Cup of China Virtual Program Pairs

The event's already started, and the competitor list is all upside down. But the virtual preview is still here. You're rushing back from the long line at breakfast, only to find that you forgot your bag. So you missed the short program However, the LP will be happening tomorrow. You will still need a program.

Here tis.

1 Mylene BRODEUR / John MATTATALL CAN 1

Coaching History: Richard Gauthier (Since 2006) Bruno Marcotte (Since 2007) Nicholas Young Valérie Saurette
Choreographer: Julie Marcotte
Training Town: St-Léonard, QC


SP: Chambermaid Swing by Parov Stelar
LP: Tara Theme from Gone With The Wind by John Williams; Gone With The Wind Suite by John Williams

Personal Best Total Score 149.14 HomeSense Skate Canada Int. 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 52.50 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 98.38 HomeSense Skate Canada Int. 2008

Best elements from Skate Canada, as called by the judges:
SP: Their flip entry double twist, level 4 (their 2nd element)
LP: Their axel entry lift, level 4 (their opening element)


Related Profiles: Findlay & Mattatall (Terra Findlay is now competing in Juniors in Dance for France with Benoit Richaud, Trumbley & Mattatall

Competitive Results
2008 Skate Canada 6 4 4 (149.14)
2008 Four Continents Championships 7 7 7 (141.46)
2008 Canadian National Championships 7 7 7 (149.49)
2008 Senior Challenge 4 3 3 (152.56)
2008 Québec Sectionals 2 1 1 (137.70)
2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1 1 1 (131.52)
2007 Canadian National Championships 7 8 9 (134.88)
2007 Québec Sectionals 1 1 1 (137.13)
2006 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 4 4 (135.85)

Videos
2008 Canadian Nationals SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bfWWr7j560

Articles
Added to Skate Canada to replace Hay/Langlois
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/s...obeSports/home
Hometown paper excited for their first Nationals appearance in 2007
http://novanewsnet.ukings.ca/nova_news_3588_10124.html
They competed at Nepala Trophy in 2007
http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/news_vi...07/sep18_3.cfm

Website
3 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 2

Coach: Bin Yao, Wei Liu; Former Coach: Wenyi Cong
Choreographers: Sarah Kawahara, Nikolai Morozov
Training town: Beijing

SP: O Doux Printemps d' Autrefois by Jules Massenet
LP: Tango: Present, Past, Future by Gotan Project

Returning from a month-long trip to the US earlier this year, Pang/Tong, the 2006 pairs world champions, had world-renowned choreographers Nikolai Morozov and Sarah Kawahara step in to help develop their new routines.
Blues will form the soundtrack for their short program, while up-tempo tango will replace the slower and more lyrical music they previously opted for in their freestyle routines.
"There is now a sharper contrast between our two routines, since the short program will have a slower rhythm while the free skating will be faster and stronger," said Tong.
"The new routines will be more like dance performances rather than relying solely on technical elements. We hope to impress the judges with our changes."

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Personal Best Total Score 189.20 World Championships 2006
Personal Best Score Short Program 67.87 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 124.22 World Championships 2006

Competitive Results
Fourth Qualifiers for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Fifth Qualifiers for the 2006 Grand Prix Final

Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 5 5 5 (186.78)
2008 Four Continents Championships 2 1 1 (187.33)
2008 Chinese National Championships 2 2 2 (175.45)
2008 Grand Prix Final 3 3 3 (185.13)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 2 2 2 (186.93)
2007 Cup of China 1 1 1 (176.75)
2007 Skate America 2 2 2 (165.19)
2007 World Championships 3 2 2 (188.46)
2007 Four Continents Championships 2 2 2 (185.33)
2007 Asian Winter Games 2 2 2 (181.47)
2006 Cup of China 2 3 2 (172.56)
2006 World Championships 2 1 1 (189.20)
2006 Olympic Games 4 4 4 (186.67)
...
2002 Top Jump - - 2
2002 World Championships 5 5 5
2002 Olympic Games 10 9 9
...
1998 Asian Championships 1
1998 Chinese National Championships 2
1998 World Junior Championships 11 8 9
1997 Chinese National Championships 2
1997 World Junior Championships 14 13 14

