Skate Canada 2012 Ladies - Short Program

[Macassar88]

Yeah she and Makarova switched hair

WOW, Amelie is blond now!

[koatcue]

Osmond was SO gifted=///And Liza shows emotions just great, thank you very much...

[gioccia]

HUGE PCS for Osmond...I thought Liza and Gracie were much better(((

[wallylutz]

Next warm group is on the ice. I think Osmond is going to make it to the final group for free skate, possibly even among top 3.

[evangeline]

WOW, Amelie is blond now!

And Ksenia is brunette...I'm having trouble keeping track of all these dye jobs.

[gold12345]

2:00 on a Friday isn't a great time to hold an event :/

[evangeline]

The attendance is shockingly poor! Is there more than a hundred people at the audience?

It's Friday afternoon...most people are probably still at school and/or work.

[Rachmaninoff]

Too bad about Liza. I really enjoyed her last year and was hoping puberty/growing pains wouldn't be too hard on her. I'm not sure the program is suitable for her either. Dress is quite nice though.

[Macassar88]

Osmond was SO gifted=///And Liza shows emotions just great, thank you very much...

She's Canadian and she landed her jumps, it was to be expected.

So excited for Akiko! She looks great!

[tulosai]

Next warm group is on the ice. I think Osmond is going to make it to the final group for free skate, possibly even among top 3.

I think for sure she will. Barring a true shock neither Ksenia or Amelie has any hope of scoring above her IMO.

[Macassar88]

Too bad about Liza. I really enjoyed her last year and was hoping puberty/growing pains wouldn't be too hard on her. I'm not sure the program is suitable for her either. Dress is quite nice though.

She had a better SP at Saint Petersburg, but Mishin already said that she isn't ready for this comp but they are doing it anyway.

[glam]

2:00 on a Friday isn't a great time to hold an event :/

Still, it's Canada! I thought skating is quite popular there.

[wallylutz]

Osmond was SO gifted=///And Liza shows emotions just great, thank you very much...

http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpcan2012/SEG003.HTM

Not according to the judges' marks. In the "Interpretation" component, the two had their largest difference in margin in favor of Osmond whereas Elizaveta even came out ahead in SS. To have a young debutant beating her like that in IN says a lot and note I made my remarks during the live skate even before any knowledge of results so this suggests this panel and I are noticing the same issues.

[sky_fly20]

HUGE PCS for Osmond...I thought Liza and Gracie were much better(((

Osmond will win skate Canada !
unless she bombs, 2-3rd podium still up for grabs

[mikiandorocks]

Monko and Khaliavin haven't been doing well this season. They don't have very good material either - I guess Zhulin put all his best choreographic work in Bobrova and Soloviev's dances.

The difference in TES was significant. Monko & Khaliavin got 25.50 and Starygina & Volobuiev got 29.80. I was hoping for M&K to have improved since I saw them at the russian test skates.

Akiko looks great and her dress is amazing.