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Japanese Nationals 2021: Women
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We're back after a bit of a break to discuss this holiday season's national championships, and what better way to start than with the women at Japanese nationals! We discuss what our strategy would be for picking a three-person Olympic team, heartbreak for our perpetual pewter medalist, and why Japanese TV's special graphics and program speed maps should be used at all ISU competitions.
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We're back after a bit of a break to discuss this holiday season's national championships, and what better way to start than with the women at Japanese nationals! We discuss what our strategy would be for picking a three-person Olympic team, heartbreak for our perpetual pewter medalist, and why Japanese TV's special graphics and program speed maps should be used at all ISU competitions.
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We wrap up our discussion of Worlds with our favourite men's event of the season, and discuss the fantastic skating we saw here, some young teens with tons of untapped potential, the last-minute alternates who really capitalized on their sudden opportunity, and just how amazing our winner might be if he could get in three free skate combinations consistently.…
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This year's world championships were a strange one in many ways, but particularly in the pairs event. We discuss the opportunities and pressures faced by teams with a sudden chance to make it to the top of the podium, why referees should be empowered to do more in the case of a mid-program injury, and how much we hope that pairs skating worldwide will grow and thrive in the next quad after the inevitable splits and retirements that happen after an Olympics.…
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Figure skating at this Olympics concluded with the pairs, and it was just about everything we had hoped it would be! We discuss the many amazing skates from the top half of the field and the extremely close race for gold, the many promising young teams we hope to see competing in four years time, and how much we hope the legacy of amazing Chinese pair teams continues well into the future.…
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Olympic figure skating events wrap up with the pairs this time around, and we started off with a pretty fantastic short program. We discuss how much of a numbers game the free skate might be for the top teams, how much we've missed seeing the Chinese pairs this season, and how much we hope that this Olympics can end on a high note with a good free skate for the pairs.…
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The wrap up of the women's event at this Olympics was another tough one to experience, and we discuss some skaters who were able to overcome everything surrounding them and have a good skate, but how distressing it is that the entire event was so completely overshadowed by far too many failures from the powers that be.…
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