2018 Olympic Figure Skating Team Event Day 3

[SarahSynchro]

Yea, this is pretty snoozefesty....

I love this song though. OneRepublic?

 

[ruffledgrouse]

This program cracks me up, I love it

As always, WOW at the upside down lift

 

[GGFan]

Guys I can't even pretend to take the blind woman seriously. Helen Keller seemed to have a lot more sense as a child and she was also deaf!

 

[schizoanalyst]

Serviceable but somehow uninspiring and yet bizarre.

 

[kwanfan4]

Oooh I love Tessa's new dress! I think the color and style is much more flattering. Not sure if it needs the crystals but I'm not sad about the crystals either!

They are trying to dress for the medal they want and will probably get. Remember the year when Nancy Kerrigan wore a gold dress.

 

[cheerknithanson]

baby luca makes an appearance in the k&c! https://youtu.be/55a_v02-aqq?t=337

omg he's so cute!

 

[Roast Toast]

I get that Bobrova staring off to the side for the whole first half of the program is an ~artistic choice~ to indicate she's blind or whatever, but it completely removes their connection. It's a shame cause there is a lot of genuine emotion in that second half.

 

[Leppis]

IMO Zagitova skates amazingly. I forgive the backloading because the section where she does most of her jumps, in the ballet, the entire piece of music of choreographed as a display of sheer technicality (male dancers do a whole series of seriously impressive jumps and Kitri follows with as many fouettés as she possibly can). So for me, it fits and actually does balance out with the music. But not everyone is familiar with the ballet so I see why it can annoy people. The fact they use this to also gain extra marks doesn’t bother me.

I, on the other hand, hate the beginning of Nagasu’s programme which to me looks like laps of very few steps that lead up to a jump (except that absolutely mega axel today. Stunning.). I despise front loading because for me that kills the excitement of the programme without displaying much skating skill through footwork for over half the programme, and then all the choreography and performance is crammed into the final minute of steps, choreo and 2 spins.

It does always make me think though that whenever people say ‘it’s just killing time’ that they probably just can’t be bothered to pay attention to anything that’s not a spin or a jump, and that irritates me, even when I do it myself.

But enough complaining, that was an absolutely stellar competition so a huge well done to all the athletes and thank you so much for that calibre of competition. All clean, all skated amazingly, some personal bests, and a really exciting time to look forwards to next week!

This!! The whole comment, but especially the bolded one. For me, Alina skates her program evenly throughout - not just after all of her jumps are done. And I'm not saying she's perfect in any way. For me, Kostner is in another league. But some skaters only start fully interpreting the music after the jumps. And this is the feeling i get with Mirai's programs this year.

 

[s_parks]

lmao this is a choice

 

[BabblingBrook]

OneRepublic?

OneRepublic!

 

[invisiblespiral]

I want Ekaterina's dress.

 

[Lissy]

I wonder if they added more Fix You. I really liked that little addition at nationals.

 

[Chemistry66]

Baby Luca makes an appearance in the K&C! https://youtu.be/55a_v02-aqQ?t=337

Oh my god that is so cute

 

[casken]

For all the criticisms, at least B&S can move a program out with power. I'll take it over "posture" any day.

 

[schizoanalyst]

This!! The whole comment, but especially the bolded one. For me, Alina skates her program evenly throughout - not just after all of her jumps are done. And I'm not saying she's perfect in any way. For me, Kostner is in another league. But some skaters only start fully interpreting the music after the jumps. And this is the feeling i get with Mirai's programs this year.

Nagasu has jettisoned any artistic sensibility and her spins to just achieve the triple axel. I don't think it was worth it. If she had transitions, she had choreography, she could pass into the 140s without a triple axel and her other jumps would probably be better.

 

[fleeting]

Imma let all of you finish but thank goodness P/C saved us from the entire lot

That’s it, get in the ring. I’m taking all three of you on, hope you like tapioca pudding.

Catch theses hands, y'all. I'm a college student running on instant coffee and anger and I will fight for my French ice dancers until the very end!!

Secretly though I'm convinced part of the reason P/C rose so quickly was because the judges realized how badly they hosed Nathalie and Fabian over the prior quad....

 

[Anyasnake]

Wow B/S
That should miles ahead in the lead...

 

[randomfan]

I'm not a close follower of Ice Dance, so this is my first time watching Bobrova and Soloviev's program. I'm alright with it, but again, I don't know much about Ice Dance

 

[SarahSynchro]

Baby Luca makes an appearance in the K&C! https://youtu.be/55a_v02-aqQ?t=337

Awwww, what a cute lil guy! Hes 16 months old, I just did some googling. :yes:

I want one too!

... oh wait.

 

[FunsizedFlier]

Not sure if Maia Shibutani just looks serious or actually nervous/upset.