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Excellent choices. Girl has taste. Poeta is a safe but perfect choice for her abilities, while bird set free is bold and she can rock the ice with that.

TAT's work with Mao was awful. Little choreo between the elements and music choices that didn't suit Mao during the two most important seasons of the quad. She was betting everything on the step sequences, which were always good i have to give her that. Morozov was to her what Gleikhengauz is to Eteri. Just that Gleikhengauz gets more credit. I give a special point to choreographers able to make good choreos in all categories. And Morozov did that. Unlike Wilson for example. ETA: Sayuri was made by Lori. Easily one of the best programs. Linked firedance, miss saïgon and invierno porteno.

After reading your post i have to say that i give more value to Wilson's work than before. I see him a bit differently. It's obvious that he's/was a CoP genius given how Yuna was able to get the points that others couldn't. HOWEVER, imo, he's not 2nd after Lori. I give Lori the first place too because she created some iconic programs, has longevity on top, still does some good things, even if she lacks innovation. But Wilsob is not that good, mostly consistently good to put him in 2nd place. First the only program that you talked about and i can call masterpiece is the lark ascending. The kind of program where everything is in place, you don't see how those 4min went so fast. Skated cleanly, it's the only program of that quad that i would give 70+ in PCS. Clearly superior to Gershwin. Chaplin is close to a masterpiece too but i'm not totally convinced. The other masterpiece that i would give to him is danse macabre. That's all. Clearly he was inspired with only one or two skaters. While there are other choreographers who deliver with many skaters each season. I put easily Tom Dickson above him. You said that Wilson quickly created programs that fit perfectly the coP. But there is this https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwjm3fiTidjhAhWDSRUIHdczDlkQwqsBMAB6BAgEEAU&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov That's Dickson's work. Created in 2005-2006 when Yuna was junior (she recycled) And i think it's one of the best tango de Roxanne for many people. I think his muse is Satoko Miyahara since he delivers everytime he does choreo for her. These are masterpieces https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwij6_-bi9jhAhXOVBUIHXxnAHIQwqsBMAJ6BAgGEBA&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwjN0Nuui9jhAhWZUxUIHfzSAl0QwqsBMAB6BAgHEAU&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwiZh83Ii9jhAhVTShUIHXE_AgQQwqsBMAN6BAgHEBM&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov And of course he did a senior program for Rika Kihira this season https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwig5ZGDjdjhAhXF66QKHYhbBxUQwqsBMAB6BAgHEAU&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov Not the junior one that Wilson did. He has mostly less "prestigious" (by that i mean skaters who don't win world or olympic titles) clients. So maybe that's why he gets less recognition i guess. Nikolai Morozov is often forgotten (maybe because he's not so liked). He made some good things like this for Volosozhar/Trankov https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwid2-3zkNjhAhUWVRUIHcedBpgQwqsBMAd6BAgEECU&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov&cshid=1555538824833 Or this for Ilinykh/Katsalapov https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwifl_HqktjhAhVLzKQKHb2HAtcQwqsBMAZ6BAgDECI&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov Shae despite being "new" has enough good work to challenge Wilson even if she can't go above him for now. Seimei and Skyfall are jewels.

David Wilson is second? Interesting. Why?

Well, it won't be bad like her tango at least. Maybe she wanted to to do more warhorses when she was with Eteri.

Well, nothing fresh so far. IMO, Medvedeva's SP will be choreographed by Misha Ge. That's the kind of songs he likes to work on. I can see her doing good enough on that music since it isn't that different than everything she's done so far. But i think that skating on memoirs of a geisha is a bad bad idea. I can't see how she can skate beautifully on that music. Imo her skills are not yet at a level where she can do justice to that music. I won't be surprised if she changes her music choice. I even bet it will happen.

Honestly, i can see Medvedeva on nats podium if she does well with what she has, even with no quads. Don't underestimate fed's love for her and how high those GOEs and PCS can go.

Maybe.

Again?! Whyyyyyyy?

Why does no one want to skate on eros?

See football. Seems a pretty objective sport. You score more goals you win. But there is the referee. He/she can change the result by giving a red card that he shouldn't have, grant a goal that he shouldn't have. FIFA got the VAR to solve the problem. Just that they let the last word to the referee who can choose to grant a goal while the whole stadium saw like him that there was an offside. And some shit still hapenned at the last world cup. So as long as human is involved, there will be shit in sport.

Yes. When you see Simone winning with an huge gap at the last worlds while she fell twice, there is a problem.

Everything which gets scored by judges actually.

Ballet should be an olympic sport too. Since we have a 100% subjective olympic sport.

I think there are more chances for a 4S than a 4T. Her toe-loops look heavy. When she was doing 2A-2T-2T, it looked like the hardest combo she ever done. So yeah maybe 4S, even of i think that it will be URed most of the time, if not everytime.

Something tells me that next season URed quads will be judged with the same amount of leniency than flutzes (or flat edge lutzes) at worlds.

1. List the top 3 combined totals for men 1.Nathan (with 330+) 2. Shoma 3. Vincent  2. List the top 3 combined totals for ladies 1. Rika (with 240+) 2. Liza (with 230+) 3. Kaori (with 230+)  3. Which country’s teams will be the gold, silver, and bronze medalists? 1. Russia 2. USA 3. Japan  4. List the top 3 combined totals for pairs 1. James/Cipres 2. Zabiiako/Enbert 3. Moore-Tower/Marinaro 5. List the top 3 combined totals for dance 1. Papadakis/Cizeron (With 225+) 2. Hubbell/Donohue 3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov  6. Who will earn the most points on each team (remember that points are based on placement in each of the segments rather than score) USA: Nathan Japan: Rika Russia: Zabiiako/Enbert France: Papadakis/Cizeron Italy: Matteo Canada: Moore-Towers/Marinaro 7. Who will receive the highest raw GOE on a jump (includes throws for pairs)? Chen  8. Who will receive the highest raw GOE on a non-jump element. If multiple skaters tie, it will be based on who gets the most elements with that GOE. If there is still a tie, choosing any of those skaters will get you the points. Kaori 9. Who will receive the highest raw PCS score? Papadakis/Cizeron  10. For those who attended both, whose total score will improve the most from worlds? Rika. 11. In which disciplines, will there be a new world record? Ladies, Dance, Men 12. Which country’s teams will have no falls or pops of greater than 1 rotation (i.e. quad to double, triples to singles)? None 13. Will there be any singles skaters that have all positive GOE and level 4’s throughout the competition? Yes

Sois la bienvenue Eva! Tu es issue d'un sacré mélange culturel. C'est cool de parler autant de langues.

Glad that Yuzu won't compete at WTT. This ankle deserves a good rest.

Oh that's why Jackie Wong said that "high quality crossovers" deserve high TR mark!

https://mobile.twitter.com/sheriaan/status/1109141985695129600

There are some skaters who start to be really mean to Eunsoo on social media. I don't see the need. Really. Megan Duhamel should relax.

Korean media are not the most trust worthy. I won't believe anything if there are no proof. The only thing i know is that months ago, Eunsoo and Mariah were happily posting pics and videos of them together on instagram.

Don't forget Sota who is recovering his jumps. Now that he got quad and 3A back, with a bit consistency he will also be on the fight.

I find those memes really fun. Great sense of humor. I don't see what is offending. Better to laugh about not going to worlds than to cry.