#4 Ekaterina PROYDA UKR 24 37.17
They started before the scheduled time, so I walked home from work and she is already skating. It took me some time to switch on the PC and set VCR. No detailed report. I still have to watch OD tape after Ladies LP
Sloppy performance with many jumping mistakes (mostly "give up in mid-air" types of mistakes).
TSS: 27.80/32.50=59.30
Place: 96.47, into 3rd
#5 Valentina MARCHEI ITA 19 40.31
In stylish black with silver sparkles unitard.
3L fall
3S
LSp with blade-to-head
2S1T
2A
FSSp changes of positions, but too high
3T2T
SpSt, half-Bielmann, change of edge back half-Bielmann
3L fall
3F 'tano
FCSp
CiSt
CCoSp camel, CoE, layback, back sit, back Y.
Good choreography with loads on transitions. The music is Xotica, but less used parts, it's energetic, fast and upbeat. Suits her very well. Mistakes aside it was very good performance.
TSS: 35.64/37.74=71.35
Place: 111.66, into 3rd
#6 Jacqueline BELENYESIOVA SVK 23 37.27
Navy blue dress with weird cut
She starts with doing some cross rolls (is it a proper term?) looking utterly bored.
3R, underrotated, two-footed
3S
CoSp
1A
2A
FSSp
SlSt
2F
SpSt, half-Bielmann change of edge, back Y, took her some time to get into position, another back spiral
LSp
3F2T
3S fall
CCoSp, camel, /\, sit, back sit, back upright.
Very cautious skating, shaky and hesitant on most of the elements. Sloppy as well. It is hard to understand how she ended up skating in LP when skaters like Fleur Maxwell did not. Music is Man in the Iron Mask, but she has no power to match it. She looked disinterested throughout and made no attempt to sell the program.
TSS: 29.35/29.31=
Place: 94.93 into 5th, still beat Johansson, she must have been complete disaster
#7 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 13 46.61
Red dress with white decoration.
3F fall
3L fall
3R underrotated, two-footed
FCSp to donut
3S2T2R no flow coming out
3F underrotated, two-footed
SpSt change of edge somewhat shaky, back spiral, back half-Bielmann
1A
3T fall
CoSp, back camel, back sit, back upright
SlSt the music change midway her style does not
LSp sideways, classical, blade-to-head
FSSp to forward camel to forward LSp, to back camel to Bielmann to back upright
What's wrong with her? Jumps looked perfectly Ok during take off and "flight" and when she just "sit down" on the ice. It is actually rather nice program with decent amount of transitions. Unfortunately today it was all about jumps, she did not even attempt to sell the program. Nothing short of disaster. When she messed up at Worlds last year she was ill, but she is having problem all season long...
TSS: 32.39/45.90=75.29, nearly 30 points below her PB for LP
Place: 121.90 into 1st
#8 Martine ZUIDERWIJK NED 16 41.69
Violet and black dress. Tango.
FSSp, no much of flight and very high position
3T
2S
SlSt
3R fall from many running threes
CoSp camel, sit /\, back sit back upright,
FSSp attemps to change the positions
SpSt change of edge shaky, back Y
3S opened up in the air
2A
3T put both hands down
1A2T
CCoSp slow
She does not have power to pull off tango. Very poor position in sit spin, perhaps the worst I have ever seen, she did not even try to point the toes during it and its very high.
TSS: 30.19/33.89=63.08
Place: 104.77 into 5th
#9 Teodora POSTIC SLO 18 41.15
Red dress with silver decoration.
1L
3R fall
3S steps 2A
CCoSp camel, sit, layback, back sit, change of edge back sit
3T2T
SpSt change of edge, back half-Bielmann
2A
LSp
3T fall, no speed coming in
3S
FSSp
SlSt
CSSp, changes of position
Morricone's soundtracks and Phantom of the Opera on Ice. She slowed down in the second half of the program and she was not fast to begin with.
TSS: 36.34/35.66=70.00
Place: 111.15 into
#10 Nadege BOBILLIER FRA 15 41.89
Music: Piano Lesson
Black dress with silver decoration
3S fall
3T2T
FCSp slow
3S steps 2T
LSp
SpSt nice change of edge through noticeable "on flat" section, back half-Bielmann
3T
CoSp back camel, back sit, back Y
2A fall
2A shaky, but held it
SlSt
CCoSp camel, sit, Y, back camel, back sit, back Y
She is lovely skater, with nice and accurate positions in spins and spirals, but her basics are poor and she lacks power.
