Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron

[Gotlev]

Ok guys sorry if I'm being a bit thick here but I thought the panel and judges were different between the team and the individual event. Checking the ISU results sheets and the technical panel are identical for both. Seeing how strict they were today, I'm getting nervous. Plus I found everyone skated a bit nervous and tentative but they had the opportunity to shake it off now. P/C will come fresher but I hope they'll be able to keep nerves under wraps. Also about the rink's size. It does look a tad smaller. V/M usually don't come that close to the boards at the end of the pattern so P/C who usually are really close to it ... I hope they'll take notice.
Again, it's me being my nervous self. I wish I could be as positive as a ray of sunshine like you too Gotlev and All that At least, it's relaxing and moral boosting to read you both.

I will repeat it again and again: propaganda is an immense power. People fall for it time after time after time. It is as if the narrative has become more real than reality and facts. That's what 100 years of total immersion in propaganda on a daily basis does...

If we look at the facts, we see that over the whole past half season, the commentators and 'pundits' have elevated V/M and imbibed us with the notion that either they will win the gold, or else (because their first statement is proven more wrong with every competition) "it's going to be sooooo close".
Exactly this was said just now by our dear commentators at BESP. "It's going to be soooo close."

Well, the facts show otherwise. It was going to be so close at the GPF also, and then reality showed that it wasn't. GabGui got several points more than TesScott, it wasn't close at all.
V/M now in this team event got exactly the same kind of score as the GPF, and we will see it being repeated in the individual event, (maybe boosted a bit by GOEs and PCSs). And GabGui will, just as in the GPF, get several points more than V/M. Because that is how the judges place these two couples and their programs this year. In spite of all the punditry boosting and elevating of V/M.

So I'm sorry, but my confidence and prediction is not based on wishful thinking or propaganda, but simply on what we can see with our own eyes and what actually has happened in the past months.
Add the fact that GabGui are currently even improving and adding to their programs, and you must be very illogical to predict that TesScott will get the gold.

The "but V/M are sooo much more experienced" argument is another fact-free smoke screen that doesn't buy you anything with the judges. GabGui have shown in every competition this year that they are in a great state of mind, and that they are on top of their nerves. In such a situation, it is this argument that reveals the wishful thinking not based in reality.

 

[Gotlev]

In fact, the 'V/M are sooo much more experienced' argument seems to tell GabGui: "You guys better be nervous!! You are INEXPERIENCED at OLYMPICS! That's a HUUUUGE deal!! Better start falling already!!".
Doesn't sound AT ALL like a real, meaningful or a nice and positive, fair and sportsmanlike argument to me.

I am absolutely sure that GabGui will simply enjoy the whole thing, they will come just in time to treat this like a normal competition (the arena doesn't look spectacularly lit up or decorated with all that purple and purple and some more purple, so no reasons there to be overwhelmed) so they will just do what they always do: skate their hearts out in their bubble, give us the magic and win the competition.
They can get Olympic distraction after that.

I honestly was sooooo happy to hear they would stay in Montreal until the competition, because I had already thought about all the distraction in the Olympic village. They are doing exactly everything in the best possible way, so ALL the FACTS are pointing towards a win. We couldn't be more confident in the outcome.

 

[Gotlev]

Another very simple prediction: After GabGui win the gold, the Team Event gold medal is going to be advertised and mentioned EVERYWHERE ad nauseam (except in France and its neighbourhood). So much so that it would seem that the Team Event was the major competition here.

 

[Harriet]

I'm just glad the team event is over; it's meaningless and I despise it for how it strips genuine Olympic achievements like Alexei Bychenko's great SP and Mirai Nagasu's triple axel of all the worth they should have in their own right and reduces them to things that just tweak the order of medals handed to the US, Russia and Canada slightly. Now I can hope for personal best performances from Gabi and Guillaume, Vanessa and Morgan, Mae-Berenice, and Chafik, keep my fingers crossed that Kailani Craine and Diana Nikitina make the free skate, have fun watching Javier Fernandez play Chaplin, and follow Savchenko/Massot and Sui/Han with enjoyment and the occasional bit of worry about Bruno's back, because when it gets right down to it I don't really care what kind of cricket score any of them knocks up, now their achievements will belong to them, and count for something.

And I'm looking forward to seeing the changes Gabi and Guillaume have made to both programs. I'm sure they will be absolutely extraordinary and beautiful, because they always are, and that's what matters.

 

[Roast Toast]

I am DYING over this radio silence on social media Not the first time they've done this but arghhh I just want to know they're okay!

 

[oakandbirch]

Translation :


-Biggest quality : generosity, empathy. Biggest flaw : stubborn.

Tbh, the first word she said is "amour-propre" about the flaw, then she added "stubborn" to explain why she thought it was a "flaw". I think the opposite, haha. I don't think amour-propre, confidence in our own abilities, assertiveness, pride, a bit of ego etc is bad for an artist and a competitor. I think it's a quality! I also think that generosity and empathy could become a "flaw" if it is too much. His mum seems to be a very nice person. Also, I notice that they don't care much about skating, they didn't project their dreams on their son, it's Guillaume's own passion.

