baron-pierreIV Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hah that would be ideal. Those 2 made me sick when they cried and complained on them losing to their teammates. Just because they won the last one they felt they deserved to win this one as well. They haven't beaten Davis and White the last 2 years, what makes them think one night is going to make a difference? They've peaked while Davis and White got better and better. And if they had such an issue with the coach spending a little more time with Davis and White, then they should have made the switch long ago. We're getting away from the issue here. But V&M are equally good as D&W (actually, I think they have a nicer line than Charlie & Meryl.) V&M got it in 2010 becuz the Games were in Canada...and there could only be one winner. They (V&M) knew that the ISU would recognize D&W the next time around. It's really just whose turn it is next. The next big Ice Dance battle will be between Weaver (who's really American) & Poje vs. Chock-Bates. But because W&P are a slightly better matched couple height-wise, and the US won it last time, I think W&P will be the next favored dance couple and Chock-Bates who are equally dynamic, will just be playing catch up going into the next quadrennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 ^lol, yea that sounds like sport to me. Anything that involves it being someone's "turn" to win is not sport, it's an affront to every game ever played. Ice Dance is a cancer that should be done away with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 ^lol, yea that sounds like sport to me. Anything that involves it being someone's "turn" to win is not sport, it's an affront to every game ever played. Ice Dance is a cancer that should be done away with. I don't agree with that. It's beautiful to watch. Yes, there are adjudacating problems, but the world is better thanks to the contributions of Torvill and Dean, Klimova and Ponomarenko, Virtue and Moir, Davis and White. They have all done amazing things and created truly magical moments. If ice dancing doesn't belong in the Olympics, where does it belong? Could those incredible performances have happened in any other way? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 We're getting away from the issue here. But V&M are equally good as D&W (actually, I think they have a nicer line than Charlie & Meryl.) V&M got it in 2010 becuz the Games were in Canada...and there could only be one winner. They (V&M) knew that the ISU would recognize D&W the next time around. It's really just whose turn it is next. The next big Ice Dance battle will be between Weaver (who's really American) & Poje vs. Chock-Bates. But because W&P are a slightly better matched couple height-wise, and the US won it last time, I think W&P will be the next favored dance couple and Chock-Bates who are equally dynamic, will just be playing catch up going into the next quadrennium. it helped that it was in Canada but Tessa and Scott were clearly head and shoulders above the competition in 2010. To be honest, Davis and White were rewarded for their athleticism and not their artistry. Meryl has the same facial reaction and annoying smile. They were just lucky that the judges started favoring them after the 2011-12 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 ^that smile angers me. I hate Meryl Davis with a passion. She's just so evil and fake looking, almost out of a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 it helped that it was in Canada but Tessa and Scott were clearly head and shoulders above the competition in 2010. To be honest, Davis and White were rewarded for their athleticism and not their artistry. Meryl has the same facial reaction and annoying smile. They were just lucky that the judges started favoring them after the 2011-12 season. I actually think the judges got it right. Virtue and Moir were CLEARLY superior in 2010. The Mahler was absolutely extraordinary. I thought Davis and White's "Phantom" routine was superbly executed, but really quite gauche. However, I think Davis and White were really superior in 2014. Both "My Fair Lady" and "Scheherazade" were stunning. Virtue and Moir were very strong, but just did not have the same magic. I don't believe it was a "let's take turns" situation. I understand the history of problems with ice dancing, but I do agree with these results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 ^lol, yea that sounds like sport to me. Anything that involves it being someone's "turn" to win is not sport, it's an affront to every game ever played. Ice Dance is a cancer that should be done away with. You are NOT required to watch it yaknow. Just block it off your radar just as you have an "Ignore" button here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 You are NOT required to watch it yaknow. Just block it off your radar just as you have an "Ignore" button here. No, because Canada always medals in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 No, because Canada always medals in it! Secede from Canada...or defect south of the border!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Secede from Canada...or defect south of the border!! They always medal too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 They always medal too! I guess you'll have to join ISIS or a monastery then, huh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Just reminding of the GP Schedules. 2014/15 ISU Grand Prix Schedules Skate America, 24-26 Oct, Chicago (Hoffman Estates), Illinois Skate Canada Int'l, 31 Oct - 02 Nov, Kelowna, British Columbia Cup of China, 7-9 November, Shanghai Rostelecom Cup, 14-16 November, Moscow Trophee Eric Bompard, 21-23 November, Bordeaux NHK Trophy, 28-30 November, Osaka ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 11-14 December, Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Results of Ice Dance Short Program from last night: http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpusa2014/SEG007.HTM Two US couples (Chock-Bates and the Shibutanis) are on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Results Men 1. Tatsuki Machida, Japan 2. Jason Brown, USA 3. Nam Nguyen, Canada Ladies 1. Elena Radionova, Russia 2. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russia 3. Gracie Gold, USA Pairs 1. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnoff, Russia 2. Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier, USA 3. Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang, China Ice Dance 1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates, USA 2. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, USA 3. Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Russia Next Stop: Kelowna, British Columbia for Skate Canada International 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Skate Canada International starts tomorrow in Kelowna, BC. Meanwhile, here's Shanghai's logo. Another purple logo after London, Ont. Worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Skate Canada International will be staying West Coast as Lethbridge, Alberta will host 2015 edition. http://www.skatecanada.ca/2014/10/lethbridge-alberta-to-host-2015-skate-canada-international/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Results Men 1. Takahito Mura, Japan 2. Javier Fernandez, Spain 3. Max Aaron, USA Ladies 1. Anna Pogorilaya, Russia 2. Ashley Wagner, USA 3. Satoko Miyahara, Japan Pairs 1. