I think Ingo did their choreo this year.Morozov does their choreography, I believe.
I think Ingo did their choreo this year.
Not a single clean skate in the pairs! Yikes. Z/Z were good but not that good. I must say he seemed into the program while she looked to be going through the motions. Strange.
I think the score's generally high for this competition... V/M with two big falls still has 58, and Z/Z with a so-so performance with a fall has 67..
Ugh. I don't think anyone should be scoring a 67 with a fall, or a 58 with two falls. Oh well.
Oh, she fell ? Stupid freezing daum... off to change my postThe scores of all these pairs at this competition were inflated. V/M had a near clean performance at CoC, their score was under 60, today with 2 falls, they were roughly the same. Z/Z had a 100% perfect performance at CoC, and they only got 67. Today they got a stepout on 3S, and a strange fall, they still got 67.
Dan Zhang said in K&C that she was caught in a rut, therefore the strange fall. The ice surface must have some glitches today.
The scores of all these pairs at this competition were inflated. V/M had a near clean performance at CoC, their score was under 60, today with 2 falls, they were roughly the same. Z/Z had a 100% perfect performance at CoC, and they only got 67. Today they got a stepout on 3S, and a strange fall, they still got 67.
Dan Zhang said in K&C that she was caught in a rut, therefore the strange fall. The ice surface must have some glitches today.
At COC z/z got low level on their spiral sequence and their triple twist was a lot cleaner here that at COC
That's why this point system sucks. A nicely clean program got penalized because of so-called low levels. A flawed program can score big points because of so-called high levels. The contrast between Kimmie & Kostner was another example of such atrocity.
Btw, I don't think Z/Z's triple twist at CoC was worse than today.
I am going to ask all the skate people here...how do Zhang and Zhang's score compare to S/S scores? It looks like they are the top teams to beat. I am wondering if Zhang/Zhang can beat S/S?
It's a shame because up until then, it was perfect and absolutely gorgeous. That freak fall really unsettled them. They are the most unique and promising team that I've seen in ages (probably since Savchenko/Szolkowy made their debut). SKATE GODS, LEAVE THEM ALONE!
Natalia Pavlova is doing an amazing job with her junior pairs teams!