Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates split up

[herios]

I think it was a lower level of skating overall. I don't remember any huge mistakes (although there might have been minor mistakes).

It was just a lower level genarally speaking. S/B were ahead of them with 1 year in seniors and it showed.

[blue_idealist]

It was indeed. My question was simply if Chock/Zuerlein finished 5th because of a fall or big mistake of if they finished 5th because of a lower level of skating overall.

I don't remember any major mistakes from C/Z. I just remember their programs simply weren't as good/as well skated as S/B's or N/B's that year. C/Z improved a lot in 2010-2011, I think.

I actually think Navarro and Bommentre should have gone to the Olympics, but I think Kim sealed their fate when she let go of her leg during a twizzle.