People keep saying that W/P will continue at least 2 years, and same for H/D and C/B but now many people think that Maia and Alex will retire , Maia is 23 yo guys, she is only 1 year older than Stepanova and Gabriella P. . I mean, if there are 30 yo skters competing I see no reason for Maia 23 yo and Alex 26 yo retire now.
Anna Capellini is 30 yo
Meryl was 27 yo in Sochi
Tessa is 28 yo, Scott is 30 yo
Kaitlyn Weaber is 28 yo, Andrew 30 yo
Madison Chock is 25, Evan is 28yo
Madison H is 26, Zach is 27 yo
So, if they can continue competing, Maia and Alex can do it too.
Anna and Luca said that they won’t compete for 4 years again, but maybe they’ll stay in the next season. They haven’t officially said that they’ll retire.
Ice dance is the most predictable discipline though, no?
Olympics judges will be the same who were on grand prix final (4 of them) and europeans (4 of them) and in addition poland, slovak, Israël and another chinesse and US (Sharon R),
I just read the news, B/S don't plan to retire. I think I need to cry, just let it all out. :sad21:
Even beyond the twizzle mistake, Anna did not look "on" today. That program has such potential. I really hope they are able to perform well at the Olympics and at Worlds in their home town. It would be a terrific closure to their competitive careers!
This. Plus the judges have indicated all year that they vastly prefer PC. In 2011-2012, the judges still preferred VM's skating skills over DW, but VM kept making mistakes. They finally got it together at Worlds and so won, but that was the last time they won against DW.
A lovely couple, every year with splendid programs. I hope they can gain at least one european medal, before start to think of retirement. They can do it :agree2:Guignard / Fabbri were undermarked... they skated so well!
They might be having a Liebestraume but it sounds like a Liebestrauma to me
I feel really sorry for Anna and Luca...they could easily make the podium if they skate clean. But something really not okay with Anna :sad4:
They were overscored
I really love the music and their performance and the score doesn't matter here it is the placement which is correct. HOWEVER, p/c have essentially been crowned ogm and I feel that whilei u nderstand while people like them and their music over say Moulin Rouge - the better ice dancers imho are VM. i don't like Scott that much sometimes and what he says or how he says, it; I don't like mr but if you coudl seaprate your like or dislike for the muszic they really are the better team - better edges, better in equalness and quality but the magic that pc has which I would say vm matches easily somehow the judges forgive that Gabby while not horrible and im proved is noticeably not as good as Guiaumme. We have already said it doesn't really matter that pc have issues or a lack of ability to do the romantic, lyrical yes, but for whatever reason they don't come off too convincing when it comes to romantic type skates. Something very soft about about Cizeron's skating - like Toller Cranston - artsy, soft, almost balletic but no romance with Gabby. Still deserved or not the judges have seen to take a liking to pc even in the short which I thin favours V?m. if the compulsories were back I think we would see V/M ahead as the lack of versatility of pc would show more - they aren't horrible but just not as consistently wonderful at all dances unlike V/M. But life isn't fair. VM better get used to not winning because it won't happen.
Rows and rows of +3s and 10s, and that's when they aren't even putting their full energy into it!!