They would've won Silver if they hit the 3Toe in the SP and did planned double jumps in the LP. I would've had them training 2Lz as their solo jump, 3Sal was never going to happen, and 2F+2A+2A also would have been good for them, since it was always highly unlikely the 3Toe+2A+2A would be clean.
, begun to watch it so later will do more comments
The world record doesn't include programs when 6.0 was used. But M&D would not be competitive for gold today as they skated in 1992. I don't think she ever landed a clean, rotated triple (solo, not throw), and the current pairs get a lot of points for their three jumps combos. The lifts were also not nearly as difficult as they are now. However, I think pairs back then had to do forward death spirals in the SP which you almost never see today. That said, I think the best pairs back then would have adapted to the current system if that was what they grew up under, and pairs like M&D and G&G were immensely talented.
Point taken!Some might say they're even part Russian
OMG.....those marks.......
At 40 years old. Hang in there Deanna. It’s going to happen!
They still post stuff?
I think there was a pretzel like that at last Winter Olympics. Think it came from TEA thrilled Annika and Robert puts a huge smile on my face, that was two amazing programs from them at these Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also I love the giant pretzel in the audience, that person truly understands German culture
I'm not a big pairs fan so I don't watch them a lot. But I watched this entire event and I agree the programs are pretty much "cookie cutter." In addition, I think the elements dominate so much that there is little room for performance or presentation. The goal is just to skate clean. I didn't see anything that had the performance qualities of, for instance, Shen and Zhao's long program at 2003 Worlds.
Pity you don't follow the Japanese media. You hear a lot about them there.
They should be banned for life! You are done period if you judge blatantly bias!!
Wouldn't it just be the sequence for the LP? But I guess I'd have had them train a different solo jump too to test out the waters in the SP. If they did fine with the 3T, great, keep it in the LP. Otherwise, yeah, maybe switch it out for 2Lz.
I think the Chinese judge at 2022 for Pairs was even specifically the judge suspended for Pairs? Honestly sad part is that the judges only got caught. There must be others who are cleverer with it and don't. The way "bias" is judged is also rather perfunctory with the ISU, and more than likely subject to politics to begin with.
I don't know what you mean.
OMG Simon saying From russia
