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Thanks so much!
Sorry I don't have the placements filled in but Mao won, then Kimmie, then Danielle - the numbers are there so you can fill them in for yourself
ISR Rachel Kapelner Start 1 Place 0
Notes black on one side red on other deep v of illusion front & back / 2a turns out hand down but one of the better ones from her if warm up is anything to go by / 2l / 2f / fly cam travel a bit - had some nice pos variations & good speed / 2s / haven't quite figured out what the music is & what relationship to it her costume has / spiral seq is ok / 1a / she moves across the ice with pretty good speed / combo spin tried a coule of neat variations on camel pos but almost fell out of it / she seems pretty disappointed with her skate /
plan 39.1 tech 17.65 comp 20.88 tot 38.5 overall 61.26
BEL Kirsten Verbist Start 2 Place 0
Notes black with open back red sequins / spanish / 2a step out / 2f2t / think it's part of Carmen / combo spin is fast & centered / 3s2t clean - don't think she landed one clean one in warmup / 2z / 3l was 2-1/2 stumbled then fell / she has nice prescence on the ice for her level and is paying attention to her music most of the time / ends with a fly cam that could use more extension & finished after her music /
plan 41.2 tech 26.85 comp 26.23 tot 51.08 overall 75.68
THA Amy Arirachakaran Start 3 Place 0
Notes purple strpless velvet asym hem / 1-1/2 flutz stumbled out very slow into it / 1l / 2f fell / spirals were ok / flycam was wobbly / 1a both hands down / layback travelled but pos were ok - one of her better elements / she's not giving up and does a clean 1a / and what start out to be a pretty good combo spin then fell out of it at the end and went into a closing pose on her knees to make the best of it
plan 23.3 tech 10.93 comp 15.82 tot 24.75 overall 41.44
MEX Maria Fernanda Diaz Valle Start 4 Place 0
Notes bright fushia with one sleeve / combo spin is fast & centered / lights on broadway / 2a fell / O ftwrk is ok but small pattern / layback travelled a lot / 2z / 2l / split jump 2f stumbled out a bit / flycam to catch foot / 2f 2t fell on t / 3 s was 2-1/2landed on both feet / 2z / there were times when she attempted to use her music but most of the time it was background/
plan 25.4 tech 19.2 comp 22.27 tot 39.47 overall 60.12
AUS Laura Downing Start 5 Place 0
Notes black bathing suit with bit of diag pattern / 3t / half loops into 3s fell / 2f2t / nice beillman that went up easy / 2l / masquarade waltz in part is the music / missed somting into flycam with nice pos / big O ftwrk with some nice moves / 2f / 2z fell / she's very quiet skater not a sound / combo spin is very well done /
plan 33.1 tech 20.05 comp 28.95 tot 47.0 overall 71.41
GER Katharina Hacker Start 6 Place 0
Notes royal blue with keyhole back & chocker effect / 2a / 3t2t / travel 3s into 1l / sitspin / 3t landed forward on 2 feet / she's got some very nice chor and moves well to the music but I have no idea what it is / she's almost acting something out / 3s2t / 3s messy landing / combo spin is very well done /
plan 46.7 tech 25.48 comp 34.44 tot 59.92 overall 88.54
MON Aurore Premont Start 7 Place 0
Notes dark purple with sheer sleeves lace effect on back / 2a step out / loop landed on 2 feet / 2f good height / flycam is well done / loop think a 2 / popped axel / 2f / missed a jump / layback is very fast & centered / O ftwrk has a bit of smal pattern butis fairly complex & fast / combo spin to end /
plan 40.7 tech 18.08 comp 28.41 tot 46.49 overal 73.54
NED Sharon Resseler Start 8 Place 0
Notes black with a sparkles on top / violin fantasy turandot / 3s fell / missed part of program due to people getting through / flycam had some roblems but she managed to hang on / 2a fell / 3t2t stumbled out of 2 / 1f1t / nice ina / spirals ending in charlotte / 1a turns 2t / combo spin to end is ok /
plan 42.0 tech 17.75 comp 28.86 tot 44.61 overall 71.13
FIN Henna Hietala Start 9 Place 0
Notes black with bit of orange chiffon in skirt at hip / malaguena / 2z low landing almost had it then turned out / popped flip / nice butterfly into back sit / 2a2t is good / 3t lean in air & fell / 2s / layback has good speed centered pos are weak / 2t / strt ftwrk had nice bit of toe steps & a twizzle / inside out spiral with good edges on both / 2a under rot fell / combo spin had a fe wobbles was much better in warmup