Videos
Pang & Tong's 08/09 SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqAuByRzV9M
Pang & Tong 08/09 LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb_S6-A4kzw
2007 4C's Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGiAKaPcA4

Articles
SINA English article/Cup of China preview with quotes from TONG Jian and ZHANG Hao:
http://english.sina.com/sports/p/2008/1021/193277.html
GoldenSkate interview after their 2nd place finish in the SP at 4C's (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/4cc_1.shtml
GoldenSkate interview after their 1st place finish overall at 4C's (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/4cc_2.shtml

Website

2 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN

Coach: Bin Yao, Yu Sun; Former Coach: Xiao Peng
Choreographer: Liu Wei
Training Town: Beijing

SP: The Way Old Friends Do by ABBA, performed by Maksim Mrvica
LP: Coppelia by Leon Delibes

Personal Best Total Score 138.12 ISU JGP Golden Lynx
Personal Best Score Short Program 51.22 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 87.62 ISU JGP Golden Lynx

Lei Wang skates singles as well.
Fifth Qualifiers for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final

Competitive Results
2008 Golden Lynx [JGP] 3 3 3 (138.12)
2008 Mexico Cup [JGP] 4 8 5 (118.91)
2008 World Junior Championships 4 7 7 (130.92)
2008 Chinese National Championships 6 6 6 (126.94)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 8 6 8 (121.07)
2007 Cup of China 4 5 4 (126.78)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 4 3 3 (127.83)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 7 1 3 (123.77)

Videos
2008 Skate America SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlw25A7A0X8
2008 Chinese National event in August LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKmmrajd-pc&feature=related
2007 Cup of China SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viy8OmfC9-Q
2007 Cup of China LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb48tcU6Vvc

Articles

Website

4 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 2

The Zhangs, silver medalists in Turin two years ago, have selected more lyrical music for both programs.
"We focused on producing a more artistic performance so we selected slower rhythms," said Zhang Hao."

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Coach: Bin Yao, Xiaofei Chen; Former Coach: Bing Huan, Lu Sun
Choreographer: Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband
Training Town: Beijing

SP: Riding on the Wings of Songs by Felix Mendelssohn
LP: The Yangtze River (Piano Concerto) by Hao Weiya

Personal Best Total Score 197.82 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 74.36 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 125.36 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007

First Qualifiers for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Second Qualifiers for the 2007 Grand Prix Final
Second Qualifiers for the 2006 Grand Prix Final

Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 1 3 2 (197.82)
2008 Four Continents Championships 1 2 2 (181.84)
2008 Chinese National Championships 1 1 1 (185.70)
2008 Grand Prix Final 2 2 2 (191.20)
2007 Cup of Russia 1 1 1 (192.68)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 1 1 1 (196.96)
2007 World Championships 10 4 5 (173.39)
2007 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 (181.87)
2007 Grand Prix Final 2 4 3 (175.93)
2006 NHK Trophy 2 2 2 (181.87)
2006 Skate Canada 1 1 1 (190.97)
2006 World Championships 1 4 2 (186.42)
2006 Olympic Games 2 2 2 (189.73)
2006 Grand Prix Final 4 2 2 (186.12)
2005 NHK Trophy 2 1 1 (171.46)
2005 Skate America 1 1 1 (179.14)
2005 World Championships 4 3 3 (180.22)
2005 Four Continents Championships 1 1 1 (181.61)
...
2000 Chinese National Championships 2
2000 Junior Grand Prix Final 6 5 5
1999 SBC Cup 1 1 1
1999 Junior Grand Prix Canada 1 2 2
1999 Chinese National Championships 3
1998 China International Junior Competition 3 1 1


