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Ladies Qualifying B (1st group to skate)

Rosaleen

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USA Alissa Czisny Start No: 1
Notes: Purple with gold sequins - one shoulder bra top & skirt effect / 3z2t / fly backsit with good speed & nice pos variations / 3f2t / 3l / back cam to donut sit Y forward sit beillman - nicely done / 2a is low & spinny but clean / 3f / there isn't really a lot of connection to the music but it's early & she's the 1st competitor - hard to get into it at this time of the day / 2a / bad pick on what I think was to be a 3z / spirals are very good / layback to end the program with beillman - great spin - lovely arm variations on the layback portion / currently in 1st / it seems that all of her triples were down-graded except the 2nd flip /
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HKG Tamami Ono Start No: 2
Notes: Lime green shading to darker at hems & lower sleeves / masquarade waltz / 3s / 2a 2ft under rot / flycam good spin to donut fly needs more fly / 2z turns 2t / 2a is good / spirals are ok - edges quite good / sideways layback started out good but fell out of spin when she changed arm pos / bailed on 2a landed on 2 feet / strt steps are nicely done and move quite well with the music / 2l2l / 2f / most of her jumps don't get much height and are on the spinny side / combo spin to end / currently in 2nd /
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TPE Jocelyn Ho Start No: 3
Notes: red asymetrical skirt / music is 'red' by Jesse Cook / 2a / 3s under rot? / 2z / flysit with not much fly or sit / 2? / 2a / ? Spin / there was a power outage of about 15 - 20 minutes just before she was to skate and I got back just as she was starting / 2a2t / combo spin is pretty good - best spin she did / currently 2nd /
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CAN Amelie Lacoste Start No: 4
Notes: black with silver sequin design radiating from one hip / Romanza by Nina Rocca / 3l turnout / her right leg is wrapped on both the thigh & calf / 2z / 3f 2ft / back cam sit cam sit - ok spin / music is now choppy piano for ftwrk / 3s 2ft turnout / spirals carry pretty good speed on nice edges - leg extension could be better / 2a / fly forward sit is well done - nice tuck on fly / 2a came out forward / 3l fell under rot / fly into soso combo spin / on closer look, the wrap seems to be supporting her knee / currently 3rd /
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BLR Julia Sheremet Start No: 5
Notes: black with silver diagonal design / Medley - familiar - by Mrvica think it's the piece that Den/Stav used - Handel / sorry missed the 1st 2 jumps / COE spiral was very wobbly after change but rest were ok / strt steps had ok connection to music / 2a / combo spin ended in beillman with nice pos but too slow / 2f into ina into closing pose / new pb currently in 4th /
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CZE Nella Simaova Start No: 6
Notes: music is black hawk down / black with silver lines radiating from one shoulder / 2a / 3s2t / 2a / flycam is fast with quite good pos - timed nicely with music / 2z2t2l / 2f2l / layback has good speed - pos is weak / 3t tight landing turned forward quickly / COE spiral in side split is nice / 2s scratchy landing with quick turn forward again / this music for the most part is doing nothing for me - it started out not bad but . . . / new pb currently 2nd /
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KOR Chae-Hwa Kim Start No: 7
Notes: Music: Danse Macabre / dark red with one black semi-sheer sleeve & diag sequin design / a bit of nice chor to the opening strains / 3t2t / 3s2t / 2a2t / death drop - nice fly spin was a bit short / 3l 2ft fell out / spirals start with back COE - carried pretty good speed / 3t bad lean fell / layback is fast & centred with nice pos / 3s / 2a / strt steps use whole body and have some expression / combo spin to end / she had quite good speed & flow and for the most part made a decent attempt at interpreting the music / currently 2nd /

JPN Aki Sawada Start No: 8
Notes: Music: City of Veils / red velvet with lighter insets / 3f3t fell on toe / 3s / layback with variations / she's listening to her music / 3z - very obvious flutz / 3f fell out hand down / music changes and some chor / spirals are soso - extension isn't great / 3l tight landing but hung on / fly cam starts combo spin in far corner / diag ftwrk is ok / 3t hand down step out / 2a2t / ? Spin to end / currently 2nd /

