I don’t think they ever have.
It tends to have a fair amount of home cooking if I remember correctly.
However, they usually have very high scores for early in the season.
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It tends to have a fair amount of home cooking if I remember correctly.
However, they usually have very high scores for early in the season.
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I am very happy for Lauriault / le Gac at Kinoshita. It looks like they are back although the tech panel was very hard on most of those teams. But good GOE and PCS for them. And PBs! Very disappointed for Lily and Nathan - much below their PBs. As mentioned, the tech panel was very hard on them but also their PCS was low. I am only a fan but what I watched a few weeks ago, looked great. So why no love? Hope Scott and they can get it figured out soon. I will need to watch the Kinoshita videos this week to see if it was just two bad skates or ?
For the JGP - I have to keep reminding me this is a development series. If our skaters get judged to be not up to par internationally, there is time to fix things for when they are seniors. So - as Ted keeps saying - "lessons learned". Yes, it looked like that fall on David B.s attempted quad, took the wind out of his sails. So sorry for him after a PB in the short. His PCS in the short was too low I thought as well. He is a different skater than the Japanese but I dont think that much worse. He does come across as a bit wooden but the music is wooden too. He had lots of transitions and movement in his choreo.
I also noted that one of my favourite dance teams - Summer and Nik - also were judged to be technically deficient compared to other top 5 dance teams. Fortunately tho, they got good GOEs and ended up on the podium. To me, they looked wonderful. If they had hit even some of the "key points" in the rhythm dance, perhaps they would have silver or gold tho. I could see how unhappy in the K&C Mitch was with their scores. Hopefully they will work on improving those technical faults before the next JGP event in 2 weeks. Only 2 teams to junior worlds and we have 3 teams that should go - lots of motivation!
For the JGP - I have to keep reminding me this is a development series. If our skaters get judged to be not up to par internationally, there is time to fix things for when they are seniors. So - as Ted keeps saying - "lessons learned". Yes, it looked like that fall on David B.s attempted quad, took the wind out of his sails. So sorry for him after a PB in the short. His PCS in the short was too low I thought as well. He is a different skater than the Japanese but I dont think that much worse. He does come across as a bit wooden but the music is wooden too. He had lots of transitions and movement in his choreo.
I also noted that one of my favourite dance teams - Summer and Nik - also were judged to be technically deficient compared to other top 5 dance teams. Fortunately tho, they got good GOEs and ended up on the podium. To me, they looked wonderful. If they had hit even some of the "key points" in the rhythm dance, perhaps they would have silver or gold tho. I could see how unhappy in the K&C Mitch was with their scores. Hopefully they will work on improving those technical faults before the next JGP event in 2 weeks. Only 2 teams to junior worlds and we have 3 teams that should go - lots of motivation!
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I am happy for Kalaganis/ Deveau. They have improved a lot. They are a bit older. They deserve the experience. For ice dance, at least, the strategy is clear. The top three teams get two = 6 spots. The other 3 spots are split between Auréa-Earl, the Carandiucs and Olympia and Émile. Total = 9 spots.
For pairs, the top 3 teams also get two outings. The rest... only one. Forfeiting spots is not cool
Men : with only 5 spots... and Grayson's surprise silver when Skate Canada probably counted on David Bondar more, it looks like it will be 2 guys getting two and 1 guy (Anthony) getting one. I cannot say I am super thrilled with this. Eddy won silver at Nationals and was 2nd also at Next Gen. Sure, he is inconsistent but that's because he is also the only one trying to include two different quads and two triple axels in his LP. If I were Skate Canada, I would give him at least a JGP and a Junior B so he gets more opportunities to gain experience and confidence. Not only he is working on the TES side of things but he has great basic and flair ... so technically, he could help Canada secure more sports for next year JGP. Yes, he is my GS "son" so I am biased but I think that Skate Canada is making a mistake here.
Women : Reese has had a lot of opportunities and she is a great SP skater. When it comes to the LP, she often struggles. I would have not announced her assignment and would have waited for Victoria's result. At the same time, with the stacked field, Victoria's chances to medal are not as good as it may have been in another event. But then again, if we want to create more opportunities for our skaters, they need to do well at worlds... and to me, Victoria is the front leader in that sense. So, she should be getting more outings.
For Dance, I agree with their strategy. I can’t wait to watch Carandiucs. He is hot.I am happy for Kalaganis/ Deveau. They have improved a lot. They are a bit older. They deserve the experience. For ice dance, at least, the strategy is clear. The top three teams get two = 6 spots. The other 3 spots are split between Auréa-Earl, the Carandiucs and Olympia and Émile. Total = 9 spots.
For pairs, the top 3 teams also get two outings. The rest... only one. Forfeiting spots is not cool
Men : with only 5 spots... and Grayson's surprise silver when Skate Canada probably counted on David Bondar more, it looks like it will be 2 guys getting two and 1 guy (Anthony) getting one. I cannot say I am super thrilled with this. Eddy won silver at Nationals and was 2nd also at Next Gen. Sure, he is inconsistent but that's because he is also the only one trying to include two different quads and two triple axels in his LP. If I were Skate Canada, I would give him at least a JGP and a Junior B so he gets more opportunities to gain experience and confidence. Not only he is working on the TES side of things but he has great basic and flair ... so technically, he could help Canada secure more sports for next year JGP. Yes, he is my GS "son" so I am biased but I think that Skate Canada is making a mistake here.
