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1 CAN Cronin / Shales
her in light orange him in black - same as last year? / tango / nice opening moves / 2tw nice catch on hips / thr 3l bit scratchy on landing but clean / sbs fly cam no fly from either nice spin into sit into 1/2 sit good unison / sbs 2z she singled / hip lift to one hand star to upside down split / sbs ftwrk has good flow and some twizzles - something got a bit out of sync in middle / travel into death spiral and he changed pivot to front / combo spin to end is good with nice speed & centered / pb 44.72 tech 22.57 comp 17.46 tot 40.03
2 USA Aaron / Toth
bright orange dress him in black / bongo drums to start / 2tw she kind of landed on his head / thr 2l good distance / hip lift to star to one hand / they're moving very fast across the ice / sbs cam sit upright back sit got out of sync here to upright / sbs 2z / pair spin got very slow in spots / sbs ftwrk with bit of spin in centre is a bit simple / fids very good speed and about 4 revs or so - nice position by her / pb 38.51 tech 22.56 comp 18.80 tot 41.36
3 RUS Sheremetieva / Kuznetsov
her in yellow skort with black bra effect him in yellow shirt with vertical black stripes / big band / huge 2tw / thr 3l turnout but think she held off putting down hand / spiral hop into sbs 2z out of sync but think both were clean / sbs flycam good fly spins went in and out of sync / hip lift to one hand star / sbs ftwrk had a fair bit of mirror work that was quite nice / fids about 3 revs nice pos / pair spin opposing camels to crouch to upright / finished after their music / tech 23.17 comp 18.85 tot 42.02 /
4 USA Namiotka / Coughlin
both in yellow shading to orange to red in a diagonal pattern/ good movement to start the program / huge 2 tw that was really light & airy / sbs 2z out of sync timing wise / sbs cam sit upright back sit - close together and sync was good until the very end / hip lift to sideways star to reverse star to platter / thr 2l / O ftwrk in good sync & speed / back pair spin into cam then sit / fids to end / and the music was firebird but I didn't recognize it until right at the end. / tech 22.60 comp 18.60 tot 41.20
5 RUS Simakova / Tokarev
swan lake her in black bustier with feathers around top him in silver / great speed / huge 2tw caught above head / thr 2l / music softens for some chor / back ina into sbs 2z / sbs spins are close together but get out of sync / hip lift to one hand star / strt ftwrk as music picks up / fids goes 3-1/2 revs good low pos / pair spin has a unique pos on front with her resting on hand on his leg / pb 42.61 tech 24.08 comp 21.80 tot 45.88
1 CAN Cronin / Shales
her in light orange him in black - same as last year? / tango / nice opening moves / 2tw nice catch on hips / thr 3l bit scratchy on landing but clean / sbs fly cam no fly from either nice spin into sit into 1/2 sit good unison / sbs 2z she singled / hip lift to one hand star to upside down split / sbs ftwrk has good flow and some twizzles - something got a bit out of sync in middle / travel into death spiral and he changed pivot to front / combo spin to end is good with nice speed & centered / pb 44.72 tech 22.57 comp 17.46 tot 40.03
2 USA Aaron / Toth
bright orange dress him in black / bongo drums to start / 2tw she kind of landed on his head / thr 2l good distance / hip lift to star to one hand / they're moving very fast across the ice / sbs cam sit upright back sit got out of sync here to upright / sbs 2z / pair spin got very slow in spots / sbs ftwrk with bit of spin in centre is a bit simple / fids very good speed and about 4 revs or so - nice position by her / pb 38.51 tech 22.56 comp 18.80 tot 41.36
3 RUS Sheremetieva / Kuznetsov
her in yellow skort with black bra effect him in yellow shirt with vertical black stripes / big band / huge 2tw / thr 3l turnout but think she held off putting down hand / spiral hop into sbs 2z out of sync but think both were clean / sbs flycam good fly spins went in and out of sync / hip lift to one hand star / sbs ftwrk had a fair bit of mirror work that was quite nice / fids about 3 revs nice pos / pair spin opposing camels to crouch to upright / finished after their music / tech 23.17 comp 18.85 tot 42.02 /
4 USA Namiotka / Coughlin
both in yellow shading to orange to red in a diagonal pattern/ good movement to start the program / huge 2 tw that was really light & airy / sbs 2z out of sync timing wise / sbs cam sit upright back sit - close together and sync was good until the very end / hip lift to sideways star to reverse star to platter / thr 2l / O ftwrk in good sync & speed / back pair spin into cam then sit / fids to end / and the music was firebird but I didn't recognize it until right at the end. / tech 22.60 comp 18.60 tot 41.20
5 RUS Simakova / Tokarev
swan lake her in black bustier with feathers around top him in silver / great speed / huge 2tw caught above head / thr 2l / music softens for some chor / back ina into sbs 2z / sbs spins are close together but get out of sync / hip lift to one hand star / strt ftwrk as music picks up / fids goes 3-1/2 revs good low pos / pair spin has a unique pos on front with her resting on hand on his leg / pb 42.61 tech 24.08 comp 21.80 tot 45.88
