2026 Olympics: Pairs' Free Skate
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I would without a second thought take Chris or Mark over Simon, (Ted has became not objective when it comes to russian skaters in my opinion) but he is doing a job
good job this Olympics, he gives Louise space for tech analysis but he never talks over her a gives more points that a random viewer can relate to, i think its important to remember that in an event of this scale most of the viewers have no idea what's going on.
Another thing I wanted to ask is, do you think todays Russian pairs would win gold? Russian media is of course saying russian pairs would crash everybody etc but I cannot be so sure.
Their main pair Mishina/Galliamov struggled this season but also I never liked them, they are stiff and always look upset about something, they skate like potatos in my opinion and the lady never jumped a correct euler in her life. But yes I dont like them so maybe they are superior in a way I don't realize?
Second pair Boikova/Kozlovsky is I think very good but wildly inconsistent, they have nice programs and presence on the ice (especially the lady)
The other pairs are sort of pushed down with the points in my opinion and those 2 frontrunners are always pushed up.
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I agree, but would lean more towards Chris than Mark as an alternative. I thought Chris and Louise were brilliant together in that final season before Eurosport lost the British rights. The chemistry between them was great!
I like Mark as a person, but I'm not the biggest fan of his commentary. Plus, I would be wary of putting two Ice Dancers together in a commentary box, because they would be looking at things from the same position.
That said, Mark is great at explaining things. Because the TV coverage joins late and so I have just been watching the livestreams on Discovery+ instead, the only time I have seen the punditry that he is doing for TNT Sports was when he was in the studio in the lead in to the Opening Ceremony. But he was very good then, so I would imagine that he is very good during the coverage of the competitions too.
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Congratulations to all the winners! I am very happy for Miura and Kihara. I haven't been following pairs skating much lately, but I watched the competition mainly to cheer them on, and I was not disappointed.
Now I am looking forward to the women's competition
Now I am looking forward to the women's competition
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I just checked protocols, gosh, georgian judge (Salome Chigogidze) along with her friend uzbek judge worked really hard, truly top level clownery 
Unfornutely, this is not suprising, she' doing this every single time.
Unfornutely, this is not suprising, she' doing this every single time.
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The Georgian judge had the Germans 8th in TES.Marks details
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Cheating in this sport is never going to change when ISU adamantly defends the scoring of every cheating judge! The Georgian judge in the pairs FS marked a messy M/B less than 1 point under a flawless M/K to ensure the Georgians win silver over the Germans H/V. The UZB judge was also in on the fix. Their scores for M/B are over 3 points more than any other judge on the panel and H/V lost the silver by only 2.66 points even though they had a 5 point lead after the SP. Corruption at its worst!
She gave them, M/K and the Hungarians the lowest or equally lowest GOE among all judges on literally every element.The Georgian judge had the Germans 8th in TES.
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That tandem down-marking in favor of M/B was not just toward the Japanese, it impacted a few other pairs, including P/S and H/V. It seems they wanted a result that brought the Chinese into the podium position as well either as a nod to tradition or genuine preference of their style. A/R got a bit of a boost from them, evidently because they were so low they didn't impact the outcome.
P/S are in an unfortunate position where they have enough, but not enough without someone in their corner.
In the end, the 3 pairs who were front-runners in the last quad ended on the podium, so the race ended with one of probable results. S-D/D were also influential, but out of contention. If they didn't sustain an unfortunate injury, they would have been in the mix.
I would also respectfully ask everyone not to bring pairs NOT participating in this competition into this discussion on theoretical basis. Figure skating is impacted by many random factors so there is no way to decide a contest except with multiple tests in multiple competitions when both contenders participate. The agreement of fans on the internet that one would best another is both superfluous and damaging.
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She and uzbek judge put Sui/Han in third only to screw the Germans and Hungarian in favour of M/B. Even chinese judge put Sui/Han in 5th. She gave the georgians only 0.5 lower free than Japanese. I truly hope there will be some evaluation after olympics and some those clown judges will be suspended. Also, if judge is suspended for bias scoring at the olympics (which happened few times), they should never be allowed to judge at olympics again, even after the suspension expires.
I can't stand Mark's commentary and have been relieved he has been doing other things lately. Its the overuse of the verb 'showcase' - once you've picked up on it, you notice its in virtually every sentence and in any case is meaningless. Plus the modulation of his voice - low to high for no reason, is hugely annoying to me. But I was impressed he was wearing 'trews' for the ice dance - not that I stayed on BBC for very long.
I don't disagree, I just mean that since they're already doing 3T solo in the SP, I'd have had them do 2F+2A+2A as you suggested, and solo 3T in the LP. If during the SP segment or one of the practices the 3T started misfiring, I'd have the 2Lz on hand, ready to go in the LP as the solo jump.
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I hope she looks back at the last 8 years with a smile. She said in this month it cost her a relationship and her wedding ring is MIA.
Oh, that’s to bad. Not having a supportive spouse is sad.I hope she looks back at the last 8 years with a smile. She said in this month it cost her a relationship and her wedding ring is MIA.
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Solid skate from Kristen, considering she's skatin on 1.5 legs rn
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Oh I see. Problem with that is the stamina concern for the LP; in their condition it would probably be a trap.
There are no ordinals in the CoP scoring system, rankings in that regard have no effect. Sui/Han can very justifiably be scored over the Germans in the Long Program. Not saying that judge was making the purest decisions, but you can't just say the only reason to score Sui/Han in 3rd is to prop up the 2nd place team. Putting the Germans over Sui/Han in that LP would be the actual judging fault to me.
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I know how it works but placemenet reflect given marks. Really, justifiably? Only those two judges underscored them like that and suprasingly they are georgian and uzbek.
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I thought there was some personal sacrifice she suffered through and your post confirms it...so sad, hoping for reconciliationI hope she looks back at the last 8 years with a smile. She said in this month it cost her a relationship and her wedding ring is MIA.
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I hope for happiness for both of them. She still has his last name tacked on to hers...maybe cause she is a private person and doesnt want to explain..... but I think it was a New Yorker interview (dont quote me) where she said it cost her a relationship. I wondered from the start when they were first married and then she made the decision to go back to skating. I am sure they talked about the consequences of what throwing yourself into this sport means. I live with a very competitive athlete who spends lots of time away from home, but its usually during a 3 weekend and back here and doing her sport locally during the week and its hard enough...if one person needs another in their life most of the time, getting involved with a skating person probably is not a good idea. As Robert Cohen, martimonial lawyer and Author of "Reconcilable Differences" says, "Long distance relationships are seldom good" (he may have said "never".)
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