plan 42.1 tech 20.25 comp 30.95 tot 49.20 overall 79.96
ITA Martina Sasanelli Start 10 Place 0
Notes pretty blue / rachmaninoff of some sort / nice 3s / 2l bit skiddy on landing but clean / 2a step out / spiral seq with leg to side was very nice / 2f / combo spin / ina on beat of music / 2z? or f / nice upright spin with unique leg pos / layback is soso/ strt ftwrk is a bit slow but fairly intricate /
plan 31.9 tech 24.02 comp 32.25 tot 56.27 overall 86.81
JPN Rumi Suizu Start 11 Place 0
Notes purple shading to white skirt beaded design on bodice / 3t2t2t / 2z / music is the homecoming / 3l under rot / umbrellas of cherbourg / 3t2t / flatback layback / spirals with good extension kept moving with fe crossovers / combo spin ending in fast scratch / 2a2t / 3s turnout / music has changed to something else very familiar but don't know what / 3t / think I got a jump wrong - too many 3t / very nice fly cam to end /
plan 46.2 tech 32.77 comp 35.95 tot 68.72 overall 102.99
KOR Na-Hee Sin Start 12 Place 0
Notes bright mauve with silver sequin pattern / high 2a fell / 3s think she fell disapeared for too long / 3t / very pretty layback with arm variations & sideways to straight / 2f loop loop / inside out spiral with good edges on both / 2l / combo spin with awkward leg in front / 2z / Don quiote / music is overpowering her a bit - her ftwrk isn't quite keepign up / nice fly cam to 4 illusions to end /
plan 37.0 tech 18.57 comp 32.02 tot 47.59 overall 78.48
CAN Monica Boucher Start 13 Place 0
Notes turqoise with navy overlay halter - really prety / 3t landed forward & fell / west side story / 3z fell think close to fully rot / ? spin seemed to have a bit of trouble / nice strt ftwrk / 3s had it then slid off edge & fell / 3t fell / some time for chor & then layback with pos variation / 3l fell / nice spiral seq / there's almost no connection to music / 2f / 2a turns 2a / combo spin to end is good /
plan 42.8 tech 23.51 comp 31.47 tot 49.98 overall 83.62
RUS Ekaterina Lovanova Start 14 Place 0
Notes turqoise with silver / 3z fell not sure if rot / 1f / 3l under rot fell / she's just gone from end to end of the rink with nothing in between / ? spin just saw end / 3f under rot? but stood up 2t / spirals into 2a / ? jump fell hard on stomach / flycam is pretty / nice fast strt ftwrk / 3t2t maybe 2ft on 3t / combo spin is pretty good / plan 48.1 tech 19.03 comp 32.29 tot 48.32 overall 81.22
SWE Josephine Ringdahl Start 15 Place 0
Notes black with peach & light green iag design / 2z2l / 3t2t / sal didn't get off ice / carmen / 2f from diag ftwrk / she's playing to the music fairly well / 2l / axel did get off ice / nice layback to beillman with arm variations / change of edge spiral in catch foot pos / 3t bit messy on landing / flycam / good O ftwrk kept up with fast music / combo spin /
plan 38.9 tech 23.02 comp 33.86 tot 56.88 overall 88.66
EST Elena Glebova Start 16 Place 0
Notes elegant black with open back bit of red on skirt at hip & at cuffs / 2a 1/2l 3s fell on sal / ? didn't get off ice / 3t / combo spin with beillman on back end / spirals are weak / 2z bad wrap / 2a no wrap / layback is soso / O ftwrk had a weird pattern in and out of circle / ? spin ending in fast low sit /
plan 37.5 tech 27.49 comp 32.40 tot 58.89 overall 92.97
USA Cara Kinney Start 17 Place 0
Notes neon purple with dark pink / combo spin travel / 2a2t2l reverse jumper / 3s turnout 2t / 2l / layback with nice arm variation / ina 2f / 3s fell / there hasn't been much chor at all - element to element skating / now the program gets some life for the strt steps and the crowd is clapping / 2z off nice edge with pop / axel didn't get off ice / fly spin that ended kind of funny - just sort died out /
plan 36.2 tech 27.13 comp 33.48 tot 59.61 overall 95.97
SWE Matilda Rang Start 18 Place 0
Notes strapless purple & fushia / 3s2t she just flew into it / 3t with 3turns out / 2z2t / flycam nice speed & pos / music softens to light piano layback / whalley into axel that didn't get off ice / 2l / after some chor & spirals / missed a jump / 3s / O ftwrk moves well with music & fairly complex with nice split jump / combo spin is a bit weak /
plan 37.2 tech 30.87 comp 35.37 tot 66.24 overall 102.88
