And big surprise, Zhang/Zhang won Pairs!
1 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 195.32 1 1
2 Ksenia OZEROVA / Alexander ENBERT RUS 146.10 2 3
3 Huibo DONG / Yiming WU CHN 143.63 6 2
4 Jiaqi LI / Jiankun XU CHN 136.44 4 4
5 Andrea BEST / Trevor YOUNG USA 131.92 3 5
6 Ksenia KRASILNIKOVA / Konstantin BEZMATERNIKH RUS 129.46 5 6
7 Ekaterina KOSTENKO / Roman TALAN UKR 114.35 7 7
yep, no surprise, but I expected better from K&B.
Thanks for the links.Originally Posted by rosee
A few pictures of the French Team at the Opening: http://www.sport-u.com/cmsms/index.php?page=mercredi-18 and http://www.sport-u.com/cmsms/index.php?page=jeudi-19
I’m glad Preaubert was selected to serve as a flag bearer. He looked pleased.
Last edited by mrd2301; 02-22-2009 at 07:19 AM.
Good for Ozerova / Enbert - this could have easily been a Chinese sweep. I like the team, they seem quite blank right now - but they have good basics, good matching lines.
Freeskate
1 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 123.69 70.39 53.30 5.55 5.05 5.40 5.40 5.25 0.00 #9
2 Ming XU CHN 115.46 59.96 55.50 5.75 5.35 5.50 5.55 5.60 0.00 #28
3 Artem BORODULIN RUS 113.12 56.72 56.40 5.75 5.35 5.65 5.70 5.75 0.00 #33
4 Jialiang WU CHN 110.40 58.70 52.70 5.50 5.10 5.25 5.25 5.25 1.00 #26
5 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 108.99 53.29 56.70 5.70 5.65 5.60 5.70 5.70 1.00 #30
6 Takemochi OGAMI JPN 108.97 55.47 53.50 5.45 5.20 5.35 5.35 5.40 0.00 #27
7 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 108.46 53.86 55.60 5.60 5.35 5.60 5.55 5.70 1.00 #31
8 Vitali SAZONETS UKR 107.22 61.02 46.20 4.85 4.35 4.65 4.60 4.65 0.00 #10
9 Jason WONG USA 106.42 53.32 53.10 5.35 5.10 5.35 5.40 5.35 0.00 #15
10 Martin LIEBERS GER 106.33 54.43 51.90 5.30 5.10 5.10 5.30 5.15 0.00 #22
11 Paolo BACCHINI ITA 104.97 53.27 54.70 5.55 5.25 5.45 5.50 5.60 3.00 #29
12 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 103.76 50.36 54.40 5.45 5.10 5.50 5.55 5.60 1.00 #25
13 Song GAO CHN 102.98 51.68 51.30 5.45 4.90 5.10 5.20 5.00 0.00 #24
14 Boris MARTINEC CRO 102.34 53.34 49.00 5.00 4.75 4.85 5.00 4.90 0.00 #19
15 Yoann DESLOT FRA 100.91 47.41 53.50 5.50 5.15 5.35 5.40 5.35 0.00 #32
16 Pavel KASKA CZE 100.00 53.90 47.10 4.85 4.50 4.85 4.75 4.60 1.00 #6
17 Przemyslaw DOMANSKI POL 98.60 50.40 49.20 4.95 4.85 4.80 5.00 5.00 1.00 #18
18 Alexandr KAZAKOV BLR 97.57 48.27 50.30 5.20 4.85 5.10 5.00 5.00 1.00 #17
19 Vladimir USPENSKI RUS 94.54 45.64 50.90 5.20 4.85 5.05 5.15 5.20 2.00 #23
20 Thomas PAULSON GBR 90.14 42.64 47.50 4.85 4.55 4.85 4.75 4.75 0.00 #16
21 Jamal OTHMAN SUI 89.61 40.81 49.80 5.00 4.75 4.90 5.10 5.15 1.00 #11
22 Michael BIONDI GER 89.46 46.26 44.20 4.50 4.15 4.45 4.50 4.50 1.00 #1
23 Maxim SHIPOV ISR 88.76 44.46 45.30 4.70 4.30 4.45 4.65 4.55 1.00 #12
24 Manuel KOLL AUT 88.44 44.14 44.30 4.50 4.25 4.50 4.50 4.40 0.00 #8
25 Clemens BRUMMER GER 81.98 35.98 47.00 4.85 4.55 4.65 4.75 4.70 1.00 #21
26 Christopher BOYADJI FRA 78.29 34.49 45.80 4.75 4.40 4.55 4.70 4.50 2.00 #13
27 Kutay ERYOLDAS TUR 76.41 36.21 41.20 4.20 3.90 4.15 4.20 4.15 1.00 #7
28 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 75.65 33.35 44.30 4.65 4.20 4.35 4.55 4.40 2.00 #14
