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gourry

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Oh. Wow. Eh...
That finale is...... what is the word.... uh.... boring.
I miss last 4CC.

 

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the gala should be part of the scoring system lol
caroline must place 1st in that

 

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sfgirl

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• Feb 9, 2009

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demarinis5 said:

I guess V/M ae not skating. I worry about Tessa.

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Me too.

 

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ikfan

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V/m

Anyone know why V/M were not in the Gala?
Was it injury or sickness or something else?

 

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merrybari

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As this was their first time back internationally after her surgery, I'm guessing they didn't want her to overdo it.

 

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Caroline Zhang's Exhibition

gorgeous charlotte spiral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdNvYHB8SMI

 

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GiuliaPlum

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ANW said:

gorgeous charlotte spiral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdNvYHB8SMI

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ehy, a tiny Shizuka

 

victoria90

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ikfan said:

Anyone know why V/M were not in the Gala?
Was it injury or sickness or something else?

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well they skated their EX at nationals (which I loved it, it's so sweet!) ... so it's weird they didn't skate it here :scratch: I'm glad they didn't anyway, I prefer Tessa to take it easy before Worlds.

 

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Andalusia

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You have to choose the option to see a HQ version of Caroline's exhibition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cju2jF7a5Fg

Take a look at the best spiral of the top ladies right now. And Caroline looks so lovely and mature with the longer hair!

 

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Pang / Tong

Did they do an encore? I was watching and it just went straight to the next skater after the replay. Or did I fall asleep?

 

dorispulaski

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The crowd was not asked to clap to get an encore of P&T. IN showed the whole thing, included all the zamboni stuff and the kids climbing long fabric strips, and there was no attempt to get P&T to skate an encore, nor did they skate one.

Weaver & Poje were added to the gala to replace V&M. V&M chose not to skate the gala to be careful about impeding Tessa's full recovery.

 

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MissCleo

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skatingbc said:

OMG! Chinese team just messed up their twist! Never thought I'd ever see that!

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skatingbc said:

No one fell. I tuned in just as it happened, so it was hard to tell. But it was clear that it had not gone well, she really stumbled out of it.

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Not sure what exactly happened but Pang was caught facing away from Tong rather than towards him.

 

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justaskatingfan

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saltypig said:

Did they do an encore? I was watching and it just went straight to the next skater after the replay. Or did I fall asleep?

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Patrick Chan did an encore presentation and he fell on his back(click on "5:16" in the comment field)! The fall went along with the music quite well too. Not as good as Valentina Marchei's cute fall though.