[GDT] February 16 General Thread

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by Nehkara

Virtue/Moir in 2nd after the short dance. Americans Davis/White ahead of them. As predicted by certain rumours.

Davis and White have beaten Virtue and Moir at almost every event they've both been in for the past two years. Unless they have a magically terrible skate, they'll probably be quite deserving of gold.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by Kelekin

Davis and White have beaten Virtue and Moir at almost every event they've both been in for the past two years. Unless they have a magically terrible skate, they'll probably be quite deserving of gold.

Yeah, I understand. Just being a but of a homer I guess.

Davis/White have been first in every event they've participated in since the 2012 world championships.

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by InBurkeWeTrust

wth was white/davis really that much better? for the world record just at the right time?

Remove one's Canada hat and yes, it was better.
When you say "that much" we're still only talking about 2.5 points.
I think D/W FinnStep was better and judges seem to agree.
As usual I though V/M had better choreography but consistently that has gone to D/W.

Remember that Ice Dance is more than just: Twizzles and not miss-stepping, which is what a lot of people seem to believe.

Here are the judges scores.

V/M already start with a point in the hole on base value.

http://www.isuresults.com/results/ow..._SD_Scores.pdf

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

Anyone watching bobsled? Jamaica going to be on here soon enough, but the lady announcing the event is amazing, seems like a walking encyclopedia for bobsled. Or maybe since I know nothing she seems really good.

It's Helen Upperton. Canadian sliding great and Olympic Silver medalist.

Originally Posted by Kelekin

Not sure actually. Maybe temperature issues throughout the day.

Cross Country started 5 hours earlier in the day. When night fell a huge fog rolled onto the course which would make shooting impossible.

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Kelekin

So now playoff seeding comes down to the GBR/China match tomorrow! We will play the winner of that match in the playoff.

I'm a little late to this as I just got around to watching the Canada-China game (one of the best I've seen).

I'm not sure that if Murdoch wins he's guaranteed third - I think if Ulsrud also wins there is a three way tie for third at 6-3 with each team having beaten one of the others (Ulsrud beat Murdoch, Liu beat Ulsrud, Murdoch will have beaten Liu). According to the WCF rules the next tiebreaker would be based on the draw to the button results for each game during the competition (the rock used to determine hammer in the first end) with the worst result being thrown out and the rest averaged. I have no idea if that is available anywhere online.

If China wins then it's easier - Canada vs China and Sweden vs Norway (if Norway wins their game) or Sweden vs GBR (if Norway loses and GBR beats them in a tiebreaker).

[GirlySports]

I don't have the distances but China's had hammer 7 times, GB 5 times and Norway 4

http://results.worldcurling.org/Cham...ip.aspx?id=381
click on statistics then Last Stone in First End

If China wins the draw to the button against GB, that alone might guarantee them 3rd place even if they lose. They must know. That game could be ruined before it starts hehe.