When you have to wait a lot before skating, you tend to become more and more nervous (I can tell you this basing on my personal experience), so the skaters that are the strongest mentally (or the luckiest) will win, I think...
When you have to wait a lot before skating, you tend to become more and more nervous (I can tell you this basing on my personal experience
Hayleigh BELL / Alistair SYLVESTER (CAN)
Music: Fantasie Impromptu by F. Chopin
3Tw - low
2A
3LoTh - fall
Li
ChSq
2F+2T+2T
PCoSp
Li
3STh
FCCoSp
FiDs
FS: 43.16 + 38.41 - 1.00 = 80.57
Total: 120.75, in 1st (out of 1)
Rachel EPSTEIN / Dmitry EPSTEIN (NED)
Music: The Lion King (soundtrack) by Elton John
2Tw
2Lo+2T - she stepouts
Li
2STh
FCCoSp - unison off at the end
Li
2F
ChSq
2FTh
BoDs - she falls during pivot
PCoSp
FS: 29.81 + 31.60 - 1.00 = 60.41
Tot: 91.31, in 2nd (out of 2)
She looks very disappointed
Last edited by sequinsgalore; 02-28-2013 at 02:47 PM.
Epstein/Epstein... I enjoyed the music so much (The Lion King)... fall on the DS... last position for sure.
Marcelina LECH / Jakub TYC (POL)
His hobby is sleeping? I guess figure skating is tiring...
Music: Amelie (soundtrack) by Yann Tiersen
2Tw - not the highest
3STh
2Lz - she singles
Li
FiDs
ChSq
3LoTh - twofoot, hand down
FCCoSp - unison off, she moves far away on change-foot
2F+2T+SEQ - he does 1T
Li
PCoSp - slow
FS: 33.63 + 33.71 = 67.34
Tot: 103.64 (PB), ind 2nd (out of 3)
Last edited by sequinsgalore; 02-28-2013 at 02:55 PM.
Giulia FORESTI / Leo Luca SFORZA (ITA)
Music: Momentos Te Quiero by Flamenco Flam Boyan
They stop shortly after start, referee blew the whistle - his right boot laces were untied.
Li - nice, good ice coverage
3Tw - caught her sidewise, may be called UR
FiDs
2A - she falls
ChSq
PCoSp
3STh - she falls
Li - also nice
3LoTh - stepout
2Lo+2T+1T
CCoSp - she is weak/low on the catch-foot camel, also slow
FS: 38.97 + 35.94 - 2.00 = 72.91 (PB)
Tot: 113.48 (PB), in 2nd (out of 4)
Last edited by sequinsgalore; 02-28-2013 at 03:04 PM.
That first group was really painful to watch. And painful for the skaters crashing into the ice or each other as well.
I find it strange they aren't showing at all the Russian couple Kamila and Ivan in the warm up, the camera completely avoided them.
The first group was boring, I hope it gets better
Meiyi LI / Bo JIANG (CHN)
Music: Boundless (from "Big World")
3S - solid, he hangs on a bit
3T+2T
3Tw
Li
FCCoSp - he's shaky on upright catch-foot and falls behind
3LoTh - twofoot, hand down
3STh - lands, then fall
FiDs
ChSq
Li
PCoSp - bit slow
Difficult elements, but trouble on throws. They need more expression, also.
FS: 40.11 + 35.93 - 1.00 = 75.04
116.92, in 2nd (out of 5)
Quite low score, did they get an element called invalid?
Last edited by sequinsgalore; 02-28-2013 at 03:19 PM.
Kamilla GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH (RUS)
Music: Die Fledermaus Ouverture by Johann Strauss
3Lz+2T+2T - he turns out of 3Lz and only adds one 2T
3Tw - very low catch, may be UR
3LoTh
CCoSp - slow
ChSq
3T
Li
3STh - hand down
FiDs
Li - nicely done, good entry and exit
PCoSp
FS: 47.02 + 45.72 = 92.74
Tot: 135.61, in 1st (out of 6)
Yes, the score for the Chinese couple was really low... maybe a lift...
Britney SIMPSON / Matthew BLACKMER (USA)
Music: Excerpts from Henry V by Patrick Doyle
3S - she falls, UR?
2Tw
3LoTh - solid landing
Li
2A+1A+SEQ - she falls on the first 2A and doesn't complete sequence
3STh - slightly twofooted
ChSq
Li
CCoSp - unison off at start
FiDs
PCoSp
She made some costly mistakes on both sbs jumps, unfortunately...
FS: 37.43 + 42.92 - 2.00 = 78.35
Tot: 121.51, in 2nd (out of 7)
Last edited by sequinsgalore; 02-28-2013 at 03:34 PM.
Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri RUDYK (UKR)
Music: The Last Samurai (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
2Tw
3LoTh - ok, but slow on landing
Li - doesn't get her up, aborts attempt
2F+2T
FCCoSp
2Lz - he has hand down
ChSq
Li
3STh - twofooted, stepout/hand down
BiDs
PCoSp
FS: 32.41 + 38.98 - 1.00 = 70.39
Tot: 113.00, in 6th (out of 8)
Last edited by sequinsgalore; 02-28-2013 at 03:42 PM.
It's a total splatfest so far.
Not a single good performance yet. Everyone is all over the place.
Well, they were really terrible.Originally Posted by FSGMT
Yes, the score for the Chinese couple was really low... maybe a lift...
They landed two sbs triples!! They were not bad at all for me! They made a couple of bad mistakes but I think they have the potential and I actually liked them artistically, too: at least they're not another Chinese pair skating to classical music with balletic movements copying the Hongbo and Zhao programs!Well, they were really terrible.
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