2014 NHK Trophy Short Dance 11/28

[dorispulaski]

1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 67.51 33.19 34.32 8.46 8.29 8.75 8.61 8.79 0.00 #8
2 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR 60.49 29.72 31.77 7.75 7.64 8.07 8.11 8.14 1.00 #7
3 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 59.70 30.75 28.95 7.25 7.07 7.29 7.25 7.32 0.00 #4
4 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA 58.50 30.11 28.39 7.11 6.93 7.14 7.14 7.18 0.00 #5
5 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 54.94 25.50 29.44 7.36 7.11 7.36 7.54 7.43 0.00 #1
6 Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER 54.13 24.62 29.51 7.46 7.07 7.50 7.39 7.46 0.00 #6
7 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN 50.55 25.31 25.24 6.36 6.07 6.43 6.36 6.32 0.00 #3
8 Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION JPN 44.38 22.79 22.59 5.75 5.39 5.68 5.79 5.64 1.00 #2


That was not a season's best for W&P

 

[bramweld]

Sort of a flat competition. Why were the component marks for Co/Bu so low? Marks here in general pretty low though....

 

[rosacotton]

C&B scored 68 in both their events...

 

[MK's Winter]

And they did. Well this was fun. Except for the first two teams my predictions are a shambles.

Me too. Dance had not been easy to predict this year!

 

[caitie]

Hmm, Hawayek and Baker are in good position for a possible medal with their gorgeous Romeo and Juliet free dance.

I was thinking the same thing, then trying to unthink it because I don't want to be nervous for them tomorrow! But yeah, it doesn't seem out of the question at all if they skate as well as they did at Cup of Russia.

And yeah C&B seem to be out ahead with a 68.86. Different competition of course, but still interesting.

 

[fleeting]

Standings After SD

1. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (Canada) - 67.51
2. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland (Great Britain) - 60.49
3. Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin (Russia)- 59.70
4. Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker (USA) - 58.50
5. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov (Russia) - 54.94
6. Nelli Zhiganshina/Alexander Gazsi (Germany) - 54.13
7. Cathy Reed/Chris Reed (Japan)- 50.55
8. Emi Hirai/Marien De La Asuncion (Japan) - 44. 38

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Oops, dorispulaski beat me to it!

 

[gmyers]

C&B (USA) got also some "generous" levels.
Anyway, as I already explained I&Z got the levels and levels is not always about understanding them.
S&K didn't worked with russian officials before CoR and they didn't got the levels What about that?
Many of us here do understand levels, but it's quite different knowing them and going out there and skate to it.

You raise some valid points. Getting levels and not understanding them. But with katsalapov revealing himself to be terrible at worst and wildly inconsistent at best and sinitsina being generally totally inferior to someone at best wildly inconsistent what's the future? Maybe clean will make everything 4!

 

[Alba]

I think my dance podium prediction so far is right? :think:



Ice Dance

1. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
2. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
3. Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
5. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER
6. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI

 

[chameleon]

I think my dance podium prediction so far is right? :think:



Ice Dance

1. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
2. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
3. Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
5. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER
6. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI

H/B are ahead of S/K at the moment.

 

[MK's Winter]

I think my dance podium prediction so far is right? :think: Ice Dance 1. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE 2. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND 3. Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN 4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV 5. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER 6. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI

Flip S/K with H/B

 

[slider11]

Nice job, Kaitlin and Andrew. No way to really compare the top teams until the GPF. But Weaver and Poje are keeping pace. Decent job by Penny and Nicholas. I think Kaitlin and Jean-Luc have a future in the US. S and K had a rough skate. Definitely not a couple on the ice yet. Except for the last 2 couples, this really made me miss D/W and V/M!

 

[gmyers]

S/k level 2 everywhere! Not even a lift was 4! This team needs an intervention. Why are they competing? Do they like competing? Do they think they have a winning future?

 

[rosacotton]

Except for the last 2 couples, this really made me miss D/W and V/M!

I agree with you completely!

 

[Alba]

H/B are ahead of S/K at the moment.

Yes, but I was talking about the podium. Still the competition has not finished yet. But I think H&B have a better FD and they are very good. So, I can see them win the bronze, unless they make errors and the russians goes clean.

Flip S/K with H/B

Can I still do that, now?

 

[Alba]

P&C got 64.06 at TEB.

This is the season bests total scores, without TEB and NHK though: http://sa.uploads.ru/dGPI5.png

 

[fleeting]

Can I still do that, now?

Go back in time and flip them, obviously (oh, and remind me to submit my predictions while you're at it :confused2: )

 

[bramweld]

S/k level 2 everywhere! Not even a lift was 4! This team needs an intervention. Why are they competing? Do they like competing? Do they think they have a winning future?

Give it a rest..we all knew this would be an issue. Their skating skills and on ice personas don't really suit the paso, they should do pretty fine with the waltz next season. They will need more TIME....

 

[fleeting]

Give it a rest..we all knew this would be an issue. Their skating skills and on ice personas don't really suit the paso, they should do pretty fine with the waltz next season. They will need more TIME....

You're absolutely right. All teams need time to gel (even Nathalie and Fabian were cringeworthy when they first got together!) - they need that program that just makes the partnership click.

 

[Alba]

Go back in time and flip them, obviously (oh, and remind me to submit my predictions while you're at it :confused2: )

I'm going now.

 

[bramweld]

Videos? Any videos?