Dance, Round 1 - Compulsory Dance

[Shanti]

White neon

I was totally blinded by GrushGons and DomShabs.

 

[soogar]

Embarrasing really that Margalio was EVER the technical specialist! I think my jaw dropped clear to the floor when I heard that! I have never been a fan of this overrated team...she is extemely good, and he is extremely awful (wooden comes to mind).

Oh this Olympics! Tsk tsk...

eliza88

What does ability to *SKATE* have to do with being the tech specialist???? He just has to look at the skating and be able to tell what the skater is doing? Top coaches can't skate as well as the students they coach. Frank Carroll hasn't won as many titles as Michelle or Bowman yet I'm pretty sure Frank knows how to teach them how to skate. Viktor Petrenko is a Tech specialist, but just b/c he has an OGM doesn't mean that he is going to be the best tech specialist.

 

[soogar]

No. I think it would be a small upset if Belbin & Agosto win a medal, and most of the American media understands this. They should get to go to the Olympics, and I'm so happy for that. But expecting them to win or even medal is asking a lot. Ice dance is less about talent and more about establishment. The established teams win. Look for Belbin & Agosto to challenge for the 2010 crown.... but if they don't give this one to the Russians it will only be because they fell 20 times and people would get mad if they got better than silver.

They're not going to challenge for the 2010 OGM. Dom Shabs are slated for that one. Unless Tanith can learn how to express music and not skate like a limp rag, they're going to be challenging for a bronze in 2010 (if they even last that long).

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Nice to see the Bulgarians back in the race. It keeps everyone happy and lessens the pain for some fans of the results. I'm just wondering if this has anything to do with the overall results which I believe will be N/K, G/G, B/A.

Joe

 

[thisthingcalledlove]

My thoughts, Ben and Tanith are lucky they were held up over the DomShabs. They were very tight in their compulsory dance and Tanith's twizzle was not fluid.

I don't care what anyone says about Fusar Poli and Margoglio, her showmanship combined with the crazy Italian crowd is going to make for an interesting competition. Yes she has an ugly dye job and looks like a tranny, but that's an ice dance diva for you. Both Italian teams skated very well and with a lot of Latin fire. Even their costumes were fiery.

This doesn't make any sense. Why do you want LATIN FIRE in a waltz? I took ice dance before; the reason why there is a cha cha rhythm and a waltz rhythm is to showcase the different rhythms. I don't want someone using their waltz finesse in a samba!

"If I skate like this, I want to skate 10 years,'' Fusar-Poli joked.

Yikes!

 

[cocomo]

Check out Ice Skating International: Online www.iceskatingintnl.com/current/content/OWG06.htm and click on "Dance CD calculated using all 12 judge (revised)"

Placement for 6 teams would have been different when all the marks are used.