Worlds 2009 - 22.-29. March 2009, LA

Petra

Lana wrote:

Petra wrote:

It´s not my top three Rolling Eyes

, but:

Congratulations!!!! Congrats!

Really?

What was your podium, Petra? zvet

Good question lol!

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But:

The problem is that at the moment my TV is broken Rolling Eyes

and that I simply have seen nothing of the worlds nooo

! I depend completely on kind souls who are uploading vids to youtube or fsvids Rolling Eyes

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So: I can´t answer you this question! Until now I have not had the time to check youtube or fsvids for this, and I really can´t tell if they deserve being on the podium or not! I can´t judge if it´s fair that these ones have won the medals and that others haven´t...

And therefore I only congratulated and did not add a comment but telling that my favourites are not on the podium Wink

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All I can say is that the ones who are on the top of the podium now simply in general are not my favourite dancing pairs...
I simply never belonged to the ones who like Domnina / Shabalin...
But this does not automatically mean that they do not deserve being there Wink

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I like other dancing pairs (the Kerrs, Khoklova / Novitski, Faiella / Scali, Davis / White...) who maybe will never be on a podium in Worlds during the next years ... But who knows...

Sorry that I can´t give you a more satisfying answer! zvet

I hope you understand the "dilemma" I´m in... Rolling Eyes

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Dear Albena, dear Maxim!
Thank you for everything!!
I wish you only the best of all from now on!!

Lana

Petra wrote:

And therefore I only congratulated and did not add a comment but telling that my favourites are not on the podium Wink

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Oh okay.

I misunderstood and thought you were unhappy with the results because you'd seen the skating and thought it was poorly judged. Buh..

I hope your TV is fixed soon! Buh..

But at least we have wonderful creations like FSVids.net and of course, the Classic Standby, YouTube! Bravo!

Lana

Ivana wrote:

I agree with Lana that Linichuk is something else. I think we can also include Karponosov. Laughing

Tanith improved so much this year. :vo:

I've never been a fan of her and Ben and also did not like Domnina & Shabalin, but this year they rock. poklon

The change of coaches helped them. :vo:

Poor Karponosov. Weep

It is terrible of me to neglect him so! Laughing

You're wonderful too, Karponosov! :respect:

And I agree with you on both points, Ivana! zvet

I really liked Oksana and Max a few years ago. Their 2005-06 FD was gorgeous. Buh..

But since then... Erm..

I think their coaches had ran out of ideas for fab dances because they'd really lost the quality that had made them so compelling to watch. Embarassed

But they have *it* back and it's so fantastic to see!!! Bravo!

Just loved them here. Buh..

Lana

viktoria wrote:

Lana you are absolutely right that Linichuk is a miracle worker and i am glad that both teams switched to her .I am not an expert and Oksana and Max probably were better technically but i didn't enjoy their FD as much as i enjoyed P/B ,B/A ,K/K,V/M and D/W .It was too heavy and slow to digest and i hope next season their coaches will chose something more delightful for them . zvet

Too each their own opinion, yes? zvet

I loved that dark drama surrounding Oksana and Max's dance. Buh..

But that's always been the kind of stuff I like! Laughing

I loved it. :luvzy:

That passion and emotion has always been what made ice dance so special for me. :dube:

So, I guess you can tell why I liked it! lol!

viktoria

Lana wrote:

Too each their own opinion, yes? zvet

So, I guess you can tell why I liked it! lol!

Of course , and i never stopped liking them but was disappointed with their choice of FD for the last 3 years this one included.I absolutely love the OD but this FD IMHO is to heavy for them and i was unhappy with the lifts that looked powerful but were done with a struggle and i am not talking about Max .Oksana was literally climbing on him and to me it wasn't graceous at all.I don't know maybe she gained a little weight or they should have different kind of lifts but for me something was off in that dance. But ,yes as you said everybody has different opinion and overall i am glad they came back and won.Another thing that bottered me enourmously / and i hope i won't get you mad/ was Max's reaction after they saw their marks.It wasn't the reaction that was saying "Yes ,we did it" ,it was more of "Yes,in your face" .I was like "Get over yourself , man you are good but not so great if you don't have the support of the Russian Federation and your coach's diplomatic skills". I hope you understand what i mean.I just don't like this kind of attitude . zvet

Lana

viktoria wrote:

Another thing that bottered me enourmously / and i hope i won't get you mad/ was Max's reaction after they saw their marks.It wasn't the reaction that was saying "Yes ,we did it" ,it was more of "Yes,in your face" .I was like "Get over yourself , man you are good but not so great if you don't have the support of the Russian Federation and your coach's diplomatic skills". I hope you understand what i mean.I just don't like this kind of attitude . zvet

Oh that's the exact opposite of what I saw. :blush2:

