World Champioships 2010

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icedragon

28-03-2010

Originally Posted by CombatHamster:
“I really like Florent Amodio's and Javier Frenandez's programs as well. Denis Ten is someone else Eurosport didn't show. I watched most of the men's LP on an online stream 'cause I really didn't want to miss them. Will probably do that for most of it next year when I'm at uni. Adrian Schulteiss is another skater I like 'cause of his mad music and costume choices (plus he does quads). I'd have given him bonus points just for skating to Pac Man. I always think the men's skating seems to have so much more character than the ladies.”

Oh yes I forgot Adrian. Loved him when he did his short with the counter balance spread and shot the judges last year. He is now mad boy in our house due to his fab programme with fab music and straightjacket costume.

lilhunni_Jo

28-03-2010

Originally Posted by icedragon:
“You can still see the men's online here
www.eurovisionsports.tv/events

and more of the gala

Loved Fernandez and Amodio and Kevin Reynolds and also Ryan Bradley's whose long programme made us laugh so much - so foppish!”

Thanks for that link!

I think Fernandez, Schultheiss and Amodio are probably my 3 favourites in men's skating at the moment, now that Lambiel's gone. Can't really take to the big guns, but those three younger ones I really love

CombatHamster

03-04-2010

Just a reminder that the BBC coverage starts today at 1pm (BBC 1).

pilgrim4j

03-04-2010

Originally Posted by CombatHamster:
“Just a reminder that the BBC coverage starts today at 1pm (BBC 1).”

Am I alone in finding a brother-sister partnership vaguely 'icky'?

pilgrim4j

03-04-2010

...and I agree with Robin about the pairs - the Germans woz robbed

yellowlabbie

03-04-2010

Originally Posted by pilgrim4j:
“...and I agree with Robin about the pairs - the Germans woz robbed ”

I agree too, my favourites Aliona and Robin were just beautiful

and should have won.

CombatHamster

03-04-2010

The Germans did not do well in the short though, especially compared to the Chinese. They outperformed them in the long, but that's how these things work.

Anyway I'm glad I'm not relying on the BBC for coverage. Showing five from the ice dance and only one from the men's? Also Robin's commentary has gone back to being boring.

pilgrim4j

03-04-2010

Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“I agree too, my favourites Aliona and Robin were just beautiful and should have won.”

Yes! I get what CombatHamster means about the short programme, but I thought the differences in quality for the final dance were FAR greater than was reflected by the marks: the Chinese were all over the place in terms of timing. They were also totally emotionless...

Veri

07-04-2010

Originally Posted by Tiger Rose:
“Watched the Ice Dance earlier. It was a great competition. Davis & White deserved to win the Free Dance - they were even better than in the Olympics whereas Virtue & Moir were not quite as good and made a couple of errors. Think Scott & Tessa were a little fortunate to win Gold tonight. ...”

Originally Posted by misskitty600:
“I missed the Americans but they seemed to have been very good by what the commentator was saying. Tessa and Scott didn't have the same magic as at the Olympics but I do always enjoy watching them perform. Missed Robin on the commentary!!”

Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“I agree about Davis and White, I loved their short programme and I think they were unlucky not to get the gold. Their long programme was really difficult and performed perfectly.”

Originally Posted by SheShe:
“I agree. I thought they deserved gold.

The Kerrs did well. ”

It was interesting what Robin said (BBC highlights) about the rules for ice dance being about to change to go with the direction it's taken recently -- "aesthetically really pushing and pleasing" -- and his seeing Davis & White and Virtue & Moir as part of that.

(Unfortunately, the only change I can specifically remember is getting rid of the compulsory dance, which would allow couples to concentrate more on the remainging two.)

However, I thought his comments on Davis & White's free dance (which were different from the sorts of things he said about it in the Olympics) were setting up to justify Virtue & Moir's win.

And Sue Barker was annoying in her excessive praise for Virtue & Moir, saying they'd been in a league of their own in the Olympics and that they were head and shoulders above everyone else in the worlds -- even though they'd just come 2nd in the free.

Much as I like Virtue & Moir, and have no problem with them winning gold in the Olympics and the Worlds, I find that sort of thing irritating.

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