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Hanyu vs Chen showdown.
Alysa vs Kamilla
The Russians vs Rika
S/H are in a league of their own in my opinion
P/C I think are the favorites right now In my opinion. I just can't get into them for some reason.
This is a wild Grand Prix Final.
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On 11/24/2019 at 10:49 AM, selkie said:
Russia has a hella homophobic culture in a lot of ways so my first inclination is to hear it as that kind of slur against Jason.
We don't know about Jason's sexuality. It's truly disgusting what I heard from Alexei. I liked his Olympic program too. I don't understand what Jason has ever done to him. Saying he skates like a girl and Trusova should take his place in men's is rude. Just because Jason doesn't have a quad doesn't mean he's not good. Alexei lost my respect. Jason is competitive with triples and that's impressive. I also hate how Alexei said girls and men need more quads so they can't skate like Jason. I truly don't understand what's wrong with this man.
Then bashing Rika and her lack of edge issues. Some of the Russians right now I'm disappointed in.
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Apparently, Russian federation is complaining about Rika's Lz and how it's not called because she has edge issues. Since when did Rika had edge issues? I'm confused. Yagudin bashed Jason for not having quads and for not skating like a man. I have no clue what skating like a man means or looks like. I truly don't understand what is wrong with him and Russian fed. What did Jason and Rika do? I think it's amazing Jason can skate without a quad and podium and be competitive.
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12 hours ago, Jeddah said:
She medaled in both her Grand Prix events, and qualified for the Final. People said this about her last year, and she won the World Championship. I think it’s a bit premature to act like her career is over. She’s won everything there is to win. If she was miserable and didn’t want to skate, she wouldn’t be skating.
She isn't the same skater she was two seasons ago. Her technique has so many flaws and is more noticable. I wish her team would fix her tech and skating skills. And I'm sorry to say this but Alina is over scored especially in PCS. I believe her PCS scores were the highest in the SP and FP I'm not sure. How does she have higher PCS than Alena or Rika is quite interesting. Most likely Eteri has her new focus on her new senior skaters.
2 hours ago, Growsonwalls said:Well Virtue/Moir have apparently skated their last skate together:
Let's hope they will be back. . I just can't get into the new number ones in ice dancing.
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Sui/Cong are the ones to beat.
Poor Jason. I was rooting for him.
Karen top 3. I wish she was consistent. She has beautiful spins.
So Russian Fed has a judge who was caught cheating. WTH. Why is he judging if he was caught cheating? ISU and Russian Fed need to get it together
Alina. Poor Alina. She was in the same position as Alena two seasons ago. She won everything and was the new it girl. It's sad to see her skating go down hill. She looks over it at this point. I really loved her red ballerina program. She looks done. Sad. I can't get attached to any Eteri skater because after two season they're done. Alena might survive but at this point I don't know. Seeing Evgenia go downhill, Yulia, Polina, and now Alina, makes me realize Anna, Alexandra, and Alena will be replaced by her upcoming young quad skaters who are 11/12/13 right now. Russia doesn't even allow their skaters to breathe and grow before replacing them.
Thank goodness Rika changed her costume. I can't get into her programs this year.
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Many girls lose their jumps during puberty. It's similar in dance and gymnastics too. They have to relearn technique and how to perform with their new body. Liza had this issue. She lost her 3A. Women have hips and breasts which slows down rotation speed and changes the centre of gravity. If quads are to be a thing in ladies skating then we have to see grown women with a grown woman body do them. Not little girls.
Samarin got a 5+ for his 4Lz. Judges must clearly be on something.
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23 hours ago, Jeddah said:
Tursynbayeva was 19 when she landed a quad at senior Worlds last year.
The majority of girls don't have her body type and I fear they'll starve themselves trying to get it. Sadly she has a serious back injury I believe a spinal fracture I'm not sure. Her mom said she couldn't even bend down or walk. She is missing the entire season this year.