SCG Sonja Mugosa Start No: 9
Notes: Music: trad serbian / purple shades in vertical panels with shredded skirt that is just way too full / 1a then she had some double jumps that I didn't really see - was trying to figure out how to describe her skirt / generally a pretty weak skater but she was making a valiant attempt to skate to her music / new pb / currently 9th /
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JPN Mao Asada Start No: 10
Notes: Music: The Nutcracker / coral at middle shading to white at top & bottom / 3a landed but I'm sure short rot / 3l / flycam with good speed & pos / strt ftwrk is timed nicely with music / 2a / flyback sit with variations - gets a little slow at end / some ballet type chor as music changes / 3f / COE spiral in catch foot pos & slide spiral in Y / 3l2l2l / 3f2l / 3z2l - no angle to see flutz but I'm sure it was / combo spin to end with 1/2 beillman / currently 1st /
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JPN Nana Takeda Start No: 11
Notes: Music: Otonal / mauve with purple sequin design on bodice layered chiffon skirt / 3l / 3z bit scratchy on take-off & very tight landing but think clean & a true z / 3t2t / layback goes from side to strt with almost flat back & speeds up into very easy beillman - lovely spin / 3s / coe spiral could have better edges but rest are good / 2l turns ? Think a triple / 3t / flysit is a little weak / strt steps as music really builds starts out very dynamic but weakens towards end / 2a2t2l / back cam starts multi pos combo spin / and she's quite happy with that skate /new pb / currently 2nd /
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NED Sharon Resseler Start No: 12
Notes: Music: Habla Con Ella / red across shoulders rest is black / 2s / 2a 2ft / layback is fast - weak pos to beillman that slows down / 2l pause 2 toe axel / a spin that ended in mushroom but I didn't see the start of it / 1a / spirals are ok / 2l landed at dead stop / music picks up for strt steps at have some relationship to it / 2a / 2f2t2l / nice camel spin with arms behind back starts the combo spin - that although it travels is quite a nice spin / new pb / currently 10th /
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EST Elena Glebova Start No: 13
Notes: Music: Bohemian Rhapsody dark royal blue satin / 3t3t / 2z / flycam sit open leg - nice spin / there isn't a lot of chor but you still get the sense she's skating to her music - hard to explain / 2a / spin that ended in beillman / 3s ? Or was it / strt steps chor'd to music ended in lots of twizzles / 2a2t / 2s2t? / combo spin to end - finished way after music - might be a time ded / new pb / currently 5th /

ESP Sonia Lafuente Start No: 14
Notes: Music: Night on Bare Mountain / black & grey with shredded skirt & spider web effect on back / a bit of chor to start / 2a2t / 3l fell / flysit doesn't get much fly - spin is ok / 2z2t2l / 3t? But not sure if it was a double or triple - my mind is wandering a bit / 2a / layback with foot to head - initial pos is weak / 2z / 2a 1/2 loop turn 2f / strt steps are ok but music is getting away from her - just a little too loud & dynamic / combo spin to end /new pb / currently 8th / not sure of scores I heard - can't read the board /
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CAN Diane Szmiett Start No: 15
Notes: Music Witches of Eastwich / black with diag turqoise on one side / 3t2t2t / 3z fell but think rot / 3s2t / back sit ch sit with variations / 3f think 2ft but one of the better attempts I've seen from her this weekend / spirals are soso / 2a / 2z hop turn 2f / back cam sit open leg ch sit / 3t - tano / strt ftwrk is musical / flysit with nice high tuck / it was only near the end of the program that I felt she was really connected to her music today / currently 4th /
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LTU Ruta Gajauskaite Start No: 16
Notes: Music: Anastasia soundtrack gorgeous navy with silver in wavey pattern with a couple of dutouts / 2a 1/2 loop 2s / 3s 2ft hand down / spirals a bit weak / 2s 1/2 loop 2s / spin that I didn't really see / there's very little connection to the music / 2a fell / lots of prep into seach of her jumps / 2t / combo spin is ok / flycam is soso / currently 15th /
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BIH Naida Aksamija Start No: 17
Notes: Bellan Denna & gone with the wind / white with low back & roll collar effect / 2a fell / think the 1st element was a spin that I missed / 1z / 2? fell / 2f kind of had it then put foot down / edges very weak on spirals / 2l fell / nice layback in classic pos into beillman / 1f / music picks up for strt steps that while very simple went with the music / 1a 1/2 loop 2s that ended in a spin - not quite what I saw / spin to end / currently 17th /
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FRA Nadege Bobillier Start No: 18
Notes: Music: la Lecon de Piano black with silver sequins outlining bust & waist / 3s2t turnout hung on to toe / 3t turnout 2t / flycam with layover & layout nice pos but slow / a bit of chor / 3s fell out / 2t / layback with strt leg isn't bad / coe starts the spirals that are quite ok / 3t lean hung on to it / 2a step out / bad music cut!! Ouch / strt steps / 2l / nice camel starts the combo spin into sit ch sit - well done / currently 10th /
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SUI Bettina Heim Start No: 19
Notes: Music: Bond & Scorpians / orange on top rest is primarily black halter effect / 3t think she held off putting her hand down / 2s / 2a2t / flyback sit with great variations fast & centered / music has really built and she seems to be going with it until a bad pick on a flip or z / music slowed for spirals that are soso / 2s / 1a / back sit with variations / 2t2t2l / O ftwrk to dynamic music again and she's keeping up with it / combo spin is fast & centered with good pos variations / currently 13th /
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PHI Gracielle Jeanne Tan Start No: 20
Notes: Music: Memories of a Geisha Ivory satin with flower applique - really pretty / ? Spin that I didn't really see / 2?1t / dead slow into 2a under rot fell / music started out slow now very fast with drums & a bit of neat chor / 2z with turnout / 1l / back cam sit ch sit head back / spirals are weak / 1a / 2s1t ? / music changes again for strt steps that I quite liked / 2z / think it was supposed to be a back fly spin but there was just a little hop and not much of a spin /curently 19th /
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ARM Ani Vardanyan Start No: 21
Notes: Music: Bond medley / turqoise strapless with flame effect / sorry missed the 1st couple of jumps / combo spin with beillman on one foot & catch foot on other both of which she fell out of / O ftwrk made an attempt to work with music / 2f / 2f turnout / 1l / 1a / got distracted and missed most of her program / new pb / currently 20th /

