2012 GPF qualifiers: Pairs

**golden411** · 11-25-2012, 03:51 AM

2012 GPF qualifiers:

PAIRS http://www.isuresults.com/events/gp2012/gpspairs.htm

PLACE 1 - 6: QUALIFIED FOR ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL
1	Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV	RUS	15			15			30	1	402.60	2	262.08	132.79	140.52	14
2	Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV	RUS				13		15	28	1	383.10	2	251.47	126.41	131.63	14
3	Qing PANG / Jian TONG	CHN	13		15				28	1	373.98	2	243.45	123.20	130.53	13
4	Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV	RUS			13		15		28	1	371.52	2	241.04	121.21	130.48	13
5	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN		13			13		26	2	377.20	2	250.43	126.00	126.77	14
6	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN			9			13	22	2	352.99	2	228.73	115.49	124.26	13
PLACE 7 - 9: SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL
7	Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN	USA	11			11			22	3	357.43	2	237.66	120.19	119.77	14
8	Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK	ITA		11			11		22	3	341.52	2	224.43	112.24	117.09	14
9	Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV	RUS			11		7		18	3	339.28	2	228.98	115.89	110.30	13

ETA:

Excerpt below - which includes season's best scores -- is from ISU's event preview (04 December 2012). http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/p...0.html?id=1211

World and Grand Prix Final silver medalists Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) headline the Pairs standings and are the only couple to advance with two gold medals to the Final. They scored a seasons best of 207.53 points. Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov (RUS/seasons best 192.02), Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN/188.82) and Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS7seasons best 187.99) collected a gold and a silver each on their way to Sochi. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) qualified with two silver medals and a seasons best of 190.49 points while Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN) booked their ticket to the Final with a silver medal and a fourth-place finish (seasons best 180.63 points). All couples have competed in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final before.

**samson** · 11-26-2012, 03:14 AM

It's funny looking at the tie breakers. I guess I understand why they work the way they do, but I wonder if Denney and Coughlin would be in the final had they skated in a field like NHK's? Nice to see a US team in the alternates the year before the olympics. Their scores were consistently higher this grand prix season from the year before.

Seems like V/T's to lose. I feel like the other five could land in any combination. I'm not sure if that makes me more interested or less...

**Sk8Boi** · 11-27-2012, 08:39 AM

V/T will have very high PCS and will be hard to beat. Russia will go 1-2-4 here, with Pang third if he is well and can do the jumps. The Canadians will have nice content, but will play catch up on PCS.

The team with 195+ should win.

**FSGMT** · 11-27-2012, 09:12 AM

I just hope that V/T PCS won't be absurde: if they skate clean, I can understand 70 or even 72, but not if they fall, otherwise it will be a joke competition, like CoR...

**wallylutz** · 11-27-2012, 08:15 PM

Duhamel/Radford have the most difficult program with SBS Triple Lutz and Throw 3Lz, which will set them apart. They almost beat Kavaguti/Smirnov in Paris so hopefully they can stay on their feet this time and make it to the podium.

**blue_idealist** · 11-27-2012, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by samson

It's funny looking at the tie breakers. I guess I understand why they work the way they do, but I wonder if Denney and Coughlin would be in the final had they skated in a field like NHK's? Nice to see a US team in the alternates the year before the olympics. Their scores were consistently higher this grand prix season from the year before.

Seems like V/T's to lose. I feel like the other five could land in any combination. I'm not sure if that makes me more interested or less...

I think D/C would have got 2nd, same as M-T/M, if they had skated at NHK.