I got Eislauffan from FSU's permission to publish her(his??) practice reports here, hope all of you enjoy!!
Day 1, Feb 25, 2007
A duel between Caroline and Mirai? Watch this very neat preview clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8LtldHwDQ
Day 2, again thanks to Eislauffan
Day 1, Feb 25, 2007
I just watched the two US Ladies Caroline Zhang and Mirai Nagasu. Ashley Wagner didn't practice. Caroline and Mirai both did a complete run-through of their programs. Unforuntately, I was late, but others told me that Caroline made no mistake. Mirai had a strong practice as well, she just fell on the last 3Lz right at the end of her program and stumbled on a 3R-2R combo. She even tried a 3A later in the practice but it didn't look like it's going to happen now. Anyway, both girls left a strong impression. Caroline was running around the rink with her skates on after the practice.
A duel between Caroline and Mirai? Watch this very neat preview clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8LtldHwDQ
Day 2, again thanks to Eislauffan
Yup, Caroline Zhang!! Hopefully the pressure is now off of her since Mirai is now considered the favourite.Just a few impressions!
- Caroline Zhang had another great practice, clean run-through of her FP
- Patrick Chan looked good, too
- Sergei Voronov had some trouble with his 3A but later did a beautiful 3A-3T
- McLaughlin/Brubaker looked strong except for her 2A
- The "cutest boy" award goes either to Denis Ten (KZK) or Min-Seok Kim (KOR). They are tiny and look almost like twins! Denis even has a 3-3
- Adrian Schultheiss landed 4T. But he told me that he is still bothered by a back injury
- Philipp Tischendorf got here just 10 min before the practice as his train was delayed. But he did quite well.
Other news of the day:
Apparently Irina Shtork's (ice dance/EST) luggage is lost and has not yet arrived. :
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