It was Denis' post-skating dream to become a film maker, and he had pitched to director Timur Bekmambetov the idea for a film about the relationship between a hearing-impaired girl, and a speech-impaired young man -- Bekmambetov intends to make it happen!
Kana MURAMOTO/Daisuke TAKAHASHI (JPN) -- Coming out like SHOTS with difficult holds AND fast footwork (I'm seeing more intricacy than I remember already? ) -- great choreo rhythm -- GREAT twizzles (both lv 4!!) -- good PD step (lv 2) -- More solidity in the midline (lv 2/3)
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH TRAVIS JAPAN'S MICS?? IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT!!! Choreographically they can stand up to any Korean boy band -- song wise and vocally, not so much though
#AmericasGotTalent
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#AGTQualifier5
(2/2) Nice rotational lift (lv 4) -- just SO MUCH ENERGY and SO MUCH FUN, and that's a LOT more solid than their 1st event -- they just continue improving by LEAPS and BOUNDS EVERY TIME OUT -- you would NOT know Dice was NOT originally an ice dancer
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Kate -- you've NEVER been a good liar --- Mark -- you about to get your you know what TOSSED b/c Rebecca and her brothers WILL SEE THROUGH YOUR LIES --- YES
#ThisIsUs
Muramoto/Takahashi (JPN) -- LOVE the music ALREADY -- beautiful spin (lv 4) -- stunning straight line (lv 4) -- one foot steps decent (lv 2, still need growth) -- gorgeous rotational (lv 4) -- lovely stationary lift (lv 4) -- diagonal step a bit far apart (lv 2) but I love how
(2) they came out of it WITH SPEED -- one foot steps GREAT and musical (4/3 for now but probably will get knocked down -- or maybe not) -- lovely choreo lift -- beautiful sliding move -- THAT WAS LOVELY, it told a cohesive STORY, SO MUSICAL -- I WANT TO WATCH IT 20 MORE TIMES!!!
David Oyelowo's complexity in depicting Javert's confusion and inability to comprehend Jean Valjean's compassion (and how it convinced him to have compassion on Jean Valjean) and the mental slide that takes him down is MASTERFUL
#lesmis
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#LesMisPBS
Kana MURAMOTO/Daisuke TAKAHASHI (JPN) -- Just the FREEDOM in these opening moves, gorgeous choreo character step -- right into straight-line/rotational combo lift (lv 4s!) -- great twizzles (lv 4s) wonderful stationary lift (lv 4) -- lovely dance spin (lv 4) --
I mean, what do you EXPECT to happen when the guy literally probably had ONE day of rest AT MOST after the GPF (🇫🇷 fed really has a sadistic side NOT saying "good job to you and Adam for making GPF, PLEASE REST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPETE HERE")
You're literally meaning to tell me that Howie and Heidi chose Hans over BOTH Jack AND Junior Creative???! I'm DONE with
#AGTChampions
after this first episode....
🇮🇹 NADO Italia (National Anti-Doping Organisation) confirms to RIA that Daniel Grassl missed 3 doping tests. No sanctions have been applied yet, he has been requested to provide an explanation.
"Dear God, we are among barbarians" --- I reserve the right to use this line in my internal speak whenever i'm in a crowd of people I hate
#VictoriaPBS
@rockerskating
That would make Michelle the all-time leader in 🇺🇸 champs w/ 10 - (breaking a tie between her & Maribel Vinson Owen). I guess at the time they didn't want to give the title to Michelle out of fear Tonya would sue (claiming she knew nothing of the attack) - it just seems silly now
(1/4) Correcting earlier post:
Well, this is an unexpected Olympic wrinkle -- 🇨🇿 and 🇯🇵 have had to withdraw one of their judges each from the Olympic figure skating judging panels pools -- 🇨🇿 judge was drawn for the women's and pairs team event judging pools, as well as the
@AshWagner2010
The shock and awe in the crowd when the moose head comes alive and delivers the biographical information of all the skaters during the warmups 😆
@JasonKander
"kai-oats" is dominant regional pronunciation in the Plains part of Midwest, but "kai-oat-ee" is dominant along coasts, in deep South, & most of Great Lakes (MN,WI,OH at least). It probably depends on your family background & whether you watched Looney Tunes cartoons growing up.