TSS: 35.66/37.33=70.99
Place: 112.88 into 3rd
#11 Tugba KARADEMIR TUR 17 41.42
Black and yellow dress. Rather nice.
FSSp
3S2T, salchow culd have been two-footed
3F step out
FCSp to half-Bielmann to /\ to upright
3S
3T2T
2A
CoSp back camel, back half-Bielmann, back sit, forward sit
3S
SpSt back camel, forward change of edge, back Y, back forward-to-side spiral
SlSt
CoSp camel, half-Bielmann
The program has some nice transitions in it and she was clearly the best of all we have seen so far (considering what disaster Sebestyen has been). Kudos to her. This "retro" style suits her very well. I do not understand what her first jump has been, she was setting it up like lutz, but turned around at the last moment. OTOH I am sure she did two other salchows as well... One of them must have been something else.
TSS: 44.85/38.45=83.30
Place: 124.72 into 1st
#12 Elena GLEBOVA EST 14 42.32
Nice blue dress.
3F3T shaky
3L turnout 2T
CoSp camel sit upright
2A
3R put second foot down
FSSp, nice change of edge
USp Bielmann
SpSt, change of edge half-Bielmann, back Y
1L fall after landing
SlSt
1A2T2R stepout
3S
CCoSp travelling all over the place
Bohemian rhapsody. She lost speed after first minute or so. Relatively good program, though she had to work on stamina. She looks promising.
TSS:37.42/37.85=74.27
Place: 116.59 into 3rd
#13 Susanna PЦYKIЦ FIN 7 56.05
Music: Romeo and Juliet
3S1R
2L2T
1R
FSSp to Y
CoSp camel sit back camel back upright
LSp to Bielmann
3F
3S
SlSt
?
2A
FCSp to half-Bielmann
3T
SpSt shaky CoE back B. Slow
Good skater, so-so performance. It is great that she was able to finish strong, but poor start killed her chances.
TSS: 38.30/50.40=88.70
Place: 144.75 into 1st
#14 Annette DYTRT GER 12 47.39
Music: Spartakus
3L
2S
3F
FCSp to donut not closed
2R
3T2T
CoSp, camel sit half-B.
SpSt half-B., Y
2S
2A fall
LSp with b-t-h
CiSt
CCoSp
Good speed and attack, but three triples won't buy her a trip to Torino.
TSS: 38.86/45.86=83.72
Place: 131.11 into 2nd
#15 Idora HEGEL CRO 10 48.63
Music: Nutcracker
3L df
3R2T no flow out
2S
3?2T
FCSp tto sit to f. Camel to half b. Slow poor positions
3R
SpSt
1L
SlSt
2A
CCoSp camel sit back sit back Y
FCSp
Skaters like her makes wonder why they choose such a music. It simply does not suit her: she doesn't have flow and refinement to match.
TSS: 34.86/43.66=78.52
Place: 127.15 into 3rd
#16 Alisa DREI FIN 9 49.76
Music:
3T3T
3F
? underrotated
FSSp
2A halfloop 3S
LSp
3F
FCSp to donut
SpSt half-B.
1S
SlSt
2A
CCoSp
Very business-like not a single trace of emotion during the entire program.
TSS: 42.36/49.43=91.79
Place: 141.55 into 2nd
#17 Viktoria PAVUK HUN 8 50.70
Music:
3L2T2R low
2R overrotated fall
2F
CCoSp
1A out of spiral
?
3L
SpSt coe Y back spiral
LSp to b.
3T stepout
FCSp slow
SlSt
CCoSp very slow
Very shaky.
TSS: 35.77/41.41=76.18
Place: 126.88 into 4
#18 Kiira KORPI FIN 11 47.74
Music: Blues medley
3L stepout
3F2T shaky
CoSp fast
3R2T
3R
SpSt half-B.
3S
LSp
CoSp
3T
SlSt
FSSp
Good performance, I liked her better than Drei, but she edned up beating even Poykio and I am not sure I agree.
TSS: 50.98/47.65=98.63
Place: 146.37 into 1st
#19 Sarah MEIER SUI 3 60.87
Music:
Nice red and black dress.
3L stepout 2T
2F2T
3F
CCoSp camel sit twist upright back sit
3L
3T
SpSt back CoE
2A
FSSp
SlSt
3S2T
FCoSp
Very good performance, but she need better flow and precision to be competitive with best skaters.
TSS: 52.17/54.12=106.29
Place: 167.16 into 1st
#20 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 4 60.19
Music: armenian selection
2A2T out of spiral
3L stepout 2T
FCSp to donut
3F2T shaky
3L possible df
CCoSp
SpSt CoE Y back B.
