I'm so happy for Maia and Alex making the podium!!! Congrats!!! 

Congrats to all the medalists!!! 

 

 

Congratulations to the podium! But have you seen my faves?

 

 

 

Perfect Olympics, true legends are getting their gold medals- first Savchenko/Massot, then Yuzu and now Tessa and Scott. 

 

Just woke up.

Congrats!!!

 

*off to find videos of the programs

I actually prioritized a good night full of sleep this time but I’m so happy with the Podium 

Yayyy!!! So happy for shibsibs!

I have a question for those on this forum that know more about the technical side of ice dance. I've read the opinion on Twitter that the shibs were underscored and PC overscored. Is there something to that or should I take those posts with a grain of salt? 

1 hour ago, Sayu93 said:

I have a question for those on this forum that know more about the technical side of ice dance. I've read the opinion on Twitter that the shibs were underscored and PC overscored. Is there something to that or should I take those posts with a grain of salt? 

Grain of salt.

If "opinion on Twitter" knows better than "the judges" at the Olympics, "opinion on Twitter" should have become judges good enough to be chosen to go on the panel of judges.  

They're not. 

The Internet is never right, just a bunch of opinions of people who think they're smarter than a bunch of educated judges. Now, judging is still biased, but that only goes so far, and certainly not so far that the internet is less biased. 

Congrats Tessa&Scott! Love their passion on ice Also happy for Shibs!

Ok, finished watching the top teams and my favourites.

 

M/R of Japan - I love how much they've improved. I hope they continue, and inspire skaters from Japan to consider and take ID seriously.

 

Outside of the podium finishers, my favourite FS was C/L of Italy.

 

C/B - the fall was devastating, not only does it cause them -2 deduction, but it also invalidated their spin. I am so so sorry. 

 

I think the placement is fair. V/M has the exact same BV as P/C but was scored lower in GOEs and PCS, which (apart from SS in particular) is about right, imo. P/C just had a bad, bad luck in their SP. I personally like the more subtle but enchanting routine of P/C's FD, but understand completely the appeal of V/M's FD. I have the complete reaction to their SDs.

 

The Shibs were wonderful, too. But come on, those who said they were underscored. Is this the case of 'watching skating while american' again? 

 

I check both the protocols and the judges scoring from skating scores.

Look at the US and Canadian judges. I mean, it's the most colourful scoring so far (as in judges are so divided in this event), but the Canadian putting W/P in 3rd (actual rank: 7th) and the US putting C/B in 7th (actual 12th) are just wild and screamed 'I panicked!'

 

P/C and relatively the Shibs are still young (I am actually rather surprised that the Shibs are the older ones I mean, I should know better, but). I hope they stay around longer and broaden their style a bit.

 

Once again, congrats to all the medallists!

I prioritized sleep last night since i return to work today after time off and i am surprised to see VM ended up winning, which i am very happy to see. And Shibs got on the podium, also nice to see... I will watch it later when I return from work...

Thank you both of you who replied. So my hunch to take it with a grain of salt Was right.... Thx again