2024 Skate Canada Pairs Free Skate

[el henry]

TBH, without the recruited Russians the pairs discipline would be boring right now: Volodin, Golubeva, Efimova, Korovin, Parkman, the Hungarians, the Uzbeks, the Georgians...all challenging for spots and keeping everybody else on their toes.

there is a huge difference, IMO, from an individual Russian who skates with someone from that country for that particular country, and pairs imported whole cloth. Many of the individual "imports" end up staying and becoming citizens or residents. Only a few countries allow the whole cloth imports.

I don't miss Russian pairs and I don't find the individual pairings to be "Russian", not that I know what that is.

But this event was messy. I found the Uzbekis to be less interesting with their FS, and I wish Deanna and Maxime would stop testing my patience by selecting the oddest music. I can put up with mistakes because I know Deanna will not put up with them for long.

Queen Deanna's costumes, however, are simply gorgeous

 

[Diana Delafield]

Probably Youtube if it's not geoblocked

Found it on Daily Motion, thanks. Interestingly, that was the coverage I expected to see on CBC with Ted and Kirsten. What the network showed earlier was a different filming of just the second group, intermixed with bits from other sports plus a lot of commercials (thank you, but skating takes all my money and there's really not enough left to buy a $63,700 Alfa Romeo). Now I'm having a premature senior moment and can't remember who was commentating in that version -- Kurt Browning and ? , I think? I'll try to get the free dance tomorrow on Daily Motion if that happens again.

 

[ramurphy2005]

Found it on Daily Motion, thanks. Interestingly, that was the coverage I expected to see on CBC with Ted and Kirsten. What the network showed earlier was a different filming of just the second group, intermixed with bits from other sports plus a lot of commercials (thank you, but skating takes all my money and there's really not enough left to buy a $63,700 Alfa Romeo). Now I'm having a premature senior moment and can't remember who was commentating in that version -- Kurt Browning and ? , I think? I'll try to get the free dance tomorrow on Daily Motion if that happens again.

Carol Lane

CBC comes as a part of the cable package here in Maine, so I was watching the TV coverage, too.

 

[cheerknithanson]

I wonder if someone in the audience has a Uzbekistan flag.

 

[NanaPat]

CBC only showed the second/final group, so I missed the first pairs. Do I gather it was a messy event from the start? Is there anywhere I can catch the first group still posted somewhere that isn't a paid subscription?

Probably
CBC gem.

I watched in real time on CBC (not GEM). I just googled CBC figure skating schedule. Select the streaming schedule (if it's showing "broadcast schedule"). When an event starts, a "watch" button will appear; click on it and you'll start the stream.

Worked like a charm, except one time out of 6 they had the wrong link and I had to start over again googling CBC and the individual event name.

 

[auser]

CBC only showed the second/final group, so I missed the first pairs. Do I gather it was a messy event from the start? Is there anywhere I can catch the first group still posted somewhere that isn't a paid subscription?

Dailymotion

www.dailymotion.com

 

[Diana Delafield]

Dailymotion

www.dailymotion.com

Got it there, thank you!

 

[Violet Sky]

Glad to see Emily and Spencer back and looking healthy!

Since returning back to the Ice, this LP was one of their best performances. Glad to see them look healthy and getting back into the competitive field

 

[rain]

I may be in the minority, but I really like Deanna and Max's FS music and choreography. Obviously this wasn't the performance they wanted with errors on both side by side jumps and throws. But there's a lot of great stuff here. Loved the entry into the pair spin. Love the timing to the music and Deanna's exquisite position in the group 3 lift. Rightly didn't win the free. Deanna has no poker face at all, lol.

I didn't notice Geynish and Chigirev in the SP, but really enjoyed their FS. The had a couple of really unique lift positions that I appreciated a lot. They're certainly on the radar now.

Hocke/Kunkel: I don't understand this music choice at all. It is not helping them, and the program overall is forgettable.

Laurin/Ethier: what are they doing to develop this team? They are young and promising, but they were young and promising two years ago as well and don't seem to have progressed very far since then. Their elements are pretty good (most of the time) but this team desperately needs to develop something unique to set them apart, and they desperately need polish. They always look kinda rough around the edges. I'm a little worried that their team isn't doing that, which would be a shame, since I do think they have potential.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Catching up on this too, I had to leave before the Aussies.

