I have never watched a #WorldSynchro competition before, so I’m glad I’m binging it. A lot becomes more clear transitioning from the final teams on the SP ice to the first teams in the LP.
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I’m *way* behind, but I just started watching the #WorldSynchro SP. I now feel like an expert in #IceDance.
(The joke is, I am, most assuredly, not an expert in ice dancing.)
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#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating And there it is. Finished watching the replay with 2 hours to spare.
I still have some junior skating to watch on YouTube, and the #WorldFigure gala if I can find it, but that's a wrap for 2025-2026. See you all next season!
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They train fifty weeks out of a year? Holy crap! The Stanley Cup winners get more off time than that.
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And now everyone else gets their medals. That's better.
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Chris: "We'd be here all day" if everybody got a medal on the podium.
Me: Everybody gets a medal for hockey, Chris. Come on.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating What? Flowers, no mascots? What a pity.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating next year in Notts! But first, the medal ceremony and one more chance for the ISU to play my least favorite earworm during the victory lap. Which will take ... 20 minutes? What else is on the end of the recording?
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating And there is it. Canada 4th on the night, gold for Canada, silver for the US, bronze for Finland. Congrats to all, a fabulous event.
(Note to Sammie Levine: Coach, don't say "This will light a fire under them." with literal pyrotechnics going off. Big yikes!)
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating And now Les Supremes from Canada. With The Firebird!
Excellent skating, but I think the choreography is working against them.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Come on, Haydenettes!
Lovely, gorgeous skate. Green wordle with one element under review.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Some tough breaks for Canada's Team Nova. Loved their program, lots of interesting elements and features.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Helsinki Rockettes are now the team to beat. No surprise here. They fly across the ice.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Finland is next. Can't rule out the defending champions.
GoE over 3 on the twizzle element. Green across the board with most elements +2 or +3 GoE.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Second-to-last group was amazing and now it's time for the last group!
The Skyliners had their guy as one of the flyers in the lift.
Take that, girls-can't-lift bros.
Also, cool Axels.
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Gorgeous costumes from Team Ice on Fire (Italy) and an excellent skate.
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So glad to have skating to watch, to make up for my DVR screwing up and not recording the #WorldFigure exhibition gala.
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Team Jingu Ice Messengers (Japan) turned in a mesmerizing performance, only losing energy at the very end.
Amazing performance from a team working with short ice time.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Germany's Team United Angels did a double jump as a feature in an element, holy moly.
#WorldSynchro #FigureSkating Imagine doing twizzles and having to keep your spacing with so many other people at the same time.
Even the red wordle performances have moments that are crazy good.
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"Sweet Caroline" sing-along 🤷
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The feed has a message during the ice make
"Next group starts at 16:15 CET" which doesn't help anyone watching the replay on Peacock or YouTube.
-5 GoE.
The mascot is a unicorn named Amadeus.
+5 GoE well done Salzburg
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Costume notes:
How many of the guys are wearing black pants vs. matching pants?
Some skaters have black pants, but the tippy top teams are far more likely to have pants that pick up a color in the top.
Dress design is a big challenge, lots of body types in a team.
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Team Ice United (Netherlands) has a male flyer, take that hur hur hur bros.
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So happy to see the ISU scorebox with the names of the elements. It's frustrating when you're a new fan and you recognize a move but you don't know what it's called yet. This way the expert doesn't have to waste time explaining every element.
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There's a bird in the arena! I hope it finds the way out.
#FigureSkating #WorldSynchro Also a plus: teams are mixed. Nobody is divided up by gender. Everybody skates. And for the hur hur bros who are all "the girl should lift the guy" when they watch pairs skating? You might see that in synchro. Or gender-flipped death spirals.
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Also a plus: all the teams skate twice. Nobody has to worry about making the cut for the free skate.
I do miss Mark Hanretty, though. He'd appreciate the difficult footwork our expert is explaining during the replays.
#FigureSkating Watching the free skate of #WorldSynchro in a hurry before it scrolls off Peacock, and they're giving us a demo of Syncrho 9! This is fabulous!
If Synchro can do 16 and 9, why can't we have Fours and similar pairs in the Olympics? Get with the program, ISU.
