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Post by Renee V on Feb 22, 2010 14:25:39 GMT 1
I am so disappointed with them for sticking with these costumes and choreography...
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Post by Renee V on Feb 22, 2010 14:31:10 GMT 1
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Post by anne on Feb 22, 2010 14:39:57 GMT 1
Hello, well I am disappointed too. But it was not that bad, much more better than at Europeans. But if I compare them with the Virtue/Moir or Davis/White..... The worst thing is that they are much more better than this. I know that Maxim is struggling with his knee but they are still capable to perform a stronger and better original dance!!!!!!! Now I am convinced that to move to Linichuk/Karponosov was a very bad idea. While they were training in Moscow, they had better choreographies!!!
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Post by Renee V on Feb 22, 2010 14:52:34 GMT 1
yes, any other rhythm would have shown their strength much better than this dance
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Post by Renee V on Feb 23, 2010 1:22:25 GMT 1
www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/figure-skating--canadians-lead-as-aboriginal-dancing-russians-trail_288756YG.htmlFigure skating: Canadians lead as Aboriginal-dancing Russians trailFeb 21, 2010 Vancouver (AFP) - Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir surged to the Olympic ice dancing lead as world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin's controversial Aboriginal-themed original dance failed to impress in Vancouver. A dramatic Spanish Flamenco allowed Virtue and Moir to overtake the Russians who had been leading after the compulsory dance, with the three-time Canadian champions scoring 68.41 points for the programme and 111.15 overall. The Canadians opened up a 2.60-point advantage on US champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who moved into second with their crowd-pleasing Bollywood-themed Indian Dance. The Americans scored 67.08 for the original dance and 108.55 overall The Russians toned down their controversial costumes which had offended Australian Aboriginal elders during the European championships. They lightened their dark bodysuits, cut back on some of the white swirls, although they stuck with their red loin cloths and threw in a few more eucalyptus-style leaves. But it didn't go down well enough with the judges. Domnina and Shabalin scored just 62.84 leaving them with an overall 106.60 and putting them 4.55 points behind the leaders in third position going into Monday's free dance final. "We heard some opinions about it being offensive, and we tried to do it lighter," explained Shabalin. "We changed it a little bit to make it more authentic and less theatrical. "We changed our routine about five to 10 percent, but we always do this after every competition to try and improve. "Our whole intention when we chose this music was to be fair and friendly, we didn't want to offend anyone," He said they had made the changes after their coach Natalia Linichuk did a bit more research. "Natalia had a lot of research with people who know this culture. We did big research in the beginning of the season." He added: "You can't be 100 percent authentic." Virtue was delighted with their performance as they bid for Canada's first ice dancing gold. "It felt amazing," said Virtue. "We just stayed in the moment every step. We were actually quite relaxed. We feel like all of Canada is on the ice with us." Moir said: "We do like our chances. Meryl and Charlie and us - we're part of the new ice dance system, and that's the way it should be." Olympic silver medallists Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto are in fourth position. Russia look set to leave Vancouver without a figure skating title for the first time in 50 years with Domnina and Shabalin having a large gap to make up going into the final round of three. Teams from Russia or the former Soviet Union have won all but two of the Olympic ice dancing titles since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1976. ea/mp © AFP, 2009-2010
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Post by Renee V on Feb 23, 2010 5:55:32 GMT 1
Bronze medal for Oksana and Maxim That really was the best they could do here...
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Post by Renee V on Feb 23, 2010 6:11:14 GMT 1
Oksana in tears on the podium
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Post by lolatsorelosers on Feb 23, 2010 17:34:33 GMT 1
How pathetic is it to earn a bronze medal, which to me was a gift...and then cry in the media that your opponents, who clearly outperformed you didn't deserve to win. Oksana and Maxime are CLASSLESS individuals that need a reality check if they think they deserved to win.
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Post by Renee V on Feb 23, 2010 19:06:35 GMT 1
Can you find me an article in which they say that because I can't find one...?
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Post by maximaddict on Feb 23, 2010 22:59:45 GMT 1
How pathetic is it to earn a bronze medal, which to me was a gift...and then cry in the media that your opponents, who clearly outperformed you didn't deserve to win. Oksana and Maxime are CLASSLESS individuals that need a reality check if they think they deserved to win. Dear Lolatsorelosers, welcome to this Domnina and Shabalin fansite! Funny you should use the term "earn" when talking about their medal and then consider it a gift. Can you kindly provide us with a link to where Oksana and Maxim allegedly say their opponents didn't deserve to win? These athletes are two of the most respectful towards their fellow colleagues out there, I highly doubt they would ever say that, until you provide us with a link, of course.
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Post by Renee V on Feb 23, 2010 23:24:09 GMT 1
I think he confuses Oksana and Maxim with Plushenko here...
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Post by maximaddict on Feb 23, 2010 23:24:43 GMT 1
Oksana and Maxim, congratulations on this beautiful Bronze medal! It is worth gold and over for all you had to go through to get it. Thank you for never giving up, despite the pain, the adversities and the hard times. Thank you for skating your hearts out last night: I am ever so proud of you! Your style, class and intensity will be hard to match! The very best of luck to you both!
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Post by xavier on Feb 23, 2010 23:28:28 GMT 1
I'm also so proud of Oksana & Max, yesterday they skated so good, as I say, with their hearts and souls.
Congratulations! ;D
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Post by xavier on Feb 23, 2010 23:31:26 GMT 1
They also have a total new Personal Best Photos from Daylife.
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Post by xavier on Feb 23, 2010 23:32:50 GMT 1
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