I'm so bummed, they were soooo close to the podium again.

Although I'm pretty sure they've had this program for like 3 seasons now, what's up with that?

ETA Ahem I hadn't watched to the end of the comp when wrote this so... Nastya and Hektor did get bronze.

LOL I look silly now

 

[anonymoose_au]

Thank god the Canadians won. I wouldn't be able to stomach seeing russians getting gold. If we stopped this "rent-a-russian" business on top of the current ban on russians, there would be no live chat filled with toxic russians. No doping scandals too. And a bunch of other bad things I'll leave unsaid

Wow OK that's certainly not tarring hundreds of skaters with the same brush. Of course no non-Russian has ever been an awful person doing awful things in figure skating. (I could name names but you can Google it).

And the Russians certainly don't have a monopoly on being toxic in live chats, people from other countries can get just as horrible and do.

 

[klena]

That is the true level of interntional pair skating when the average Russian team almost won the GP stage.

 

[TallyT]

And the Russians certainly don't have a monopoly on being toxic in live chats, people from other countries can get just as horrible and do.

There is a reason why the first thing I do when going to the stream is turn off the (international, remember) live chat, even before starting to watch.

 

[Diana Delafield]

Catching up on this too, I had to leave before the Aussies.

I'm so bummed, they were soooo close to the podium again.

Although I'm pretty sure they've had this program for like 3 seasons now, what's up with that?

ETA Ahem I hadn't watched to the end of the comp when wrote this so... Nastya and Hektor did get bronze.

LOL I look silly now

But you feel happier!

 

[auser]

Catching up on this too, I had to leave before the Aussies.

I'm so bummed, they were soooo close to the podium again.

Although I'm pretty sure they've had this program for like 3 seasons now, what's up with that?

ETA Ahem I hadn't watched to the end of the comp when wrote this so... Nastya and Hektor did get bronze.

LOL I look silly now

You look silly? Never! Congrats on the medal.

 

[LadyB]

I‘m unable to watch anything live this and next weekend, but I‘m trying to keep track and watch vids asap.
Super happy for G/Ch!!! Fantastic result Sorry for Dasha and Michel, better luck next time.

 

[lariko]

Oh, ha-hah. I mean, I really don't mind commentators mispronouncing names, but when this horrid guy says, "Remember those names..." nope, that's not how one say Chigirev, not even close... don't remember his name like that.

 

[RatedPG]

I’m just catching up on this event.
I was extremely dissatisfied with the skating at this event, simply due to the lack of thinking from the athletes.

Canadians (Deanna and Max)
Ex. When Deanna landed her 3T, she saw Max fall, and then decided to add a 1A. Hello? Your partner just fell, you turned to see him fall and then you ignore it and land an axel
Any jumps you land are not going to count and you just wasted two jumps scores… limiting your scoring potential. Do they not understand this concept?
As a coach, I would tell them to not jump if your partner falls on first jump. Save 1A 2A sequence to the salchow jumping pass….

UZB
The UZB was great!! But, they just jumped two jumps in their combo. Hello? You are allowed three?

Last place Canadian team (Kelly Ann and Loucas)
They missed their 3S jump. Okay.. that happens…. So, they go to their next jumping element and land a difficult 3Lo only to then simply go for a 1A. I think a safer 2A 1A 2A combo is easier and gets them more points. Why risk a jumping pass with a difficult triple loop only to not add any jumps? Doesn’t make any sense.

 

[Skating Bobr]

There is a reason why the first thing I do when going to the stream is turn off the (international, remember) live chat, even before starting to watch.

Can you read Russian or Google translate the Russian comments? If not, you truly do not understand the true scope of how xenophobic the Russian commentary is towards non-Russian skaters

 

[aroundtheworld778]

That is the true level of interntional pair skating when the average Russian team almost won the GP stage.

That's nothing new. Russian pair teams who fail to medal at Russian nationals have often medaled at GP stages.
Let's not forget that Beccari/Guarise withdrew due to injury and would have been top contenders at Skate Canada.