2024 World Championships Rhythm Dance

[labgoat]

Nicely done Solena & Marko - very enjoyable

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I am weirded out.... I.AM has been posting on FB a countdown to worlds every day... starting with their team number 13 from Estonia....

They seemed, at first, to be going with world ranking... or something like that... which bugged me already because it would suggest a pecking order right? Lilah and Lewis got the last announcement as they are on top the lists (thanks to all the challengers they do compared to NA teams). In any case, turns out that IAM was able to predict the skating order of the RD. If you look on their FB page, you will see what I mean.... who needs a draw when IAM is there ....

I am not making a conspiracy theory... This is just my morning after Deanna and Max winning gold humour. I believe it's a coincidence of course ! But it's still very funny or not !

Aren't the draw subgroups determined by WS? So I think there are actually only two situations where the IAM teams could have been in the "wrong" order (Lopareva/Brissaud & Reed/Ambrulevicius, and Chock/Bates & Fear/Gibson)

 

[labgoat]

Majorov in ID?!* I didn't know he made a switch, he looks ... very natural here. There was aone super cool moment from Nikolas (you know which one!) at the end of the step sequence. They deservedly lead after the first flight with 60+ points.

*that's an unexpected positive coming from me not following figure skating too ... closely actually. I mostly just tune in for competitions.

He has been bringing us joy all season long

 

[Ichatdelune]

The weekend hasn't even started proper and I'm already . I have a birthday party coming up on Saturday, men's FS during the night to Sunday, and then another birthday party on Sunday. And then a holiday - but it's not me going on holiday but somebody else and I'm sitting their cats which means getting up even earlier in order to take care of two packs of cats.

Don't you already have a horde of cats? Are you sure you're not going to drown in cat hairs?

 

[labgoat]

The Chinese dancers have been a lot of fun and their expressions are so much fun.

 

[auser]

Thanks Mark for the reminder of what judges are looking for in skating skills in your lovely Scotland tones.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Don't you already have a horde of cats? Are you sure you're not going to drown in cat hairs?

I have a powerful vacuum cleaner

 

[Sabsi]

How many points do you think are needed to reach the free dance? Any predictions?

 

[elektra blue]

i used to like Joan Jet...then 80s themed dance happened

 

[labgoat]

Great choice of music for the Chinese, different and well expressed. I look forward to them every time

 

[Ichatdelune]

Okay I know I have been harping on name pronunciation all day but seriously Ramanauskaite isn't difficult it's written phonetically so rah-mah-nah-oos-ka-ee-teh, why would you butcher such a name

 

[labgoat]

How many points do you think are needed to reach the free dance? Any predictions?

70 - see page 1 for season best for all the teams

 

[Jumping_Bean]

By the way, the cut-off last year was 63.88 - I'm expecting it to be higher this year.

 

[moonvine]

Don't you already have a horde of cats? Are you sure you're not going to drown in cat hairs?

I might have more… @Seven Sisters was supposed to show Kaitlyn a picture of Kaitlyn kitten if she sees her again….

 

[Ichatdelune]

I have a powerful vacuum cleaner

 

[elektra blue]

Okay I know I have been harping on name pronunciation all day but seriously Ramanauskaite isn't difficult it's written phonetically so rah-mah-nah-oos-ka-ee-teh, why would you butcher such a name

it's the Burton syndrome

 

[Ichatdelune]

I might have more… @Seven Sisters was supposed to show Kaitlyn a picture of Kaitlyn kitten if she sees her again….

You spell your cat's name differently from her namesake? Or is your kitten actually named after Kaitlyn Weaver?

 

[Jeanie19]

R/K. I love their costumes and the music. Good skate.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

I might have more… @Seven Sisters was supposed to show Kaitlyn a picture of Kaitlyn kitten if she sees her again….

How many do you have? I have six. A six-pack of cats.

 

[Jeanie19]

How many points do you think are needed to reach the free dance? Any predictions?

63.79