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V/T were wonderful broke their own world record!
That's an interesting point. I don't have a lot of disposable income, but this year I actually could have gone to Skate America... calendar and bankbook were in alignment. I didn't even consider it because it's in Detroit.
I would LOVE if a skating event would go to Orlando... though that would be a very expensive trip for me (I can't go to Orlando without visiting Disney).
Nationals was in Orlando in 1992. Some pretty weird practice arenas.
hmmm so they're overdue for another one!
Nationals was in Orlando in 1992. Some pretty weird practice arenas.
Skate America always has lots of empty seats. This discussion has been going on for at least 20 years. Detroit has an active skating community that bids for events - thus they get them. I'm sorry if I sound a bit jaundiced. I've just seen/heard these discussions a lot.
Wow at the score of V/T! I like their short a lot, Tatjana looks so royal!
My understanding is that Detroit is extremely depressed economically, which would decrease the number of casual local fans.
I don't know why they picked Detroit as a host; I imagine that there were some financial benefits to be realized in terms of venue, and so forth.
Of course, I really don't know what goes into account when choosing a host city for a GP event.
They still don't have a triple twist. They'll probably need Berton/Hotarek to mess up again in the FS but maybe not... As noted earlier, their scores are getting a boost now that Kawaguchi/Smirnov are injured. I'm amazed that they managed to score almost 65 points without a triple twist.Pls stolbova klimov win a medal!
Pl. Name Nation TSS
= TES
+ PCS
+ SS TR PE CH IN Ded.
- StN.
1 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV RUS 83.05 44.99 38.06 9.43 9.29 9.64 9.61 9.61 0.00 #8
2 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN 71.51 39.59 31.92 7.86 7.82 7.93 8.18 8.11 0.00 #6
3 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS 64.80 35.21 29.59 7.39 7.14 7.43 7.54 7.50 0.00 #5
4 Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA 63.85 34.76 29.09 7.21 7.07 7.32 7.39 7.36 0.00 #7
5 Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR USA 62.56 34.42 28.14 6.93 6.89 7.11 7.14 7.11 0.00 #3
6 Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA 62.06 34.60 28.46 7.14 6.86 7.07 7.29 7.21 1.00 #4
7 Felicia ZHANG / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY USA 55.83 31.71 25.12 6.25 6.11 6.29 6.46 6.29 1.00 #1
8 Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO CAN 50.26 26.00 24.26 6.11 5.86 5.96 6.18 6.21 0.00 #2
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpusa2013/SEG005.HTM
I think some of the top teams don't do triple twists in the short - it also depends on the level too and factor in goe's. S and K were working on triple twists I understand- the Italians for a while looked like they were going to be world medallists and then the two Canadians picked up their game and Pang and tong returned - and there always seems to be a second russian team nipping at a medal. Italy is trying to assert itself for a olympic team medal. They could easily medal in women and dance and maybe eek out a medal in pairs. so if Bariev I mean whatever his name is rigini?? something that sounds like a twisted pasta skates well who knows.