USA Alissa Czisny Start No: 1
Notes: Purple with gold sequins - one shoulder bra top & skirt effect / 3z2t / fly backsit with good speed & nice pos variations / 3f2t / 3l / back cam to donut sit Y forward sit beillman - nicely done / 2a is low & spinny but clean / 3f / there isn't really a lot of connection to the music but it's early & she's the 1st competitor - hard to get into it at this time of the day / 2a / bad pick on what I think was to be a 3z / spirals are very good / layback to end the program with beillman - great spin - lovely arm variations on the layback portion / currently in 1st / it seems that all of her triples were down-graded except the 2nd flip /
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HKG Tamami Ono Start No: 2
Notes: Lime green shading to darker at hems & lower sleeves / masquarade waltz / 3s / 2a 2ft under rot / flycam good spin to donut fly needs more fly / 2z turns 2t / 2a is good / spirals are ok - edges quite good / sideways layback started out good but fell out of spin when she changed arm pos / bailed on 2a landed on 2 feet / strt steps are nicely done and move quite well with the music / 2l2l / 2f / most of her jumps don't get much height and are on the spinny side / combo spin to end / currently in 2nd /
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TPE Jocelyn Ho Start No: 3
Notes: red asymetrical skirt / music is 'red' by Jesse Cook / 2a / 3s under rot? / 2z / flysit with not much fly or sit / 2? / 2a / ? Spin / there was a power outage of about 15 - 20 minutes just before she was to skate and I got back just as she was starting / 2a2t / combo spin is pretty good - best spin she did / currently 2nd /
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CAN Amelie Lacoste Start No: 4
Notes: black with silver sequin design radiating from one hip / Romanza by Nina Rocca / 3l turnout / her right leg is wrapped on both the thigh & calf / 2z / 3f 2ft / back cam sit cam sit - ok spin / music is now choppy piano for ftwrk / 3s 2ft turnout / spirals carry pretty good speed on nice edges - leg extension could be better / 2a / fly forward sit is well done - nice tuck on fly / 2a came out forward / 3l fell under rot / fly into soso combo spin / on closer look, the wrap seems to be supporting her knee / currently 3rd /
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BLR Julia Sheremet Start No: 5
Notes: black with silver diagonal design / Medley - familiar - by Mrvica think it's the piece that Den/Stav used - Handel / sorry missed the 1st 2 jumps / COE spiral was very wobbly after change but rest were ok / strt steps had ok connection to music / 2a / combo spin ended in beillman with nice pos but too slow / 2f into ina into closing pose / new pb currently in 4th /
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CZE Nella Simaova Start No: 6
Notes: music is black hawk down / black with silver lines radiating from one shoulder / 2a / 3s2t / 2a / flycam is fast with quite good pos - timed nicely with music / 2z2t2l / 2f2l / layback has good speed - pos is weak / 3t tight landing turned forward quickly / COE spiral in side split is nice / 2s scratchy landing with quick turn forward again / this music for the most part is doing nothing for me - it started out not bad but . . . / new pb currently 2nd /
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KOR Chae-Hwa Kim Start No: 7
Notes: Music: Danse Macabre / dark red with one black semi-sheer sleeve & diag sequin design / a bit of nice chor to the opening strains / 3t2t / 3s2t / 2a2t / death drop - nice fly spin was a bit short / 3l 2ft fell out / spirals start with back COE - carried pretty good speed / 3t bad lean fell / layback is fast & centred with nice pos / 3s / 2a / strt steps use whole body and have some expression / combo spin to end / she had quite good speed & flow and for the most part made a decent attempt at interpreting the music / currently 2nd /
JPN Aki Sawada Start No: 8
Notes: Music: City of Veils / red velvet with lighter insets / 3f3t fell on toe / 3s / layback with variations / she's listening to her music / 3z - very obvious flutz / 3f fell out hand down / music changes and some chor / spirals are soso - extension isn't great / 3l tight landing but hung on / fly cam starts combo spin in far corner / diag ftwrk is ok / 3t hand down step out / 2a2t / ? Spin to end / currently 2nd /
