Dream Torino Podiums

Kwanford Wife · Jan 17, 2006

My dream podium...

Men - Year of the Sexy Man

Gold: Brian Joubert (what can I say? I love manly, french skaters...)
Silver: Plushy - Gotta love an awesome sneer
Bronze: Sandu - I love this man & how sinister he looks on ice.

Ladies - Year of the Diva (no teenyboppers allowed!)

Gold: Irina - Yes, I'm a Kwan uber & yes, this is dream podium but I'm too realistic to forget this is figure skating and she's played the game these past two years...

Silver: LaKwan of course! I'd put her into Gold but fear the skate gods too much :bow:

Bronze: DivaKwara... she's simply awesome.

Pairs - Year of the Comeback

Gold: Shen & Zhao... 'nuff said :bow:

Silver: Inoue (no Baldwin... he's creepy looking, plus she does all the work.)

Bronze: T&M (but only if I never, ever have to hear about the "FALL" again...)

Dance - The Year of "I Can't Believe I Actually Care!"
Gold: Navka - she's awesome
Silver: B/A - for not skating to some lame theme music & just dancing...
Bronze: Silverstein / O'Mera -

Frau Muller · Jan 17, 2006

Pure fantasy but my 'dream' --

Ladies

1. Meissner - representing the long-limbed balletic youngsters, in place of Mao Asada KIMMIE ALL THE WAY!!!
2. Kostner - another long-legged teenager
3. Suguri - not a teen...but with the coltish looks of one!

Men:

1. Plushenko
2. Lysacek
3. Sandhu

Pairs:

1. Totmianina/Marinin
2. Petrova/Tikhonov
3. Zhangs

Dance:

1. Belbin/Agosto
2. Navka/Kostomarov
3. Fusar-Poli/Margaglio

show 42 · Jan 17, 2006

I'm not an expert on ice dancing by any means, but it seems to me that this ice dancing team that we are sending to Italy is the strongest we have ever had.....42

Tonichelle · Jan 17, 2006

show 42 said:
I'm not an expert on ice dancing by any means, but it seems to me that this ice dancing team that we are sending to Italy is the strongest we have ever had.....42

I agree... and I'm not the most knowledgable either... but with Tanith and Ben going and Melissa and Denis there's no doubt the US will have high placements, and I have a lot of faith in Jamie and Ryan - a team that has the spunk, spark, and talent that the other two also have... just without the years of experience in skating together :agree:

Ravyn Rant · Jan 17, 2006

Ptichka said:
You have Slutskaya leaving with 2 medals

That way she can complete her medal collection in one fell swoop! :laugh:

FreeKatie · Jan 17, 2006

1. Michelle Kwan (Like OMG, pass the Kleenex!)
2. Shizuka Arakawa
3. Sasha Cohen, Carolina Kostner or Kimmie Meissner

1. Plushenko (what can I say, I love this guy)
2. Lambiel (ditto)
3. Klimkin, Weir, Savoie or Sandhu

1. Shen/Zhoe (sorry for mispellings, I hope they skate their best)
2. russians T/M (?)
3. don't care yet

1. Belbin/ Agosto
2. don't care yet
3. don't care yet

Ravyn Rant · Jan 17, 2006

Okay, I'll play, too.

In medal order.

Pairs:
Shen & Zhao, while the judges still have the opportunity to reward their greatness
Totmianina & Marinin - with no fluff about The Fall, otherwise DQ Terry Gannon!
Sentimental toss-up between Zagorska & Siudek (sp?) and Petrova and the man I used to call Lurch. They've all worked so hard for so long - and P&T are still getting better each year. Impressive.

Mens:
Plushenko, the last man standing from the top 4 at SLC. He's earned it, even when I'm dreaming.
Lambiel - but only if he can land that pesky triple axel, otherwise Buttle or Sandhu
Buttle, Sandhu, Weir or Savoie. I wish for clean skates from all four, regardless of placement.

Dance:
Belbin & Agosto, just so I can start hollering "DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?"
Delobel & Schoenfelder
Drobieva and Vanagas - because they wuz robbed of this in 2002. JMHO

Ladies:
Suguri.
Cohen or Slutskaya
Slutskaya or Cohen
Any combination of these three on the podium would make me a happy girl.

Who am I kidding, I'll be happy for all the winners.
xoxo
Rave

JonnyCoop · Jan 17, 2006

show 42 said:
I'm not an expert on ice dancing by any means, but it seems to me that this ice dancing team that we are sending to Italy is the strongest we have ever had.....42

I must respectfully disagree. We have a great team this year, but in 1984, we sent Blumberg & Seibert (who finished 4th and should have been 2nd), Fox & Dalley (who finished 5th) and Spitz & Gregory (who finished 10th). All three extremely talented couples, very enjoyable to watch. But this year, I don't see us getting all 3 in the top 10, much less 2 in the top 5. B/A in the top 5 or on the podium, absolutely. G/P in the top 10, pretty fair shot. But I don't see S/O getting much higher than 16th.

ceg15 · Jan 17, 2006

I'm just going to do mens and womens;

1)Plushenko (so he can win already and turn pro)
2)Lambiel or Jubert
3)Jeff Buttle (not just putting him there because he's my favorite, if he lands his quad, then, wow, watch out. he gets mega mega points on the pogram components score. :yes:

note: i highly doubt emanuel sandhu will make the podium. he is incredibly inconsistent. not to mention arrogant and when he does bad, he puts other skaters down (ie. jeff buttle) to make himself feel better.

