Re: Göteborg: Yawn!

"jokeypo1963" & Shillelaghs back and forths

>> What a lackluster competition at Göteborg thus far...I am so completely bored & disappointed beyond words.
> I guess it depends on your perspective. As a Canadian, I'm
> excited for Joannie Rochette that she reached her goal of
> being in the top 5.

As I am cause I love her look and her athleticism, but she should be doing better than 5th cause she is so strong. imho I'm much more a fan of the powerful gals than I am the Mao's/Kim's/Zang's of the world.

> I think Mao Asada and Yu-Na Kim are enchanting skaters.

Happy for you!

>> Not one clean performance in the Pairs long program.
> Unfortunately the U.S. hasn't had a strong pairs team
> for a while. Hey, at least John Baldwin has lost some
> weight and cut his hair... and that's improved his
> appearance 100%

NOT (Baldwin that is)! But I think she meant that there were NO clean programs - not just the US. I still can figure out how S & S won?

> But Wow - the Canadian team won the bronze in
> another case of bad judging. It's conceivable they
> should have won gold, or at least silver.

Can't argue with that at all!

>> Tanith Belbin trips. The Gold Medal for an American Ice
>> Dancing Team: Gone.
> The gold medal was never a shoo-in for these two. Have
> you not heard of Virtue/Moir of Canada? They won't
> likely win gold this year, but I'm betting on them in the
> future. Last year they were 6th, this year (so far), they're
> in 3rd, not even a point behind the Russians, who were
> held up in the marks. Gee, what's new eh?

Well Tanith and Ben were favored as the only medalists at this years event. But like Tanith said tonight on the US TV broadcast - she has to get back to enjoying bringing a good skate instead of letting the thoughts of medals creep into her head. They had a horrible year last year and lost ground and they know it. Not taking anything away from Virtue/Moir - love to watch them give me magic on the ice.

>> Kimmie Miessner finishes in Seventh place.
> Yes, she did, and that's where she belonged, if not
> further down the list. Her program wasn't well skated
> and she fell twice. Her arms were flailing around like
> windmills. She's just changed coaches and needs time
> to regroup. But it's not likely she's going to win
> another Worlds.

Kimmie is a great kid and I feel for her, but do not dispute her placement at all. But she did look stronger tonight than she did in St. Paul so that's a good sign. She may never win another worlds, but she has won one and how many skaters from today can say that? After today - 3 and one didn't finish at all.

>> Timothy Goebel, Ye king of the Quads, please come
>> back from retirement and skate again. US Figure
>> skating needs you.
> Oh, yee gods - no don't! The quad is overrated as a
> measure of skating ability. The men doing it end up
> with hip injuries, and hip replacements.

Timothy did the best he could with what he had at the time, but I don't want to see him back either. Wonder what he's doing these days?

>> The US figure skating team did the best that they
>> could despite the circumstances. That is just not
>> good enough.
> Your team is rebuilding. It happens when people
> retire. No one country can win everything all the
> time. Now THAT would be boring. Can you say
> the Russians a few years ago/

I'm not dissing the Americans at all cause this is a really crazy year for them, but what's totally wiping me out is the horrendous judging. It's totally abysmal.

As to the folks trying to "explain" stuff to me like I haven't been around for a zillion years - I do understand (sorta) the COP and now have looked at the protocols which went up today for the pairs and the ladies. If you fall on a jump you get a -GOE and a 1 point deduction, but look at those top gals who fell and tell me how in an interrupted program you can get the marks on the "presentation side" that you do? It's still who they want to be on top. My gawd look at the French Ice Dancers this morning. They IMPROVED on their lead with a very lack luster performance that was in no way technically better or "all other" better than your beloved Canadians.

I'm still going to watch the rest of worlds on line, but I can't say it's any fun. Maybe Takeshi will have the skate of his life and make me smile again :-)

Sorry I'm so sour, but I think it's pretty ugly at this point.

barb
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