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So RusFed is pissed their skaters are being called and judging is inconsistent. They should be ashamed of themselves at this point. Especially Danii who posted the unfair edge calls on Anna's jumps. That's not a Lz Danii. The ISU should make judging fair and consistent. So it's ok to ignore Russian skaters bad technique? I'm confused. How will this advance the sport? How is this fair for skaters who do proper tech? They also want quads in the SP. I'm not fully against this but I'm sorry, I still need to see a grown women pass the age of puberty to land a fully form quad. If the russian ladies or any lady can land a proper quad at 18 or 20,22, then look at adding quads to the SP.
Trusova will probably get a 260 and PCS scores of 9 and 10s this weekend.
I'm upset Koylada is not competing. I hope he feels better and we can see him at Russian Nationals.
On 11/10/2019 at 1:56 AM, displayname said:But you can on their YT channel, now, though, using a proxy if needed.
Sadly, they're cracking down on this too.
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Anna got called out for her edges and I read Danii isn't happy with her score. What did they expect? Anna is a sweet girl and skater but her team did her a disservice. If she is called out like Evgenia is then what? I know she is going the 4Lz for points but it should be done right. It's sad ISU allows skaters to get away with poor technique because the next generation will have poor technique too and coaches will not fix it. Stop rewarding poor technique. What happens if the judging system changes again? Then what?
Boyang has the most amazing 4lz.
I like C/B programs this year. H/B I don't know about them. I just can't get into them. Sad, because I've followed them since juniors.
And ISU the reason why skating is losing fans because I can't watch it anywhere.
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On 11/8/2019 at 9:50 AM, annzeepark914 said:
Yeah. Here we (Americans) are with several top ice dancers and NBC can't bring themselves to broadcast ice dance. But they sure need to show the ladies so we can watch the Russians and Japanese medal over and over while our ladies can't do any quads (& the only one who can do a triple axel isn't old enough for the Grand Prix).
Yes. I love C/B programs this year. I've watched junior ice dancers and novice too and they're so good. Sucks we can't see it and all we talk about are the ladies. Our ice dancers are the Russian ladies but I don't think USA federation or anyone cares enough about ice dance. The ladies event is the most popular.
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Skater struggling with triples and can't skate a clean program? Make them learn quads. Eteri logic.
So Nationals will be Bradie, Mariah, and Alyssa?
I was watching an awesome skater from China. She is 12 and will be going junior next year. Nini is her name. It's going to be interesting to watch her develop. I love seeing skaters outside of the big three feds in my opinion(USA, Russia, Japan) podium and skate.
Also, good news, Kolyada's surgery went well.
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On 11/3/2019 at 10:25 PM, redpencil said:
My understanding (though I don't know how accurate this is) was that his previous coaches felt like he needed a change and basically asked him to leave. His jump technique has been iffy for awhile and he definitely seemed to have plateaued a bit in that situation. It was clear to me that something needed to change. I don't know why he hasn't found someone else, though. Basically everyone has said he's a skater who needs someone behind the scenes pushing him, so I'm not sure why this situation has persisted as long as it has.
This is shocking. I wonder why Japanese Fed will not give him suggestions or maybe they did and he didn't take it. Shoma can go to Alex in IL. He did during off season. It's sad because he is so talented but his jumps makes me cringe.
5 hours ago, Libby96 said:I love Hawayek and Baker. They have a little different look since he is such a small guy, but they always draw me in. I was sorry they didn’t medal at Skate Canada, but watching Gilles/Poirier defeat Hubble/Donahue almost made up for it.
I hope Hawayek/Baker can keep improving and remain a top U.S. ice dance team. Being an ice dancer in the U.S. is kind of like being a female singles skater in Russia right now. It’s a dog fight at the top.
And it's sad ice dance isn't mentioned more. I get ladies are popular but we have huge talent in ice dance. It's crazy to see how many ice dancers can easily make top 5.
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Watching Trusova and her falls scare me. The way she lands I would hope they fix it before she gets hurt. It seems like her quads are a hit or miss. Sometimes she lands sometimes she doesn't. A person who saw her live said her jumps aren't all that big and the choreography was just her skating around the ring. At least Anna has musicality and flows with the music. It's also interesting to see how she scores without quads. She needs quads to win because it's clear as day her team isn't working on anything else with her. Rika was only 11 points below her with four quads. Alena was I believe 4 points away from her with her quad layout. I thought she would score higher based on TCS alone.
