Give me the source other than katia to prove this theory if you please.As for B/S levels being upgraded, if you'd read attentively you might have realised that katia meant that they were initially called level 3, and then reviewed and upgraded
Dear, when I write "I saw.." or "I don't see..." it means exactly "in my opinion". So leave it. The best twizzles of the night belonged to I/K and got scored accordingly. B/S twizzles got leveled-down exactly thanks to the mistake you described. C/L lost both patterns in TES to B/S who is the best technical ice dancers for now in Europe. All fair and square. As for R/T, they had the highest BV of the night with C/L having the same BV as the guys on place #9. So, C/L should considered themselves lucky that they got higher PCS than R/T and therefore ended up on 3rd.But you didn'y say that the russians were better in your opinion. I like Elena and Nikita but their programs are awful and the other russian team it's nice but just nice, nothing special and had some wobbles here an there, they didn't skate with ease, he seemed stressed and she did a a very strange twizzles while the italians had very powerful and quick twizzles. I prefer Ekaterina an Ilia to the other 2 russian teams.
Videos of Short Dance (I believe, will be all) http://www.youtube.com/user/LaRiservaGoldenSkate/videos?view=0
Good quality.
The official commentators can see on a screen the levels that technical panel gives live (at least, in Italy!), so they can see what they initially give, and then what they change, and the marks that are being given by the judges when they are giving them, like if they were "inside" the panel of judges, so I think that katia heard it by the commentators of her/his own tv...Give me the source other than katia to prove this theory if you please.
As for PCS "way higher" I assume it's a one more joke. Way higer is like what? 10 a la Voir all over the board? C/L skated quite slowly, like 15 minutes or somesuch. Her back is wooden and legs are all hop-hop/skip-skip. The concept of the dance is quite silly but I admit they do their best to look just funny. Where are the overpraised Shpil's edges? I saw mini-skiing on the ice instead.
Russians skated better compared to their earlier selves but still wasn't perfect. When they are, the gap between them and Italians will be way bigger, simply because Italians can't skate better. Both Russian teams are so close to each other that it was rather difficult to predict the result. The protocols are up and you can observe the details. I/K SD I see like one whole unit, while B/S is more like two dances in the similar genre skating one after another. B/S was magic and fairy, like crystal dances from the music box. I/K was original charismatic, super fast and full of life. I don't see where C/L can be even near it. Enjoy youtube when vids are up.
Oh my god.... What you call here "silly arm movements" are traditional dance features of Andijan which polka I/K presented. With the same success you can call Hopak's squat silly, and I am sure there are people who actually do that. I am very glad that judes were more open-minded and free from any chauvinistic drivel.silly arm movements
Judges do it quite often and there is nothing unusal in it. In any case the said poster didn't explain why she thinks B/S shouldn't get level 4 for the patterns and C/L shouldn't get level 3.The official commentators can see on a screen the levels that technical panel gives live (at least, in Italy!), so they can see what they initially give, and then what they change, and the marks that are being given by the judges when they are giving them, like if they were "inside" the panel of judges, so I think that katia heard it by the commentators of her/his own tv...
1. Bobrova/Soloviev were TERRIFIC. They are undeniable contenders for the bronze in London and will deserve it if they skate like this. Every team under Kustarova needs to look at this team's astonishing improvement and flee.
2. Sorry guys, I don't like the program, but I think Ilynikh/Katsalpov's score is fair. Great attack, glorious edgework (they beat B/S here and deserved to), strong performance. They're beginning to look more and more like a dance team.
3. Sorry guys, again, because I think C/L deserved third. But it's a strong third.
for R/T, they had the highest BV of the night with C/L having the same BV as the guys on place #9. So, C/L should considered themselves lucky that they got higher PCS than R/T and therefore ended up on 3rd.
Are you saying I have been posting under multiple acounts on this thread? Lol indeed. No, dear. They were people who expressed their opinion which was in the same tune as mine. Nothing more.YUP As usual, "in your opinion" I/K, R/T and B/S were fabulous, all others "should consider themselves lucky" to be able to end in their position. LOL.