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Bobbin said:
All hail Meryl and Charlie!

We can do all the basic ballroom dances, but on ice skates? Unhuh! I am blown away at how fast they skate, and how easy they make the deep curving edges and the changes of those edges look. Anyone who appreciates hockey will understand instantly. WOW!
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Congratulations on winning gold in ice dancing, it was close.

And now the real ice dancing begins with Canada and USA going for gold in girls hockey. :ZZZ
 
Umm, not even close to "dance"! I love hockey. Great game against Sweden...
 
I love figure skating mostly because I love dance (I skate on my ankles). But I don't love the direction the sport has headed in the past 20 yrs., or so. No more compulsory figures, no more compulsory dances which are designed to showcase mastery of the basic elements of figure skating. So much of the sport has been revised to appeal to a television audience (and advertisers)... frankly, no one wants to watch skater after skater perform the basic school figures or the very rigid sequence of steps that define the basic dances in ice dancing (I think that ended in 1988). But more than that, the focus on the athleticism required to pull off amazing jumps has superceded the mastery of controlled, deep, and secure edgeing right along with mastery of spinning and the artistry required to really "sell" choreography. It makes no sense that a failed triple or quadruple jump scores higher than a beautifully executed program of "lesser" difficulty. I would rather see a more moderate reintroduction of the basic elements/components than the relentless pursuit of quadruple jumps, etc. at the expense of the other elements of the sport that are its very definition. There will always be talented, capable skaters who will move the sport forward, just as there always have been. Very "old school", but my cursory google search unearthed some interesting tid-bits: Check out this guy's spinning ; he is considered to be one of the finest spinners the sport has ever seen (but was a silver medalist because "figures" were 60% of the score). You never see a competitor execute such a centred spin that is maintained so long nowadays (takes too much time and that means fewer jumps). RPM estimated at well over 200. And when he's finished the spin he has to take off again without falling over (no small feat). Another interesting link: http://www.dit.upm.es/~jantonio/personal/patinaje/spin.htm.
 
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my mom is big on the skating, so i grew up watching it always...nationals and whatnot. now is mostyl the scott hamilton show. dont get me wrong he's very entertaining how his voice gets higher and louder and he squeezes whenever there's a jump, but a good bit of the art of skating has been pushed aside to make room for triple axle-triple toe...or the all too popular failed attempt at the quad. I find that woman who is doing the commentary to be bizarre...she say the silliest things. i kinda do wish the hamilton backflip was a requirement though...that is pretty gutsy. I think thay should add hurdles...some type of obstacles to navigate with style.
 
In my cursory google search I happened upon a very interesting "rant" by the venerable Dick Button recorded in 2010. It pretty much sums it up, IMO. Scott Hamilton is shown before Dick takes the mike. I have noticed the dearth of skilled commentators recently... . Scott Hamilton is certainly qualified and engaged (!) but I have eschewed NBC in favor of the CBC station we receive on cable... VASTLY superior (even as I struggle to keep up with my rudimentary command of French).
 
No kidding! I had to leave for an app't. just as they were going into overtime. Couldn't find the game on the radio, either. The Canadians gritted it out, never gave up and really turned up the gas in the final minutes of the third period. They worked for it and it was a fabulous game. (went to UNH and they always had a great women's team).
 
Our Canadian ladies are rockin' the house literally ... Win for Canadian curling! Our Canadian women brought home the gold for hockey too :)
 
Finally some real excitement in these Olympic games..............Great game to both of Canada and US women's hockey .........Just too bad we didn't win ....ughh. <>

Congrats Canada ! You fought for it. It was our game to lose .............and we did....heh
 
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Delta-T said:
.makes my face hurt watching
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I can see why.:)
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In my little corner of New England we have the luxury of a Canadian TV station that is broadcast in French (large local historically Francophone community and lots of "touristes quebecois"). I love it! watch it all the time even though it's a struggle for me to follow the entirety of any prolonged dialogue. I have to say that their coverage of "les jeux Olympiques" blows NBC (and their "expert" stooges) right out of the water. Now that Time Warner is about to be sucked up by Comcast I suspect that station will soon disappear... . To be honest, that station and PBS are the only reasons we waste any money on the most basic cable package.

I have really enjoyed Curling and le Patinage Vitesse, too. (youngsters on snowboards are exciting but it doesn't look remotely like a "good idea" to someone my age, lol. Wow)
 
I guess you guys get to keep Beiber....
 

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Well, it ain`t over. We both have a game to play to get a medal. I wish everyone luck!
 
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Canada goes gold in men's curling!
 
alforit said:
What's curling ? ..............;)
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You know,,, they plug it in,,wrap their hair around it,,the open that long silver thing and pull it away,,, Wala! Curls!
 
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