Hanyu was so amazing. He keeps improving and improving.
Evgenia in my opinion will not make a World's team this year. I still can't believe this is the same skater who broke records and went undefeated for two seasons.
ISU is replacing the gala with an awards show. Someone replace the ISU please. Do they just throw ideas out there? Some fans are pissed because they brought tickets already.
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19 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
83 pounds? No wonder she reminded me of Giada (especially her head in relation to her body). That is truly outrageous, this weighing of skaters every daggone day. So if you want to succeed in ladies, don't have a healthy body cause you won't be able to rack up the pts doing quads. What a message this is becoming to young female skaters.
Eteri said she often looks at the parents especially the mother when she chooses skaters. Reminds me of what Martha and Bela use to do when gymnastics was about girls staying thin and preventing puberty. They're fighting puberty. Eteri is literally starving them to delay puberty. Like I said before, I think women can do quads the right way. The thing is the judges want a certain look. Especially for the ladies. So a skater with Serena Williams body type or Simone's wouldn't be accepted. Quads require a ton of power. I don't understand the need to keep girls thin so they can depend on fast rotation especially since puberty changes how fast they rotate.
I've never heard a coach say puberty doesn't exist. That's scary to say this publicly.
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3 hours ago, politichick said:
I don't think we can assume that Jace is going to knock someone up and become a teen dad. Barb takes him to therapy and tries to expose him to a better life than her kids had, he sees what a shit show the swap land is. He hopefully has friends with nice family lives and will see there's a better way.
Yes and it pisses me off people say he will go to prison or he will get someone pregnant. What if Aubrey, Issac, or Gracie goes to jail or becomes a teen mom. We don't know the future.
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On 9/10/2019 at 9:43 AM, Christina87 said:
This. I always wonder how Aubree will feel when she grows up and has to work, and realizes that her whole childhood was exploited so her mother wouldn't have to do the same.
Of course, they all could ask this question, but Briana works, Jenelle never would have (she would have been on welfare), and poor Leah is so, so incompetent. Isaac and Aubree will be asking this question, though!
And the fact her mother talks crap about her dad and her dad is a drug addict and called her a mistake . I can see other kids making fun of her.
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On 9/30/2019 at 12:21 PM, geauxaway said:
I think the whole article is lame. We get it, Jenelle is a complete joke and failure. But this article doesn’t convince me that Chelsea is some fashionista or mogul. She is slapping her name on shit, big deal. She is still making the bulk of her money off the back of her daughter, it’s not like she went and got a degree from FIT, the girl barely got her GED.
Pass.
Yes, she is hypocritical too. She is just like the rest
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On 9/25/2019 at 11:49 AM, Jaclyn88 said:
I can see that. But my money is on Jenelle becoming the first grandma. Aubree seems like she's on the right path and even though she has a crappy father, she has a good mother and step-dad who genuinely care about her and she seems like a sweet 10 year old. Jace is most likely going to knock someone up.. terrible mom, non existent dad, horrific step-dad, and crazy grandma raising him. I can also see him turning into a drug addict. He is young so he still has a semi sweetness to him, but I can just see how it's gonna go and hasn't his teachers said as much?
Honestly Chelsea likes to be her kids friend. I hope they talk with their kids about safe sex. We don't need teen mom the next generation.
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I don't understand why Nathan and Jenelle had a kid together. Poor Kaiser
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What do these two do all day? Just post on Instagram?
On 10/9/2019 at 6:50 AM, toodywoody said:She better be blaming her man then because his sperm determine the sex. And that is such a douchebag thing to say.
Why not do gender selection if she wants a boy so badly?
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On 10/20/2019 at 1:10 PM, annzeepark914 said:
Well, as Southerners say...I swannee. So, is Sherbakova naturally this thin or is it a result of Eteri's starvation regimen? Anna will probably always be thin if she was born this way...born to spin. I bet she could do 5 spins. I feel my favorite sport moving away from me. Show skating has never appealed to me. Several years ago, Bradie's LP would have been gold, swooned over. Ice dance is the only discipline that still holds my interest but I didn't get to see it this weekend.
