lise said:
I hope to see a shake up of sorts in senior dance. I know that D & L will win, but I hope to see either or both L & M and V & M be on the podium. No offense to Wing and Lowe, but they really aren't going anywhere internationally, and with the mometum that V & M have and the support of SC, I can see them beating W & L at Nats. I was very impressed with L & M last year but have been hearing they struggled in a show earlier last month (according to an attendee, they looked pretty rusty) so, if they skate like that; it will be D & L, V & M, W & L if not, switch L & M for third.
You could hope, but you have to be realistic. Wing & Lowe for better or worse are 11th in the world. And yes, they have been 3 times at Worlds and they made progress each time: 15, 12, 11.
For V & M to overtake them, they better be very good (I haven't seen them). But it is quite a gap between top junior teams and senior teams, the junior World champs from Russia (Romanovskaya and partner) showed up at Skate America this year and they were dead last, Wing & Lowe who finished 3rd there looked like Torvill & Dean in comparison.
As far as L & M, I recognize that they are fast, but their skate last year looked really busy, hectic sometimes, lacking polish. And let's not forget that they didn't compete for a full year because he was not eligible, then, you have to wonder how well prepared could they be ?? Are they prepared well enough ??
Wing & Lowe's programs were tested in COP and they upgraded certain elements (spins, lift) to grab more points in only one week, on another hand, L & M have not been seen, therefore, they have a handicap.
Because of all these issues I just mentioned here, I will have to give the edge to W & L.
Herios - Joseph