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Pairs Long Program 2:00 PM EST

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Huibo DONG / Yiming WU CHN 9 49.52
2 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN 10 48.04
3 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN 8 57.53

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE CAN 7 57.68
5 Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS CAN 6 57.97
6 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG USA 5 60.75

Warm-Up Group 3
7 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 1 66.75
8 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 4 61.54
9 Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA 2 63.35
10 Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER USA 3 62.42
 

Tonichelle

Idita-Rock-n-Roll
Record Breaker
Joined
Jun 27, 2003
Amanda and Mark should have been fourth... hope they can pull up in the long!

Also hoping Sui & Han do a fantastic job! I love their short, so cute! :love:
 

Ravensque

On the Ice
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Dec 31, 2009
This is going to be a grueling comp for those who do not train at the higher altitude. I hope this competition goes smoothly and safely for all those competing. I'm especially worried about lifts.
 

Mao88

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 9, 2011
Sadly, I can't watch either the pairs LP or the Free Dance as its work tomorrow and these events take place late at night/in the early hours of the morning where I am. Hence, looking forward to seeing the videos tomorrow! It's going to be a really exciting finish between D&W and V&M! Will also be an interesting conclusion to the pairs competition.

Good luck to all the competitors
 

Nadine

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 3, 2003
GOOOOOOOOOOO DENNEY & COUGHLIN, MARLEY & BRUBAKER, EVORA & LADWIG!!!! :rock: :clap: :thumbsup: :love:
 

Nadine

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 3, 2003
I'm just hoping ALL the pairs skate clean and put on a great competition, there's nothing more boring than watching a bunch of falls, pops, et al. :cry:

1 MINUTE LEFT IN WARMUP!!!! :rock:
 

sequinsgalore

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Huibo DONG / Yiming WU (CHN)

Music: Mulan (soundtrack)

9th after SP

3FTw - shaky landing
2T+1T - she does only 2T w step-out (I think)
3S - she has step-out, he doubles
Li - a bit clumsy
BoDs
FCCoSp - off/on unison
3LoTh
3STh - stepout
Li
PCoSp
ChSp
Li

Boring... they need a lot of refinement.

Score: 88.39, total 137.91 and into 1st
 
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Nadine

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 3, 2003
I think the most dangerous discipline at this altitude is pairs; here's hoping & praying nothing bad happens here. I applaud them for just making it through the program. :bow:

I LOVE their HUGE 3twist, but she really needs to clean up her lines, work on leg extension, and comb her hair, style it. Such beautiful costumes are marred when one looks unkempt. Jmho.

Good job. :)
 
Joined
Mar 14, 2006
Ho-hum beginning. To me their costumes did not go with her tomboy look.

I really hate it in lifts when the heel grab looks like an afterthought. "Hmm, maybe I should bend my leg. Wonder if I should grab the blade - might get me another .36725 pt...."

Go, MBM-Rockne and Takahashi-Tran!!!! I'm for all skaters named Takahashi.
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Dong & Wu China

Twist was in here somewhere, but I missed it getting set up.

Two jump elements, 2 major problems
She landed forward on one (really UR'ed)


lift, nice
death spiral, guy didn't hold his pivot well.
SBS spins, out of unison several places in the first set
got together at the end.

getting their breath (need it in CO springs)

throw 3Lp nice.
throw 3S turnout on landing

Lift 3 lasso to upside down stag, rotate out. not fluid
pair spin. she's on two feet :eek: this is an attempt to do something new but it did not work for me

kind of a neat composite spiral
lift. He had to come to a stand still to get her down properly
not good.

Total 137.91
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Zhang & Wang CHN

peppy stepping
singing in the rain nice 3Tw
Really nice 3t2t well synch'd
Something wrong with solo jumps-one of them piffed it

lift
more fancy stepping into pair spin
recentered, not good
tap dance
side by side spins
went out of synch at the end

skate skate to gain speed into a throw 3 loop. heavy landing but good

staying in tap character throughout
throw 3S, landing not secure

Nice lift with a carry that has her up on one hand like a pole into a stag position
Another lift (star )

Really, their attempt to have a character in this dance is commendable

death spiral. Again, I don't like his pivot.
 

sequinsgalore

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG (CHN)

Music: Singin' in the Rain Suite
Singin' in the Rain (soundtrack)

10th after SP

3FTw
2T+2T
3S
Li
PCoSp
FCCoSp - off/on unison
3LoTh
3STh - stepout
Li
ChSp
Li
BoDs

I'm not quite sure about the sbs jumps

Score: 92.20, total 140.24 and into 1st
 
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tulosai

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 21, 2011
They were cute and had a lot of personality at some points. I think that was a hideous death spiral though.

SUPER pumped for D/R!
 

Nadine

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 3, 2003
After watching Marley & Brubaker's wonderful "Singing in the Rain", everybody else's looks lame, including this pair, unfortunately. :(
 
Joined
Mar 14, 2006
2nd China pair is not that strong technically but their program had charm (Singin' in the Rain) and won the audience over from the first moves. It was refreshing. I don't remember seeing a pair skate to this and it worked nicely.

Is there a name for the move where she puts one blade on his instep and lunges forward with the other foot? Looked cool.

ETA: Oh Lord, is this MBM's music? Sheesh.
 

sweetskates1

Medalist
Joined
Feb 5, 2012
I agree with dorispulaski they attempted to skate with a sweet sophistication and I liked it a lot! I see more potential in them than I did in the first pair.
 
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