it's going to get worse and worse after the Olympics. There is absolutely no way in my mind that they should be even close to one another. The level of skating is just nothing alike. Yet, after the foreseen retirement of most of the top teams that's bound to happen, Lala and Davis/Smolkin will most likely be considered in the same tier. Seriously, mind boggling is the word.
Well, there are other up and coming teams too who would be as hard pressed as La/La to keep up. This is the second time I am watching the same effect happen, now on a grander scale, and I just really hope all the other teams are on their strongest all the time. I mean, they shouldn't take their class, seniority and accomplishment for granted simply for being there longer, and we all should see D/S as they are now, not where they had been a year or two ago, but yeah, i am with you, at this point, not yet having seen anyone in GP, it sounds preposterous that they can be in the same tier.
I like this. Whatever she decides, the decision should be made after the games and not before. Athletes often experience a lot of pressure when they pre-announce their retirement.
Will it be behind a paywall like the summer Ontario thing was?Reminder that GP de France isn't the only thing happening this week, but that Skate Ontario's Sectional Series October event is also starting tomorrow, which means Kemp/Elizarov senior debut and Bashynska/Perron debut as a new team
It will be. Videos may pop up since there's a few skaters of interest here like Bashynska/Perron and Minsol Kwon.
I'll continue this here. They probably won't make their debut until Skate Ontario's sectionals in November. I did find video that Amanda Urban posted today of her winning free dance from Edge Cup 2025.
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If keegan podium but not go to olympics I hope he goes to 4cc's and maybe is swithed in come worlds. I would love to see him do well at worlds even sneak in for a bronze. He has the ability in the short now if he could skate th elong clean with 2 to 3 quads.
A lot of what you are saying is dumbfounding me, but this is also not true at all. Maddie just had her best placement ever at Worlds and had one of her best Nationals ever. No one watching skating thinks Canada's greatest hope is Gabby (as much as we all love her.)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Having now seen the backflip in the program... I like it. When done on the music, it works!
Slipchuk really lucked out coming into his job just as a massive wave of money and resources poured in, in the lead up to Vancouver 2010... and ultimately paid off with that amazing group of skaters that made up the core thru 2018, and he really hasn't had much of any success developing new skaters that weren't in the pipeline a decade ago, and have just mostly been fumbling around
