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Pairs Short - Notes & Results

Rosaleen

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As usual, the skaters are shown in the order they skated and the placements are the placements at the time they skated. Marks are shown as Tech, Components and total

CAN Bergeron / Davison Start 1 Place 1
Notes both in black / music is familiar drums / sbs 3t she fell / thr 3l she was low in the knee on landing but clean / nice lift with straddle handhold & change of hands / sbs spins were nice & in sync / bids with flip over in her pos / pair spin had very good speed & difficult pos - crouch facing each other / ice coverage wasn't great, they really didnt get down to this end of the ice except for the death spiral /
t 27.04 c 17.36 tot 43.40 ded 1.0 1st

CAN Langlois / Archetto Start 2 Place 1
Notes both in black / romeo & juliet /thr 3l she fell forward on stomach / sbs jumps perfect timing & clean but didnt se takeoff not sure if toe or sal / 2 tw is good but not spectacular / sbs spins have very nice pos & different than usual very good sync / spirals are nice with good flow & not the standard / lift is excellent to one hand with pos changes & flip out / nice pair spin to end / good program nicely choreographed with good ice coverage & placement of elements /
t 31.66 c 26.72 tot 57.38

GER Noennig / Bleyer Start 3 Place 3
Notes shiny yellow with black & him in the reverse / sbs 3t him clean she popped / good 2tw / thr 3s she had it then caught blade & went down / sbs spins were in and out of sync good pos & close together though / O spirals hae some inventive pos / lift goes upand down very nice but no change of hands or pos / bids is a bit bouncy & skiddy but they do it / pair spin is ok with good sped & some unique pos /
t 23.80 c 15.52 tot 38.32 ded

CAN Marcoux / Buntin Start 4 Place 1
Notes her in purple him in black with purple trim both with silver trim / music is fever & jump, jive & wail / some nice chor to set the mood / sbs 3t are perfect close, sync & all / lift to one hand with change of pos to helicopter out / spiral seq is good / and now in to the faster stuff and fly cam sit cam sit holding toe at side close & in sync / very nice 2tw / very good sapir spin fast with good pos / nested spread eagles into thr 3l into bids that's very good / great program & skate - fast & smooth - skated like champions /
t 35.98 c 28.04 tot 64.02 1st

RUS Borzenkova / Chuvilaev Start 5 Place 3
Notes music is 'snow storm / both in red tops with white star & silver h8im in grey pants - not attractive at all / thr 3l is good / sbs 3t she's clean he stumbles out / 2t has no height / lift is a tiny bit unsteady going up changes pos to her upside down but always 2 hands / they've slowed to a crawl during the spirals and into the bids / pair spin is awkward and they finish after the music /
t 29.32 c 18.60 tot 47.92 3rd

CHN Shen / Zhao Start 6 Place 1
Notes her in peach with silver trim him in black pants and shirt shading from beige to grey / nice chor to set mood / sbs 3t bit far apart for them but in sync & clean/ nest spread eagles into lift with multi rot and helicopter but bit jerky by him into nested spread eagles / thr 3l huge as usual / sbs spins are close & in sync with good pos / gerat 2tw into spread eagles nice chor / pair spin changes with music very nicely / bids with flip from upright to down / music is clair de lune /
t 34.40 c 32.08 tot 66.48

SVK Brozovic / Futas Start 7 Place 5
Notes Caravan of light - david arkenstone / dark brown & gold egyptian styling / 2tw is good / sbs 3t timing a bit off and she heavily 2ft / lift to bent leg star no hand changes simple exit / thr 3f?? heavily 2ft / sbs spins have quite good unision and ok pos / spirals ok into bids with 2rev / pair spin is pretty standard but quite good / they didnt' really do anything wrong but it felt like a really long program -- really blah/ maybe the monotonous tone of the music?? don't know /
t 27.34 c 17.40 tot 44.74 5th

USA Vise / Kole Start 8 Place 6
Notes music according to bio is haunted mansion / bids with flip over / sbs 3t both really close to hand down and he might have / lift has good rotatioin but no changes of pos or hands / thr 3l foot down / spirals are ok / sbs spins are close but get out of sync / 2tw is soso a tiny bit crashy / some nice chor into pair spin standard pos but well down / a little off with music at end /
t 26.32 c 17.80 tot 44.12 6th

POL Zagorska / Siudek Start 9 Place 4
Notes Un homme & son peche / shades of green & blue / sbs 3 t she she out think maybe too close to boards / thr 3l step out / sbs spins had good pos & speed but just that tiny bit out of sync and came out at different times / pair spin is good / very nice 2tw/ spirals are good / shoot duck through is legs into lift is very good & nice pos changes ending in bids / porgram is very nice & well chor with music but they didn't do it today /
t 29.20 c 26.76 tot 55.96 4th

CHN Pang / Tong Start 10 Place 2
Notes music of the night / rusty red with beig e / sbs 3t timing a bit off & a bit rough on the landing but clean / thr 3l and she lands right on the beat of th3e music and it was huge / laterwal 2tw with hang time / sbs spins are close & fast good pos bit outof sync at one point but back in for ending / lift with multiple pos & hand changes / pair spin goes well with music as does the spiral seq into bids /
t 34.02 c 30.52 tot 64.54 2nd
 

hockeyfan228

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Many thanks for the reports, Rosaleen!

Marcoux/Buntin have the best distribution of elements, at least on paper:

SBS 3T's
Lift
Spiral Seq
SBS Spins
2Tw
Pairs Spin
Throw 3R
BIDS

Imagine not starting the program with some combination of SBS 3's, 3Throw, 2Twist :)
 

PAskate

On the Ice
Joined
Jan 22, 2004
Rosaleen said:
Disclaimer:

CHN Shen / Zhao Start 6 Place 1
Notes her in peach with silver trim him in black pants and shirt shading from beige to grey / nice chor to set mood / sbs 3t bit far apart for them but in sync & clean/ nest spread eagles into lift with multi rot and helicopter but bit jerky by him into nested spread eagles / thr 3l huge as usual / sbs spins are close & in sync with good pos / gerat 2tw into spread eagles nice chor / pair spin changes with music very nicely / bids with flip from upright to down / music is clair de lune /
t 34.40 c 32.08 tot 66.48

In the lift, he seemed to have some issues with his footwork. As a result, the lift was two handed throughout. In practice, after the mount, he switches to just one hand. It was apparent that they didn't feel secure and keep it two handed. That definitely impacted their technical marks. I expect this program to look much cleaner later in the season. They had a couple of really nice runthroughs in practice that were sharper and cleaner.
 
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