Ladies Short Programme

[euroskate]

well costner made the final group with two falls...i am kind of undecided whether this is fair or not.

i think her TES are OK and Components - well it IS a really good program and the components don´t go down just because of the falls. She didn´t let herself fall apart and performed to the last second. 2nd best PCS is OK and the result is what she got.

[museksk8r]

If Chan can finish 4th with 3 falls, I see no problem with Kostner finishing 6th with 2 falls.

[Mirunna]

I so wish Kiira will hold it together in the long! I still have nightmares with her 2008 world performance! Also I hope that Carolina with the pressure to defend the title gone(I can't imagine her overcoming 10 points) will do better! It will be heartbreaking if she misses the podium

[demarinis5]

Thanks you folks are the best. Back to work. lol

[Tesla]

Protocals are up. Hecken had a time violation. Carolina got saved by her spins and footwork.

[Lily.Grace]

I'm actually really impressed by Kiira's skating; I've never really liked her very much but this performance was really GOOD!! Loved her flow, her movements were connected and harmonious, she's really improving!! Good for her!!!

[euroskate]

PLACING IN ELEMENTS:

1 Kiira KORPI FIN 33.18
2 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 32.98
3 Sarah MEIER SUI 31.56
4 Ira VANNUT BEL 30.67
5 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 29.41
6 Viktoria HELGESSON SWE 29.39
7 Sarah HECKEN GER 27.72
8 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 27.03
9 Sonia LAFUENTE ESP 26.45
10 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 26.02
11 Romy BÜHLER SUI 25.80
12 Juulia TURKKILA FIN 25.65
13 Gerli LIINAMÄE EST 25.59
14 Jenna MCCORKELL GBR 25.54
15 Valentina MARCHEI ITA 25.36
16 Fleur MAXWELL LUX 24.25
17 Svetlana ISSAKOVA EST 24.12
18 Viktoria PAVUK HUN 23.47
20 Hristina VASSILEVA BUL 22.74
21 Alena LEONOVA RUS 22.66
22 Alexandra KUNOVA SVK 21.82
23 Dasa GRM SLO 21.68
24 Alice GARLISI ITA 20.99
24 Karina JOHNSON DEN 21.78
25 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR 18.60
28 Birce ATABEY TUR 17.59
27 Clara PETERS IRL 15.22
26 Irina MOVCHAN UKR 14.52

[Lily.Grace]

Protocals are up. Hecken had a time violation. Carolina got saved by her spins and footwork.

Thank you!

[euroskate]

PLACING IN Components:

1 Kiira KORPI FIN 30.32
2 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 29.15
3 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 27.37
4 Sarah MEIER SUI 27.00
5 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 26.65
6 Valentina MARCHEI ITA 25.88
7 Alena LEONOVA RUS 25.74
8 Viktoria HELGESSON SWE 25.31
9 Sarah HECKEN GER 24.40
10 Jenna MCCORKELL GBR 23.11
11 Sonia LAFUENTE ESP 22.65
12 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 22.20
13 Ira VANNUT BEL 20.23
14 Alice GARLISI ITA 19.80
15 Romy BÜHLER SUI 19.62
16 Juulia TURKKILA FIN 19.52
17 Fleur MAXWELL LUX 19.39
18 Viktoria PAVUK HUN 18.71
19 Gerli LIINAMÄE EST 18.48
20 Svetlana ISSAKOVA EST 18.18
21 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR 18.06
22 Dasa GRM SLO 17.29
23 Alexandra KUNOVA SVK 16.85
24 Karina JOHNSON DEN 16.52
25 Irina MOVCHAN UKR 16.91
26 Hristina VASSILEVA BUL 16.37
27 Clara PETERS IRL 15.69
28 Birce ATABEY TUR 14.91

[euroskate]

Protocals are up. Hecken had a time violation. Carolina got saved by her spins and footwork.

there are some very interesting component scores

korpi coreo from 6.25 to 8,25 > 6,25???
maier from avarage 6 to average 8 > ??? 7 would be just fine
maite performance from 5 to 7,25 > 7,25 ???


costern scores ARE OK - she got punished in performance execution with marks in high 6, thats fair!
hecken only level 2 layback and GOE mostly around 0 or +1 so judging on her is fine too!
with leonova the single axel was her killer only worth 0,50 points

[Meli_Huber]

I think Sarah Hecken was underscored, she deserves to be ahead of Kostner ((

Absolut right. And then the time violation :( ... did not happend in any other competetion. Really sad for her, after the really worse and hard season for her, with all the injuries and illness. Hope she can skate a good programm tomorrow, and can be happy with herself afterwards!

[siberia82]

Although I didn't watch the Ladies' SP, I did check the results, and it's fantastic that Viktoria Helgesson is in 4th place! What a great day for Swedish figure skating! She just stole the thunder away from her male teammates.

[blue_idealist]

Although I didn't watch the Ladies' SP, I did check the results, and it's fantastic that Viktoria Helgesson is in 4th place! What a great day for Swedish figure skating! She just stole the thunder away from her male teammates.

I've been impressed with Viktoria Helgesson since last year. I think she's underscored a lot.

[euroskate]

Absolut right. And then the time violation :( ... did not happend in any other competetion. Really sad for her, after the really worse and hard season for her, with all the injuries and illness. Hope she can skate a good programm tomorrow, and can be happy with herself afterwards!

well time violation can happen if your music is almost on the max and if you do not finish on time. so it means nothing that it did not happen bevor.
i am pretty sure the referee and time keeper is very accurate on this

[siberia82]

I've been impressed with Viktoria Helgesson since last year. I think she's underscored a lot.

Swedish skaters are generally underscored. It's fantastic that Viktoria has a good chance to land on the podium here. FS fans in Sweden have been waiting a long time for a major international medal, and she just might be the one to do it. (Does anyone know when was the last time a Swede has finished in the top 3 at Euros or Worlds?)