Figure Skating

[COESpiral]

Yay Shib Sibs!!

[stealinghome]

I like the ShibSibs' short program SOOOOOOOOO much better than their long program. They are just much better suited to fast, upbeat, energetic, somewhat peppy music. That was so much fun to watch, and they looked like they had a ball.

[scarynikki12]

That was so much fun!  Go Shibs!

[Dots And Stripes]

Timing the twizzles to the counting was gutsy. They make that look easy, especially following Weaver/Poje.

[Minneapple]

Yay ShibSibs! I love them so much. I was soooo nervous before their skate.

[healthnut]

Go Shibs! They killed it. 

[Jeddah]

Yay, Maia and Alex! That routine is so fun!

[sweeks]

I hadn't seen the ShibSibs' commercial for Minute Made before. The video of tiny Alex holding baby Maia might be even cuter than toddler Nathen Chen skating in a tuxedo.

[Vera]

That was a great SD by the Shibs! I sighed a relief once the twizzles were done.

ETA: 77.3!!!

Edited February 19, 2018 by Vera

[Chaser]

What about their scores? Fair?

[sweeks]

Has Madison Chock worn that dress the entire season? If so, how on earth have I not noticed it before?

[Dots And Stripes]

Just now, Chaser said:

What about their scores? Fair?

Tanith says they were a little low.

[herbz]

Good for them. Well deserved. A Level 4 midline but only a Level 2 Rhumba, downgraded from original call. Being tough again now?

Edited February 19, 2018 by herbz

[Moxie Cat]

Just now, Chaser said:

 

What about their scores? Fair?

 

Tanith said early on that 75-80 is the range for the top teams.

[ombelico]

Spare a thought for the poor parrot that had to die to make Madison Chock's dress. Ick.

[specialj67]

Tanith seemed concerned that the Shibs got dinged again in the technical score for the required dance pattern.

[Shaynaa]

Is she supposed to look like a peacock?  If not, yikes.  STill not as bad as that Canadian before.  Is there some rule that ice dance costumes have to look absolutely ridiculous?

[GeminiDancer]

Whatever happened to Emily Samuelson?

[Chaser]

I'm confused. Evan had a noticeable balance issue in the twizzle but all the boxes are green. 

Edited February 19, 2018 by Chaser

[MaKaM]

2 minutes ago, specialj67 said:

Tanith seemed concerned that the Shibs got dinged again in the technical score for the required dance pattern.

Yeah, weren't all those early teams getting 4s?

Edited February 19, 2018 by MaKaM

[Dots And Stripes]

Chock and Bates were all green right away where as the Shibs had 2 yellows to start.

[shoregirl]

Madison Chocks dress looks like it belongs in the broadway show Rock of Ages (that is not a complement). She looks like  the bad girl in a 80s movie.

Edited February 19, 2018 by shoregirl

[twoods]

Shut up Andrea! Let them enjoy their skate.

[Vera]

2 minutes ago, GeminiDancer said:

Whatever happened to Emily Samuelson?

She got dumped for Madison Chock. 

[scarynikki12]

Enjoyed Chock and Bates but I prefer Shibs.

[BitterApple]

I loved the two-second death glare from Madison when she saw the score then quickly plastered on the fake smile.

[Vera]

Green means that the level was clearly seen. Yellow is under review. 

[Souris]

I loved the joy in the ShibSibs' routine. But it really looks to me like the judges are eyeballing them more closely than some other teams. Those yellows! Ugh, so frustrating! One of their elements actually went from green to yellow. They aren't the "chosen ones" for the judges, I guess.

Edited February 19, 2018 by Souris

[blackwing]

I don't know much about ice dancing, but I thought the Shibutanis were technically great, but I'm just not seeing the presentation skills.  Especially even compared to this next US couple.

Also, in ice dance isn't this supposed to look like a dancing couple?  Who dressed them?  It looks like they each randomly pulled something out of their closet.  There was seemingly no coordination between the outfits except for the sparkly.   I thought she looked fine but that puke colour brown looks especially awful with his skin colouring

[Minneapple]

Just now, BitterApple said:

I loved the two-second death glare from Madison when she saw the score then quickly plastered on the fake smile.