Dani mentioned he is impressed how little she eats. She gets full off of three shrimp and he praised her for that. This after the fact Anna already broke her leg and was out for a season and had to relearn how to walk.
I love ice dance but man the politics in ice dance is just as bad.
I honestly believe Russia will choose Alina, Alexandra, and Anna, if they all hold up for worlds. Alena doesn't have a quad and that's what they're pushing. After seeing a ten year old land a quad, it looks like Russia fed doesn't care about anything else.
Let's see if skate Canada will be strict like they're usually are.
On 10/21/2019 at 10:56 AM, displayname said:I don't think 16 years is needed to participate at senior worlds? I think Scherbackova will be age-eligible. And yes, currently it is difficult for me to see anyone but her, Trusova, and Kostornaia standing a chance at making the team, except for Zagitova. Medvedeva's at Skate Canada, so we'll see how she's looking though.
You have to turn 15 by June 30. So the cut off would be 6/30/2004. Anna was born in March. If she was born in July she wouldn't be a senior this year.
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On 10/17/2019 at 7:07 PM, PoshSprinkles said:Russians Face Ban from 2020 Olympics
You'd think after the 2014/2016/2018 Olympics Russia would have learned their lesson to stop doping athletes.
If this is true, then I hope the IOC FINALLY puts their foot down and outright bans Russia as they should have done in 2018. No "Olympic Athlete from Russia"- an outright ban of anyone competing from there.
I'd be devastated for the Russian WAG and MAG teams, but I am so tired of Russia being allowed to get away with cheating.
They need to ban Russian instead of giving them a slap on the wrist. Any other country I don't think the IOC would give them so many chances. A Russian skater was also caught doping too.
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4 hours ago, SeanC said:
There's nothing questionable about Liza's tech scores. She got good GOE on the Axel, and then botched her other two jumping passes; and her spins and steps have never been a strong point (though especially with the spins I think she's got inherent limitations there, as all the back injuries, etc. have clearly affected her flexibility). She looked tired throughout, which isn't really surprising since she competed last weekend (a choice I hadn't thought about the wisdom of at the time, but in retrospect, whose idea was that?).
I was thrilled for Wakaba, who hasn't had a good short program since the 2017 Grand Prix Final. I definitely wasn't expecting that because after all the injury problems last season, her debut at Lombardia a few weeks ago was a disaster.
Impressed with Keegan's mental strength, considering recent events.
Liza also needs to work on her speed. She is very slow. I really hope she listens to the advice of the judges. It looks like she is. I also hope next season she sticks with choreography and doesn't change anything. I have a feeling Mishin is old school.
3 hours ago, doodlebug said:Keegan's brother was killed in a motorcycle accident at the end of September.
ETA: Keegan's brother, Paxon, was 26 years old, married with 3 very young children.
Also, as many already know, Keegan just got married in August. Talk about your highs and lows.
Omg. I didn't know Keegan got married in August. Wow. Poor guy is going through a lot but is also so strong. My heart goes out to him.
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I just can't get into Chen's programs this year. He was over scored to the core.
Bradie needs a makeover. I don't like her costume or her look.
Poor Liza. It looks like she is changing and improving but with 3 other ladies doing 3a the judges are being shady with her tech scores. She needs better spins and and skating skills. Hopefully she'll work on them.
Jason was awesome. Great skating skills and he deserved his PCS scores.
Anna, should've stayed in juniors for one more year. I'm not saying that to be mean at all but she only had a short time as a junior because of her injury. She is a sweet girl with a mixture of musicality and personality but they need to get rid of the 4Lz. She can't land it and depending on fast rotation isn't good. And wasn't her score 67 a few weeks ago? Do judges just copy and past scores across the board?
I can't get into Maddie and Zach's program. Maybe that will change throughout the season.
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I heard Kamilla broke her leg from doing quads. Poor kid. I like her SP program but it wasn't her best.