JPN Mao Asada Start 19 Place 0
Notes 3a under rot some say 1/2 some say 1/4 / ? spin / 3z bit of flutz / strt ftwrk ending in twizzles right into 2a out of nowhere / music slows into inside out spiral bit wek on outside edge / 3s went up crooked & fell / flat back layback to sideways without coming up beautiful / 3z / 3f 2t 3l bit unsteady on loop landing / combo spin is fast & good pos / 3l2l /
plan 59.5 tech 45.07 comp 43.81 tot 87.88 overall 138.02
CAN Amelie Lacoste Start 20 Place 0
Notes dark pink shading to light at skirt chocker effect / rachmaninoff of some sort / 3s2t / 3z true edge but leaning going up and fell / 3l bit low on landing / 2a / front end of combo spin fast with good pos back a bit weaker / 3f fell prob under rot / inside out spiral bit wobbly on change / 3t very low landing but determined not to put hands or free leg down / missed a spin / diag ftwrk 1st part on one foot / 3l badly underrot with hard fall on side / final spin ended 1second over time
plan 50.3 tech 31.50 comp 37.01 tot 64.51 overall 105.83
USA Danielle Kahle Start 21 Place 0
Notes dark fushia & orange / circus type music / 3t / 3z3l loop under rot? hopped out a bit / combo spin is fast centered good pos / strt ftwrk really plays to ragtime music but too many stops for my liking / 3s leaning landed on both feet / 2a / O spiral seq is nice she takes her time with the pos / 3f hop turn 3t / layback with very good back & leg variations / 3l bit unsteady on landing but think clean / 3f fell out / split jump into flysing sit / clock is showing 3:42 - she finished just a tiny bit after her music /
plan 52.1 tech 41.1 comp 39.2 tot 78.3 overall 117.85
USA Kimmie Meissner Start 22 Place 0
Notes light blue with pink trim / 3f / 3z hop turn 3t / 2a tight landing but stayed on one foot / strt leg layback with almost flat back / she's paying attention to her music / popped loop / 3s / nice combo spin with pos held long enough to really see them / 3z so nice to see a US lady do a true lutz off deep edge / O ftwrk has a fe too many stops for me but good / 3f2t poss cheat on f / fly spin into illusions /
music is Daphnes & Chloe
plan 50.8 tech 41.98 comp 45.42 tot 87.4 overall 133.73
Thanks so much!
Sorry I don't have the placements filled in but Mao won, then Kimmie, then Danielle - the numbers are there so you can fill them in for yourself
ISR Rachel Kapelner Start 1 Place 0
Notes black on one side red on other deep v of illusion front & back / 2a turns out hand down but one of the better ones from her if warm up is anything to go by / 2l / 2f / fly cam travel a bit - had some nice pos variations & good speed / 2s / haven't quite figured out what the music is & what relationship to it her costume has / spiral seq is ok / 1a / she moves across the ice with pretty good speed / combo spin tried a coule of neat variations on camel pos but almost fell out of it / she seems pretty disappointed with her skate /
plan 39.1 tech 17.65 comp 20.88 tot 38.5 overall 61.26
BEL Kirsten Verbist Start 2 Place 0
Notes black with open back red sequins / spanish / 2a step out / 2f2t / think it's part of Carmen / combo spin is fast & centered / 3s2t clean - don't think she landed one clean one in warmup / 2z / 3l was 2-1/2 stumbled then fell / she has nice prescence on the ice for her level and is paying attention to her music most of the time / ends with a fly cam that could use more extension & finished after her music /
plan 41.2 tech 26.85 comp 26.23 tot 51.08 overall 75.68
THA Amy Arirachakaran Start 3 Place 0
Notes purple strpless velvet asym hem / 1-1/2 flutz stumbled out very slow into it / 1l / 2f fell / spirals were ok / flycam was wobbly / 1a both hands down / layback travelled but pos were ok - one of her better elements / she's not giving up and does a clean 1a / and what start out to be a pretty good combo spin then fell out of it at the end and went into a closing pose on her knees to make the best of it
plan 23.3 tech 10.93 comp 15.82 tot 24.75 overall 41.44
MEX Maria Fernanda Diaz Valle Start 4 Place 0
Notes bright fushia with one sleeve / combo spin is fast & centered / lights on broadway / 2a fell / O ftwrk is ok but small pattern / layback travelled a lot / 2z / 2l / split jump 2f stumbled out a bit / flycam to catch foot / 2f 2t fell on t / 3 s was 2-1/2landed on both feet / 2z / there were times when she attempted to use her music but most of the time it was background/
