Senior Pairs Short Program

[mystichaze]

Thank you so much for the PBP! So happy that Annabelle and Cody had a great skate!

[cosmictears10]

Best ever I think. Would you say the scores are inflated? Or just just

Tracey says scores are inflated because of Canadian judges, I believe she said by about 10% was her guess.

[cosmictears10]

Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall NS

triple twist- well done
sbs triple toe- he may have put his hand down
pair combo spin- well done, good variation, small touch down with foot
throw triple sal- very nice, smooth
sbs spins- good
nice lift
nice death spiral

60.33 2nd

[cosmictears10]

Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin QC Hotel California

Love this team, so powerful and fast

double twist- very nice
sbs triple toes- well done, all guts says Kurt
sbs spins- great unison, so close together
crowd into it already
very nice back outside death spiral
lift- she looked slightly out of balance, but they hung on
throw triple lutz-HUGE, she was crooked in the air, but hung on, huge smile
combo spin- well executed
Crowd love it! Standing O

62.38 2nd

They look surprised

[fairly4]

i have a dumb question--did dube and davison pull out due to injury --or didn't they have to go because of previous qualifications--sorry i am out of it a little (alot)

[cosmictears10]

Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison QC

throw triple twist- well done, best yet
lift- beautiful, covered lots of ice, effortless
sbs sal- jessica-severely under rotated and a fall
pair combo spin- very well done
throw triple loop- perfect
death spiral- slow at end
slss- great interpretation of music, love the music
this program could tear a house down
sbs spins- fast, great unison

Kurt feels they are on track and well trained

62.87 2nd

[Shaba22]

1 Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay 65.47
2 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 62.87
3 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 62.38
4 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall 60.33
5 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 58.22
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch 54.46
7 Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell 49.11
8 Anne-Marie Giroux / Eric Radford 48.75
9 Jade-Savannah Godin / Andrew Evans 46.26
10 Kaleigh Hole / Adam Johnson 46.00
11 Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart 44.79
12 Noemie Arseneault / Simon-Pierre Côté 42.35

[i love to skate]

i have a dumb question--did dube and davison pull out due to injury --or didn't they have to go because of previous qualifications--sorry i am out of it a little (alot)

What?

Shame about the fall from Jess. The rest of the program was so beautiful! She seemed mighty pissed off in the interview so I hope she gets angry at herself and lands it tomorrow!

[Tinymavy15]

I don't get it. Why were Langois and Hay so great? Love them, but if Megean and Craig were as good as it sounds from the pbp, I would have put them ahead. Sorry, but Dube and Davidson don't deserve to beat them with a fall. I think the judges/ tech callers messed up this one.

[snowflake]

Tracey says scores are inflated because of Canadian judges, I believe she said by about 10% was her guess.

Not too good points then if she is right. The best worlds 5-6 pairs have pb around 70 or more.

Thanks again for pbp

[toasty_swirlz]

I don't get it. Why were Langois and Hay so great? Love them, but if Megean and Craig were as good as it sounds from the pbp, I would have put them ahead. Sorry, but Dube and Davidson don't deserve to beat them with a fall. I think the judges/ tech callers messed up this one.

i thought that megan and craig were messy at some spots...in the end, they must have been too excited. for example, the last spin, craigs leg hit megans head (not a big problem, but was visible) so little things like that really made a difference. They also only have a double twist which already puts them about 3 points behind and overall quality, dube and davison were way better except for the fall.

[i love to skate]

I don't get it. Why were Langois and Hay so great? Love them, but if Megean and Craig were as good as it sounds from the pbp, I would have put them ahead. Sorry, but Dube and Davidson don't deserve to beat them with a fall. I think the judges/ tech callers messed up this one.

Megan and Craig are rough! She touched down with her foot on the landing of the throw and it was very scratchy, they also took off at different times for their sbs jump, and she almost lost the lift - it was wild. If you watch D/D program compared with there's, there is absolutely no comparison. D/D execution of everything else made up for the fall.

[n_halifax]

Another surprise really... good for Annabelle and Cody though!

[sk8rdad]

Not too good points then if she is right. The best worlds 5-6 pairs have pb around 70 or more.

Thanks again for pbp

It doesn't appear to be a consistent 10% overall. L/H are about 2 points higher that at SC. D/D are 2 lower. 3 thru 7 scored a fair bit higher than there previous season bests. The rest were mostly around their seasons best. The range I had for SB's are 43.24-64.54 the range at Nats is 42.35-65.47 so I would say there is much inflation at all.

Since some of that middle group only had scores from earlier in the season it is conceivable that they really have made improvements.

[mystichaze]

I am looking forward to the LP, very exciting competition!