SCG Sonja Mugosa Start No: 9
Notes: Music: trad serbian / purple shades in vertical panels with shredded skirt that is just way too full / 1a then she had some double jumps that I didn't really see - was trying to figure out how to describe her skirt / generally a pretty weak skater but she was making a valiant attempt to skate to her music / new pb / currently 9th /
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JPN Mao Asada Start No: 10
Notes: Music: The Nutcracker / coral at middle shading to white at top & bottom / 3a landed but I'm sure short rot / 3l / flycam with good speed & pos / strt ftwrk is timed nicely with music / 2a / flyback sit with variations - gets a little slow at end / some ballet type chor as music changes / 3f / COE spiral in catch foot pos & slide spiral in Y / 3l2l2l / 3f2l / 3z2l - no angle to see flutz but I'm sure it was / combo spin to end with 1/2 beillman / currently 1st /
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JPN Nana Takeda Start No: 11
Notes: Music: Otonal / mauve with purple sequin design on bodice layered chiffon skirt / 3l / 3z bit scratchy on take-off & very tight landing but think clean & a true z / 3t2t / layback goes from side to strt with almost flat back & speeds up into very easy beillman - lovely spin / 3s / coe spiral could have better edges but rest are good / 2l turns ? Think a triple / 3t / flysit is a little weak / strt steps as music really builds starts out very dynamic but weakens towards end / 2a2t2l / back cam starts multi pos combo spin / and she's quite happy with that skate /new pb / currently 2nd /
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NED Sharon Resseler Start No: 12
Notes: Music: Habla Con Ella / red across shoulders rest is black / 2s / 2a 2ft / layback is fast - weak pos to beillman that slows down / 2l pause 2 toe axel / a spin that ended in mushroom but I didn't see the start of it / 1a / spirals are ok / 2l landed at dead stop / music picks up for strt steps at have some relationship to it / 2a / 2f2t2l / nice camel spin with arms behind back starts the combo spin - that although it travels is quite a nice spin / new pb / currently 10th /
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EST Elena Glebova Start No: 13
Notes: Music: Bohemian Rhapsody dark royal blue satin / 3t3t / 2z / flycam sit open leg - nice spin / there isn't a lot of chor but you still get the sense she's skating to her music - hard to explain / 2a / spin that ended in beillman / 3s ? Or was it / strt steps chor'd to music ended in lots of twizzles / 2a2t / 2s2t? / combo spin to end - finished way after music - might be a time ded / new pb / currently 5th /
ESP Sonia Lafuente Start No: 14
Notes: Music: Night on Bare Mountain / black & grey with shredded skirt & spider web effect on back / a bit of chor to start / 2a2t / 3l fell / flysit doesn't get much fly - spin is ok / 2z2t2l / 3t? But not sure if it was a double or triple - my mind is wandering a bit / 2a / layback with foot to head - initial pos is weak / 2z / 2a 1/2 loop turn 2f / strt steps are ok but music is getting away from her - just a little too loud & dynamic / combo spin to end /new pb / currently 8th / not sure of scores I heard - can't read the board /
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CAN Diane Szmiett Start No: 15
Notes: Music Witches of Eastwich / black with diag turqoise on one side / 3t2t2t / 3z fell but think rot / 3s2t / back sit ch sit with variations / 3f think 2ft but one of the better attempts I've seen from her this weekend / spirals are soso / 2a / 2z hop turn 2f / back cam sit open leg ch sit / 3t - tano / strt ftwrk is musical / flysit with nice high tuck / it was only near the end of the program that I felt she was really connected to her music today / currently 4th /
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LTU Ruta Gajauskaite Start No: 16
Notes: Music: Anastasia soundtrack gorgeous navy with silver in wavey pattern with a couple of dutouts / 2a 1/2 loop 2s / 3s 2ft hand down / spirals a bit weak / 2s 1/2 loop 2s / spin that I didn't really see / there's very little connection to the music / 2a fell / lots of prep into seach of her jumps / 2t / combo spin is ok / flycam is soso / currently 15th /
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BIH Naida Aksamija Start No: 17
