http://vk.com/shindlerlist?z=photo1306895_385917037%2Fwall1306895_4610, Lena, Lena and Anna trying on wigs in China. Relax guys the season has only begun :cool14:
Really? I thought with Gabriella`s injury, W/P are again their main rival. We shouldn`t also forget C/L. They seemed to be very poised to get back on the World podium in the interview they did for Italian TV and seemed to be in better shape than last year. I think most skating fans connect a Waltz like you see it on the Wiener Opernball, so in that regard I/Z doesn`t really fit that mindset. I also thought that Queen wouldn`t work as a Waltz SD and I still think that any other couple couldn`t have managed a Queen-themed Waltz SD. What makes it work for me, is Ruslena´s commitment to every movement of that dance. It actually highlights the many wonderful skills they bring to the table, so I will just take bramsweld`s and uhh`s advices to heart and have faith in Ruslena.
What is there to fuss about? It was a first time Russian B competition, basically a local home competition, and it was obvious that there was some quite major overscoring going on - actually for most ice dancers, not just for the russians. Chock/Bates were ovescored too as it was Skate America, but a GP is still a more "serious" competition than a first time B competition, and the overscoring was not that major. And Chock/Bates had a new SD which they skated surprisingly well overall even if they got a level 2 for one of their Rawensburger sequences (the technical panel seemed especially strict about that at Skate America), so they hadn't had time to work on their FD. Having said that, it is quite obvious that the scoring will be very different for both teams at their next competition. Elena and Ruslan will have to be practically perfect and skate lights out to get anywhere near to what they got at the Mordovian Ornament. Whereas Chock/Bates will easily get even higher scores than they got at Skate America if they skate better than they skated there ( especially in the FD) which is almost a certainty.
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@Alba
This music sheet looks weird to me. For me STL is definitly 3/4 or 6/8 in the middle (the RW pattern really could be 6/8), the experts say it's 3/4. http://www.queensongs.info/song-ana...synth-era/a-day-at-the-races/somebody-to-love
I never had a problem with their music selection and I think that STL catches the feel (the lightness) of the Ravensburger waltz and that's the important thing.
I'm not worried. There'll be no drama.
What I'm trying to say is that tempo and time signature are two different things, to put it simply.It seems to be, but it shouldn't. When you play the song using that 4/4 meter music sheet the feel will be different (if you forget how it should sound). But that's not the version I/Z use anyway.I'm not worried either.
Lauravvv, yes, it indeed didn't occur to me that they might well have been underscored before. I still think it possible that DG's influence might have helped them get scored correctly last season, but when I'm having these cynical thoughts, I remind myself that IK won FD in Saitama after K had botched the twizzles in SD and TASS had announced their split, and I feel hopeful again that justice and scoring according to merit will prevail.
