GPF Pairs SP

[Buttercup]

The pairs SP is the first senior event today and will begin at 8 PM local time/11 AM GMT. I didn't see any threads for any of the segments so I figured I'd start this one.

Interestingly, S/Z and S/S will not start in the same group, because Aljona and Robin qualified in 4th place; I wonder if this might have an effect on the scoring in any way? Whatever happens, I don't expect them in the first group tomorrow.

Starting Order
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN
2 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
3 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS
5 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN
6 Xue SHEN / Hongbo ZHAO CHN

Good luck to all the skaters!

[TeensTeven]

China go for three medals in senior pair skating!!

[Shaba22]

http://www.justin.tv/skate_skate

[hongligl]

Go S/Z! Go Pang/Tong! Go Z/Z! Go S/S! Go the two Russian teams! Everybody be your best!

[dorispulaski]

Icenetwork is streaming it live.

Universal sports will telecast this and the OD together later today (7:00 pm on my cable company)

[Kinga]

Thank you RAI sport! Wow, finally figure skating on TV, instead of small PC screen (freezing often).

[dorispulaski]

Zhang & Zhang
Sing, Sing, Sing

They are in black and silver costumes
tw3 great
3S great
Throw 3L great
bds smooth but a little slow on exit
sbs spins fair unison (couple little breaks)
amazing lift, man is he strong
pair spin OK not to music
footwork - a little slow I thought, but a neat cartwheel in it.
End on the music.

[hongligl]

wow! That made my day! Go to work with a huge smile

[justaskatingfan]

http://www.justin.tv/skate_skate

"**GPF will not be shown on this channel, because I'm going to go to there except first day."

[justaskatingfan]

Skatebuzz wants my billing address.

[Kinga]

Z/Z - blackcostumes with silver details.
3 twist - good
3 sbs salchow - ok
throw 3L - ok
a bit unsynchronized on sbs spin.
slow step sequence.

boring...

[jcoates]

That was a ton better than Z/Z's previous outings this season.