Notes: Bellan Denna & gone with the wind / white with low back & roll collar effect / 2a fell / think the 1st element was a spin that I missed / 1z / 2? fell / 2f kind of had it then put foot down / edges very weak on spirals / 2l fell / nice layback in classic pos into beillman / 1f / music picks up for strt steps that while very simple went with the music / 1a 1/2 loop 2s that ended in a spin - not quite what I saw / spin to end / currently 17th /
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FRA Nadege Bobillier Start No: 18
Notes: Music: la Lecon de Piano black with silver sequins outlining bust & waist / 3s2t turnout hung on to toe / 3t turnout 2t / flycam with layover & layout nice pos but slow / a bit of chor / 3s fell out / 2t / layback with strt leg isn't bad / coe starts the spirals that are quite ok / 3t lean hung on to it / 2a step out / bad music cut!! Ouch / strt steps / 2l / nice camel starts the combo spin into sit ch sit - well done / currently 10th /
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SUI Bettina Heim Start No: 19
Notes: Music: Bond & Scorpians / orange on top rest is primarily black halter effect / 3t think she held off putting her hand down / 2s / 2a2t / flyback sit with great variations fast & centered / music has really built and she seems to be going with it until a bad pick on a flip or z / music slowed for spirals that are soso / 2s / 1a / back sit with variations / 2t2t2l / O ftwrk to dynamic music again and she's keeping up with it / combo spin is fast & centered with good pos variations / currently 13th /
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PHI Gracielle Jeanne Tan Start No: 20
Notes: Music: Memories of a Geisha Ivory satin with flower applique - really pretty / ? Spin that I didn't really see / 2?1t / dead slow into 2a under rot fell / music started out slow now very fast with drums & a bit of neat chor / 2z with turnout / 1l / back cam sit ch sit head back / spirals are weak / 1a / 2s1t ? / music changes again for strt steps that I quite liked / 2z / think it was supposed to be a back fly spin but there was just a little hop and not much of a spin /curently 19th /
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ARM Ani Vardanyan Start No: 21
Notes: Music: Bond medley / turqoise strapless with flame effect / sorry missed the 1st couple of jumps / combo spin with beillman on one foot & catch foot on other both of which she fell out of / O ftwrk made an attempt to work with music / 2f / 2f turnout / 1l / 1a / got distracted and missed most of her program / new pb / currently 20th /
USA Megan Hyatt Start No: 22
Notes: Music: real mixture including Mission Impossible & Libertango / black with red skirt / 3? / 3z2t nicely done / stars into back cam sit front layback / 3l stumbled out / back coe spiral in beillman / 2a / 3s / fly forward sit with no real tuck or fly - spin was nice / bailed on flip / strt stepsuse whole body and somewhat work with music / 3s fell / layback with variations into beillman /
AUT Astrid Mangi Start No: 23
Notes: Music: Tango gold lame with black elbow gloves / 2a / combo spin / sorry was distracted during her skate and didn't really see it / currently 13th /
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SLO Dasa Grm Start No: 24
Notes: Music: mixture / dark red / nice fly cam to donut / 2z / 1a / 2f 1/2l 2? / 2l / 2s fell out / some nice chor to slower music / layback with foot to head is centered - pos is a bit weak / 3t2t / 2a2t / coe spiral in catchfoot / strt steps as music picks up move very well - faster than I would have expected by the rest of her skating / combo spin is prety good - finishes after the music / new pb currently 16th /
PUR Victoria Muniz Start No: 25
Notes: Kismet & Field of Tears / dark purple shading to lighter at hem / 3t2t / 3l stood up but might have been short revs / 2 tano z / she's skating to her music / combo spin is fast with quite good pos / layback is quite good / spread eagle 2a had it then fell out / coe spiral needs extension / 3s2t with a big smile / 2a fell / flycam to end program was cut short by time due to fall / currently 16th /
ROM Roxana Boamfa Start No: 26
Notes: Music: Shrek beige with black wavey lines & black around hem / 2a fell / 2a landed forward messy / 2f2t / 2l 1/2l 2s fell / flysit had nice fly & tuck - spin got very slow - nice pos / I missed a spin / coe spiral in Y is ok / 2z fell / layback spin to end / currently 23rd /
