2014 Cup of China Pairs Short Program 11/07

sequinsgalore · Nov 7, 2014

Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN (CHN)

Music: Yulunga (Spirit Dance) by Dead Can Dance

She's in white one-shoulder dress. He's in grey/red ornate vest, black pants

3T
3Tw - good height
3LoTh - fall
FCCoSp3p
3Li
FiDs
StSq

Shame about the throw fall

SP: 29.81+28.22-1.00 = 57.03, 2nd (out of 6)

bartlebooth · Nov 7, 2014

Homage to 1998 Anissina/Peizerat with Della Monica/Guarise's costumes

alebi · Nov 7, 2014

I was saying "Yeah Matteo did the Salchow!"... when I saw Nicole down on the ice... ARGH :laugh:

Snow63 · Nov 7, 2014

Worst pairs event so far out of three GPs. But the battle for podium will be brutal.

sequinsgalore · Nov 7, 2014

Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)

Music: Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev

She's in blue velvet dress w/ sequin quilt. He's in matching vest, white shirt, dark pants

3Tw
3S - she falls
3LoTh - big stepout, hand down
3Li
StSq
FiDs
FCCoSp3p

Two big mistakes

SP: 27.40+27.08-1.00 = 53.48, 6th (out of 7)

Violet Bliss · Nov 7, 2014

P/Z owns this event.

sequinsgalore · Nov 7, 2014

Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG (CHN)

Music: Arabian Dance (from "The Nutcracker") by Peter I. Tchaikovski

She's in pink one-shoulder dress with snake. He's in blue blouse w/bronze panel, black pants

3T - nice
FiDs - good catchfoot variation
StSq
3Tw - great height
3LoTh - also nice
3Li
FCCoSp3p - unison off at end

Finally, a nice skate! Should take the lead by far...

SP: 36.48+32.63 = 69.11 (SB), 1st (out of 8)

alebi · Nov 7, 2014

First time I'm hypnotized by P/Z... WOW :bow:

Snow63 · Nov 7, 2014

SkateFiguring said:
P/Z owns this event.

Absolutely deserved. No contest. But who will get silver medal?

Lota · Nov 7, 2014

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! :love:

wow, they were so good! You can really see she's been working on her presence. The choreography, the elements! May they do that well tomorrow!

Winnie_20 · Nov 7, 2014

That was stunningly beautiful. Gold, no contest.

First Skate · Nov 7, 2014

Great to see Cheng Peng landing the jumps, and happy to see the catchfoot back in the death spiral

Mao88 · Nov 7, 2014

PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM - VIDEOS & RESULT

1. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG (CHN) - 69.11 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy
2. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG (CHN) - 57.27 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy
3. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN (CHN) - 57.03 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy
4. Vera BAZAROVA / Andrei DEPUTAT (RUS) - 56.85 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy
5. Natasha PURICH / Andrew WOLFE (CAN) - 56.14 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
6. Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU (USA) - 54.66 Short Program, 2nd Copy
7. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA) - 53.48 Short Program , 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
8. Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Antonino SOUZA-KORDYERU (RUS) - 46.74 Short Program, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy

CaroLiza_fan · Nov 7, 2014

You know, earlier today I was regretting my predictions for pairs.

I thought "I must have been mad predicting an all Chinese podium. We all know that the Chinese have a strong tradition in Pairs, but surely Bazarova / Deputat or della Monica / Guarise will get amongst them..."

Now I'm wondering if I've done something very clever...!!! :biggrin:

CaroLiza_fan

Violet Bliss · Nov 7, 2014

CaroLiza_fan said:
You know, earlier today I was regretting my predictions for pairs.

I thought "I must have been mad predicting an all Chinese podium. We all know that the Chinese have a strong tradition in Pairs, but surely Bazarova / Deputat or della Monica / Guarise will get amongst them..."

Now I'm wondering if I've done something very clever...!!!

CaroLiza_fan

You were just being truthful to your truth, which is true.

BounceAround · Nov 7, 2014

Peng and Zhang had a great death spiral. I loved how she was loving it at the end.

dorispulaski · Nov 7, 2014

Just wonderful! A program to bookmark and watch again and again :love:

Alba · Nov 7, 2014

CaroLiza_fan said:
I thought "I must have been mad predicting an all Chinese podium. We all know that the Chinese have a strong tradition in Pairs, but surely Bazarova / Deputat or della Monica / Guarise will get amongst them..."

That would've happened only if the chinese bombed.

CanadianSkaterGuy · Nov 7, 2014

CaroLiza_fan said:
You know, earlier today I was regretting my predictions for pairs.

I thought "I must have been mad predicting an all Chinese podium. We all know that the Chinese have a strong tradition in Pairs, but surely Bazarova / Deputat or della Monica / Guarise will get amongst them..."

Now I'm wondering if I've done something very clever...!!!

CaroLiza_fan

I was thinking B/D might sneak on the podium but after seeing their debut earlier this season where they bombed their SBS jumps, I figured there's no way.

IMO, Purich/Wolfe should definitely be ahead of them.

Skater Boy · Nov 7, 2014

I do think Peng and Zhang were a bit overmarked - it appears with these marks they are a world medal threat and no. 1 possibly in china which is possible I guess. There are several teams within a couple of points of silver and bronze so things could change there. The results show you the instability in pairs right now.

2014 Cup of China Pairs Short Program 11/07

sequinsgalore

bartlebooth

alebi

Snow63

Pray one day we'll open our eyes.

sequinsgalore

Violet Bliss

sequinsgalore

alebi

Snow63

Pray one day we'll open our eyes.

Lota

Winnie_20

First Skate

Mao88

CaroLiza_fan

EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA

Violet Bliss

BounceAround

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl

Alba

CanadianSkaterGuy

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