1S
1A
SlSt nicely set to the music
3T df?
LSp to b-t-h to B.
CCoSp
She skated worse today than yesterday. More juniorish, somewhat hesistant, running after elements in places. Got tired at the end. I suppose it was the pressure of being in the final flight, she showed much more command and power in SP.
TSS: 44.98/48.10=93.08
Place: 153.27 into 2nd
#21 Viktoria VOLCHKOVA RUS 6 57.08
Music: Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2L
2F
3S
3T fall
FCSp
1L df
3S stepout 2T
SpSt very shaky
1A
FCoSp
SlSt very slow
CCoSp nearly fellout
Well, by right she should have finished below Sebestyen with run-through like this. Disaster.
TSS: 25.92/49.88=74.60
Place: 131.88 into 6th pity that she beat Dytrt with it.
#22 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 5 60.04
Music: Winter
3F3T
3L
2A
CCoSp
FSSp
2A2T saved
SpSt
2A halfloop 3S
3S fall
FSSp slow
SlSt
CCoSp
Very good. Very nice full body moves. If she skate clean in Torino I can see her winning medal with this program.
TSS: 54.32/59.09=112.41
Place: 172.45 into 1st
#23 Elena SOKOLOVA RUS 2 60.88
Music: Romeo & Juliet, musical
3l2T2R
3F
3S
LSp
3L
FCSp to donut
SpSt
3R
FSSp
3T
SlSt
2A2T no flow
CCoSp
Very well done. She is happy, audience gave her standing ovation. Well deserved. This program suits her very well. It is not a choreographical masterpiece, but it really suit her skating style and brought out the best in her skating.
TSS: 57.57/59.36=116.93
Place: 177.81 into 1st
#24 Irina SLUTSKAYA RUS 1 66.43
3L2R
3S2R2T no flow
FCSp to donut
3F turnout put hand down
LSp to b-t-h toB.
SpSt somewhat shaky
3L2T 'tano toe
2A
?
CoSp
SlSt
CCoSp
Frankly, if her non-jumping elements were not so much bettee than Sokolova's I would have been tempted to put her 2nd. It was rather sloppy and I fail to see any choreography or relation to the music.
TSS: 63.32/63.49=126.81
Place: 193.24 1st
They started before the scheduled time, so I walked home from work and she is already skating. It took me some time to switch on the PC and set VCR. No detailed report. I still have to watch OD tape after Ladies LP
Sloppy performance with many jumping mistakes (mostly "give up in mid-air" types of mistakes).TSS: 27.80/32.50=59.30
Place: 96.47, into 3rd
#5 Valentina MARCHEI ITA 19 40.31
In stylish black with silver sparkles unitard.
3L fall
3S
LSp with blade-to-head
2S1T
2A
FSSp changes of positions, but too high
3T2T
SpSt, half-Bielmann, change of edge back half-Bielmann
3L fall
3F 'tano
FCSp
CiSt
CCoSp camel, CoE, layback, back sit, back Y.
Good choreography with loads on transitions. The music is Xotica, but less used parts, it's energetic, fast and upbeat. Suits her very well. Mistakes aside it was very good performance.
TSS: 35.64/37.74=71.35
Place: 111.66, into 3rd
#6 Jacqueline BELENYESIOVA SVK 23 37.27
Navy blue dress with weird cut
She starts with doing some cross rolls (is it a proper term?) looking utterly bored.
3R, underrotated, two-footed
3S
CoSp
1A
2A
FSSp
SlSt
2F
SpSt, half-Bielmann change of edge, back Y, took her some time to get into position, another back spiral
LSp
3F2T
3S fall
CCoSp, camel, /\, sit, back sit, back upright.
Very cautious skating, shaky and hesitant on most of the elements. Sloppy as well. It is hard to understand how she ended up skating in LP when skaters like Fleur Maxwell did not. Music is Man in the Iron Mask, but she has no power to match it. She looked disinterested throughout and made no attempt to sell the program.
TSS: 29.35/29.31=
Place: 94.93 into 5th, still beat Johansson, she must have been complete disaster
#7 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 13 46.61
Red dress with white decoration.
