June 4, 20188 yr 1 hour ago, kaeryth said: Of course they did I think I'm missing the meaning behind your response... (I believe the concept of the rule was to avoid the 2002 OG scandal of presidents pressuring judges...?)
June 4, 20188 yr Ye Lim???? Also, I so no Lorrie Parker huh.. ETA: saw on twitter that the reprimand for Ye Lim Kim was because she missed her doping test.
June 4, 20188 yr 26 minutes ago, Cerunias said: I think I'm missing the meaning behind your response... (I believe the concept of the rule was to avoid the 2002 OG scandal ofpresidents pressuring judges...?) It's because the president of the Canadian figure skating federation, Leanna Caron is an international judge.
June 4, 20188 yr 25 minutes ago, Cerunias said: I think I'm missing the meaning behind your response... (I believe the concept of the rule was to avoid the 2002 OG scandal ofpresidents pressuring judges...?) Sorry.. was being sarcastic (and just realised it might not come across through text). Interestingly enough, president of CAN fed was also on the judging panel for ID at the Olympics. V/M definitely deserved Gold and they would have achieved it whether or not the president of the fed was there.
June 4, 20188 yr 15 minutes ago, sallycinnamon said: It's because the president of the Canadian figure skating federation, Leanna Caron is an international judge. 13 minutes ago, kaeryth said: Sorry.. was being sarcastic (and just realised it might not come across through text). Interestingly enough, president of CAN fed was also on the judging panel for ID at the Olympics. V/M definitely deserved Gold and they would have achieved it whether or not the president of the fed was there. Thanks, I picked the sarcasm. I just didn't have the context to understand it. If Papadakis/Cizeron performed at PC the way they did at the WC, then they would have probably edged out Virtue/Moir, rather than the other way around as it happened. For me, Virtue/Moir have that ability to involve the audience in the emotion of what they are expressing. Papadakis/Cizeron on the other hand, I feel like I am an observer to that emotion, not a part of it. It's a fine difference, but in entertainment and artistry, I think it becomes a crucial point of difference. In their WC performances, esp the short dance, I felt that Papadakis/Cizeron came close to involving the audience in that emotion (their free dance, to me, felt too manufactured with respect to the emotions expressed, albeit technically and artistically it was beautiful).
June 4, 20188 yr Looks like the steps before solo jump might be no more, but I'd be surprised if quad repetition proposal passes. Shout out to the chap who asked why repeating triples does not affect variety.
June 4, 20188 yr Copied from the Gen Skating thread Love the Russian representative RE: connecting steps! "What is the purpose of deleting the connecting steps in the short program? As F. Bianchetti said it is difficult to distinguish this but for many years the skaters were doing this and the judges were able to distinguish this. What is the problem now? Either the skaters cannot do them or the judges cannot figure out where the steps are."
June 4, 20188 yr 2 minutes ago, kaeryth said: Copied from the Gen Skating thread Love the Russian representative RE: connecting steps! "What is the purpose of deleting the connecting steps in the short program? As F. Bianchetti said it is difficult to distinguish this but for many years the skaters were doing this and the judges were able to distinguish this. What is the problem now? Either the skaters cannot do them or the judges cannot figure out where the steps are." And Fabio went mumblemumblecontroversialmumble.
June 4, 20188 yr 3 minutes ago, WinForPooh said: And Fabio went mumblemumblecontroversialmumble. ... and after Ari made his speech about limiting quads and voting to remove that proposal which a lot of people applauded Lakernik was all "Thank you we are out of time... it was very interesting"
June 4, 20188 yr 2 minutes ago, kaeryth said: ... and after Ari made his speech about limiting quads and voting to remove that proposal which a lot of people applauded Lakernik was all "Thank you we are out of time... it was very interesting" They couldn't be more obvious if they tried. They don't give a duck. I like the tall chap from New Zealand too. The way he made the point about pauses in short dance to people who were obviously condescending to him was very entertaining.
June 4, 20188 yr 11 minutes ago, WinForPooh said: I like the tall chap from New Zealand too. The way he made the point about pauses in short dance to people who were obviously condescending to him was very entertaining. A true Kiwi hero that we need in dire times!
June 4, 20188 yr But did you notice how part of the real intention slipped out, from the technical chap? Reduce the number of quads. Covered up immediately with not the main intention, it's not the main aim, blah blah.
June 4, 20188 yr 5 minutes ago, WinForPooh said: But did you notice how part of the real intention slipped out, from the technical chap? Reduce the number of quads. Covered up immediately with not the main intention, it's not the main aim, blah blah. Honestly? I was kinda tuning him out because he was babbling too much and it was all nonsense but that sounds about right..
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