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I’d rather do 90 compulsories over 25 juvenile women 😂

I did 60 of them at Worlds in 1995 but that wasn't the problem. I made the amateur mistake of watching the practice before too! Full of enthusiasm I was at practice, by the time the real event came around, I genuinely wanted to blow my brains out. Hey at least it wasn't the Yankee Polka!

I miss the compulsories is my take away from that :)

I believe Simon is the boss at Eurosport, that's how :D

LOL spot on, Simon and Nicky was a disaster waiting to happen to be fair. 30mins edited broadcasts on terrestrial TV in the 80's, with them together, were no where near as hazardous as week long live events lol!

Commentary is a tough one, from the reviews I've read people have very different opinions. Ted Barton sounds. like. a. robot. to me when covering the Russian events. Personally, he brings absolutely nothing to any event, he doesn't enhance the event in any way, not technically or in excitement...

lol point taken but in skating isn’t the color commentator, the one who doesn’t do ‘the play by play’ and doesn’t call the jumps. In our sport that invariably ends up being a commentator by trade, I believe.

Wow the statement from the ISU is that neither will ever commentate on ISU events in the future. If I am not mistaken Reed is the head of commentary for all of Eurosport and has been covering the sport for 40years, I wonder what they will do on that channel. I just hope whoever replaces him is...

It’s a relatively weakly translated article, the French one has more details, saying Gauthier denies everything the boy is claiming. He only admits to showering together (hello??) but didn’t touch him, spoon him and that the pool incident didn’t happen. Gross and vile on so many levels.

Like Maria Butryskaya as Simon Reed called her for years(and made me do the same too :D ). Not Maria Butyrskaya...

There were rumours about China not entering as far back as 10 days ago, I think it will stay this way. Although I agree it's a crying shame for P/J, they could have won the whole thing.

Well that’s the end of her…😂

It’s going to be a dreadful asterisked event without the 3 Russians and S/H. I’m sorry the thought of the Japanese couple potentially winning Worlds is ludicrous. What a crazy 3y these have been.

Did anyone really expect to see Hanyu again in competitive skating?

Choreograph their progs this summer?? I.e they are staying in amateur competition next year? 👀