2025-26 Grand Prix Final Free Dance

[RatedPG]

I wonder if Guignard Fabbri and Babs are watching at home and laughing because they'd rather actually not be involved in this mess of an event

They are watching from a recent win at Golden Spin. Where they won scoring over 200.
I wish I had gone to bed. I sensed this would happen to P&P.
Now I have to prepare myself for no medals at the Olympics for Canada

 

[labgoat]

I don't know if it is still true but Laurence & Madi used to be workout partners at the gym

 

[Blackmirage]

The results may be correct due to the circumstances, but having a DOMINANT couple for years with THIS (!!) overall technique does not feel right, or simply a sad status of the discipline.....

 

[anonymoose_au]

Well, at least they have decent sized steps on this podium. Not like at some events, where there is barely room for two skaters to stand there, never mind the six that you get when they all go onto the top step for the photo!

CaroLiza_fan

It is indeed a giant podium!

Nice medals too...which reminds me I missed GP France entirely...are the plastic stars dead and buried? I always thought they were fun and would like to see them again

 

[Karoltyna]

yes. they won there.

I hear the panel in Zagreb was quite strict, so their 204 there could be actually a podium score here... they seemed to be very happy with the performance.

 

[labgoat]

I wonder if Guignard Fabbri and Babs are watching at home and laughing because they'd rather actually not be involved in this mess of an event

In case some of you were wondering how Charlene & Marco did at Golden Spin...

 

[anonymoose_au]

Hey the flags are the wrong way around - the French one is in front of Lilah and Lewis and the UK one in front of Laurence and Guilliame.

And I just realised with the Olympics been in Italy it's gonna be awful for the Aussie time zone. Boo.

Ooo nice phone work from the audience!

 

[4everchan]

They are watching from a recent win at Golden Spin. Where they won scoring over 200.
I wish I had gone to bed. I sensed this would happen to P&P.
Now I have to prepare myself for no medals at the Olympics for Canada

yeah,..

so... I looked at the protocols...

Piper and Paul got 46.41... a full point ahead of FG... actually they received the second highest BV for their elements... so the TP recognized their skills..

Judges GOE... some of the scores in there : 1s and 2s (many 2s). ... this is where Lilah and Lewis received very high marks from the judges..

Also, the PCS were even which is crazy in my humble opinion. The brits have a fun number but it's shallow... how can it score the same as Pipe and Paul in PCS ? I have no idea.

 

[4everchan]

lol.. I was just half joking.. I am pretty aware they were at Golden spin because I played the prediction game . but I am sure they were watching anyway

 

[4everchan]

They are watching from a recent win at Golden Spin. Where they won scoring over 200.
I wish I had gone to bed. I sensed this would happen to P&P.
Now I have to prepare myself for no medals at the Olympics for Canada

I will be watching short track speed skating. Those are the ISU medals Canada will get.

 

[4everchan]

I hear the panel in Zagreb was quite strict, so their 204 there could be actually a podium score here... they seemed to be very happy with the performance.

it depends... the panel gave Piper and Paul the second highest score here... the judges didn't

 

[seal]

I wonder why training at Montreal seems to add points. I am so sorry for Piper and Paul. Their program is so beautiful. They skated it so cleanly. For me they were better than Brits. It looks for another time that the coaching centre matters for judges more than the performance.

 

[labgoat]

Now I have to prepare myself for no medals at the Olympics for Canada

Anyone who lived through Torino, knows anything can happen.
I am still going to be cautiously optimistic.
Don't give up on your favorites yet - instead send your messages of support to get them through Nationals and Olympic preparations. It ain't over until it is over...

 

[Andrina]

I wonder why training at Montreal seems to add points. I am so sorry for Piper and Paul. Their program is so beautiful. They skated it so cleanly. For me they were better than Brits. It looks for another time that the coaching centre matters for judges more than the performance.

Training at IAM doesn't add points.

Lilah and Piper's scores are close, meaning it was a battle of judges. This time Lilah won. Next time Piper may.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Hey the flags are the wrong way around - the French one is in front of Lilah and Lewis and the UK one in front of Laurence and Guilliame.

That is something I have never understood.

It is like the people hanging the flags stand in front of the podium, with the stand in between them and the podium, and hang the flags up in the correct order. But then they turn the stand around so that the front of the flags are facing the skaters. Which means the flags are no longer in line with the correct skaters.

Why not do like practically every other sport and have the flags BEHIND the skaters. And hence they would be with the correct skaters.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Was the tech panel the issue? The levels called didn't seem bad during the program.

Upon review, Piper and Paul were not screwed over by the technical panel but by the judges... They have the second highest BV in the Free of the teams here (behind Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron).

 

[Karoltyna]

Ok, it's my first time seeing this dance and it is solid and also performace was good. The goes were given as if judges had a limit for whole event and exceeding it would cause cutting a finger or something. With more generous judges they copuld easliy scrape 4-6 points more...

 

[museksk8r]

Piper's posture, and lack of extension have held back the scores. Particularly in this era of ice dance that values big highlight moves that take advantage of the female skater's flexibility, posture, and extension - something Chock/Bates excel at - it's difficult for the judges to award the highest GOE.

That can’t be it, because where are those attributes in Lilah Fear? I don’t see it at all!

 

[4everchan]

Upon review, Piper and Paul were not screwed over by the technical panel but by the judges... They have the second highest BV in the Free of the teams here (behind Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron).

yup I posted about that too... and some of the GOES are very suspicious...

 

[labgoat]

Ok, it's my first time seeing this dance and it is solid and also performace was good. The goes were given as if judges had a limit for whole event and exceeding it would cause cutting a finger or something. With more generous judges they copuld easliy scrape 4-6 points more...

I keep reminding myself that they are at home and this program is lovely and touching to end their career with should they choose not to compete at Worlds.