The championship already ended. and I have no link. Perhaps someone else could post the videos of the 3rd group (I posted link to 1 and 2)Can someone post the stream link? Thank you
The problem on the one SBS combination jumps wasn't small. And the other glitches, while small, did take away points. Also, I think that when a program is flawless, judges tend to go more overboard on PCSI don't think so. Their glitches were really quite small.
CTV did show P/O. I also love their free dance.
well. D/R had gliches, small ones, but still.
so you are right. But if they dialed back on inflation on them, why not on some others?
On the other hand, perhaps it is better, the others will be enouraged that they got good marks and work harder,. On the other hand 1st pairs (dance and sport) already know that they are good but they will also know that they will be no inflation for them, So they also work harder.
me too.Orford and Williams were fine, but in no way should have finished about P/O whose freedance was sublime.
I feel for P/I. They are fantastic dancers, but they've struggled so much with injuries and poor material.
me too.
I though that their short dance was not really "spanish", however their Free is quite good and should got more points. However I hope next year they get some more dramatic dance. This one is very light, very difficult (I think), but not very memorable.
They had a major miscalculation with their programs this year. From the very beginning of the season , I feared for them. I felt they would have done better to use a standard paso doble piece of music in the SD (one that encourages a stronger, more dramatic presentation).
Don't even get me started on the Frank Sinatra fiasco... But .. This reworking of In Your Eyes is something that can be much more polished by 4CC and World's. It may not be the ideal program, but so, so much better. Considering the short amount of time they had to produce something "new" , I find no problem with the order of finish, here.
I didn't mind their SD as much, but even with it being the first time out for their new FD I think they scored better with it here than they would have with their old one, which was a dud from the start. It's at least moving in the right direction. I really hope for better things for these two next year.
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I didn't say P/I ( or even W/P) should have been marked higher... I said I thought G/P were marked a bit high. This is the problem with inflations - they cannot be spread equally across the field ( there are upper ..and lower.. limits to where they can be used , and someone is bound to get the short end of the stick) This was nowhere near as bad, or obvious as it was in G/P's first year. I can't (and don't want to) get into a point by point breakdown .. but I would say a 15-16 point difference between W/P and G/P wouldn't have been at all out of line ( And this includes me giving G/P full credit for the improvements they've made over the last couple of years. They have undoubtedly worked very hard, overcome setbacks, etc. - as have many others. It comes with the territory, and all these young athletes have my admiration for coping with injury,and pushing through tough times.)
I agree with Tracy that this was the best program G/P have had... but that doesn't make it a standout program such as P/O have this year, or internationally , such as P/C , H/D (Sp.), C/B, maybe even H/D (US) and H/B, among others.. ( I'm leaving I/Z aside for now ).
Now if you want to compare G/P to P/I, I don't think you can believably argue that G/P are superior skaters. Period. There was a major mistake made on the part of P/I in the choice of material this year, which resulted in them having to change programs and come to nationals somewhat unpolished. I expect the program to be much more polished by 4CC and World's, but I'm dubious that just as a program, it will be comparable to some of the others I've mentioned. So I think that this mistake will make their progress over the next four years more difficult than it needed to be... It's like having a poor start in a footrace.
Any couple might come up with a really smashing program at any time, and be given credit for it ... but some times are more propitious than others , and with all the retirements, sittings out, absences due to injury, new formations, etc. this year , there was a great opportunity to seize the moment ... which was missed.
I wasn't at all surprised to see their finish in the FD, given the situation.
As for G/P, I would argue that 9 points is a pretty big inflation (How often have we seen people complaining about 4 or 5 points?). They have continually been given gifts in the PCS department .. and really, the way PCS scores are awarded needs some kind of adjusting. (I don't know what it would take to fix it.) I thought their SD was considerably over marked here, which gave them quite an initial boost.
Yes, I agree that a gap has been opened between them and the next 3 couples.. but not on the basis of their actual skating .. a good deal of it comes through bias .. being given plum assignments, inflated marks and there being a perception, internationally, that this is the couple Skate Canada wants to promote.