While I admire their ability, some of their elements seem more akin to pair skating than ice dance.
2016 Finlandia Trophy Free Dance
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Still I'm majorly afraid what Zhulin's gonna do with them ))))))))
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hopefully IZ is gonna beat HD too
A couple of seasons ago there was GOE criteria 'Speed and flow', but now it got cut out of the list. I think ISU did that for that exact reason: for skaters to try different DIFFICULT positions during twizzles, which don't have great ice coverage but still they are much more difficult than others. Stepanova/Bukin's first set of twizzles is the most difficult from all the teams, and that's why it rewarded despite poor ice coverage.
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Bingo.
Do we have news about IZ? How is Ruslan doing?
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I hope so, too. H/D Short Dance feels like I/Z`s Queen SD from last year. Interesting idea but it`s not really hitting the judges`taste. The FD is just the usual Montreal style. This season is going to be interesting.
I don't think it very likely, S/B won and with those huge GOE from their amazing twizzles alone.
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According to Anastasia Skoptcova`s ask (she is skating in Kustarova`s group), they are back in full training.
That will be really interesting SA: Bobrova/Soloviev (who won their Challenger) vs the Shibs (we didn't even see them yet) vs Ilinykh/Zhiganshin (under Igot Shpilband now) vs Hubbel/Donohue (at home).
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We haven't seen them yet so for now I decided to be positive IZ have better skills than SB & the music is very encouraging
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It's more that it will be interesting in terms of a competition. As far as the dances go, not so much. So far most of the programs are a snoozefest.There hasn't been one senior FD I'm really excited about so far, except perhaps for Hawayek and Baker.
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most of recent Ice Dance results makes me wonder how the whole season is going to look like...It could be a scoring love/hate rollercoaster like last season pretty much,but with worse programs I'm afraid (watching so far this season) - for me so far most of FDs are eiher 1) some kind of copy of Papadakis/Cizeron;s style or 2) basically the same like last season (yes, Anna and Luca) or 3) too mismatch-y/experimental/with more of pairs elements than Ice Dance flow...
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Bears bears everywhere *_* )))))MORE DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm far from an ice dance expert, but Stepanova and Bukin have always seemed rather "clunky" to me. Today was no exception.
I prefer H/D to them.
As an aside, where are WeaPo? Are they not doing any senior Bs this fall?
I prefer H/D to them.
As an aside, where are WeaPo? Are they not doing any senior Bs this fall?
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most of recent Ice Dance results makes me wonder how the whole season is going to look like...It could be a scoring love/hate rollercoaster like last season pretty much,but with worse programs I'm afraid (watching so far this season) - for me so far most of FDs are eiher 1) some kind of copy of Papadakis/Cizeron;s style or 2) basically the same like last season (yes, Anna and Luca) or 3) too mismatch-y/experimental/with more of pairs elements than Ice Dance flow...
Well give your Poles credit. The two halves of the dances aren't seamless, but at least it's FUN. I won't be bored watching them.
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I think that anything can happen, tbh. What is becoming apparent to me is that the judges are going away from the determined results and rankings, instead we see more and more that teams are judged based on the performance of the day.
This season it also seems like it`s very important to hit the levels in the SD. Last year, teams could compensate a lower level with good GOE, but this is not working this year. I expect that a team will need around 70 points to reach the top 10 at Worlds and probably a score close to 80 to be in contention for a medal.
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