Videos
Zhang&Zhang 08/09 SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW3gcgfbr0o
2008 Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWH8ZgZL9lw
2008 Worlds SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiTBUr0SG7U&feature=related
2008 Worlds Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JckRynz8OtY
2006 Worlds Exhibition Jungle Book (one of the strangest things I've ever seen on ice. Dan Zhang is Mowgli, and Hao Zhang is Baloo.
2007 TEB LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6stSMqF60Rs
2006 Worlds Jungle Book Exhibition

2004 Skate America SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYnpRjirX1U
2003 Four Continents SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uBTbmGufWo

Articles:
ESPN article about their SP at Worlds 2008 (flawless)
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/figureskating/news/story?id=3299614
2008 Golden Skate interview after their first place finish in the SP at 4C's (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/4cc_1.shtml
GoldenSkate interview after their 2nd place finish overall at 4C's (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/4cc_2.shtml
2006 MSNBC article about their fall & controversial medal at the 2006 Olympics
http://207.46.150.52/id/11333510/
Icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38769&mode=P
Icenetwork article about twists in pair skating, using Z&Z as a model
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080229&content_id=44993&vkey=ice_news
2004 Golden Skate article about Zhang and Zhang (in their photo they look very young, and very serious)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2003/040904.shtml

Website

6 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR 4

Coach: Ingo Steuer; Former Coach: Galina Kukhar, Nikolai Morozov
Choreographer: Ingo Steuer
Training Town: Chemnitz/GER

SP: Mr. Holland's Opus by Michael Kamen
LP: Pearl Harbour (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

Personal Best Total Score 173.62 World Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 61.29 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 116.00 World Championships 2007

Former Partnerships: Aliona Savchenko & Morozov, Volosozhar & Kharchenko

Competitive Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 4 3 (156.08)
2008 World Championships 8 10 9 (159.95)
2008 European Championships 3 4 4 (163.43)
2007 NHK Trophy 2 5 4 (150.81)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 5 6 5 (152.59)
2007 World Championships 2 3 3 (187.39)
2007 European Championships 5 4 5 (155.35)
2007 Winter Universiade 2 2 2 (150.20)
2007 Ukrainian National Championships 1
2006 World Championships 11 10 10 (147.90)
2006 Olympic Games 12 12 12 (148.38)
2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial 1 1 1 (155.99)
2005 World Championships 11 11 10 (156.38)
2005 European Championships 5 5 5 (151.79)
2005 Ukrainian National Championships 1 1 1
2004 Cup of Russia 6 4 5 (148.18)

Videos
2008 Europeans SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzY55ZDocLw&feature=related
2007 Worlds SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoqcV-Gq51c
2007 Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATHp3Yuvh7s&feature=related
2007 Worlds Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcM_r824Gcs
2005 Europeans Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lpKJOehHwQ&feature=related

Articles
August 2008 Golden Skate article "Following Change, Volosozhar & Morozov Are Poised to Shine"
They have moved to being coached by Ingo Steuer.
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/081808.shtml
Ptichka translates a Russian article about V&M
http://ptichkafs.livejournal.com/33913.html
Their ice network bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38830&mode=P

Website
http://www.volosozhar-morozov.com/

8 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG USA 5

Coach: Jim Peterson, Lyndon Johnston, A. Smith Former Coach: K. Leitch, R. Ludington, D. Franklin
Choreographer: Jim Peterson
Training Town: Ellenton, FL

SP: Santorini by Yanni
LP: Pas De Deux from "The Nutcracker" by Peter I. Tchaikovski

Personal Best Total Score 140.40 Skate America 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 47.04 HomeSense Skate Canada Int. 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 94.22 Skate America 2007

Best Elements at Skate Canada
SP: Their throw triple loop
LP: Their triple lutz twist, Level 2, with which they open the program

