2018 Olympic Figure Skating Short Dance

[Roast Toast]

@ TES stop dropping :handw:

 

[WeakAnkles]

If that's not a top three SD I'll be :ddevil:

Make that :ddevil: :ddevil: :ddevil:

So MrsP, what's the level for the rhumba?

 

[Blades of Passion]

Twizzles.

I'm not convinced this is set for 3rd though.

 

[wasabi]

The Piper and Paul quirk factor never fails to draw me in

I really don't understand why so many people think they have a "quirk" factor? There was nothing our of the ordinary about this dance. It seems they had "quirky" dances when they were trying to hide her dismal skating and that has stuck with them. But using music that is not frequently used is not quirky.

 

[SarahSynchro]

Live Yuzudaughter Commentary: “Eww, why would anyone want to skate with their brother? Gross. I don’t even have a brother, but I know it would be gross because all my friends who have brothers say their brothers have sweaty hands...”

 

[kevinVchicago]

Slow at the beginning but it was great at the end!

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Oh great. They really want that bronze

 

[freeman21]

I turn a bit gay each time I see Alex Shibutani.

Great dance and great looking. Both of them

 

[apgold]

Yay Shibs!

 

[Mista Ekko]

Were the Shibs just a split second behind their music here

Or is it just my livestream?

 

[penniavaswen]

Although I need the enhanced view from NBC for the scoring, I was super angry at the Rhumba level 3 the entire time, oh down to level 2, what?!

 

[Heleng]

Maia and Alex skayed it!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Morozov looks so grossed out to be kissing an old woman like Kaitlyn as she gets off the ice.

I wonder if Morozov knows how much shade gets thrown at him

 

[SarahSynchro]

77.73! Oooooooo the suspense!!!

 

[kevinVchicago]

I turn a bit gay each time I see Alex Shibutani.

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[draqq]

Shibutani / Shibutani

Beautiful curves through the rhumba step (surprised with the Level 2). Very smooth through the holds and steps in the partial step (Level 3). Fantastic twizzles right to the count of the music (Level 4). Great emphasis of the beat in the midline step (Level 4!). Great lift behind the back that accelerated as it went along.

Plenty of pizzazz and wonderful feet with no stumbling or wobbling. Not sure about the rhumba step being so low in level but their twizzles and midline step were fantastic. A fun, uplifting Latin dance. Wonderful job!

 

[loop9497]

Shibs' outfits clash

They darkened his top compared to the earlier version (which looked like the skin tone mesh part of Maia's costume). I prefer this top.

Proud of the Shibutanis, they did a great job!

Also enjoyed G/P (as usual) and I loved the lift for W/P at the end.

 

[Roast Toast]

Oh my god we really did speak too soon. Those rhumba levels are brutal...

 

[Ylyzybyth]

The shibs are so adorable! I like their style. The lovey dovey stuff most ice dance partners do is just too much for me. this is refreshing.

 

[Chemistry66]

Team Olympic Parrot Dress (USA) is in!

1) Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani - 77.73 Q
2) Madison Chock/Evan Bates - 75.45 Q
3) Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) - 74.33 Q
4) Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) - 69.60 Q
5) Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland (GBR) - 68.36 Q
6) Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) - 68.16 Q
7) Sara Hurtado/Kirill Khaliavin (ESP) - 66.93 Q
8) Tiffani Zahorski/Jonathan Guirrero (RUS) - 66.47 Q
9) Natalia Kaliszek/Maksym Spodyriev (POL) - 66.06 Q
10) Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed (JPN) - 63.41 Q
11) Yura Min/Alexander Gamelin (KOR) - 61.22 Q
12) Kavita Lorenz/ Joti Polizoakis (GER) - 59.99 Q
13) Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (FRA) - 59.97 Q
14) Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley (SVK) - 59.75 Q
15) Alisa Agafonova/Alper Ucar (TUR) - 59.42 Q
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16) Alexandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin (UKR) - 57.97
17) Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN) - 57.81
18) Cortney Mansourova/Michal Ceska (CZE) - 53.53
19) Adel Tankova/Ronald Zilberg (ISR) - 46.66