2018 Olympic Figure Skating Free Dance

[Seren]

I am happy for 1st and 2nd, although I favored Beethoven (yesterday cost them), but I completely agree with the lady on the russian stream someone provided - she didn’t even remember Shibs, they are automatic technicians with something very saccharine about their skating.

I hope they retire. I really hoped Madison would get 3rd, but i think they skated it better at Nationals (withour counting the mustake). Maybe they were nervous.

You hope they retire because you don't like their skating? Geez, many of us find them incredibly moving and beautiful to watch. I find them more memorable than most teams out there. They deserve their success.

Just because you don't like a skaters style doesn't mean you should hope they quit.

 

[rain]

V/M thoroughly deserve their win but I wonder if the audience reaction wasn't so big would the judges have gone with them. And tbh V/M have a bigger fan base and a more devoted one as they come from a bigger figure skating country than P/C so they're bound to get a bigger cheer. You could hear the difference in support when they were introduced.

I don't know that the audience reaction was so much about pre-Games fan base or that Canada is a "bigger" figure skating nation than France. Virtue and Moir gained a huge profile by doing the team event here. I think it really turned around the season momentum for them. It certainly got a lot of new eyes one them. I think other skaters should take note about the fact that they team event can do this for them. And that's not a knock on P/C. Before this, I probably would have made the same choice they did. I couldn't help but wonder if the men's would have been different for Nathan Chen if he'd gone out there and done the long... Food for strategic thought for four years from now.

 

[Proxy]

As someone from the dance (not ice dance) world, I get that Virtue/Moir are sentimental favorites to what seems a vast number of fans, but... it is basically incomprehensible to me that they could ever defeat a team with the performance qualities of Papadakis/Cizeron. There is something wrong with the scoring system when what appears to me to be a vast difference artistically and performance wise is recognized by only 1/2 a point in the PCS score. Basically VM won the gold medal only because PC got a level 3 in one of their step sequences in the SD. Given the problem with the costume it is hardly surprising. VM was very lucky to win.

Are you from France? lol (kidding)

Virtue and Moir were superior technically, they were superior artistically, and they had the magical "moment". It was their night.

 

[SarahSynchro]

Yeeeeeeessssss!!!!! Yeeeeeessssss!!!!!! Yeeeeeeeessss!!!!!! I am incredibly happy for Tessa and Scott. With their gold medal all my figure skating dreams for these Olympic Games have come true: gold for Team Canada, gold for Aljona and Bruno, medal of whatever colour for Javi and individual gold for Tessa and Scott. Wonderful

Agreed. :yes: I’d also like to add Meagan and Eric’s individual bronze to your list.

 

[rain]

As someone from the dance (not ice dance) world, I get that Virtue/Moir are sentimental favorites to what seems a vast number of fans, but... it is basically incomprehensible to me that they could ever defeat a team with the performance qualities of Papadakis/Cizeron. There is something wrong with the scoring system when what appears to me to be a vast difference artistically and performance wise is recognized by only 1/2 a point in the PCS score. Basically VM won the gold medal only because PC got a level 3 in one of their step sequences in the SD. Given the problem with the costume it is hardly surprising. VM was very lucky to win.

You may be interested to know that others from the dance world have said the exact opposite.

 

[Dee4707]

Regarding Papadakis/Cizeron:

Magnificence In Motion!!

 

[ancientpeas]

Let us remember that whomever you favoured the fans of the skaters who did not win were bound to be upset.

Having patience and kindness costs nothing. Let's be civil to each other.

 

[Ravyn Rant]

That was one incredible night of skating. I'm still processing it all, but congrats to the medalists!

I'd like to propose a new rule. We can call it the Voir rule, and it is simply this: "If you can't skate to Moulin Rouge like THAT, you can't skate to it at all!"

I feel bad for P/C losing gold for a costume malfunction, for both H/D and C/B for their falls, and I feel annoyed that NBC chose to chack Piper and Paul. I'm so happy for Alex and Maia; it feels like I've been watching them skate since they were tiny children, and now they're Olympic medalists! *sniff* They grow up so fast...

