World Figure Skating Championships 2014

zarinaballerina wrote:

shar wrote:

emory903 wrote:

The thing about this order is that Mao is the first to skate of the medal contenders, I really hope they don't hold down her scores likethey did during the LP at Sochi

It's not the same. First, Sochi's placement was for the LP, and Mao was in the second group with almost no chance at medaling after her disastrous SP. Which is why I think the judges held back her overall score....and to give Julia a chance to stay in the top 5. There's no excuse for the judges here to hold back Mao's SP score if she goes clean. 1. She's a part of the final 2 groups. 2. And the start order is for the SP, not the LP, which skaters are placed in the order of how well they did in the SP.

Remember, Machida was in group 5 for his SP, and he still ended up in first.

THIS. I honestly believe this is Mao's competition to lose. If she'll deliver, then judges will give it to her, if she won't...well, then it's going to be between Caro and Julia.

If Mao gets in the ice with the same iron strong mentality she had back in Sochi FS and delivers her Nocturne magnificently like in GPF last year, I see absolutely NO REASON for the judges and tech panel to hold her down. Heck, we might even see a WR for her SP.   

With that being said, ice is slippery. I personally would not count the Americans out.

With Ice Dance, it would be very gratifying to see P/B get the gold. Their The Little Prince FD is something special.  

Videos are also up:





The rest are uploaded on the same channel.

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Regarding the men's SP, so far I am very, very pleased with the judging. Tatsuki is deservedly first, his performance seriously challenges Michelle's gold standard East of Eden program. Also, now we can completely dispel any fears of a possible HANFLATION post-Sochi.  

shar wrote:

emory903 wrote:

It's so funny that the 3 sisters are skating one after another, I bet they got a kick of out of that during the drawing

The thing about this order is that Mao is the first to skate of the medal contenders, I really hope they don't hold down her scores likethey did during the LP at Sochi

It's not the same. First, Sochi's placement was for the LP, and Mao was in the second group with almost no chance at medaling after her disastrous SP. Which is why I think the judges held back her overall score....and to give Julia a chance to stay in the top 5. There's no excuse for the judges here to hold back Mao's SP score if she goes clean. 1. She's a part of the final 2 groups. 2. And the start order is for the SP, not the LP, which skaters are placed in the order of how well they did in the SP.

Remember, Machida was in group 5 for his SP, and he still ended up in first.

Thanks for the reassurance! I really Mao hope delivers the same way that he did and blows everyone out of the water...

klarification I am not that into ice dancing but when I was watching the Olympics, their The Little Prince program was one of my favorites

stream Pairs FS (PJ Kwong Canadian)
http://www.tvole.com/livestream/1/781340/march-27-2014/isu-grand-prix-saitama-other-figure-skating-dancing.html

1st Savchenko-Szolkowy world champs again!   

itsonlykat wrote:

1st Savchenko-Szolkowy world champs again!   

I'm so happy for them. Well deserved.

FigureArtist14 wrote:

itsonlykat wrote:

1st Savchenko-Szolkowy world champs again!   

I'm so happy for them. Well deserved.

I kept saying please DO NOT do triple axel   . Russian skated clean but damn there was no sparks between these 2. It left me COLD   . I guess when it was in Sochi, it was different because of the Russian crowd behind them, overhyped. I do like them, but they need to work on their chemistry.. I don't agree with the canadian results. Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch should have been 3rd. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford did not skate clean, not inspiring, also she really struggles with jumps its very visible.

itsonlykat wrote:

FigureArtist14 wrote:

itsonlykat wrote:

1st Savchenko-Szolkowy world champs again!   

I'm so happy for them. Well deserved.

I kept saying please DO NOT do triple axel   . Russian skated clean but damn there was no sparks between these 2. It left me COLD   . I guess when it was in Sochi, it was different because of the Russian crowd behind them, overhyped. I do like them, but they need to work on their chemistry.. I don't agree with the canadian results. Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch should have been 3rd. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford did not skate clean, not inspiring, also she really struggles with jumps its very visible.