3F fall
3L fall
3R underrotated, two-footed
FCSp to donut
3S2T2R no flow coming out
3F underrotated, two-footed
SpSt change of edge somewhat shaky, back spiral, back half-Bielmann
1A
3T fall
CoSp, back camel, back sit, back upright
SlSt the music change midway her style does not
LSp sideways, classical, blade-to-head
FSSp to forward camel to forward LSp, to back camel to Bielmann to back upright
What's wrong with her? Jumps looked perfectly Ok during take off and "flight" and when she just "sit down" on the ice. It is actually rather nice program with decent amount of transitions. Unfortunately today it was all about jumps, she did not even attempt to sell the program. Nothing short of disaster. When she messed up at Worlds last year she was ill, but she is having problem all season long...
TSS: 32.39/45.90=75.29, nearly 30 points below her PB for LP
Place: 121.90 into 1st
#8 Martine ZUIDERWIJK NED 16 41.69
Violet and black dress. Tango.
FSSp, no much of flight and very high position
3T
2S
SlSt
3R fall from many running threes
CoSp camel, sit /\, back sit back upright,
FSSp attemps to change the positions
SpSt change of edge shaky, back Y
3S opened up in the air
2A
3T put both hands down
1A2T
CCoSp slow
She does not have power to pull off tango. Very poor position in sit spin, perhaps the worst I have ever seen, she did not even try to point the toes during it and its very high.
TSS: 30.19/33.89=63.08
Place: 104.77 into 5th
#9 Teodora POSTIC SLO 18 41.15
Red dress with silver decoration.
1L
3R fall
3S steps 2A
CCoSp camel, sit, layback, back sit, change of edge back sit
3T2T
SpSt change of edge, back half-Bielmann
2A
LSp
3T fall, no speed coming in
3S
FSSp
SlSt
CSSp, changes of position
Morricone's soundtracks and Phantom of the Opera on Ice. She slowed down in the second half of the program and she was not fast to begin with.
TSS: 36.34/35.66=70.00
Place: 111.15 into
#10 Nadege BOBILLIER FRA 15 41.89
Music: Piano Lesson
Black dress with silver decoration
3S fall
3T2T
FCSp slow
3S steps 2T
LSp
SpSt nice change of edge through noticeable "on flat" section, back half-Bielmann
3T
CoSp back camel, back sit, back Y
2A fall
2A shaky, but held it
SlSt
CCoSp camel, sit, Y, back camel, back sit, back Y
She is lovely skater, with nice and accurate positions in spins and spirals, but her basics are poor and she lacks power.
TSS: 35.66/37.33=70.99
Place: 112.88 into 3rd
#11 Tugba KARADEMIR TUR 17 41.42
Black and yellow dress. Rather nice.
FSSp
3S2T, salchow culd have been two-footed
3F step out
FCSp to half-Bielmann to /\ to upright
3S
3T2T
2A
CoSp back camel, back half-Bielmann, back sit, forward sit
3S
SpSt back camel, forward change of edge, back Y, back forward-to-side spiral
SlSt
CoSp camel, half-Bielmann
The program has some nice transitions in it and she was clearly the best of all we have seen so far (considering what disaster Sebestyen has been). Kudos to her. This "retro" style suits her very well. I do not understand what her first jump has been, she was setting it up like lutz, but turned around at the last moment. OTOH I am sure she did two other salchows as well... One of them must have been something else.
TSS: 44.85/38.45=83.30
Place: 124.72 into 1st
#12 Elena GLEBOVA EST 14 42.32
Nice blue dress.
3F3T shaky
3L turnout 2T
CoSp camel sit upright
2A
3R put second foot down
FSSp, nice change of edge
USp Bielmann
SpSt, change of edge half-Bielmann, back Y
1L fall after landing
SlSt
1A2T2R stepout
3S
CCoSp travelling all over the place
Bohemian rhapsody. She lost speed after first minute or so. Relatively good program, though she had to work on stamina. She looks promising.
TSS:37.42/37.85=74.27
Place: 116.59 into 3rd
#13 Susanna PЦYKIЦ FIN 7 56.05
Music: Romeo and Juliet
3S1R
2L2T
1R
FSSp to Y
CoSp camel sit back camel back upright
LSp to Bielmann
3F
3S
SlSt
?
2A
FCSp to half-Bielmann
3T
SpSt shaky CoE back B. Slow
Good skater, so-so performance. It is great that she was able to finish strong, but poor start killed her chances.
TSS: 38.30/50.40=88.70
Place: 144.75 into 1st
#14 Annette DYTRT GER 12 47.39
Music: Spartakus
3L
2S
3F
FCSp to donut not closed
2R
3T2T
CoSp, camel sit half-B.
SpSt half-B., Y
2S
2A fall
LSp with b-t-h
CiSt
CCoSp
Good speed and attack, but three triples won't buy her a trip to Torino.
