olympian Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 i wonder if Dubreul (?) and Lauzon will be returning next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 i wonder if Dubreul (?) and Lauzon will be returning next year? why? Are they retiring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 i wonder if Dubreul (?) and Lauzon will be returning next year? I was watching on tv last night and they said that they'll return next season to go for Gold in Vancouver. If they return they'll be one of the Gold medal favourites in Vancouver. Then we have our other Dance team which is in place to currently medal at these World Championships. We'll have two teams that would be serious medal contenders in the Ice Dancing discipline. Then we have 1 serious medal contender in Ladies Skating. 1 serious medal contender in Pairs that just won the Bronze medal at these World Championships. Then 1 serious medal contender in Mens Skating. Jeff Buttle won the Bronze medal at the Torino Olympics and currently sits in 1st place after the Short Program at these World Championships. Things are looking great for Canada come Vancouver 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I was watching on tv last night and they said that they'll return next season to go for Gold in Vancouver. If they return they'll be one of the Gold medal favourites in Vancouver. Then we have our other Dance team which is in place to currently medal at these World Championships. We'll have two teams that would be serious medal contenders in the Ice Dancing discipline.Then we have 1 serious medal contender in Ladies Skating. 1 serious medal contender in Pairs that just won the Bronze medal at these World Championships. Then 1 serious medal contender in Mens Skating. Jeff Buttle won the Bronze medal at the Torino Olympics and currently sits in 1st place after the Short Program at these World Championships. Things are looking great for Canada come Vancouver 2010. Except you know, when it comes to actual Olympic time, the home team favorites usually flub out due to nerves, injuries. Check out the past histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Except you know, when it comes to actual Olympic time, the home team favorites usually flub out due to nerves, injuries. Check out the past histories. Not when lots of money has been invested into the athlete program through "Own The Podium", which also provides our athletes with the best psychological coaches to keep their minds at ease and off the nerves. Team Canada has completely overhauled their Winter Sporting program and it's really paying off right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Except you know, when it comes to actual Olympic time, the home team favorites usually flub out due to nerves, injuries. Check out the past histories. Baron, the US did all they could in SLC, Japan wasn't that strong in 1998, either was Norway or France. Canada and Russia have been the only countries that consistently produce medal potentials in at least 3 of the disciplines since the turn of the century, we both have had threats in Men's, pairs and ice dance and Russia has always had a good female. Canada should be able to take 3 medals in figure skating if things continue as they are. Its just unfortunate that Cynthia Pheneuf got into injury trouble, she was a raising star and has not yet got back on course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Good luck to john and sinead kerr, we need to bring back the magic of Torvill and Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Ice Dance 1. Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder - France 2. Tessa Virture/Scott Moir - Canada 3. Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski - Russia 4. Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto - United States 5. Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali - Italy 6. Meryl Davis/Charlie White - United States 7. Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat - France 8. Sinead Kerr/John Kerr - Great Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Silver for Virtue and Moir. They won the free dance portion by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 another Canadian Patrick Chan is currently 7th after the short. with this judging system anything is possible. Chan is within medal hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Good luck to john and sinead kerr, we need to bring back the magic of Torvill and Deani was watching torvill and dean's one of their 1994 and bolero from 1984 and it was so beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Jeffrey Buttle leader after the short will be skating last in the free skate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Jeffrey Buttle leader after the short will be skating last in the free skate. Johnny Weir (US) is #2, but Brian Joubert (FRA) is #6 -- going into the Final portion. Best Russian guy is #15!! Am shocked Belbin and Agosto only coming in #4 in the total. I guess that fall of Tanith really hurt them. Here's their disastrous Compulsory Dance portion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8vo8XDgzps...feature=related And they started so greatly too!! But it's good for them to fall at this time; giving them enough time to regroup for next year and Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Johnny Weir (US) is #2, but Brian Joubert (FRA) is #6 -- going into the Final portion. Best Russian guy is #15!!Am shocked Belbin and Agosto only coming in #4 in the total. I guess that fall of Tanith really hurt them. Here's their disastrous Compulsory Dance portion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8vo8XDgzps...feature=related And they started so greatly too!! But it's good for them to fall at this time; giving them enough time to regroup for next year and Vancouver. Buttle is gonna screw up again like last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 I cannot believe that Buttle won the world championships, by 14 points no less. A skater without a quad in regular use winning by such a convincing margin. Canada was the only country to have a skater in the top 5 of each event, something the Russians usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Men's Result Gold: Jeffrey Buttle - Canada Silver: Brian Joubert - France Bronze: Johnny Weir - USA Canada and the USA gets to send 3 men's skater in Los Angeles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Japan also gets to send 3 men's single skaters next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 2007-2008 Season officially ends. The road to Los Angeles officially starts. Grand Prix Schedule Skate America, Everett, WA - 24-26 October Homesense Skate Canada International, Ottawa, ON - 30 October - 02 November Cup of China, China (host city TBA) - 06 - 09 November Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire, France (host city TBA) - 13 - 16 November Cup of Russia, Russia (host city TBA) - 20 - 23 November NHK Trophy, Japan (host city TBA) - 27 - 30 November ISU Grand Prix Final, TBA - 11 - 14 December 2009 European Figure Skating Championships, Helsinki, Finland - 19 - 25 January 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Vancouver, British Columbia - 02 - 08 February 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, Los Angeles, California - 23 - 29 March Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDS69 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I read on CBC.ca that the Grand Prix Final will be held in South Korea next season, and it will be a junior and senior tournament together (the junior-level skaters have their own Grand Prix circuit, which takes them to more diverse countries each season than the senior circuit does). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I read on CBC.ca that the Grand Prix Final will be held in South Korea next season, and it will be a junior and senior tournament together (the junior-level skaters have their own Grand Prix circuit, which takes them to more diverse countries each season than the senior circuit does). Ooooo, that'll be feather in South Korea's cap especially in PyongChang's preparation for a renewed 2018 Winter bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I'm glad to see the Canadians have achieved a lot during these World Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Canada will be sending 3 men's skaters, 2 ladies skaters, 3 teams for pairs and 2 teams for ice dance in Los Angeles 2009. USA will have 2 ladies and pairs team and 3 men's and ice dance pairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Can't wait for the Olympic trials though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 wonder which city will be hosting the 2010 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships? Saskatoon will be hosting it next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I hope Toronto bids and gets the 2010 Canadian Nationals. When Calgary hosted the '88 Games Victoria was the site of the Canadian Nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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