Ladies - Long Program

**MikiAndoFan#1** · 11-05-2011, 03:44 AM

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Qiuying ZHU CHN 10 35.28
2 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 9 45.90
3 Christina GAO USA 8 51.99
4 Valentina MARCHEI ITA 7 52.42
5 Bingwa GENG CHN 6 52.61

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Kexin ZHANG CHN 5 52.85
7 Kanako MURAKAMI JPN 4 53.09
8 Adelina SOTNIKOVA RUS 3 53.74
9 Mirai NAGASU USA 2 60.96
10 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 1 61.88

**icemusings** · 11-05-2011, 03:58 AM

My live play by play for anyone without a video feed will be available at http://icemusings.blogspot.com/2011/...ree-skate.html. The event starts at 4:15 EST and my blog will be updated after each skater. Could be a tough fight for bronze here with the scores so close.

**Nadine** · 11-05-2011, 04:02 AM

To tell the truth I'm not as pumped for this competition as I am for the men. And that's b/c I find the women dull, safe, and unexciting, even the new Russian phenoms.

Except for Adelina's creative "Bolero", complete with a purple jumpsuit, everything else is blah. Same old same old. I miss the excitement and passion of the old Mao Asada, especially at the 2010 Olympics. Ah, thast was one for the ages, I still remember the feeling of wanting to run outside around the block a couple of dozen times when she hit those gorgeous 3axels!

Those were the days...

**ordinary person** · 11-05-2011, 04:10 AM

I agree a little bit, i mean we all know Carolina can never lose the gold, so much for the excitement.

**BackStage Barbie** · 11-05-2011, 04:19 AM

My LIVE BLOG for anybody without a feed; my money is on Adelina winning! http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com/...ting_9452.html

**auser** · 11-05-2011, 04:23 AM

here is a UK Eurosport feed for anyone seeking a stream:

http://www.hahasport.com/v-2/12/48/v-324811.html

**sequinsgalore** · 11-05-2011, 04:27 AM

Qiuying Zhu (CHN)

Music: Scent of a Woman (soundtrack) by Thomas Newman

3F - looked UR, 3turn on landing
3T - hand down/fall
3S
FCCoSp
3T+2T - looked UR on both
2A+2T
ChSp
2A
... stream effed up ... what did I miss?
CCoSp
SlSt
LSp - not very pretty

**Nadine** · 11-05-2011, 04:27 AM

Too bad about the opening obvious 2-foot on the 3F and then the subsequent fall on the 3T, but nice comeback with a lovely 3S, and two nice solid 2As.

Needs to work on speed and spins though.

**gold12345** · 11-05-2011, 04:29 AM

Mirai being in this competition is excitement in and of itself. You never know what kind of performance you're going to get with her.

**sequinsgalore** · 11-05-2011, 04:30 AM

Qiuying Zhu

Score: 73.29, new PB, total 108.57, also new PB and into 1st

**sequinsgalore** · 11-05-2011, 04:35 AM

Ksenia Makarova (RUS)

Music: Diamonds are a Girls best Friend

3F - fall, looked UR
3T+2T
3Lo - swinging leg on landing
ChSp
LSp
3Lo+2T+2Lo - 3Lo perhaps UR
3S+2T
2A
2A
FSSp
SlSt
CCoSp

An improvement over Skate America.

**Nadine** · 11-05-2011, 04:36 AM

Gee I feel embarrassed for Ksenia, trying to be Marilyn Monroe. *insert embarrassed emoticon*

Reminds me of that Georgian skater that died her hair last year and then showed up at Skate America looking like that. :(

And her program was messy/sloppy, fall and iffy jumps, bleh.