TSS: 38.86/45.86=83.72
Place: 131.11 into 2nd
#15 Idora HEGEL CRO 10 48.63
Music: Nutcracker
3L df
3R2T no flow out
2S
3?2T
FCSp tto sit to f. Camel to half b. Slow poor positions
3R
SpSt
1L
SlSt
2A
CCoSp camel sit back sit back Y
FCSp
Skaters like her makes wonder why they choose such a music. It simply does not suit her: she doesn't have flow and refinement to match.
TSS: 34.86/43.66=78.52
Place: 127.15 into 3rd
#16 Alisa DREI FIN 9 49.76
Music:
3T3T
3F
? underrotated
FSSp
2A halfloop 3S
LSp
3F
FCSp to donut
SpSt half-B.
1S
SlSt
2A
CCoSp
Very business-like not a single trace of emotion during the entire program.
TSS: 42.36/49.43=91.79
Place: 141.55 into 2nd
#17 Viktoria PAVUK HUN 8 50.70
Music:
3L2T2R low
2R overrotated fall
2F
CCoSp
1A out of spiral
?
3L
SpSt coe Y back spiral
LSp to b.
3T stepout
FCSp slow
SlSt
CCoSp very slow
Very shaky.
TSS: 35.77/41.41=76.18
Place: 126.88 into 4
#18 Kiira KORPI FIN 11 47.74
Music: Blues medley
3L stepout
3F2T shaky
CoSp fast
3R2T
3R
SpSt half-B.
3S
LSp
CoSp
3T
SlSt
FSSp
Good performance, I liked her better than Drei, but she edned up beating even Poykio and I am not sure I agree.
TSS: 50.98/47.65=98.63
Place: 146.37 into 1st
#19 Sarah MEIER SUI 3 60.87
Music:
Nice red and black dress.
3L stepout 2T
2F2T
3F
CCoSp camel sit twist upright back sit
3L
3T
SpSt back CoE
2A
FSSp
SlSt
3S2T
FCoSp
Very good performance, but she need better flow and precision to be competitive with best skaters.
TSS: 52.17/54.12=106.29
Place: 167.16 into 1st
#20 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 4 60.19
Music: armenian selection
2A2T out of spiral
3L stepout 2T
FCSp to donut
3F2T shaky
3L possible df
CCoSp
SpSt CoE Y back B.
1S
1A
SlSt nicely set to the music
3T df?
LSp to b-t-h to B.
CCoSp
She skated worse today than yesterday. More juniorish, somewhat hesistant, running after elements in places. Got tired at the end. I suppose it was the pressure of being in the final flight, she showed much more command and power in SP.
TSS: 44.98/48.10=93.08
Place: 153.27 into 2nd
#21 Viktoria VOLCHKOVA RUS 6 57.08
Music: Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2L
2F
3S
3T fall
FCSp
1L df
3S stepout 2T
SpSt very shaky
1A
FCoSp
SlSt very slow
CCoSp nearly fellout
Well, by right she should have finished below Sebestyen with run-through like this. Disaster.
TSS: 25.92/49.88=74.60
Place: 131.88 into 6th pity that she beat Dytrt with it.
#22 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 5 60.04
Music: Winter
3F3T
3L
2A
CCoSp
FSSp
2A2T saved
SpSt
2A halfloop 3S
3S fall
FSSp slow
SlSt
CCoSp
Very good. Very nice full body moves. If she skate clean in Torino I can see her winning medal with this program.
TSS: 54.32/59.09=112.41
Place: 172.45 into 1st
#23 Elena SOKOLOVA RUS 2 60.88
Music: Romeo & Juliet, musical
3l2T2R
3F
3S
LSp
3L
FCSp to donut
SpSt
3R
FSSp
3T
SlSt
2A2T no flow
CCoSp
Very well done. She is happy, audience gave her standing ovation. Well deserved. This program suits her very well. It is not a choreographical masterpiece, but it really suit her skating style and brought out the best in her skating.
TSS: 57.57/59.36=116.93
Place: 177.81 into 1st
#24 Irina SLUTSKAYA RUS 1 66.43
3L2R
3S2R2T no flow
FCSp to donut
3F turnout put hand down
LSp to b-t-h toB.
SpSt somewhat shaky
3L2T 'tano toe
2A
?
CoSp
SlSt
CCoSp
Frankly, if her non-jumping elements were not so much bettee than Sokolova's I would have been tempted to put her 2nd. It was rather sloppy and I fail to see any choreography or relation to the music.
TSS: 63.32/63.49=126.81
Place: 193.24 1st
