Ladies Short Program 11/11/11 5:15 AM EST

[demarinis5]

Good luck Ladies! Can't wait to see Mao.

Starting Order

1 Shoko ISHIKAWA JPN
2 Agnes ZAWADZKI USA
3 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA
4 Ashley WAGNER USA
5 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO

6 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN
7 Mao ASADA JPN
8 Kiira KORPI FIN
9 Alena LEONOVA RUS
10 Akiko SUZUKI JPN

[Nadine]

Cheers to ALL the American Ladies and Super Mao!

ps: I checked out the practice thread and read about Mao's new dress, but didn't click on the link b/c I want to be surprised.

[Nadine]

All right, there they are!

5 minutes of warmup and then they start.

I see the powerful French skater is in this group (recall her power jumps from last year).

And there's Agnes, another powerful jumper. And of course the lovely Ashley Wagner.

[BackStage Barbie]

Here's a link to my LIVE play-by-play for anybody who doesn't have access to a video feed http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com/...kating_08.html

[demarinis5]

WOW Agnes is a Brunette now. Quite a change, I like it.

[Nadine]

Elene's such a powerful jumper, that's the one thing that stood out to me last year at SA when I was sitting in the front row watching everybody up front & live, Elene's beautiful powerful jumps. So glad she changed back to her beautiful natural brunette color.

[Nadine]

Didn't get a good look at Agnes, just a glimpse from afar, not sure if I like the brunette hair on her. Isn't she a natural mousy blonde?

[Nadine]

Gee, I wonder if it is me or IN, but the skaters seemed to be skating slow tonight, even most of the pairs. Hmmm...

Anyhow, too bad about the singled 2A, but everything else landed.

Good job by the Japanese lady.