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2013 US Nationals Sr Pairs LP

museksk8r

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Oh, Marissa, please hold it together . . . already stumbled out of the 3toe.
 

bigsisjiejie

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OH NO. Schnapir completely missed his entrance to the SBS spins and is just standing there waiting for her to finish that element. Nightmare. This title just slipped away.
 

Tonichelle

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If the partnership is as "volatile" as Sandra says - if this skate kills their chance at gold, do you see them sticking it out another season or two?
 

museksk8r

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If anything saves them at this point, it is the PCS score. They are the only team in this group so far that has the look and skating ability of a senior team. Every other team looks really juniorish. The TES is going to kill them though.
 

museksk8r

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They are still the leaders! Only at US Nationals with such a weak, shallow field could that EVER happen. WOW!
 

lavender

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If anything saves them at this point, it is the PCS score. They are the only team in this group so far that has the look and skating ability of a senior team. Every other team looks really juniorish. The TES is going to kill them though.

I agree. I know... it's not a good word but generic is the word that keeps coming to mind when I think of the others
 

museksk8r

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Yes, there is no refinement or elegance in US pairs skating. It's like none of them have ever attended a ballet class in their life, save Caitlin Yankowskas.
 

bigsisjiejie

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This pairs competition was lackluster overall. No Denney/Coughlin and no chance to see Yankowskas/Reagan. I'm really missing Evora/Ladwig (no insult intended to Lindsay Davis), and if Marley/Brubaker were here, I'd bet that could have challenged for that gold medal. Aaaaaargh. At least we have two new pairs that seem to be gelling fast and showing promise (S/K and Z/B). I've just about given up on Donlan/Speroff, much as I think their skating is pretty.
 

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Final results below.

Link to protocols: http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2013/68390/SEGM006.html


PlaceStart No.NameShort ProgramFree SkateTotal Score
Place
19Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir162.273118.34180.61
27Alexa Scimeca / Christopher Knierim352.791119.96172.75
310Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay253.192118.83172.02
46Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig551.654113.43165.08
58Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier452.486109.79162.27
65Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff749.815109.86159.67
73Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea947.747100.58148.32
82Kiri Baga/ Taylor Toth848.13899.95148.08
94DeeDee Leng /Timothy LeDuc650.841092.87143.71
101Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin1044.41998.94143.35
 

Tonichelle

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Sandra keeps saying "imagine this team at their 5 year mark"

dude, it's US pairs skating - I can't imagine something that will never happen. We're lucky if a team sticks it out for 3 years.
 

museksk8r

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Sandra keeps saying "imagine this team at their 5 year mark"

dude, it's US pairs skating - I can't imagine something that will never happen. We're lucky if a team sticks it out for 3 years.

Exactly! They don't stick it out when the going gets tough. Evora/Ladwig are the exception, not the rule.
 

gold12345

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Yes, there is no refinement or elegance in US pairs skating. It's like none of them have ever attended a ballet class in their life, save Caitlin Yankowskas.

Yeah, it's a shame. The elegance/refinement that comes from ballet needs to be developed when the skaters are young, and that doesn't seem to be happening.

And with all these new teams, it seems like they're concentrating so hard on all the elements (which they generally do well) that they forget about a lot of the rest.
 

Jammers

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Yes, there is no refinement or elegance in US pairs skating. It's like none of them have ever attended a ballet class in their life, save Caitlin Yankowskas.

Did you not watch Gretchen Donlan? She has some of the best lift positions in the world. She's more balletic then even Caitlin i think.
 

gold12345

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Did you not watch Gretchen Donlan? She has some of the best lift positions in the world. She's more balletic then even Caitlin i think.

Sadly, I think people forget about her a little bit because she's never on TV. Too many chronic jump struggles to really break through.
 
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