Pairs Long Program- Skate Canada 2013
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That is a fair result. I really thought they were going to put the Canadians in first but there was too many errors in that skate. First lift was shaky, second was aborted and third was a bit messy plus the SBS jums were not great. I think their PCS was a bit high, their lowest score was in transitions which I would have their hightest.
A great performance from B/H, much improved on last week. I think it's the type of programme that needs to be skated cleanly to have an impact, last week with the errors they were rightly of the podium. The Chinese are much improved, she has grown a lot, I still don't think she is as good as him and they have room for improvement on PCS.
A great performance from B/H, much improved on last week. I think it's the type of programme that needs to be skated cleanly to have an impact, last week with the errors they were rightly of the podium. The Chinese are much improved, she has grown a lot, I still don't think she is as good as him and they have room for improvement on PCS.
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thats a joke right ? they have clunky throws and ugly lifts
MTM just beat them and rightfully so. never got the idea how they beta MTM last years nationals
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The Italian and Chinese did a great job and kudo for going 1-2. Canadian team was just so blar today. Problems with all the lift, all jumps are barely squeeze out and all throws scratchy landing.
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That's why I liked Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig so much.
Guess the short-lived American pairs have something to do skaters' strong personalities.
Guess the short-lived American pairs have something to do skaters' strong personalities.
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This. Times a quintillion.
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Ugly does not matter in pairs as much anymore. If they skate clean and others make mistakes, they will be a threat. MTM were so much better last year. I find them boring now. I am much more interested in the Chinese, Russians, Italians and Germans. I hope S/S brings it next grand prix but the Russians are so much better than all their rivals.
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Yeah, agree on all counts. I wonder if part of it is that she is hard for him to lift for some reason. They seem to keep botching lifts at all the competitions. I know they're a new team, but they are both experienced at pairs, I would think the lifts would have a higher success rate. I feel like he put them up better with MBM even very early on and she had no prior lift experience (though those lefts may have been easier than the ones he and Davis are trying).
Either way, like someone else said, I hope this is a mistaken impression (that is, that they are sick of/just tolerating one another already) and that they were just having a bad day.
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anyone who thinks D/R deserve a 66+ needs to see D/R skating, everything is ugly especially her form, look at her lift positions :disapp:
I agree Skate Canada is corrupt so not much would have made a difference if they won on home ice with inflated marks
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Too harsh on D/R. Sure they are not as natural as many other pairs. They were not constantly overscored in the past either.
Honestly, that's why I liked Haven and Brandon. They have some work to do for sure, but I could tell they have skated together for a long time.
I believe they were clean and MTM had a step out on a throw. The scores were very close. I thought D/R did deserve it though
They had five points on PCS versus the Italians. I'm not sure why the home crowd was booing. And there are quality issues there.
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