I just saw a guy who was genuinely happy with the results. I didn't see any ego or macho behaviour, just relief and excitement. :wink:

They've had a hard season. I thought Max was celebrating the fact that it was finished. I thought there was a real sense of relief when he threw up his arms, like "Thank God that's done!". Rose

If it was Roman K doing the same gesture... :kataus:

Then, I'd have agreed with you!!! :respect:

evagremmert

I too believe that he was just so happy with their performance. Even on the podium during the medals ceremony he got Oksana to sing the Russian Anthem and they looked so happy. His interview afterwards was very gracious they took pictures with Tanith, Ben, Gennadi and Natalia all together. I thought that was very nice.

viktoria

Lana wrote:

Oh that's the exact opposite of what I saw. :blush2:

I just saw a guy who was genuinely happy with the results. I didn't see any ego or macho behaviour, just relief and excitement. :wink:

They've had a hard season. I thought Max was celebrating the fact that it was finished. I thought there was a real sense of relief when he threw up his arms, like "Thank God that's done!". Rose

If it was Roman K doing the same gesture... :kataus:

Then, I'd have agreed with you!!! :respect:

OK, i agree. Kisssssssssss

He is a sweet guy and i gues you saw it better than me . :vo:

And about Roman was just :kataus:

Lana

viktoria wrote:

And about Roman was just :kataus:

Can you imagine? :kataus:

Imagining Roman doing such a thing is almost enough for me to miss Navkos. bla-bla-bla

Petra

The result in women´s competition:

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1 Yu-Na KIM KOR 207.71 1 1 zvet

2 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 191.29 2 3 zvet

3 Miki ANDO JPN 190.38 4 2 zvet

4 Mao ASADA JPN 188.09 3 4
5 Rachael FLATT USA 172.41 7 5
6 Laura LEPISTÖ FIN 170.07 6 7
7 Alena LEONOVA RUS 168.91 11 6
8 Fumie SUGURI JPN 164.58 9 9
9 Sarah MEIER SUI 163.37 10 10
10 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 162.48 8 11
11 Alissa CZISNY USA 159.78 14 8
12 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 153.56 5 15
13 Susanna PÖYKIÖ FIN 153.31 12 12

Please, can someone tell me what has happened to Carolina Kostner? I mean 15. place in LP... That does not seem to be normal for Karolina at all...

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Dear Albena, dear Maxim!
Thank you for everything!!
I wish you only the best of all from now on!!

Petra

Petra wrote:

Please, can someone tell me what has happened to Carolina Kostner? I mean 15. place in LP... That does not seem to be normal for Karolina at all...

Just watched it myself in youtube... Now I understand... Crying or Very sad

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Dear Albena, dear Maxim!
Thank you for everything!!
I wish you only the best of all from now on!!

brita

unfortunately she was worse than bad Crying or Very sad

....i was shocked....every jump was a failure....it just wasn't her day

Vania

Me too, I've wondered what happened to Carolina Crying or Very sad

I've watched only the performances of top 4 (IMHO, Mao deserved to get a medal), I'll search for videos in youtube ... it's really awful ranking for her.
But congrats for Laura Lepisto Smile

I'm fan of hers since last Euros, and again she's the best ranked European :stari:

I'm curious to see her FS too.

As for the ice dancing, I'm happy for Kerr/Kerr and Nathalie/Fabian - very good ranking for them. I hope they'll improve more in the next years, if they won't retire, (I mean the Kerrs Crying or Very sad

because I'll miss them so much).
I think that Tanith and Ben were a little bit better than Oksana and Max and deserved the title. IMHO, their OD and FD were better. But anyway, since A&M don't compete I don't care so much who wins Razz

Congrats for them! And for Linichuk and Karponosov, of course Smile

- another world chapmions coached by them Smile

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brita

What a beautiful gala ohhhh

.....i loved Tomas's programme he was so funny .I thought Bryan would perform his Euros programme (i'm yours by Jason Mraz)but i guess he was more in the mood for Hallelujah Crying or Very sad

(i just can't forget his face at the end of the FD Crying or Very sad

)....I admit that Bryan was my favourite but i go by the rule 'may the best man win' and Evan was the best but honestly i didn't like his gala programme ....he just moved his hands more than he skated....YUKO and ALEXANDER also rocked....such an original presentation zvet

....the rest were ok(IMHO)....only one regret...POOR ALIONA she got sick and they couldn't perform saaad

....maybe next year

Petra

Vania wrote:

Me too, I've wondered what happened to Carolina Crying or Very sad

I've watched only the performances of top 4 (IMHO, Mao deserved to get a medal), I'll search for videos in youtube ... it's really awful ranking for her.

Vania, here´s Carolinas FD: saaad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A00fLTkB1w

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Dear Albena, dear Maxim!
Thank you for everything!!
I wish you only the best of all from now on!!