ISR Rima Beliy Start No: 27
Notes: Phantom: black on one side white on other / 2z2l2l wrapped free leg / 1a ? ? 2t / 2z2t / flycam with variations / some chor now to music of the night / 2s / 2l / combo spin is soso / 1z / strt steps are chor'd to music and she's working hard to keep with it / currently 20th /
Notes: Purple with gold sequins - one shoulder bra top & skirt effect / 3z2t / fly backsit with good speed & nice pos variations / 3f2t / 3l / back cam to donut sit Y forward sit beillman - nicely done / 2a is low & spinny but clean / 3f / there isn't really a lot of connection to the music but it's early & she's the 1st competitor - hard to get into it at this time of the day / 2a / bad pick on what I think was to be a 3z / spirals are very good / layback to end the program with beillman - great spin - lovely arm variations on the layback portion / currently in 1st / it seems that all of her triples were down-graded except the 2nd flip /
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HKG Tamami Ono Start No: 2
Notes: Lime green shading to darker at hems & lower sleeves / masquarade waltz / 3s / 2a 2ft under rot / flycam good spin to donut fly needs more fly / 2z turns 2t / 2a is good / spirals are ok - edges quite good / sideways layback started out good but fell out of spin when she changed arm pos / bailed on 2a landed on 2 feet / strt steps are nicely done and move quite well with the music / 2l2l / 2f / most of her jumps don't get much height and are on the spinny side / combo spin to end / currently in 2nd /
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TPE Jocelyn Ho Start No: 3
Notes: red asymetrical skirt / music is 'red' by Jesse Cook / 2a / 3s under rot? / 2z / flysit with not much fly or sit / 2? / 2a / ? Spin / there was a power outage of about 15 - 20 minutes just before she was to skate and I got back just as she was starting / 2a2t / combo spin is pretty good - best spin she did / currently 2nd /
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CAN Amelie Lacoste Start No: 4
Notes: black with silver sequin design radiating from one hip / Romanza by Nina Rocca / 3l turnout / her right leg is wrapped on both the thigh & calf / 2z / 3f 2ft / back cam sit cam sit - ok spin / music is now choppy piano for ftwrk / 3s 2ft turnout / spirals carry pretty good speed on nice edges - leg extension could be better / 2a / fly forward sit is well done - nice tuck on fly / 2a came out forward / 3l fell under rot / fly into soso combo spin / on closer look, the wrap seems to be supporting her knee / currently 3rd /
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BLR Julia Sheremet Start No: 5
Notes: black with silver diagonal design / Medley - familiar - by Mrvica think it's the piece that Den/Stav used - Handel / sorry missed the 1st 2 jumps / COE spiral was very wobbly after change but rest were ok / strt steps had ok connection to music / 2a / combo spin ended in beillman with nice pos but too slow / 2f into ina into closing pose / new pb currently in 4th /
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CZE Nella Simaova Start No: 6
Notes: music is black hawk down / black with silver lines radiating from one shoulder / 2a / 3s2t / 2a / flycam is fast with quite good pos - timed nicely with music / 2z2t2l / 2f2l / layback has good speed - pos is weak / 3t tight landing turned forward quickly / COE spiral in side split is nice / 2s scratchy landing with quick turn forward again / this music for the most part is doing nothing for me - it started out not bad but . . . / new pb currently 2nd /
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KOR Chae-Hwa Kim Start No: 7
Notes: Music: Danse Macabre / dark red with one black semi-sheer sleeve & diag sequin design / a bit of nice chor to the opening strains / 3t2t / 3s2t / 2a2t / death drop - nice fly spin was a bit short / 3l 2ft fell out / spirals start with back COE - carried pretty good speed / 3t bad lean fell / layback is fast & centred with nice pos / 3s / 2a / strt steps use whole body and have some expression / combo spin to end / she had quite good speed & flow and for the most part made a decent attempt at interpreting the music / currently 2nd /