 

[Dr. Jenn]

Here's the CBC video of Tessa and Scott: https://olympics.cbc.ca/video/highlights/virtue-moir-complete-legacy-with-historic-gold-medal-skate/

Does anyone have the link to the montage video of Tessa and Scott that was mentioned earlier? I looked at the CBC website, but I couldn't find it. Thanks in advance!

 

[Artistry]

You hope they retire because you don't like their skating? Geez, many of us find them incredibly moving and beautiful to watch. I find them more memorable than most teams out there. They deserve their success.

Just because you don't like a skaters style doesn't mean you should hope they quit.

Actually that is precisely how people work: if I don’t like them, I hope they exit the stage. Not you hope. I do.

 

[AshWagsFan]

Three great teams, three great skates today! I personally like Gabby and Guillaume better, but Tessa and Scott are SO deserving! A performance for the ages! So proud of the Shibs too! Also, BOTH MADISONS (and Evan and Zack) DONT GIVE UP! You guys are outstanding teams, don’t let the mistakes from worlds last yr and here keep you from continuing on... u both can shine in the next quad!

 

[moonvine]

You hope they retire because you don't like their skating? Geez, many of us find them incredibly moving and beautiful to watch. I find them more memorable than most teams out there. They deserve their success.

Just because you don't like a skaters style doesn't mean you should hope they quit.

I adore them and have since I saw their FD in Boston. Maybe if a person doesn't like them they could not watch them? I was actually sitting hoping they DIDN'T retire.

 

[ancientpeas]

That was one incredible night of skating. I'm still processing it all, but congrats to the medalists!

I'd like to propose a new rule. We can call it the Voir rule, and it is simply this: "If you can't skate to Moulin Rouge like THAT, you can't skate to it at all!"

I feel bad for P/C losing gold for a costume malfunction, for both H/D and C/B for their falls, and I feel annoyed that NBC chose to chack Piper and Paul. I'm so happy for Alex and Maia; it feels like I've been watching them skate since they were tiny children, and now they're Olympic medalists! *sniff* They grow up so fast...

I like that rule. Now if only we could agree on the definitive "Feeling Good" performance so we never have to hear it again.

 

[colormyworld240]

Are you from France? lol (kidding)

Virtue and Moir were superior technically, they were superior artistically, and they had the magical "moment". It was their night.

I also come from the dance world and agree with Robin. Though I don't know much about ice dance, but P/C were beautiful tonight and their movement on the ice is incredible and mesmerizing. Obviously V/M deserved the win because Papadakis messed up in the SD. And I'm Canadian.

 

[SarahSynchro]

I am happy for 1st and 2nd, although I favored Beethoven (yesterday cost them), but I completely agree with the lady on the russian stream someone provided - she didn’t even remember Shibs, they are automatic technicians with something very saccharine about their skating.

I hope they retire. I really hoped Madison would get 3rd, but i think they skated it better at Nationals (withour counting the mustake). Maybe they were nervous.

Well, taking the “saccharine” approach is usually a given when a team is made up of a brother and sister pairing.

 

[SarahSynchro]

Am I celebrating Tessa and Scott's win by watching their reality show from 4 years ago? Maybe...

That sounds like a very satisfying idea. q

 

[waterblades]

Here's the CBC video of Tessa and Scott: https://olympics.cbc.ca/video/highlights/virtue-moir-complete-legacy-with-historic-gold-medal-skate/

Does anyone have the link to the montage video of Tessa and Scott that was mentioned earlier? I looked at the CBC website, but I couldn't find it. Thanks in advance!

I would like it too, for two reasons it's amazing and I'm in it!

 

[SarahSynchro]

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[ancientpeas]

I would like it too, for two reasons it's amazing and I'm in it!

Were you driving a zamboni?

 

[Macassar88]

So happy! Also, Judge 4 gave Tessa and Scott a perfect score!