Not so strange if you go back through the the season and look at who won short and who won a free and who won the gold. And yes, those are additive scores..but under the old skating scoreing system, if you came in the top 3 in the short, you controled your own destiny. If you did the team event with additive scores, you get different results. But the rules are the rules.
I find the inclusion of making backflips legal in comps interesting, though of course they are not scored. Not my cup of tea, nor is the rasberry. Nor is the head banger you see at galas....
She was a gymnast before figure skating.
Keep at it, all you Ilia-haters. You'll be happy to know, you got 4 to 8 more years trying to rag on him and tear him down. Sink your teeth in the raging dislike. Come up with more creative adjectives to dis him with. See if he cares. The put-downs only make him stronger in his pursuit of excellence.
What impressed me was she and of course Emily C. had not been landing jumps and throws consistantly all season. But somehow, Ellie dug deep within herself and did this performance. She rose to the occasion. True grit.
I don’t like the backflip. I like the raspberry, I heard the headbangers are not as difficult as they look (I would be interested to know if that is true from someone who actually knows?).
Really? In Canada you sing your anthem everyday at the beginning of school. I know the anthem in both languages and I think that’s the norm.
@Diana Delafield , can you answer this?
His PCS was barely higher than Shun’s, but the Norwegian commentators remarked on aspects of Shun’s skating that isn’t being discussed - lack of difficulty in the ‘in-betweens and choreography if I am remembering correctly. He skated his competitive free skate and received similar marks to what he has gotten all year.
I know your National Anthem and I’m not Canadian. It’s much more singable than ours. I wish ours was America, the Beautiful. A much better song than one about a flag being shot at in a war. And everyone can sing it.
People cry for all sorts of reasons, both happy and sad...and due to relief....its an emotional release....why even figure skating fans cry....Shun can hold his head up high, and remember MK's remark..."I didnt loose the gold, I won the silver" Well done, team Japan. Best wishes in the individual events.
I'd like "God Bless America" It's a nice catchy tune with a good rising lick in it... "from the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam". I can't carry a tune in a bucket, but I could manage that.
I am not an Ilia hater, but I do think he underperformed tonight (skaters are not robots, so that will happen sometimes) and that he was overscored. Saying that is me being honest, rather than me trying to tear him down. Ilia has improved his skating skills and performance skills a lot over the past couple of seasons. He has become a very artistic skater, but he doesn't have the lyrical Jason Brown style which many fans seem to idolise. I know that everyone thinks that Jason is the perfect skater - but Ilia's programmes are the ones I remember out of the two of them (Jason's programmes just seem to merge into each other because they feel very similar). I did feel that Ilia's PCS was too high today for what was quite a messy programme which lacked precision in the choreography (and he is normally more precise with it, even if he creates a sense of being carefree in his skating). I think Shun was underscored on PCS tonight. Would this have changed the outcome of the event? I'm honestly not sure, because I would have had them on pretty much the same score - but I do think the scores should have been a lot closer.
Gubanova also did really well beating USA
True enough. But we live with this in the sport when we shouldnt have to. Judges and tech types sailing under false flags and making back room deals.....but sometimes the philosopher is right....quality in thought and deed is "Just what you like" Robert M. Pirsig. So how do you grade artistry? If it were up to me, you could take all of Picasso's works and put them in the land fill.
I could live with that, too. Written by Irving Berlin, an immigrant from Russia.