Aljona deserves her own hall of fame independent from the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, it's just that simple, she's on a completely different plane
@renato_nali
@poorlawyer
All this over FOUR seconds though? I know we're all pressured to want things resolved as quickly as possible (esp. in sports for TV's sake) but the PRIORITY should ALWAYS be getting the RIGHT result in the FAIREST way possible, and this does NOT feel like that
It's really exhausting how some in the press either don't deem you worthy of attention AT ALL (because "you haven't achieved anything" in their eyes) OR they feel you should basically be a human version of the UN, an absolute geopolitical EXPERT on EVERYTHING once you do
With the 2022 Winter Olympics coming to China in less than six weeks, I asked US gold medal favorite Nathan Chen about the disturbing Peng Shuai situation: ‘I’ve been so engrossed in my training and my preparation for the upcoming nationals so that’s still where my mind is at.’
How to make a Skate America 2023 announcement and a completely LATE and anti-violence statement that's tinged w/ a WEIRD amount of apparent jealousy that your announcement intention got pre-empted, all in one... 🙄
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Ashleigh Barty takes out
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Angelique Kerber in about the most entertaining straight-set match you'll ever see, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) -- Kerber tried to rally and seize the momentum in the 2nd set, but Ashleigh dug deep & raised her level, especially in the tiebreak
#WIMBLEDON
I don't miss the Russians AT ALL -- these top three FD's were THE BEST FD's all year -- WR SCORES for Gabi/Guillaume!!!!!
#WorldFigure
#WorldFigure2022
You have to remember (& given comment, you're prob. too young) that IJS was still in very infant stage. Panels really didn't become more hardcore for couple more years (b/c it still took majority of skaters awhile to learn what made IJS tick). Sasha's magic is experienced live.
(2/3) one foot step (still a weakness, her lv 2/him lv 1) -- beautiful choreo slide -- diagonal step another weakness (her lv 3, him lv 1) - good curve lift to end (lv 4) -- I still feel like they are improving EVERY time out
(3/3) , but sometimes I also feel like Dice's knees don't get DOWN into the ice and really PRESS enough, once in awhile he still has a bobble here and there -- not there BEST FD but certainly not bad in any way
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Saddened to hear of the passing of Jacque Tiegs, who was such a big fan of the sport/friend to so many and so involved in the sport as a photographer at photo shoots and competitions for so many years....
#RIPJacque
Anastasia Tarakanova OUT of RUS nats due to injury --- she's the 13TH skater/team withdrawal from this year's nationals -- and competition doesn't even START until Thursday -- someone bubble wrap all the skaters AND the rink boards...
(1/2) Sad news to report, from CSKA's website -- yesterday, Maria Sotskova's father passed away suddenly:
06/28/19 7:15 pm
Our condolences
A great misfortune happened at our rink.
@grace_is_sugoi
The show will take 9-10 hours b/c they'll do a "every Italian act ever to compete at Eurovision & Sanremo" retrospective with two hours exclusively dedicated to Raffaella Carrà
St. Moritz Ice Skating Club
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Congratulations to Alysa Liu for becoming 4th US lady in history to land a 3axel in competition! What a great accomplishment. It happened yesterday (again today!) at Dublin Iceland during CCIA competition, hosted by her home club. Go Alysa!
@GraceEGold
You showed guts and fortitude -- just remember it's a PROCESS and the journey to Beijing 2022 (if that's your goal) is a MARATHON, NOT a SPRINT -- let your heart shine in that free skate!
These protocols for S/K -- the panel was two judges away from giving them perfect 10.00 on Performance -- in a program where their mid-line only got level 2 and their one foots got level 1/2......
#NHKTrophy
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@LOREEN_TALHAOUI
HAS A TOP 15 HIT IN 🇺🇸 AS "TATTOO" APPEARS ON THIS WEEK'S BILLBOARD GLOBAL 200 (AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE "EXCLUDING US" GLOBAL 200)!!!! WE DID IT WE WON!!!
A bit misleading in the title, but Evgenia said in nterview after her speech at IOC meeting and decision that it was too early for her to answer whether she would skate in PyeongChang as neutral athlete -- emotions are raw