Previous Partnerships: Evora & Adler

Competitive Results
2008 Skate Canada 8 7 7 (138.14)
2008 Indy Pairs Challenge 2 (58.18) 2 (100.51) 2 (158.69)
2008 U.S. National Championships 4 5 5 (158.94)
2007 Skate America 4 4 4 (140.40)
2007 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 2 3 (146.89)
2007 U.S. National Championships 6 4 4 (158.66)
2007 U.S. Eastern Sectionals 1 1 1 (141.80)
2006 U.S. National Championships 9 6 7 (147.52)
2005 Skate Canada 8 8 8 (124.04)
2005 Skate America 9 9 9 (128.02)
2005 Four Continents Championships 6 5 5 (133.92)
2005 U.S. National Championships 4 5 5
2005 U.S. Eastern Sectionals 3 1 1
2004 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 5 5 (128.50)
2004 U.S. National Championships 10 10 10
2003 Golden Spin 1 1 1
2003 U.S. National Championships 11 12 12
2003 U.S. Eastern Sectionals 3 3 3

Videos:
2008 Skate Canada SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Difye9cp3s&feature=related
2008 Skate Canada LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPkHIaovkj0
2008 Liberty LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41bJ5DeFN38&feature=related
2008 Indy Pair Challenge Short Programs (E&L are last up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOAEGGoRvpk
2008 Indy Pair Challenge LP (E&L are again up last)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck7z-8peRKk
2008 Evening With Champions Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKnL0...eature=related
2007 Nebelhorn SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSsfwMlUKXg
2007 Nebelhorn LP (bronze medal performance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbObN...eature=related
2007 Liberty LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNFns...eature=related

Articles
Really nice icenetwork interview & article, after their great performances in the Liberty summer competition
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080721&content_id=49561&vkey=ice_news
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38005&mode=P
Local Paper prints a sendoff article for all local skaters with national and international assignments
http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/2292395
Four Continents sendoff article
http://www.evora-ladwig.com/bradenton_herald.htm
2004 Golden Skate article
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2004/082604.shtml

Website
http://www.evora-ladwig.com/


Chelsi GUILLEN / Danny CURZON USA

They attempted but didn't land a quad throw at US Nationals.

Coach: Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret
Choreographer: Doug Ladret, Renee Roca
Training Town: Scottsdale, AZ

SP: Variation 9 by Andrew Lloyd Webber
LP: Atonement (soundtrack) by Dario Martanelli

Personal Best Total Score 123.93 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 49.37 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 74.56 World Junior Championships 2008

Former partnerships: Aaron & Curzon, Boxwell & Curzon,
Chelsi Guillen used to skate in singles

Competitive Results
2008 Indy Pairs Challenge SP 13 (39.95)
2008 Indy Pairs Challenge LP 8 (81.10)
2008 World Junior Championships 6 12 10 (123.93)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 1 4 3 (134.58)
2008 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (128.45)
2007 John Curry Memorial [JGP] 9 9 10 (110.37)
2007 Tallinn Cup [JGP] 3 11 9 (115.13)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 7 8 8 (122.25)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals 2 2 2 (116.99)

Videos:
2008 Jr Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzTYaKk6gOU
2008 Jr Worlds SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6sNNEsTGHk&feature=related

Articles:
Local paper reports on their US Nationals experience
http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/227337
Local paper reports on their JR Worlds experience
http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/227337
Golden Skate article about the 2008 Jr Worlds Pairs SP has an interview with Guillen & Curzon (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/jw_1.shtml
Golden Skate article about the 2008 US Jr Pairs SP. C&G won it, and there is an interview
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/us_5.shtml
Golden Skate article about the 2008 US Jr Pairs championship interviews G&C about their bronze medal performance
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/us_6.shtml
Ice Network bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38028&mode=P
Ice Network article after their first place finish in the SP at US Nationals in Jrs
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080124&content_id=42191&vkey=ice_news

Official website
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/guillen-curzon/

I just had to ask, being a film score collector, how is it that Goen With The Wind is mentioned as "By John Williams?" Did he conduct it, is it a re-recording, or is it the original 199 score? If the latter, Williams was not even in the business back then.