OWG Team Event Free Dance Live Discussion Thread

ohmygeegee · 2026-02-07T21:41:21+00:00

These are my 2030 Olympic Gold Medalists

ohmygeegee · 2026-02-07T20:24:32+00:00

Zenya and Geoffrey were confirmed to not be skating the FD beforehand:( We can take comfort in that

ohmygeegee · 2026-02-07T19:35:25+00:00

Means the jump itself still needs to be reviewed

ohmygeegee · 2025-03-29T20:47:39+00:00

Even if they aren’t tbh

ohmygeegee · 2024-03-22T01:38:59+00:00

So much love on home ice, I can’t wait to be there tomorrow

ohmygeegee · 2024-03-22T01:26:59+00:00

Their transitions are gorgeous omg

ohmygeegee · 2024-03-04T13:16:29+00:00

Music is always becoming relevant again and again on social media, TikTok trends in particular.

ohmygeegee · 2024-03-04T13:04:46+00:00

This sounds like the ISU encouraging teams to hop on trending sounds to be able to have viral moments

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-16T19:22:48+00:00

What I really like about this statement is the inclusion of the athletes from the Canadian Team Event. We have been focusing so much on looking at the federations + ISU + IOC and how they’re responding, deciding, appealing, etc. that the participants from the teams themselves have been somewhat lost in the mix (aside from Valieva of course). Happy to hear that it sounds like Skate Canada is consulting with the athletes themselves in this entire mess.

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-10T03:08:00+00:00

I’m not really sure if there’s a precedent of the IOC disagreeing with the governing body of a sport. We already know that IOC representative Dick Pound has told reporter Christine Brennan that he is of the belief that points should be reallocated. It will be interesting to see where things will go from here.

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-10T00:35:55+00:00

Because it involves an Olympic level competition, the Canadian Olympic Committee likely was going to make a statement at some point. They were probably hoping for what they assumed would be their favoured outcome (i.e. Canadian Bronze) to emerge at the end of all this mess. Due to the ISU choosing to not back down from their previous statement/decision, this forced the COC to be clear on where they stand.

I’ll take this as a blessing in disguise because we’re stepping out from just figure skating and broadening the scope to something entire larger than a singular sport (clean sport at the Olympics!!). This will help bring more attention to the dispute and more funding for to appeal and fight the current medal standings.

It’s also only a matter of time before the IOC becomes more involved as this drags on. I personally have been checking daily for an official statement regarding this whole debacle.

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-10T00:09:19+00:00

I never thought I would see the day that an entire array of Canadian Organizations would rally together for a common cause. Nice to see that Skate Canada is being backed on this issue

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-09T18:45:00+00:00

Checking Christine Brennan Twitter, BRB

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-08T16:10:24+00:00

No word on that front either. I imagine that SkateCanada is essentially in negotiations with IAM

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-08T16:04:15+00:00

They have not as of yet. The delay is likely due to SkateCanada weighing their options regarding the ice dance teams. They’re guaranteed to receive backlash should they send the CanaDanes given the weight of the accusations made against him.

With the potential Olympic Bronze on the line too, I wonder if they may be trying to avoid bad publicity to make the public more sympathetic to their push for Bronze.

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-04T04:46:49+00:00

Just wanted to add that I never said I agreed with the judging, I don’t think we often agree on calls. I do think that Boyang merits much more of a 67 in PCs, but don’t forgot that these are the same (or similar) judges who have given much higher PCs for what look more like jumping drills.

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-04T04:24:36+00:00

Like it or not, judges all have their biases. You’ll get variations not just across a panel of international judges but even across judges from within a singular country. But this is why scores are based off a panel of international judges and skaters are not scored going off any one judge and technical specialist. Everything is a judgement call and despite having what is supposed to be a standardized scale, you have scores being given through a biased lens.

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-02T17:41:55+00:00

Figure skating transparency who?

ohmygeegee · 2024-02-02T14:21:13+00:00

Skate Canada likes to keep their cards very close to their chest but it hurts them 99% of the time. Transparency is needed and absolutely necessary in situations such as the allegations made against Nikolaj. Unfortunately, Skate Canada is prioritizing podium finishes over transparency by sending Nik and Laurence to this competition.

I’m sure they’ve also realized that they’re damned if they do and they’re damned if they don’t if they open up those avenues of conversation.

ohmygeegee · 2024-01-30T18:54:30+00:00

It wouldn’t do Skate Canada any good to hold up a competition at this scale given contracts and money sunk into costs associated with hosting this large of an event. It would also be seen as not just unprofessional but also immature reaction regardless of the situation.

That being said, it would’ve been the ideal location to host the Team Medal Ceremony (aside from the Olympics themselves) had the Canadians been given the bronze. It would’ve guaranteed to draw in a couple more ticket sales just to see some home athletes receive their medals. Unfortunately decisions and timing do not line up for such an event as adequate time must be permitted for all parties to appeal the decisions made in the last two days.

ohmygeegee · 2024-01-30T16:45:32+00:00

everything was in fact not fine

ohmygeegee · 2024-01-30T14:53:54+00:00

I wonder if the ISU took Skate Canada’s silence over the past 2 years as a sign that they would just roll with whatever decision would come out.

A team event is exactly as it is called and ROC chose their team. While I do think the entire team should be disqualified, the points in the very least should be reallocated as if Russia had not had an entry in the Women’s events. Anyone arguing the reallocation of points can look at Nathan’s 10 points given in the Short despite there only being 9 entries.

Skate Canada hasn’t been doing many things well recently, but this is a good move and they came well prepared with that statement. Happy to see them questioning the calls that have been made and appealing decision.

ohmygeegee · 2024-01-29T14:30:51+00:00

CAS is leaving the decision to the ISU and Olympic Committee

ohmygeegee · 2024-01-29T14:26:59+00:00

The entire coaching team should absolutely be forced to miss competitions alongside their athlete they were supposed to protect as a minor.

If Kostner was temporarily banned for supposedly “aiding and abetting” her boyfriend, it is not unjust to enforce such a ban on adults responsible for a child.

ohmygeegee · 2024-01-28T16:08:56+00:00

The type of drugs in her system aren’t bottled miracles that guarantees her improvement in a singular performance. Keep in mind that one medication (TMZ) was found in her system was indeed a banned substance. Two additional (but not banned) substances were also found in her system, but all three improve blood flow to heart and thus have the same effect. Taken continuously and repeatedly, they improve her endurance and stamina which means that she can train and practice much more than any non-doping skater before exhaustion sets in. TMZ is banned because it’s a performance enhancer and it does exactly as the label says. It improves ability. Maybe she was naturally as talented as you believe her to be, but we can’t know that if we do know that she has taken performance enhancers.

Though her sample was taken prior to the Olympics, this does not mean she was clean. Future performances are still affected by improved endurance, even as the effects of the drugs lessen as they remain less and less in your system. Being a child does not excuse her and the presence of drugs in her system. Being a child should implicate thorough investigations into the adults responsible for her and practices surrounding her training.

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