Ladies:

1) michelle kwan (i hope she wins then turns pro, shes been around too long, and i do think she deserves to win it after all these years, and i hope another youngster doesnt come up and steal it again)
2)slutskaya
3) rochette or koster.

SK8LUVR · Jan 18, 2006

Dream Picks

This is just a dream, remember!!!!!

Men: Jeffery Buttle, Emmanuel Sandhu, Shawn Sawyer. A full Canadian men's sweep (heh, you never know. The ice is slippery)

Women: Joannie Rochette, Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan or Irina Slutskaya

Pairs: Dube/Davison (i love them, lots of potential), Marcoux/Buntin and Shen/Zhao

Dance: Dubreuil/Lauzon, Belbin/Agosto and Wing/Lowe (not going to happen but heh, we can all dream right?)

Aiwe · Jan 18, 2006

Just a dream

Men: Plushenko, Joubert, Lambiel

Pairs:
1 - Obertas/Slavnov
2 - Dube/Davidson
3 - Tatmianina/Marinin :laugh:

( Dreams, dreams, dreams... )

Dance:
1 - Belbin/Agosto
2 - Drobiazko/Vanagas
3 - Pechelat/Bourzat

Ladies:
1. Sacha Cohen
2. Carolina Kostner
3. Irina Sluyskaya

show 42 · Jan 18, 2006

Jonny...........I remember Blumberg and Seibert, they were velvet on ice, Fred and Ginger all over again, but I don't remember the other two couples you mentioned. I guess I didn't go back in time far enough........

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attyfan · Jan 18, 2006

For pairs -- Gold -- Petrova/Tikhnov; Silver -- Zhang/Zhangl; Bronze -TT/MM

For ladies -- Gold -- a tie between Michelle and Irina. Silver and bronze -- Cohen and Suguri, in any order. Otherwise, a 1994 repeat with Irina getting gold; Michelle silver (complete with "full circle' fluff on Kwan/Kerrigan) and Kostner or Cohen the bronze.

For men -- Savoie gets the gold; Lambiel and Buttle get silver and bronze, in any order.

Ptichka · Jan 18, 2006

Results - to be updated if more people dream up results
(Anyone with more than 5 points is in the list)

Ladies
1. Kwan (67)
2. Cohen (54.83)
3. Slutskaya (40.5)
4. Arakawa (22.5)
5. Rochette (15)
5. Suguri (15)
7. Meissner (13.33)
8. Kostner (12.33)

Men
1. Plushenko (61)
2. Lambiel (34.5)
3. Buttle (30.75)
4. Weir (29)
5. Savoie (22.5)
6. Sandhu (19.5)
7. Lysacek (18.5)
8. Joubert (14.1)
9. Klimkin (11.4)
10. Van Der Perrin (5.66)

Dance
1. Belbin & Agosto (78)
2. Navka & Kostomarov (23)
3. Delobel & Schoenfelder (20.5)
4. Dubreuil & Lauzon(15.5)
5. Denkova & Stavijski (10.33)
6. Drobiazko & Vanagas (9.5)
7. Silverstein & O'Meara (9)
8. Chait & Sakhnovsky (8.5)
9. Gregory & Petukhov(6)

Pairs
1. Shen & Zhao (81)
2. Totmianina & Marinin (43)
3. Inouie & Baldwin (19)
4. Petrova & Tikhonov (14.5)
5. Dube & Davison(13)
6. Savchenko & Szolkowy (12)
7. Zhang & Zhang (7)
8. Zagorska & Siudek (6.5)
9. Hinzem & Parchem (6)
10. Pang & Tong (5)

Engwaciriel · Jan 18, 2006

if shen & zhao wins and Suguri medals I won't care about anything else..that'll be enough to make me happy for the rest of this year...or decade..

Johar · Jan 18, 2006

Ladies
1. Sasha Cohen
2. Irina Slutskaya
3. Shizuka Arakawa

Dance
1. Belbin and Agosto

Mens
1. Johnny Weir
2. Emmanual Sandhu
3. Evan Lysacek

Pairs
1. Shen and Zhao
2. Inouie and Bladwin

76olympics · Jan 18, 2006

JonnyCoop, I must burst out now and say "Blumberg and Seibert were SO robbed!" When Torvill and Dean won with "Bolero", how can "Schezerade" be called atypical for ice dance? ( I know I need help with the spelling of Schez.... :rofl:

). That makes me upset just thinking about it! They were awesome ice dancers and deserved the silver, IMHO!

boggartlaura · Jan 18, 2006

Men
1) Lambiel
2) Buttle
3) Klimkin

Ladies
1) Kostner
2) Rochette
3) Sokolova

Dance
1) Chait/Sakhnovsky
2) Belbin/Agosto
3) Faiella/Scali

Pairs
1) Petrova/Tikhonov
2) Dube/Davison
3) Hinzmann/Parchem

hockeyfan228 · Jan 18, 2006

My opiate-induced pipe-dream podiums are:

Ladies
Arakawa
Cohen
Ando or Rochette

Men
Klimkin
Buttle
Savoie

Pairs
Totmianina/Marinin
Shen/Zhao
Petrova/Tikhonov (who finally nail that long program)

Dance
Delobel/Schoenfelder
Belbin/Agosto
Chait/Sakhnovski (love their programs this year)

flowjo35 · Jan 18, 2006

Ladies

G-Michelle
S-Irina
B-Shizuka/Fumie

I would love the see these women skate their best and show the world skating is not over just because you are in your 20's.

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