Courchevel results

[Sylvia]

CD results:
1 Terra FINDLAY / Benoit RICHAUD FRA 28.63 1
2 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA 28.49 2
3 Charlene GUIGNARD / Guillaume PAULMIER FRA 28.19 3
4 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN 27.97 4
5 Anastasia VYKHODTSEVA / Alexei SHUMSKI UKR 27.56 5
6 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK CZE 27.55 6
7 Tatiana BATURINTSEVA / Ivan VOLOBUIEV RUS 27.22 7
8 Elizaveta TCHETINKINA / Denis SMIRNOV RUS 26.89 8
9 Chloe WOLF / Rhys AINSWORTH USA 25.23 9
10 Anne Sophie BILET / Adrien HAMON FRA 24.98 10
11 Maja VERMEULEN / Andrew DOLEMAN CAN 24.42 11
12 Oksana KLIMOVA / Sasha PALOMÄKI FIN 23.90 12
13 Nikola VISNOVA / Lukas CSOLLEY SVK 23.82 13
14 Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG CHN 22.40 14
15 Dora TUROCZI / Balazs MAJOR HUN 21.58 15
16 Dominique DIECK / Michael ZENKNER GER 21.42 16
17 Ruslana JURCHENKO / Alexander LIUBCHENKO UKR 20.94 17

CD Result Details: http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpfra2008/SEG005.HTM

Starting Orders/ Results index page: http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpfra2008/

[Joesitz]

top 3 dance teams a fingernail behind or ahead with Can a whole finger. Should be an exciting OD

Time Schedule interesting with the boys on last day.

[rosee]

Congrats to Terra & Ben!

[Kypma]

Wow the top 3 really are quite close. I was wondering, though, didn't Terra Findlay once skate for Canada with John Mattatal (sp?)? Or am I confusing her with someone else?

Kypma

[nadster]

Wow the top 3 really are quite close. I was wondering, though, didn't Terra Findlay once skate for Canada with John Mattatal (sp?)? Or am I confusing her with someone else?

Kypma

No confusion. She did skate pairs with him but she became too tall and had jump problems so she switched to dance. Always was an elegant skater though.

She started her dancing with Liam Dougherty in Canada with her last Canadian national result being 7th in seniors in 2007.

[skatingfan04]

Wow. It's great for a new team to win the CD! I remember Tarra and John Mattattal skating in pairs at Jr. worlds in 2004. I didn't know she has switched to dance. BTW, how old is she? If she skated with Dogherty in Sr's, then she must be on the higher end of the age limit for juniors. On a different note, I'm very pleased for Ralph & Hill. They're so dynamic, and the CD's are usually their weakness, so I'm really hoping for them to medal. One point is not an insurmountable gap for them to overcome.

BTW, I know this is off-topic, but does anyone know anything about Rylie McCulloch-Casarsa? She's the second ladies entry for Canada. According to her bio, she's only thirteen or fourteen (born in '94). To be honest, I've never heard of her. Does anyone know how strong of a skater she is?

(Edit: I just found her name on the Skate Canada website. Apparently, she was 6th in Novice at Nationals last season. She must have been majorly impressive at one of the summer competitions to get an assignment like this.)

[dorispulaski]

Wow! Really, the whole top 8 are stacked very, very closely.

And it looks like the international judges are not punishing the Shibutanis too severely for their size mismatch, which I had kind of feared.

I can't wait to see the free dances on the 3rd of September--but in 1000 depressions that the OD will not be broadcast.

[nadster]

Wow. It's great for a new team to win the CD! I remember Tarra and John Mattattal skating in pairs at Jr. worlds in 2004. I didn't know she has switched to dance. BTW, how old is she? If she skated with Dogherty in Sr's, then she must be on the higher end of the age limit for juniors.

BTW, I know this is off-topic, but does anyone know anything about Rylie McCulloch-Casarsa? She's the second ladies entry for Canada. According to her bio, she's only thirteen or fourteen (born in '94). To be honest, I've never heard of her. Does anyone know how strong of a skater she is?

(Edit: I just found her name on the Skate Canada website. Apparently, she was 6th in Novice at Nationals last season. She must have been majorly impressive at one of the summer competitions to get an assignment like this.)

Terra FINDLAY was born on May 3 , 1990. So this is her last year she can skate junior.

Rylie was invited to Skate Canada's development camp for top novices and pre-novices and started to land triple lutzes in practice. She has landed a triple loop in the Western Ontario Summer Sizzle. She has yet to do the triple lutz in competition though. I hope she does well this weekend. SC has high hopes on her as she is listed as one of the official entries for Madrid JGP as well ( though she could be replaced if she struggles in France).

[rosee]

Ladies SP results are here:

http://cergy-patinage.com/COMPETITIO...VEL%202008.htm

[london_calling]

Ladies SP results are here:

http://cergy-patinage.com/COMPETITIO...VEL%202008.htm

Great to see Kristine and Becky go 1-2 in the short program. I hope they both end up on the podium after the free skate.

I wonder what happened to Yuki Nishino? She's in the 13th place!

[inskate]

I wonder what happened to Yuki Nishino? She's in the 13th place!

It was reported on FSU that she fell on both her 3Lz and 3F. :( That's really weird, because her jumps looked fine at shows this summer and she even landed a
triple-triple (underrotated, but still).
An user at Mao's forum said that Yuki's been seriously working on 3-3's... Perhaps she injured herself in the process? :(
I hope she'll be fine in the FS. She's probably too far behind for a gold, but should be still in striking distance for a bronze.

[Sylvia]

Hearsay info on the 2 USA ladies:
Musademba skated clean with 3F combo and 3Lz.
Bereswill landed her 3F combo and two-footed her 3Lz.

[ChrisH]

It looks like Bingwa Geng didn't start. Nor did Anine Rabe of Norway.

So you see that Kristine and Becky have the harder triples. It'll be hard to dislodge them in the FS.

I think that writing helps to keep the nerves in check, so perhaps we'll get another diary entry from Becky (at the icenetwork) prior to the FS.

[london_calling]

Predictably, Michal Brezina is 1st and Armin Mahbanoozadeh is 2nd. I'm glad to know they both had good skates today.

I hope Eliot manages to pull up a few spots in the free skate.

[Joesitz]

Not surprised with the Ladies 1&2 but seeing Ninshina way down the list doesn't make sense. She was very special last year. Can she reach the podium after LP?

Not surprised with the Men 1&2 I remember Amodio (France) from last year, lots of talent..