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Canada 2. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China 3. Evgenia Tarasova/Valdimir Morozov, Russia Ice Dance 1. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Canada 2. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Canada 3. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, USA Next Stop: Shanghai, for Cup of China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Results Men 1. Maxim Kovtun, Russia 2. Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan 3. Richard Dornbush, USA Ladies 1. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russia 2. Julia Lipnitskaia, Russia 3. Kanako Murakami, Japan Pairs 1. Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang, China 2. Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, China 3. Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang, China Ice Dance 1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, France 2. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, USA 3. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Italy Next stop: Moscow for Rostelecom Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Results Men 1. Javier Fernandez, Spain 2. Sergei Voronov, Russia 3. Michal Brezina, Czech Republic Ladies 1. Rika Hongo, Japan 2. Anna Pogorilaya, Russia 3. Alaine Chartrand, Canada Pairs 1. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Russia 2. Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Russia 3. Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Russia Ice Dance 1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates, USA 2. Elena Ilinykh/Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russia 3. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland, Great Britain Next Stop: Bordeaux for Trophee Eric Bompard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Oh wow. Fernandez and Chock-Bates beat the Russians on their home ice!! WONDERFUL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Results Men 1. Maxim Kovtun, Russia 2. Tatsuki Machida, Japan 3. Dennis Ten, Kazakhstan Ladies 1. Elena Radionova, Russia 2. Julia Lipnitskaia, Russia 3. Ashley Wagner, USA Pairs 1. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Russia 2. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China 3. Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang, China Ice Dance 1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, France 2. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Canada 3. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, USA Next and last stop: Osaka for NHK Trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 /\/\ Wow, the Russian ladies have now pushed away the dominance of the Japanese women of the last few years. Russia got 3 golds, 1 silver; host France gets the Ice Dance gold; and the US gets 2 bronzes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Results Men 1. Daisuke Murakami, Japan 2. Sergei Voronov, Russia 3. Takahito Kura, Japan Ladies 1. Gracie Gold, USA 2. Alena Leonova, Russia 3. Satoko Miyahara, Japan Pairs 1. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Canada 2. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov, Russia 3. Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, China Ice Dance 1. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Canada 2. Ksenia Monko/Kiril Khaliavin, Russia 3. Kaitlyn Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker, USA Line up for Barcelona is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 In case you don't keep up with it or don't want to look it up, here are the qualifiers: Men's: (Russia) Maxim Kovtun (Spain) Javier Fernández (Japan) Tatsuki Machida (Japan) Takahito Mura (Russia) Sergei Voronov (Japan) Yuzuru Hanyu Women's: (Russia) Elena Radionova (Russia) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (Russia) Anna Pogorilaya (USA) Gracie Gold (Russia) Yulia Lipnitskaya (USA) Ashley Wagner Pairs: (Russia) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (Canada) Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford (Russia) Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (China) Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao (China) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (china) Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ice Dancing: (USA) Madison Chock / Evan Bates (Canada) Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (France) Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (USA) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (Canada) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (Russia) Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Ugh at the Russian dominance. Glad to see the US is at least going strong in Ice Dancing lol. Sure we have 2 American women go through to the final, but there's a good chance neither of them will medal. While the US has been focusing so much on artistic points, it's completely forgotten to focus on the technical aspect of it as well, which is why I feel we fall so far behind the rest of the world in men's and women's singles and pairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 In case you don't keep up with it or don't want to look it up, here are the qualifiers: Men's: (Russia) Maxim Kovtun (Spain) Javier Fernández (Japan) Tatsuki Machida (Japan) Takahito Mura (Russia) Sergei Voronov (Japan) Yuzuru Hanyu Women's: (Russia) Elena Radionova (Russia) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (Russia) Anna Pogorilaya (USA) Gracie Gold (Russia) Yulia Lipnitskaya (USA) Ashley Wagner Pairs: (Russia) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (Canada) Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford (Russia) Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (China) Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao (China) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (china) Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ice Dancing: (USA) Madison Chock / Evan Bates (Canada) Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (France) Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (USA) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (Canada) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (Russia) Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Ugh at the Russian dominance. Glad to see the US is at least going strong in Ice Dancing lol. Sure we have 2 American women go through to the final, but there's a good chance neither of them will medal. While the US has been focusing so much on artistic points, it's completely forgotten to focus on the technical aspect of it as well, which is why I feel we fall so far behind the rest of the world in men's and women's singles and pairs. I didn't expect the slackening of Russian dominance in figure skating to last long. I think in prep for the Sochi Olympics, Putin's gov't have paid their coaches well to prevent them from leaving for the west; have probably upgraded training facilities at least in Moscow and St. Pete. And they do have that LONG, solid tradition of ballet which you need for classic figure skating. It makes all the difference in the line of the skater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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