29 Alper UCAR TUR 74.35 34.15 40.20 4.10 3.75 4.00 4.10 4.15 0.00 #2
30 Yasuharu NANRI JPN 72.99 28.29 45.70 5.05 4.50 4.35 4.45 4.50 1.00 #20
31 Wun-Chang SHIH TPE 68.68 30.48 38.20 4.10 3.70 3.75 3.80 3.75 0.00 #3
32 Luka CADEZ SLO 65.86 30.96 38.90 4.10 3.65 3.85 4.00 3.85 4.00 #4
33 Adrian ALVARADO MEX 56.75 22.75 35.00 3.60 3.35 3.60 3.50 3.45 1.00 #5
Final Standings
1 Ming XU CHN 179.96 5 2
2 Artem BORODULIN RUS 179.37 2 3
3 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 175.34 1 5
4 Jialiang WU CHN 174.15 7 4
5 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 173.16 4 7
6 Paolo BACCHINI ITA 170.56 3 11
7 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 169.29 25 1
8 Takemochi OGAMI JPN 168.12 8 6
9 Yoann DESLOT FRA 165.30 6 15
10 Martin LIEBERS GER 161.82 12 10
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Urghhh, Menshov really is one of the strangest skaters around. 25th in the short, 1st in the free. I also think he is the first one to land two Quads in one freeskate this season. Apart from Menshov, Ming Xu and Borodulin it looks a bit like a disaster...
Berntsson was struck by Zayak, an entire 3-3 in the second half not counted.
Last edited by Medusa; 02-22-2009 at 11:31 AM.
The men's event has me a bit in shock at the moment. I just saw the results and can't believe that Konstantin Menshov was 25th in the SP and then won the free skate!
Also, I thought Alban Préaubert would win this hands down, but then the results came out like this.
Oops, Medusa beat me to the final standings, so I'll edit them out.
Last edited by myinterest; 02-22-2009 at 11:33 AM.
Well, I knew that Menshov has the big jumps - I was devastated to see him as far down as 25th after the short. I was actually hoping that he would make the Russian National team this season, but he came in 6th... He turns 26 tomorrow I think, I doubt he will ever eradicate those massive consistency issues. Which is a shame.The men's event has me a bit in shock at the moment. I just saw the results and can't believe that Konstantin Menshov was 25th in the SP and then won the free skate!
Also, I thought Alban Préaubert would win this hands down, but then the results came out like this.
About Préaubert - if Ponsero bombs at Worlds now and France only has two spots for the Olympics - the French Federation can comfort itself with the fact that Préaubert wasn't / isn't a much safer bet that Ponsero.
Borudulin has two really serious jump issues, the inconsistent 3A and the Flutz. I hope he can sort this out at some point. It could hold him back from big success. Does anybody know the Russian World Team? Is it Lutai and Voronov - or is Borodulin still a possibility?
Borodulin was the 2nd on Russian nats so he should go to the Worlds.
I don't know - Lutai pretty much outskated Voronov and especially Borodulin at Europeans. Do the Nationals placements matter that much? And Borudulin failed to land a 3A in the free at this competition again. Borudulin was only 13th at Europeans - if he skates like that at Worlds he might place outside of the Top Twenty and Russia's second spot at Olympics is gone. Lutai and Voronov even have a theoretical chance to win 3 spots if both bring their A-game.