 

[MelDee]

I am DYING over this radio silence on social media Not the first time they've done this but arghhh I just want to know they're okay!

Lol same here!!! I was ranting about the radio silence treatment from them just today haha. While I do think it's better for them to avoid social media now, I'd also like a sign that they're alive and well.

 

[all that]

It’s very obvious that judges are reserving PCS for PC. I predict that they will miss a level, or even maybe two, but they’ll still easily be over 120 based on PCS and will win the IE by a gap.

 

[Anyasnake]

http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/sports-d-...s-entrainer-tranquille-au-canada-1371542.html

They are coming on the 14th !

 

[MelDee]

http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/sports-d-...s-entrainer-tranquille-au-canada-1371542.html

They are coming on the 14th !

Does that mean they could have 2 days of practice at the main rink? That's the only thing I find worrisome, having enough time to get used to the arena and the smaller rink.

 

[Anyasnake]

Does that mean they could have 2 days of practice at the main rink? That's the only thing I find worrisome, having enough time to get used to the arena and the smaller rink.

No idea at all ! But that won't be a problem I guess

 

[alain06fr]

http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/sports-d-...s-entrainer-tranquille-au-canada-1371542.html

They are coming on the 14th !

Sounds like it's sometimes hard to rely on media information.

Gaby and Guillaume will fly from Montréal to South Korea on Tuesday morning (Feb 13th). They will attend their first OG practice on Wednesday morning (Feb 14th).

Their preparation went extremely well in Montréal, including their physical preparation (which is also a key element). They are serene. Their new SD and FD programs are ready. Last but not least, I'm sure you'll love their new costumes (but I won't tell for which program...)

 

[MelDee]

Sounds like it's sometimes hard to rely on media information.

Gaby and Guillaume will fly from Montréal to South Korea on Tuesday morning (Feb 13th). They will attend their first OG practice on Wednesday morning (Feb 14th).

Their preparation went extremely well in Montréal, including their physical preparation (which is also a key element). They are serene. Their new SD and FD programs are ready. Last but not least, I'm sure you'll love their new costumes (but I won't tell for which program...)

Alain, thank you for the information as always. I'm getting quite impatient the closer to the IE we are, and this made me relax a bit.

I'm guessing the new costumes are for the FD!

 

[Anyasnake]

Thank you Alain ! Now I can barely wait to see them out there

 

[alain06fr]

Thank you Alain ! Now I can barely wait to see them out there

I think it's going to be really fun to see the outcome of this long season and of their work. We are used to see them continuously improving and enriching their programs. they are hard workers and true artists. They want this olympic title obviously but moreover they want to deliver fantastic performances. As we can expect from them, they focused on the levels hence on the technical elements but they want to get as most points as possible from the choreographic elements as well. They are prepare to set fire to the rink and create the moment and share a lot of emotions with the audience in the olympic arena and with the millions of people watching it on TV.
Once again, don't be nervous, we have to trust them. They deserve it.

 

[Anyasnake]

I think it's going to be really fun to see the outcome of this long season and of their work. We are used to see them continuously improving and enriching their programs. they are hard workers and true artists. They want this olympic title obviously but moreover they want to deliver fantastic performances. As we can expect from them, they focused on the levels hence on the technical elements but they want to get as most points as possible from the choreographic elements as well. They are prepare to set fire to the rink and create the moment and share a lot of emotions with the audience in the olympic arena and with the millions of people watching it on TV.
Once again, don't be nervous, we have to trust them. They deserve it.

I guess I cannot help to be nervous and this is not even about the outcome or anything, I truly want them to do their best, the rest is not so important to our eyes because the results, the medals are for them - they're the icing on the cake of a great performance for us. It's their 1st Olympics and knowing they did everything in their power to be prepared, and to perform is clearly everything that we can hope for :clapper:

 

[Bcash]

What? I'm intrigued. I thought their FD costumes were perfect, elegantly understated yet stood out with its Ancient Greek like simplicity.

 

[Anyasnake]

What? I'm intrigued. I thought their FD costumes were perfect, elegantly understated yet stood out with its Ancient Greek like simplicity.

Alain is teasing us, not revealing if it is the FD or the SD where there is a costume change

 

[Charis]

i just found that and i am freaked out!!!:shocked::curse:

https://sports.orange.fr/divers/art...n-vue-a-pyeongchang-magic-CNT000000XQHJi.html

 

[Anyasnake]

i just found that and i am freak out!!!:shocked::curse:

https://sports.orange.fr/divers/art...n-vue-a-pyeongchang-magic-CNT000000XQHJi.html

This is nothing new you can be sure that there will be people raging anyway whatever the outcome is. Enjoy the performances instead and ignore all of that (for now)