I completely agree with every point that you mentioned. I was hoping that Moore-Towers and Moscovitch would get the bronze, but Duhamel and Radford did have a lead over MT&M.

klarification wrote:

Regarding the men's SP, so far I am very, very pleased with the judging. Tatsuki is deservedly first, his performance seriously challenges Michelle's gold standard East of Eden program. Also, now we can completely dispel any fears of a possible HANFLATION post-Sochi.  

   Well to be fair, the inflation was only reserved for Chan, this is why it'll always be known as Chanflation.   You can't expect that the mere human like Hanyu will be deserving of the same treatment as "Patrick the God Chan". After all, Patrick is oh so special, and the rest aren't.   

In all seriousness, I'm glad Hanyu isn't being overscored. The last thing this sport need is another Chan.  

emory903 wrote:

I am not that into ice dancing but when I was watching the Olympics, their The Little Prince program was one of my favorites

Mine too, and my mother is absolutely in love with these two. Though she also thinks Ilinykh/katsalapov's Swan lake is one of the best programs ever.   

I'm not an ice dance expert, but many say that while their Little prince is a great program, it doesn't have the difficulty. I really hope we won't see yet another overscoring of I/K (that 110 in Sochi was beyond ridiculous) and that either the French will win or if it has to be Russia, I hope they'll give it to Bobrova/Soloviev instead. I really don't want to see I/K on top of the podium.   

Ladies will start in a few minutes. I'm so nervous. It won't be another 3+ hours before Mao's turn and I already have butterflies in my stomach.
Go, go, goooo Mao! You can do it, just remember Sochi's LP!    

Another 3+ hours before Mao's turn as Zarinaballerina says. I wonder how Mao keeps her
nerves calm. I read somewhere that she likes to do puzzles. I wonder if she's doing one now.  

Samurai Mao wrote:

Another 3+ hours before Mao's turn as Zarinaballerina says. I wonder how Mao keeps her
nerves calm. I read somewhere that she likes to do puzzles. I wonder if she's doing one now.  

Its midnight here, but waiting on Mao to skate if this is her last performance.

**I just saw Hae Jin Kim SP, seriously she needs to stop copying Yuna Kim   . She needs her OWN style. wow its just so weird.

Gabrielle DALEMAN love her SP so charismatic, lovely ending! wow   

my stream froze    

Here you go http://www.hahabar.com/20140325/v--780816-5330aff8cc66d6.30020686.html

thanks itsonlyat   

Oh wow, So Youn was so beautiful.   Such a shame for the lutz mistake and finishing behind the music. It wasn't that much after music, they should've given her a break, IMO. Oh well, lesson for next time.

itsonlykat, I completely agree. I've seen her first move and thought, WTH this is Yuna. It's great that Yuna is her role model and all, but come on, the world has already had one Yuna, it doesn't need another. You can be great and lyrical and passionate without copying her. Just get your own style. This was really weird to watch. The hand gestures, the facial epression, even some choreography screamed Yuna.   Is this normal?

And I also really like Gabrielle Daleman. Such passion. I prefer her to Osmond. She seems more natural.

park sohouns dress reminded me alot of Mao's first swan dress

I'm behind! What's the update? Which group is it? How long until Mao skates?

2 more groups then Mao

ballerinamao wrote:

2 more groups then Mao

Oh okay! Thank you!

just woke up, 4:50 am -_- i was too nervous during my sleep :p can't take the risk to miss mao's performance  

Go MAOOOOOOOOOOO    

any reports about Mao's last practice session?

Otchoto de mus :3 wrote:

just woke up, 4:50 am -_- i was too nervous during my sleep :p can't take the risk to miss mao's performance  

Go MAOOOOOOOOOOO    

you are luckier than me, i woke 3:35am just to realise that i won't be able to see mao peformance because i won't be at home -.-

breynows wrote:

Otchoto de mus :3 wrote:

just woke up, 4:50 am -_- i was too nervous during my sleep :p can't take the risk to miss mao's performance  

Go MAOOOOOOOOOOO    

you are luckier than me, i woke 3:35am just to realise that i won't be able to see mao peformance because i won't be at home -.-

   whyy

Do we have a livestream from the ladies?