Knickknacks: General Skating Chat

Mods, if you think the topic is too hot, just delete it. Well, sad news: Russia as a country has been excluded from the 2018 Olympic Games. The athletes will be allowed to compete under the neutral flag as "Olympic Athletes from Russia". The big question is, will they though? Will all of them give it a pass? Will some of them choose to go? If they do choose to go, what rules will apply to who can compete, will "Olympic Athletes from Russia" inherit Russia's slots or will they be treated as a new country with one skater allowed? Something else entirely? If they choose not to go, which seems very likely, will their slots be redistribute…

The tension of the approaching games is so high nowadays! Maybe we can get it out a little by put the terrifying and the miraculous into words. For me, the best case would simply be this picture happening again at PyeongChang gala: It will be hard for all of them. Yuzu and Zhenya just came back from injuries, with Yuzu landing straight on Olympic ice and Zhenya losing her EC title to Alina. GPF showed us how judges are turning towards PC and away from VM, and how SH cannot afford any mistake facing SM. But they are all true champions. I believe they’ll rise to the occasion no matter what. Oh, and to add some icing on my dream scenario cake…

Some excerpts: Another article explaining how the technology works, and how it is used. Third article about this, they've been working on it since 2017 Some discussion on reddit Some issues brought up by Duhamel Some possible solutions from other sports Split tech / PCS panel for judging, More technical commentaries with statistics and analysis like the JPN TV? Some fan initiatives https://twitter.com/skatingscores, iirc there's a Japanese version ran by another fan but I can't find it

Anyone know? Curious how each segment has been selling. Which events sold out. NHK, Rostelecom, Helsinki, and Autumn Classic all sold out right? What about the non-Yuzu/Japanese events? Was GPF sold out?

This is the thread for ISU Communications for the season 2018/19 For all up-to-date ISU communciations click here: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications 2018/19 ISU Communications: Ice Dance - Requirements for Technical Rules with ongoing validity, effective July 1st , 2018 Communication No. 2164 - https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/17126-isu-communication-2164/file Ice Dance - Scale of Values (revised) Communication No. 2167 - https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/17140-isu-communication-2167/file Single & Pair Skatin…

Hi guys! Over the past couple of months, my friends and I have been working on a project together in hopes of creating a small difference for our fs online community. We are reaching the home stretch on this project; however, we still need to lot more resources/helpers who are willing to help us put together a few more things and provide feedbacks. We are looking for people who are into downloading and archiving a lot of videos, hardworking, organized, and willing to help! It would be great if you could read/write another language other than English (Chinese, Russian, Japanese...etc) but that's not necessary. If all of these qualities sound like yours, please…

After the announcement by the ISU that there may be 'Radical Change' in scoring coming up, there has been a lot of speculation on what is and isn't possible in the future regarding the proposed changes. What are your thoughts on the proposed changes? What do you think would be better changes or different changes that could be made in scoring? While this has been touched on in some of the more general threads, there are enough of us that I think have thoughts or questions enough to start a discussion specifically about the scoring system and what should/shouldn't be changed. I'm very interested to see what thoughts others have on the various proposals and th…

How Figure Skaters beeing Pro Stars?

I am absolutely baffled by the fact that it seems like there will be no investigation into Eteri Tutberidze‘s team after all that has unfolded these Olympics. Kamila didn’t medal , which was convenient to sweep things under the rug, and with everything that is happening right now, Russian athletes won’t be allowed to compete anyway at Worlds. Is this how it’s going to end? The ISU is a pathetic organization all across the board. From judging scandals , to abuse, to even doping. Why is everything so discussed in a “hush hush, let’s not talk about, that was an outlier” way (hope you get what I mean)? There is obvious bias and corruption in the way the sport works, and if ru…