USA Megan Hyatt Start No: 22
Notes: Music: real mixture including Mission Impossible & Libertango / black with red skirt / 3? / 3z2t nicely done / stars into back cam sit front layback / 3l stumbled out / back coe spiral in beillman / 2a / 3s / fly forward sit with no real tuck or fly - spin was nice / bailed on flip / strt stepsuse whole body and somewhat work with music / 3s fell / layback with variations into beillman /

AUT Astrid Mangi Start No: 23
Notes: Music: Tango gold lame with black elbow gloves / 2a / combo spin / sorry was distracted during her skate and didn't really see it / currently 13th /
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SLO Dasa Grm Start No: 24
Notes: Music: mixture / dark red / nice fly cam to donut / 2z / 1a / 2f 1/2l 2? / 2l / 2s fell out / some nice chor to slower music / layback with foot to head is centered - pos is a bit weak / 3t2t / 2a2t / coe spiral in catchfoot / strt steps as music picks up move very well - faster than I would have expected by the rest of her skating / combo spin is prety good - finishes after the music / new pb currently 16th /

PUR Victoria Muniz Start No: 25
Notes: Kismet & Field of Tears / dark purple shading to lighter at hem / 3t2t / 3l stood up but might have been short revs / 2 tano z / she's skating to her music / combo spin is fast with quite good pos / layback is quite good / spread eagle 2a had it then fell out / coe spiral needs extension / 3s2t with a big smile / 2a fell / flycam to end program was cut short by time due to fall / currently 16th /

ROM Roxana Boamfa Start No: 26
Notes: Music: Shrek beige with black wavey lines & black around hem / 2a fell / 2a landed forward messy / 2f2t / 2l 1/2l 2s fell / flysit had nice fly & tuck - spin got very slow - nice pos / I missed a spin / coe spiral in Y is ok / 2z fell / layback spin to end / currently 23rd /

ISR Rima Beliy Start No: 27
Notes: Phantom: black on one side white on other / 2z2l2l wrapped free leg / 1a ? ? 2t / 2z2t / flycam with variations / some chor now to music of the night / 2s / 2l / combo spin is soso / 1z / strt steps are chor'd to music and she's working hard to keep with it / currently 20th /
 
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Alissa Czisny is in third, but she's 30 points behind the leader, Mao Asada. Even with a less than perfect skate, Mao got 113 points.

Unpromising start for start for Aki Sawada (sixth).

MM
 
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Sylvia

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Thanks, Rosaleen!

USA Megan Hyatt Start No: 22
Notes: Music: real mixture including Mission Impossible & Libertango / black with red skirt / 3? / 3z2t nicely done / stars into back cam sit front layback / 3l stumbled out / back coe spiral in beillman / 2a / 3s / fly forward sit with no real tuck or fly - spin was nice / bailed on flip / strt stepsuse whole body and somewhat work with music / 3s fell / layback with variations into beillman /
4th is a good placement in this tougher of the 2 qual. groups for U.S. junior champ Megan Hyatt. FYI, in her Nationals FS, her first jump was 3T and she did a 3T-2R where you say her "bailed flip" was (could be she's added a 3flip there since Nationals?) and her final jump combo at Nationals was 3S-2T-2R.

