Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier capture ice dance silver at worlds for third straight year
Canadian Olympic bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finish second in the ice dance competition at the ISU figure skating world championships in Prague.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7146003?cmp=rss

la patinoire de #prague sur la 2 pour les mondiaux de #patinage qui balance du #gims sur haut parleur ... actuellement inculpé pour faire partie d'un réseau de blanchiment d'argent #corruption ...

sponsor #guinot ? un avis ?

l'info va tellement vite avec internet que beaucoup ne la voit jamais passer ....

#icedance

Olympic champs Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron lead ice dance at the figure skating worlds
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France improved their rhythm dance to take a commanding lead in the ice dance at the figure skating world championships on Friday.
Olympic bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of
Canada sit in second heading to Saturday's free
...
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figure-skating/world-figure-skating-championships-march-27-9.7144678?cmp=rss
Spontane Post-Olympia-Aktion: Heute bei der #ISU Eiskunstlauf-WM in #Prag :) #icedance

🎶 When I find myself in times of trouble,
And I want to watch TV…🎶

I watch old Canadian Olympic Skating routines. Specifically:

⛸️Share-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, “Riverdance” Nagano 1998
⛸️ Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, “Moulin Rouge!” Pyeongchang 2018

I almost always feel better after watching those two. But if I need a bit more, some other routines that I’ll sometimes watch include:

⛸️ Jason Brown, “Reel Around the Sun” Sochi 2014
⛸️ Elvis Stojko “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story” Lillehammer 1994

I just realized that all of my favourite skating routines are all from movies or stage shows. And in almost every case, they’re routines where they should have ranked MUCH higher but the scoring system was fucked up.

#Olympics #WinterOlympics #FigureSkating #IceDance

BTW

since #sports are never about #politics, here is the #1 politically pertinent song of the #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics :

Paolo Nutini’s IRON SKY
https://youtu.be/WoCSeIY0xdo

it won the best #music video award at the 2015 SXSW
Film Festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky_(song)#

for denouncing Russia’s illegal annexation of #Ukraine’s Crimea, marking the beginning of the Russo-Crimean War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Russian_annexation_of_Crimea

thank you #UKOC & Kirsten Spours
https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c3dm5z5r84go

#figureSkating #iceDance

Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky [Short Film]

YouTube

American Skaters Seek Inquiry into French Judge's Scoring in Olympic Ice Dance

https://newsletter.tf/skaters-review-judge-scores-olympics-ice-dance/

American skaters are asking for a review of ice dance scores after a close Olympic result, questioning a judge's scoring.

#IceDance, #Olympics, #FigureSkating, #Judging, #FairPlay

American Skaters Want Review of French Judge's Scores in Ice Dance

After the Olympics ice dance, some people are asking for a check on the scores. American skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates were very close to winning gold. They want to understand why one judge gave scores that were different from others.

https://newsletter.tf/skaters-review-judge-scores-olympics-ice-dance/

#IceDance, #Olympics, #FigureSkating, #Judging, #FairPlay

American Skaters Want Review of French Judge's Scores in Ice Dance

American skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates lost gold by a small margin. Fans want a review of a French judge's scores, asking if the results were fair.

ISU Addresses Ice Dance Scoring Amid Controversy

https://newsletter.tf/isu-ice-dance-scoring-olympics/

The ISU explains its ice dance scoring system after questions arose from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

#IceDance, #Skating, #Olympics, #ISU, #WinterSports

Ice Skating Group Explains Scoring After Questions

The International Skating Union (ISU) has talked about its scoring rules for ice dance. This happened after some judges' scores at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics were different. The ISU says its system is fair.

https://newsletter.tf/isu-ice-dance-scoring-olympics/

#IceDance, #Skating, #Olympics, #ISU, #WinterSports

Ice Skating Group Explains Scoring After Questions

The ISU explains its ice dance scoring system. This comes after some people questioned the results at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.