bumphystars wrote:P/C's scores are surprising to me as well. They are not at the level of V/M, especially with the SD. I realize that they were a few points behind V/M in the SD score, but not by enough. They don't interpret the Latin rhythm nearly as well.
Jonas wrote:
I also felt Higuchi should've won this event. Watching her skate right after Zagitova, I thought Higuchi looked faster, more powerful, more polished, more expressive, and just overall had the better performance of a better choreographed program. IMO, Higuchi should've beaten Zagitova on every component. Zagitova looked comparatively juniorish, albeit a very, very good junior, but won on her ability to land all 7 triples and 2 2Axels with arms over head past the halfway point. Oh well.
Virginia wrote:Can't warm up to Radionova's skating. The child just flails. Watching her skate is like nails on a chalkboard.
Now, Sotskova? Night and day. She's light and delicate and etheral, lovely to watch, without Medvedeva's sometimes mechanical quality. She's my favorite of the Russian ladies, though I have soft spot for poor Anna Pogorilaya. So sad to be 19 and chased off the scene by the prepubescent jumpers, but that seems to be how Russian ladies' skating is going these days ...
Andy wrote:bumphystars wrote:P/C's scores are surprising to me as well. They are not at the level of V/M, especially with the SD. I realize that they were a few points behind V/M in the SD score, but not by enough. They don't interpret the Latin rhythm nearly as well.
I have to respectfully disagree on this, Bumphy. I am not a big fan of this year's SD rhythms, and I must say that only a very few couples (and far between) in history of skating have made latin rhythms interesting for my personal taste. That said, V/M SD is in my book a tad more interesting than that of PapCiz from a composition and interpretation point of view. Regarding the FD, I find V/M fantastic skaters and the first time I saw their FD I thought that there would be no competition - but then I saw PapCiz and I would have their FD at par with V/M's, if not above.
We can discuss on whether V/M bring some more maturity to their skating than PapCiz (especially Pap), but in terms of skating I find Cizeron superior to Moir (or to any other male skater at the moment). In terms of PCS, I would be hard pressed in choosing one of the team above the other. If I look at some technical elements, my preference would go to PapCiz (twizzles, rotational lift, dance spin, for example). I think it will come down to how they will perform on the night of the competition.
For sure, the stage is set for an exciting dance battle!
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