5::roll5:

It's my first meal of the day forgive me!

 

[Fluture]

It's my first meal of the day forgive me!

You can‘t live solely from hearing the sound of skates made on ice and tripe jumps? Shame on you!

 

[CellarDweller]

Don‘t worry, Rika will slay. Her 3As look literally as stable as her other triples and she had her random mess up moment already in the SP. Which means we can expect a clean free again.

I hope you are right. My own opinion, I think Rika makes the same mistake that Tonya Harding did back in the day. Tonya was always determined to put the 3A in the short, because of the point value. Tonya should've just gone with other difficult triples she was consistent with, and saved the 3A for the long. I think Rika should do the same.

I'm always remembering the expression commentators would say when a skater fell in the short......"You can't win the competition in the short program, but you can lose it in the short program."

Of course, that was under the old 6.0 scoring system.

 

[brens78]

a quick tip in case you don't want your stream cutting out, instead of having the resolution on HD, try 360 or 480, still good picture quality and I've found I rarely have freezes

 

[Metis]

Here we go! Hang on to your hats (and clutch your pearls)!

 

[satine]

If anyone could refresh my crappy memory- what possible scenarios are we looking at here for the GPF? Are there loads?

 

[invisiblespiral]

I'm here!

 

[invisiblespiral]

If anyone could refresh my crappy memory- what possible scenarios are we looking at here for the GPF? Are there loads?

Mai gets in if she wins, Rika gets in if she gets 4th or above (I think), Zhenia gets in if she gets 2nd or above and beats Samodurova on the score tiebreaker.

 

[carmina]

Zhenya

I don't know why am I doing this torture to myself...

 

[Fluture]

I hope you are right. My own opinion, I think Rika makes the same mistake that Tonya Harding did back in the day. Tonya was always determined to put the 3A in the short, because of the point value. Tonya should've just gone with other difficult triples she was consistent with, and saved the 3A for the long. I think Rika should do the same.

I'm always remembering the expression commentators would say when a skater fell in the short......"You can't win the competition in the short program, but you can lose it in the short program."

Of course, that was under the old 6.0 scoring system.

I think with how consistently she lands those 3As in practice, it would be a shame not to do it in the SP as well. She CAN land it, she just has to control her nerves. She strikes me as someone who is really determined and not likely to give up so I don‘t think she will opt to only do a 2A instead of a triple. I hope she can land it eventually.

 

[Metis]

I’m still amazed Bradie made the second flight.

 

[CellarDweller]

Not trying to start any drama, but does anyone else besides me have issues with the ads here at GS? I get the reason that the site has the ads, but some of them have sound, and they have a habit of going off during the competitions. I paid for the membership to get into these chat threads, and a membership to NBC Gold to watch the events, and now I'm dealing with Best Buy and Hershey Kiss ads suddenly blaring out while the skaters are competing.