HAHAHAHAHA. I was going to say that that was the fakest of the fake smiles on Madison's face.

[herbz]

Je ne comprends pas these tech calls.

ETA: Level 4s???

Edited February 19, 2018 by herbz

[Thumper]

4 minutes ago, Shaynaa said:

Is she supposed to look like a peacock?  If not, yikes.  STill not as bad as that Canadian before.  Is there some rule that ice dance costumes have to look absolutely ridiculous?

I like the colors, but those flaps hanging front and back would have annoyed me.  I think.  Were I a world-class ice dancer. ?

[COESpiral]

Now comes the group with all the judging chicanery!  Which team is gonna get screwed?  Who's deliberating with whom?  I feel like Mr. Burns.

[specialj67]

2 minutes ago, scarynikki12 said:

Enjoyed Chock and Bates but I prefer Shibs.

Me too. The Shibs give the right amount of winky, over the top fun.

[Shades of Red]

Carol doesn't like the scoring right now.  She's disagreeing on the score for Chock and Bates and thinks they should be lower.

Are there five teams left to skate?  Canadian, American, Italian, and of course the French team.  Who am I missing?

[mtlchick]

My forever Olympic BF said it best:

 

[scarynikki12]

There's still a Not Russian pair left right?

[herbz]

3 minutes ago, Shades of Red said:

Carol doesn't like the scoring right now.  She's disagreeing on the score for Chock and Bates and thinks they should be lower.

Are there five teams left to skate?  Canadian, American, Italian, and of course the French team.  Who am I missing?

Carol is correct. Those twizzles should not have got the full levels, and the Rhumba was suspect too.

Edited February 19, 2018 by herbz

[legaleagle53]

Just now, Shades of Red said:

Carol doesn't like the scoring right now.  She's disagreeing on the score for Chock and Bates and thinks they should be lower.

Are there five teams left to skate?  Canadian, American, Italian, and of course the French team.  Who am I missing?

The Not!Russian team.

[MaKaM]

Judges gotta leave some room to overscore the not!Russians into.

[Shades of Red]

Just now, scarynikki12 said:

There's still a Not Russian pair left right?

That's who I forgot!  I think you're right.  I'm blocking them out as I don't believe they should be there.  Here's hoping they don't place/medal.

[SeanC]

1 minute ago, legaleagle53 said:

The Not!Russian team.

"I can't believe it's not Russia!"

[GeminiDancer]

1 minute ago, herbz said:

Carol is correct. Those twizzles should not have got +ve GOE.

And the rhumba sequence was not that good either.

[AshleyN]

1 minute ago, herbz said:

Carol is correct. Those twizzles should not have got +ve GOE.

Did they get a good GOE? Because even to my (very) untrained eye they looked wonky and slow.

[Moxie Cat]

To my (untrained) eye, nobody can match the Shibs' short dance twizzles.

[legaleagle53]

1 minute ago, AshleyN said:

Did they get a good GOE? Because even to my (very) untrained eye they looked wonky and slow.

They also looked rather boring compared to the Shibs -- at least I thought so.

[BitterApple]

2 minutes ago, AshleyN said:

Did they get a good GOE? Because even to my (very) untrained eye they looked wonky and slow.

Mine too. I don't understand what the judges are looking at when even the casual viewers can see he flubbed.

[COESpiral]

NOOOOO!  The glitter twins!  I thought we'd been spared!

[herbz]

Chock and Bates were overscored relative to the Shibs. This tech panel is doing my head in because they're probably about to decide the medals in the next 20 minutes and I've disagreed with too many calls. I'd think I was going mad if Tanith didn't say the same.

[ChicksDigScars]

10 minutes ago, scarynikki12 said:

Enjoyed Chock and Bates but I prefer Shibs.

They seemed so much slower than Maia and Alex. ESPECIALLY the Twizzles, but who doesn't? 

 

I saw that technical score go down before the Shib's even left the ice. Their boxes were all turned to green, but the score went DOWN. I smell something stinky.