2018 Olympic Figure Skating Free Dance

[OS]

Referee: WOLTER Ingrid Charlotte (Germany)

Judge No. 1 CUCHRAN Vladimir (Slovakia)
Judge No. 2 CARON Leanna (Canada <- Skate Canada president)
Judge No. 3 SOBKOW Malgorzata (Poland)
Judge No. 4 TAKINO Kaoru (Japan)
Judge No. 5 ROGERS Sharon (USA)
Judge No. 6 OZKAN SILAOGLU Tanay (Turkey)
Judge No. 7 ABASOVA Maira (Russia)
Judge No. 8 ZHANG Tianyi (China)
Judge No. 9 OLOZAGARRE Marta (Spain)

:shocked:

Interesting No crazy European mojority panel... looks fair. Can we have something like this for the ladies? Preferably without the Skate Canada president. My secret plan is Mirai to medal lol...

 

[kevinVchicago]

Since no one is claiming Spodyriev: he is mine! Smokin' hot!

Spodyriev Hair GOE: 10.0

 

[Ylyzybyth]

"Is expect to see this on a commercial for tide."
Husband

Hunny please don't make me crave tide pods again.

 

[draqq]

Kaliszek / Spodyriev

Nice flapper-like position for Kaliscek in the stationary lift. Clean traditional holds through the foxtrot circular step (Level 3). Good speed through the rotational lift with her on his shoulder. Good set of twizzles on the same edge (Level 4). Combo spin is a bit tight but nice that it goes in both directions with shades of Sui/Han (Level 4). Straight line lift could be bolder. Fairly simple choreographic lift but good rotation. A little mistime in the second step with some flat edges here and there (Level 2).

I actually thought the faster Great Gatsby parts in the first half was quite good but the second half has so many changes of music that it's difficult to keep pace and understand what they're trying to do. I felt their pep and snappiness, but not really the elegance so much in the second half where the edge quality degraded a bit. The choreography and transition could be more interesting, to match the concept of the program, but nice holds for the most part and alright speed.

 

[skylark]

the goodgame link ... shown below .... is very choppy for me. Does anyone have another I can try? Many thanks.

Kana and Chris!!!

https://goodgame.ru/channel/FSlive/

 

[Princessroja]

Would Ms. Noonan rather be anywhere else but the commentating booth? Is there any excitement to being at the Olympics?

No, she's just not all chipper and perky like some commentators. I actually really like her commentating...

Polish team-- -5 GOE for that music. +5 GOE for those gorgeous costumes.

 

[schizoanalyst]

To be honest, I just can't believe that the SKATE CANADA PRESIDENT is on this judging panel. Do they not understand how awful the optics are on that???

So long as we allow federations to nominate their judges rather than it being centrally chosen by the an unbiased panel appointed by the ISU, nonsense like this will continue and the most biased judges will be nominated for Olympic judging spots.

 

[Franklin99]

One of my favourite part is when they just started to skate together and he keeps falling and she just keeps shouting 'toepick!'

Tooooooepick!!

 

[fleeting]

Kana and Chris with their cherry blossom free dance!! One of my favorites of this season

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Forbidden Colors...:sad21:

I just want Kana and Chris to make themselves proud

 

[BabblingBrook]

I love this program of theirs very much ^^

 

[kevinVchicago]

"Is expect to see this on a commercial for tide."
Husband

Hunny please don't make me crave tide pods again.

Hahaha he is on fire tonight! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[synteis]

Sighhhh, their silhouettes were all wrong for 1920s :C That aside, I loved their skate. Very beautiful, great energy.

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Level Tracker:

STw4: 5/7
Sp4: 6/7
St4: 0/14
St4x2: 0/7
L14x3: 5/7

 

[chopinskate]

Hot take: I hate that contemporary dance has leaked into practically every dance-related venture. It's a poor cousin of ballet and jazz.

 

[labgoat]

Kana and Chris with their cherry blossom free dance!! One of my favorites of this season

My favorite costume reveal of the year..

 

[WeirwoodTreeHugger]

One of my favourite part is when they just started to skate together and he keeps falling and she just keeps shouting 'toepick!'

I occassionally shout out "toepick!" at random times.

 

[shiroKJ]

Such a beautiful program, one of the standouts this season :sad4:

 

[Chemistry66]

I've always wondered why Chris didn't partner with his other sister Allison after Cathy retired. Allison's then-partnership ended at the same time.

Though I am glad to see Chris and Kana doing well. She's a lovely skater.

 

[chopinskate]

That's some nice modern classical music.

 

[ancientpeas]

I think this is my favourite costume change of the season.