Women : Reese has had a lot of opportunities and she is a great SP skater. When it comes to the LP, she often struggles. I would have not announced her assignment and would have waited for Victoria's result. At the same time, with the stacked field, Victoria's chances to medal are not as good as it may have been in another event. But then again, if we want to create more opportunities for our skaters, they need to do well at worlds... and to me, Victoria is the front leader in that sense. So, she should be getting more outings.
For Pairs, they have a similar strategy to Dance. However, as you mentioned, we should use all our spots since we have more spots and should use them. But, most of our Pairs teams didn’t even achieve the domestic benchmark and still got one spot. So, I’m okay with this.
For our boys, I’m actually quite mad that your son gets nothing. Yes, Cranberry was rough. But, like you said, he was second at Nationals and NextGen. He also surpassed the benchmark score. I see Eddy as just as talented as David. I’m quite bitter by this decision. Reese gets a spot. But, not Eddy
Girls - None of them have a chance. Victoria has a chance for a 7th-9th place finish. Reese has a chance for that after the SP. But, she will collapse with her free skate. However, she earned her spot as I see her as a clear top five junior girl this season. But, this is where they should have sent Victoria to two JGP events.
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Also, I’m happy for Grayson. The top five junior boys are locks for JGP finals. Grayson actually has a chance for the 6th spot behind three Japanese boys and two Korean boys. He needs to place top three at this event to have a chance.
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Barakhtina's best score is 6 points lower than the lowest bronze score. There is 20 women who scored higher than her in the JGP already. Most of them will be repeating in the remaining events. There is no indication that she has something in the back pocket to significantly improve that score. If she is strongly plus-start, it will be evident even in one event. Otherwise, there is no reason not to spread events to as many skaters as possible until Cho is on the circuit.
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So is Émile LOL
I wonder what happened to the team that w/d Ava Cheung and Stephen Lee. They w/d from an event but didn't get another one. I hope they are okay.
yeah... justice for EddyFor our boys, I’m actually quite mad that your son gets nothing. Yes, Cranberry was rough. But, like you said, he was second at Nationals and NextGen. He also surpassed the benchmark score. I see Eddy as just as talented as David. I’m quite bitter by this decision. Reese gets a spot. But, not Eddy
I hope they don't do a Audréanne Foster with my son.yeah. that's true. but then, you know, if Victoria landed everything, just like Grayson did... and some others made mistakes, just like it happened when Grayson skated, she may get "points" (I am not talking top 3) That's a lot of ifs... of course, but I doubt our other junior women are as strong so that's where I draw the line.
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Well.... we know how I feel about this. How can a skater meets these scores if they are not competing enough ?
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If they are strong competitors, they can. If they are not, it's a toss for every competition. ISU lists Vasii's PB at 160 from 2022. Bondar's PB is 196 from 2024. This math is strongly in Bondar's favor. Besides, it might simply be that Vasii is injured again. Or there is a specific reason we don't know about that led to Bondar underperforming & they want to see him skate again. Feds have plenty of data and they are used to making these choices. Also, very, very few men are landing quads in JGP this season.
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Thank you for your nuanced post about Skate Canada's decision making process. I fluctuating all the time about the fed...
Sometimes, I am happy with them, sometimes, I am not so happy with them, sometimes I just don't understand. Let's hope Eddy is not injured again. He's had enough injuries for the rest of his career.
They specify that they're domestic benchmarks, not international.
There were skaters traveling outside Canada to get more competitions in with USFS domestic events (and JSF in the case of Grayson and Lulu.). Having those extra domestic competitions helps so that they can show when a performance is a fluke or not.
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I guess it comes to who has money to travel abroad, with their coach, to do a domestic event out of Canada... that way they can achieve the benchmark (domestic) but feel like they are competing internationally ? Is that what we are talking about ? So, skaters need to be spending even more money ?
Victoria scored 165+ and 155+ at her two domestic events. I expect her to score around 160 internationally at her one JGP event. So, that should place her in the 9th to 10 range at her one JGP event.
Lia Cho is waiting in the wings for next season…. I except her to grab two JGP events next season.
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Marie Jade and Romain really look a lot stronger than Fabri and Ayer this year. they scored over 27 pts higher than their compatriots who didn't have huge errors. This cannot be reassuring to F and A. To beat Z and K is also a confidence booster.
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A Spanish and a Belgian Ice Dance team, both train at IAMO.
They represent Spain and Belgium respectively, they usually compete in Ontario.
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Thank you. Usually, Patinage Québec does write the country affiliations... but they haven't recently for instance with Lai and Liu. We know now they represent Taiwan but it wasn't listed as such at the Québec events. So I was suspicious about these two teams.
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