Alissa Czisny hasn't skated a junior FS this season until now -- looks like she's added a 2nd 2A in place of the 3T at Nationals.
 
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dragonfly

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Aug 7, 2004
Mathman said:
Alissa Czisny is in third, but she's 30 points behind the leader, Mao Asada. Even with a less than perfect kate, Mao got 113 points.

Unpromising start for start for Aki Sawada (sixth).

MM

Good thing points from qualifying don't carry over in juniors. Alissa will be in the last group for the short, that's all that matters for now.
 

Sylvia

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#1Kerryfan said:
Didn't Mao win last year?
Yes, and Yu-Na Kim was 2nd, Czisny 6th, Sawada 9th -- these 4 are the highest placing skaters from last year that have returned.
 

Frau Muller

Final Flight
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Mar 1, 2005
Both groups have skated. Here's our top-ten. Interesting note about the relative weakness of the Euro women! Eeeek!!!!

1. Asada (JPN) 113.58
2. Kim, Yu-Na (Kor) 107.52
3. Takeda (JPN) 94.90
4. Czisny (USA) 83.40
5. Hyatt (USA) 82.46
6. Szmiett (Can) 80.08
7. Sawada (JPN) 76.88
8. Glebova (Est) 76.32…..top European…only Euro in top 10!
9. Zukowski (USA) 76.20
10. Kim, Chae-Hwa (Korea) 75.30
 

leon

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Nov 25, 2003
Sylvia said:
Alissa Czisny hasn't skated a junior FS this season until now . . .
True for both Mao and Alissa. their last junior competition was 2005 Jr Wrlds. Both had to recalibrate for Junior programs. Not sure who else, if anyone, was skating senior programs all year.
 

bethissoawesome

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Dec 12, 2005
It looks like all the talk about Mao missing all 50 of her triple axel attempts might have been hyped up a bit, since it seems like she landed one in qualifying.
 

Nigel

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Sylvia said:
Thanks, Rosaleen!


4th is a good placement in this tougher of the 2 qual. groups for U.S. junior champ Megan Hyatt. FYI, in her Nationals FS, her first jump was 3T and she did a 3T-2R where you say her "bailed flip" was (could be she's added a 3flip there since Nationals?) and her final jump combo at Nationals was 3S-2T-2R.

Alissa Czisny hasn't skated a junior FS this season until now -- looks like she's added a 2nd 2A in place of the 3T at Nationals.

Megan's 3F has been inconsistent for sometime, (hence....not in her FS at Natl's) but we are glad to see that she tried to put it out there in her FS QR at Jr Worlds! Keep workin' hard Megan! What a great experience for her this season....a JGP and Jr Worlds!:clap:
 

demarinis5

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What is the age limit for Jr. Worlds? I thought that Alissa was to old for
Jr. Worlds.
 

Theatregirl1122

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bethissoawesome said:
It looks like all the talk about Mao missing all 50 of her triple axel attempts might have been hyped up a bit, since it seems like she landed one in qualifying.

Are we sure it was rotated? The report said it looked short.
 

Sylvia

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demarinis5 said:
What is the age limit for Jr. Worlds? I thought that Alissa was to old for Jr. Worlds.
A singles skater at 2006 Jr. Worlds had to have turned 13, but not yet 19, as of July 1, 2005. This is Alissa's last year of ISU junior eligibility as she turns 19 in June.
 

Sylvia

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Nigel said:
Megan's 3F has been inconsistent for sometime, (hence....not in her FS at Natl's) but we are glad to see that she tried to put it out there in her FS QR at Jr Worlds!
I've been reliably informed that Hyatt does not have a 3flip planned in her FS but that the "bailed on flip" was supposed to be the 3toe-2loop combo that she did in her Nationals FS. She also still has the 3S-2T-2R planned as her final combo in her FS.

Keep workin' hard Megan! What a great experience for her this season....a JGP and Jr Worlds!:clap:
Definitely! :)
 

CDMM1991

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Jun 3, 2005
I don't think anybody would have suspected that Diane Szmiett would qualify and not Amelie Lacoste.
 

orchid

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Oct 28, 2004
Rosaleen,

Gracious thanks for the wonderful review !

Thanks for the time and effort to inform us of each and every skater.

Kind regards,

O
 

bronxgirl

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Jan 22, 2004
Rosaleen,
Thanks again for your great reporting. This is an event that the American sports media ignores, and your reports fill in this gap.:clap: :rock: :clap:
 
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