2012 GPF Pair's Free Program LP

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1st Warm-up group is on the ice

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Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS)

Music: February by Leonid Levashevich

3T+3T+SEQ
ChSq
2A - unison a bit off
3FTw - low catch as usual
BiDs
FCCoSp - unison good
Li
3STh

... lost feed

Li
PCoSp

They both seem happy with their skate.

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Kavaguti/Smirnov
120.70, total 178.72 and into 1st

They seem disappointed w/ the score.

[LRK]

http://russiasport.ru/online/node/7533

[sky_fly20]

low score

[HR4]

The scorebis really low I think for what they've showed. I think they deserve higher components

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Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH (CAN)

Music: Queen Medley

3FTw
3T+3T+SEQ
3S - he has hand down, stetpout
ChSq
FiDs
PCoSp
Li
3STh - hand down
3LoTh - stepout
Li
FCCoSp - good speed and unison
Li

Some small mistakes...

[mikiandorocks]

I was expecting K&S to get a much better score :/

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Moore-Towers/Moscovitch
119.50 (PB), total 180.45 and into 1st

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Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN)

Music: Angel by Philippe Rombi

3FTw - a bit shaky landing from her
3Lz
ChSq
Li
FCCoSp - unison ok
Li
3S+2T+2T - she twofoots last jump
PCoSp
3LoTh
3LzTh
Li - almost abort, but he gets her up
FiDs

Some mistakes, but their BV should be very high

[ImaginaryPogue]

Well, Mt/M aren't in last - something we all thought would happen.

[ImaginaryPogue]

D/R were blazing until the last lift, which won't count. Wow to what they did well though. Should score well anyway.

[sky_fly20]

K/S so underrated now

[Kinga]

What a lovely LP that was! K/S became so wonderful on ice.. I also respect them for their great exhibition programs, which are always packed with interesting elements

[rvi5]

As I mentioned in another thread, the ISU could be trying to protect the integrity of Figure Skating as a sport. Some aspects of entertainment are not related to sport, but rather performing art. Performing art often can not be easily measured in quantifiable numbers, because it is typically very subjective. On a ballet discussion board, someone once posed the question whether ballet was a sport. Most members agreed it was not, but was instead fine art. One member further suggested the definition of sports included the lack of subjective judging. Although there are ballet competitions, it is very subjective.

Certainly beauty, poetry, and fantasia can be a part of figure skating. However, the entertainment needs to be built on top of a "solid" skating foundation (view the entertainment as added fluff). Skaters should not depend on the entertainment to win competitions over skating skills. This may be what happened to W/P in ice dance. After last season, they said they had been searching for another audience friendly program. However, it would appear the judges felt they neglected the skating content. Some skaters can perform a solid skating program, but lacking in emotional entertainment. Others can produce a very entertaining program which lacks satisfactory skating. However the best skaters can do both (unfortunately, they may be a minority)