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[copravolley 499]

I wonder if the Italians will make it to the podium? Yesterday they had their worst performance in a short program at a major event since 2022

[copravolley 499]

14 hours ago, vovanA said:

My theory is that there were not enough ice rinks for all figure skaters and ice hockey players in USSR, so only those who had a bigger chance for medals could properly train. Since there were good pairs and dancers (and ice hockey teams), why bother about women? 

 

Your anthem was beautiful in the 90's

[vovanA 210]

6 minutes ago, copravolley said:

 

Your anthem was beautiful in the 90's

Exactly! Miss it very much. Luckily it is still played by mistake from time to time

[Topicmaster1010 5,363]

Ice Dance Quotas:

 

3 quotas:

 

2 quotas:

 

1 quota:

 

 

 

 are able to send another team to the final qualifier

 

 is the team to miss out

[copravolley 499]

The Italian pair have a disastrous performance: the score is much worse than at the European Championships and also than at the previous 2 World Championships. In general, they have been doing worse at every World Championship since 2023. Assuming that in 1 year one Russian pair returns at a high level, the chances of an Olympic medal are almost zero.

Edited March 29 by copravolley

[Gianlu33 5,278]

10 minutes ago, copravolley said:

The Italian pair have a disastrous performance: the score is much worse than at the European Championships and also than at the previous 2 World Championships. In general, they have been doing worse at every World Championship since 2023. Assuming that in 1 year one Russian pair returns at a high level, the chances of an Olympic medal are almost zero.

That dance crap, which is a sport of robbery, this year confirmed that it is a mafia. The Italians have dared so much by presenting a programme very different from the classical standards (and I don't like it) and the judges are harshly and rightly beating them up.

Fabbri and Guignard have already announced that they will return to classic programmes next year (and magically they will be back on the podium). A discipline decided at the table.

 

 

Do you want bet something?

[copravolley 499]

First, they lost the medal in the short dance, where their performance were also the worst in the season,

 

Second, since they had a good free dance, with which they won silver and bronze at the World Championships in previous years (with the result from 2023 it would be another silver today), why experiment and invent something new? You don't change what works well - better is the enemy of good,

 

The facts are that the Italian pair achieved a worse result at the World Championships than at the European Championships and generally had a weak season, and assuming the return of strong Russians, to win a medal they will need to score around 216-217 points, or maybe more.

Edited March 29 by copravolley

[copravolley 499]

16 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

That dance crap, which is a sport of robbery, this year confirmed that it is a mafia. The Italians have dared so much by presenting a programme very different from the classical standards (and I don't like it) and the judges are harshly and rightly beating them up.

Fabbri and Guignard have already announced that they will return to classic programmes next year (and magically they will be back on the podium). A discipline decided at the table.

 

 

Do you want bet something?

Add 1 strong pair from Russia and Cizeron, who will return with a new partner and this medal isn`t so certain. They will definitely have to refer to their life form from 2023, and so far, they have been recording worse results every year.

Edited March 29 by copravolley

[Josh 11,528]

3 hours ago, copravolley said:

I wonder if the Italians will make it to the podium? Yesterday they had their worst performance in a short program at a major event since 2022

Look man, I love ya, but calm down with the complaints.

[NearPup 3,498]

Malinin is crazy