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- Dec 13, 2016
So much for mitten-knittin' and knife-bootin'!
Skaters "love" Lori because having her name on their program automatically makes them seem more respectable. She has done some great work, some mediocre work, and some bad work. Lori deserves blame when she doesn't create something great, as it should be in any industry. She succeeded with Nathan Chen this season and she failed with Sui/Han and Boyang.
Unfortunately the good junior men are like the good junior ice dancers. Transferring to seniors goes so so bad.
Siberia or North America
I guess they should all just quit then because there is no hope whatsoever that they will ever go anywhere. Not now, not in the future, never again.
None of the Russian guys did great here, but they still did better than the 2 Canadians.
I am no great fan of Kolyada and I really hate this Elvis program, but even as badly as he skated, he was just over a point shy of 3rd place. I am not sure why you think going to NA would solve his problems. There are plenty of North American headcases who disprove your theory.
edit - I just looked at the protocols and at J2's marks for Kolyada. What were they watching??? I like the judge who gave 5,75 for performance (vs 9,25 from J2 )
If Kolyada had skated a little bit better he would have been on the podium and not Rippon.
Of course they shouldn’t quit. They should go to figure skater finishing schools In North America and be coached by people like Orser or get choreo from Lori Nichol.
Glad you got out and are safe :luv17:. Thank you again for the on-site reportsI thought it was a false alarm at first but when we got out of the arena you could smell smoke. It might take ages to get everything in order so we decided to go home
anyone know how far the kitchen was from the ice ... just curiousApparently smoke in the kitchen triggered the fire alarm.
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Kolyada was looking unhappy for the entire competition, which is not a good sign. He messed up his SP a few weeks ago at Ondrej Nepela and only managed to win overall because the competition standard was not that high. I feel sad because he always used to look like he was enjoying himself, but not any more, it seems. He is a real talent and a real asset to the Russian team. What next for him?
Lets not rush to the conclusions just yet, even with so many mistakes he scored better here overall than at Nepela he won. After reading this thread first before I actually watched the video I thought the LP was a total disaster but actually he landed 4T-3T in a second half (for the first time!), 3lz combination, 3A, 3Lo, another 3lz and level 4 spin all of it with positive GOE and all after the totally disastrous start of the program, it is really only his last spin that did him in - he would have been certainly on the podium if not won alltogether. So the conclusion is that his potential is enormous, all skaters can have a bad day it is only a start of the season and we have to be patient and see how he does at CoR next week.
at the same time yes the pressure piled in him by RusFed is sky high and all will come down to how he will be able to cope with this pressure. The magic formula of 5 quads invented by RusFed 'works' every time at destroying their men but I believe Mika has more character than most