2023 Skate Canada Practice Reports

[dorispulaski]

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Skate Canada International
Oct 27 - Oct 29, 2023

Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
6606 Thunderbird Blvd
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3
Canada

Practice Reports

LIVESTREAM


or perhaps

Dailymotion

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[dorispulaski]

Tell us about it!

 

[lariko]

Mom is going to try to go tomorrow, if the ferries are okay (she lives in Victoria). She might miss most of the women, but she promised me to tell me all about Cha, Shaidorov, Guarise's new partnership, Piper and Paul, and Pavlova/Sviatchenko.

 

[Marirue]

Mom is going to try to go tomorrow, if the ferries are okay (she lives in Victoria). She might miss most of the women, but she promised me to tell me all about Cha, Shaidorov, Guarise's new partnership, Piper and Paul, and Pavlova/Sviatchenko.

Looks like that Misha is able to make it to Canada without any much problems. That's good to hear.

 

[dorispulaski]

Practices start today at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time.

That is 1:00 p.m. Eastern time.

 

[yuumagical]

It looks like there may be a live stream for the practice sessions!

Edit: And it's geoblocked...time for a VPN...

 

[Paz]

Women’s Group One is up, including the three US women.

 

[Seven Sisters]

It looks like there may be a live stream for the practice sessions!

Edit: And it's geoblocked...time for a VPN...

Poo. I do know folks who have assured me that they will be at practice, so I’ll text them now in the hopes of getting some practice reports. Will share any tidbits!

 

[yuumagical]

Really enjoying the English commentators on the stream, though my VPN (set to Canada) has dropped me a couple of times...

 

[Seven Sisters]

Sources say— Chaeyeon really a standout, US ladies solid but not spectacular

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Sources say— Chaeyeon really a standout, US ladies solid but not spectacular

Do you know how Lindsay looked? She started the season really strongly but then withdrew from a number of competitions, including a Challenger and the highly monetarily rewarded Shanghai Trophy

 

[yuumagical]

Japanese ladies looking a little inconsistent so far...

 

[Seven Sisters]

My sources say, Kaori having a rough practice. Two different sources independently reporting that Kaiya R is looking great

(Gosh, it’s just like being in the newsroom again, as I once was, eons ago. The thrill of being the first to know the breaking news! )

 

[Paz]

Do you know how Lindsay looked? She started the season really strongly but then withdrew from a number of competitions, including a Challenger and the highly monetarily rewarded Shanghai Trophy

Starr seemed sharpest among the US skaters.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Japanese ladies looking a little inconsistent so far...

Kaori's pre-competition training sessions fairly often look quite chaotic and usually, she's able to pull it back together when it actually matters. Rion apparently looked pretty good apart from a Waxel, and Rinka is Rinka. She's struggled the whole season so far and in the second half of last season, and it's not looking to be getting better

 

[yuumagical]

Kaori's pre-competition training sessions fairly often look quite chaotic and usually, she's able to pull it back together when it actually matters. Rion apparently looked pretty good apart from a Waxel, and Rinka is Rinka. She's struggled the whole season so far and in the second half of last season, and it's not looking to be getting better

I agree about Kaori, I recall seeing her during one of the 2022 Worlds practices and thinking she wouldn't become a world champion that year...boy was I wrong. She seems like the type of person who competes best under pressure...

 

[withwings]

Do you know how Lindsay looked? She started the season really strongly but then withdrew from a number of competitions, including a Challenger and the highly monetarily rewarded Shanghai Trophy

The same question here- how Lindsay looks?
I have to admit that Bradie and Lindsay are my favorite US girls.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Do you guys know if the stream will get saved? I missed the women and men.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

G/GM looking a bit rough during the FS run-through, but they landed a few gorgeous 3LoTh before it.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Letizia landed like 3 or 4 3STh on one foot so far, including in the run-through Little tumble on a lift exit though