plan 25.4 tech 19.2 comp 22.27 tot 39.47 overall 60.12
AUS Laura Downing Start 5 Place 0
Notes black bathing suit with bit of diag pattern / 3t / half loops into 3s fell / 2f2t / nice beillman that went up easy / 2l / masquarade waltz in part is the music / missed somting into flycam with nice pos / big O ftwrk with some nice moves / 2f / 2z fell / she's very quiet skater not a sound / combo spin is very well done /
plan 33.1 tech 20.05 comp 28.95 tot 47.0 overall 71.41
GER Katharina Hacker Start 6 Place 0
Notes royal blue with keyhole back & chocker effect / 2a / 3t2t / travel 3s into 1l / sitspin / 3t landed forward on 2 feet / she's got some very nice chor and moves well to the music but I have no idea what it is / she's almost acting something out / 3s2t / 3s messy landing / combo spin is very well done /
plan 46.7 tech 25.48 comp 34.44 tot 59.92 overall 88.54
MON Aurore Premont Start 7 Place 0
Notes dark purple with sheer sleeves lace effect on back / 2a step out / loop landed on 2 feet / 2f good height / flycam is well done / loop think a 2 / popped axel / 2f / missed a jump / layback is very fast & centered / O ftwrk has a bit of smal pattern butis fairly complex & fast / combo spin to end /
plan 40.7 tech 18.08 comp 28.41 tot 46.49 overal 73.54
NED Sharon Resseler Start 8 Place 0
Notes black with a sparkles on top / violin fantasy turandot / 3s fell / missed part of program due to people getting through / flycam had some roblems but she managed to hang on / 2a fell / 3t2t stumbled out of 2 / 1f1t / nice ina / spirals ending in charlotte / 1a turns 2t / combo spin to end is ok /
plan 42.0 tech 17.75 comp 28.86 tot 44.61 overall 71.13
FIN Henna Hietala Start 9 Place 0
Notes black with bit of orange chiffon in skirt at hip / malaguena / 2z low landing almost had it then turned out / popped flip / nice butterfly into back sit / 2a2t is good / 3t lean in air & fell / 2s / layback has good speed centered pos are weak / 2t / strt ftwrk had nice bit of toe steps & a twizzle / inside out spiral with good edges on both / 2a under rot fell / combo spin had a fe wobbles was much better in warmup
plan 42.1 tech 20.25 comp 30.95 tot 49.20 overall 79.96
ITA Martina Sasanelli Start 10 Place 0
Notes pretty blue / rachmaninoff of some sort / nice 3s / 2l bit skiddy on landing but clean / 2a step out / spiral seq with leg to side was very nice / 2f / combo spin / ina on beat of music / 2z? or f / nice upright spin with unique leg pos / layback is soso/ strt ftwrk is a bit slow but fairly intricate /
plan 31.9 tech 24.02 comp 32.25 tot 56.27 overall 86.81
JPN Rumi Suizu Start 11 Place 0
Notes purple shading to white skirt beaded design on bodice / 3t2t2t / 2z / music is the homecoming / 3l under rot / umbrellas of cherbourg / 3t2t / flatback layback / spirals with good extension kept moving with fe crossovers / combo spin ending in fast scratch / 2a2t / 3s turnout / music has changed to something else very familiar but don't know what / 3t / think I got a jump wrong - too many 3t / very nice fly cam to end /
plan 46.2 tech 32.77 comp 35.95 tot 68.72 overall 102.99
KOR Na-Hee Sin Start 12 Place 0
Notes bright mauve with silver sequin pattern / high 2a fell / 3s think she fell disapeared for too long / 3t / very pretty layback with arm variations & sideways to straight / 2f loop loop / inside out spiral with good edges on both / 2l / combo spin with awkward leg in front / 2z / Don quiote / music is overpowering her a bit - her ftwrk isn't quite keepign up / nice fly cam to 4 illusions to end /
plan 37.0 tech 18.57 comp 32.02 tot 47.59 overall 78.48
CAN Monica Boucher Start 13 Place 0
Notes turqoise with navy overlay halter - really prety / 3t landed forward & fell / west side story / 3z fell think close to fully rot / ? spin seemed to have a bit of trouble / nice strt ftwrk / 3s had it then slid off edge & fell / 3t fell / some time for chor & then layback with pos variation / 3l fell / nice spiral seq / there's almost no connection to music / 2f / 2a turns 2a / combo spin to end is good /
plan 42.8 tech 23.51 comp 31.47 tot 49.98 overall 83.62
RUS Ekaterina Lovanova Start 14 Place 0