Me too. I like them a lot. I think they need better programs, since they - especially her - have tons of personality that can be developed with the right sort of music. But for a team who is in their first full season together (they paired up in 2007) and who had a pretty unfortunate injury that interrupted their season, this is a good result.Good for Ozerova / Enbert - this could have easily been a Chinese sweep. I like the team, they seem quite blank right now - but they have good basics, good matching lines.They have a good team behind them, so hopefully they'll get better. I like how they always seem to get high levels in their elements.
Lutai and Voronov are going to Worlds! It counts the result from Euros.
The same with the ladies. Leonova ist going to Words.
Alban is constantly undermarked.The men's event has me a bit in shock at the moment. I just saw the results and can't believe that Konstantin Menshov was 25th in the SP and then won the free skate!
Also, I thought Alban Préaubert would win this hands down, but then the results came out like this.
Oops, Medusa beat me to the final standings, so I'll edit them out.
Work of judges is really big question. I saw the best three man in short program - Preaubert, Borodulin, Bacchini. Alban and Artem had extremely low components for their short program. Bacchini was far behind them looking at whole presentation and skating skills (well, Preaubert's skating skills are not the best but he improved a lot, Artem's skating technique is cleaner, but Alban has better jumps). Alban's and Artem's short program was really about something and it was interesting while Bacchini only presented jumps (he was struggling at landing in 3axel) and quite interesting steps with poor skating skills. But the distance between Alban and Artem was only 0.1 point and Bacchini was 0.5 point behind them. Humorously small distance which was not adequate to what they really did on the ice. And the best components went to Machida and Chinese men (we all know that Chinese men are not very good dancers) got only 1 point lower components then Alban and Artem.
There are men who can score 35 point for elements with 2axel (Adam Rippon). There is man who score 170 points for skating with mistakes at 4 Continents...
As well as points at 4C were too big....so points at Winter Universiade were too low for some skaters.
For whatever reason, SC rarely sends its senior-level athletes to international competitions outside of the GP circuit, 4CC and Worlds. Besides Nebelhorn, what other event have we seen Canadian skaters on a regular basis?
Actually, Kevin Reynolds landed two clean quads in his free skate earlier this season.
Results from the ladies' SP:
1 Kiira KORPI FIN 58.96
2 Nana TAKEDA JPN 53.20
3 Elena GLEBOVA EST 52.90
4 Yukari NAKANO JPN 52.70
5 Katarina GERBOLDT RUS 51.88
6 Chae-Hwa KIM KOR 48.30
7 Tugba KARADEMIR TUR 47.24
8 Arina MARTINOVA RUS 46.80
9 Gwendoline DIDIER FRA 46.26
10 Ayumi MIYAMOTO JPN 46.00
11 Binshu XU CHN 45.86
12 Na-Young KIM KOR 45.42
13 Alexandra IEVLEVA RUS 44.82
14 Yan LIU CHN 44.62
15 Nella SIMAOVA CZE 43.30
16 Nicole GRAF SUI 43.00
17 Denise KOEGL AUT 40.84
18 Teodora POSTIC SLO 40.12
19 Viktoria PAVUK HUN 39.90
20 Constanze PAULINUS GER 38.76
21 Amy NUNN USA 36.98
22 Linnea MELLGREN SWE 36.50
23 Na-Hee SIN KOR 35.82
24 Yueren WANG CHN 35.08
25 Ekaterina PROYDA UKR 34.86
26 Charissa TANSOMBOON THA 33.72
27 Minna PARVIAINEN FIN 26.08
28 Dora STRABIC CRO 24.42
That's a pretty big lead for Kiira. I hope she'll do well in the LP, too - no crashing into the boards.
And I guess Gerboldt is recovered from that sinus thing she had at Euros. I think that's a PB for her.
He fell on the Flip. As usual... He has big problem with that. It was a couple of competitions since he fell on it, but here we go again... And that LP protocol almost made me cry, at least gave me a real headache... 104 points?!? Please dig it and forget it as soon as possible... >_< This and Adrian's newly broken skate. 1 spot for the Olympics, I promise you...
Why this year...?
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