Notes turqoise with silver / 3z fell not sure if rot / 1f / 3l under rot fell / she's just gone from end to end of the rink with nothing in between / ? spin just saw end / 3f under rot? but stood up 2t / spirals into 2a / ? jump fell hard on stomach / flycam is pretty / nice fast strt ftwrk / 3t2t maybe 2ft on 3t / combo spin is pretty good / plan 48.1 tech 19.03 comp 32.29 tot 48.32 overall 81.22
SWE Josephine Ringdahl Start 15 Place 0
Notes black with peach & light green iag design / 2z2l / 3t2t / sal didn't get off ice / carmen / 2f from diag ftwrk / she's playing to the music fairly well / 2l / axel did get off ice / nice layback to beillman with arm variations / change of edge spiral in catch foot pos / 3t bit messy on landing / flycam / good O ftwrk kept up with fast music / combo spin /
plan 38.9 tech 23.02 comp 33.86 tot 56.88 overall 88.66
EST Elena Glebova Start 16 Place 0
Notes elegant black with open back bit of red on skirt at hip & at cuffs / 2a 1/2l 3s fell on sal / ? didn't get off ice / 3t / combo spin with beillman on back end / spirals are weak / 2z bad wrap / 2a no wrap / layback is soso / O ftwrk had a weird pattern in and out of circle / ? spin ending in fast low sit /
plan 37.5 tech 27.49 comp 32.40 tot 58.89 overall 92.97
USA Cara Kinney Start 17 Place 0
Notes neon purple with dark pink / combo spin travel / 2a2t2l reverse jumper / 3s turnout 2t / 2l / layback with nice arm variation / ina 2f / 3s fell / there hasn't been much chor at all - element to element skating / now the program gets some life for the strt steps and the crowd is clapping / 2z off nice edge with pop / axel didn't get off ice / fly spin that ended kind of funny - just sort died out /
plan 36.2 tech 27.13 comp 33.48 tot 59.61 overall 95.97
SWE Matilda Rang Start 18 Place 0
Notes strapless purple & fushia / 3s2t she just flew into it / 3t with 3turns out / 2z2t / flycam nice speed & pos / music softens to light piano layback / whalley into axel that didn't get off ice / 2l / after some chor & spirals / missed a jump / 3s / O ftwrk moves well with music & fairly complex with nice split jump / combo spin is a bit weak /
plan 37.2 tech 30.87 comp 35.37 tot 66.24 overall 102.88
JPN Mao Asada Start 19 Place 0
Notes 3a under rot some say 1/2 some say 1/4 / ? spin / 3z bit of flutz / strt ftwrk ending in twizzles right into 2a out of nowhere / music slows into inside out spiral bit wek on outside edge / 3s went up crooked & fell / flat back layback to sideways without coming up beautiful / 3z / 3f 2t 3l bit unsteady on loop landing / combo spin is fast & good pos / 3l2l /
plan 59.5 tech 45.07 comp 43.81 tot 87.88 overall 138.02
CAN Amelie Lacoste Start 20 Place 0
Notes dark pink shading to light at skirt chocker effect / rachmaninoff of some sort / 3s2t / 3z true edge but leaning going up and fell / 3l bit low on landing / 2a / front end of combo spin fast with good pos back a bit weaker / 3f fell prob under rot / inside out spiral bit wobbly on change / 3t very low landing but determined not to put hands or free leg down / missed a spin / diag ftwrk 1st part on one foot / 3l badly underrot with hard fall on side / final spin ended 1second over time
plan 50.3 tech 31.50 comp 37.01 tot 64.51 overall 105.83
USA Danielle Kahle Start 21 Place 0
Notes dark fushia & orange / circus type music / 3t / 3z3l loop under rot? hopped out a bit / combo spin is fast centered good pos / strt ftwrk really plays to ragtime music but too many stops for my liking / 3s leaning landed on both feet / 2a / O spiral seq is nice she takes her time with the pos / 3f hop turn 3t / layback with very good back & leg variations / 3l bit unsteady on landing but think clean / 3f fell out / split jump into flysing sit / clock is showing 3:42 - she finished just a tiny bit after her music /
plan 52.1 tech 41.1 comp 39.2 tot 78.3 overall 117.85
USA Kimmie Meissner Start 22 Place 0
Notes light blue with pink trim / 3f / 3z hop turn 3t / 2a tight landing but stayed on one foot / strt leg layback with almost flat back / she's paying attention to her music / popped loop / 3s / nice combo spin with pos held long enough to really see them / 3z so nice to see a US lady do a true lutz off deep edge / O ftwrk has a fe too many stops for me but good / 3f2t poss cheat on f / fly spin into illusions /
music is Daphnes & Chloe
plan 50.8 tech 41.98 comp 45.42 tot 87.4 overall 133.73