JPN Aki Sawada Start No: 8
Notes: Music: City of Veils / red velvet with lighter insets / 3f3t fell on toe / 3s / layback with variations / she's listening to her music / 3z - very obvious flutz / 3f fell out hand down / music changes and some chor / spirals are soso - extension isn't great / 3l tight landing but hung on / fly cam starts combo spin in far corner / diag ftwrk is ok / 3t hand down step out / 2a2t / ? Spin to end / currently 2nd /
SCG Sonja Mugosa Start No: 9
Notes: Music: trad serbian / purple shades in vertical panels with shredded skirt that is just way too full / 1a then she had some double jumps that I didn't really see - was trying to figure out how to describe her skirt / generally a pretty weak skater but she was making a valiant attempt to skate to her music / new pb / currently 9th /
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JPN Mao Asada Start No: 10
Notes: Music: The Nutcracker / coral at middle shading to white at top & bottom / 3a landed but I'm sure short rot / 3l / flycam with good speed & pos / strt ftwrk is timed nicely with music / 2a / flyback sit with variations - gets a little slow at end / some ballet type chor as music changes / 3f / COE spiral in catch foot pos & slide spiral in Y / 3l2l2l / 3f2l / 3z2l - no angle to see flutz but I'm sure it was / combo spin to end with 1/2 beillman / currently 1st /
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JPN Nana Takeda Start No: 11
Notes: Music: Otonal / mauve with purple sequin design on bodice layered chiffon skirt / 3l / 3z bit scratchy on take-off & very tight landing but think clean & a true z / 3t2t / layback goes from side to strt with almost flat back & speeds up into very easy beillman - lovely spin / 3s / coe spiral could have better edges but rest are good / 2l turns ? Think a triple / 3t / flysit is a little weak / strt steps as music really builds starts out very dynamic but weakens towards end / 2a2t2l / back cam starts multi pos combo spin / and she's quite happy with that skate /new pb / currently 2nd /
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NED Sharon Resseler Start No: 12
Notes: Music: Habla Con Ella / red across shoulders rest is black / 2s / 2a 2ft / layback is fast - weak pos to beillman that slows down / 2l pause 2 toe axel / a spin that ended in mushroom but I didn't see the start of it / 1a / spirals are ok / 2l landed at dead stop / music picks up for strt steps at have some relationship to it / 2a / 2f2t2l / nice camel spin with arms behind back starts the combo spin - that although it travels is quite a nice spin / new pb / currently 10th /
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EST Elena Glebova Start No: 13
Notes: Music: Bohemian Rhapsody dark royal blue satin / 3t3t / 2z / flycam sit open leg - nice spin / there isn't a lot of chor but you still get the sense she's skating to her music - hard to explain / 2a / spin that ended in beillman / 3s ? Or was it / strt steps chor'd to music ended in lots of twizzles / 2a2t / 2s2t? / combo spin to end - finished way after music - might be a time ded / new pb / currently 5th /
ESP Sonia Lafuente Start No: 14
Notes: Music: Night on Bare Mountain / black & grey with shredded skirt & spider web effect on back / a bit of chor to start / 2a2t / 3l fell / flysit doesn't get much fly - spin is ok / 2z2t2l / 3t? But not sure if it was a double or triple - my mind is wandering a bit / 2a / layback with foot to head - initial pos is weak / 2z / 2a 1/2 loop turn 2f / strt steps are ok but music is getting away from her - just a little too loud & dynamic / combo spin to end /new pb / currently 8th / not sure of scores I heard - can't read the board /
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CAN Diane Szmiett Start No: 15
Notes: Music Witches of Eastwich / black with diag turqoise on one side / 3t2t2t / 3z fell but think rot / 3s2t / back sit ch sit with variations / 3f think 2ft but one of the better attempts I've seen from her this weekend / spirals are soso / 2a / 2z hop turn 2f / back cam sit open leg ch sit / 3t - tano / strt ftwrk is musical / flysit with nice high tuck / it was only near the end of the program that I felt she was really connected to her music today / currently 4th /
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LTU Ruta Gajauskaite Start No: 16
Notes: Music: Anastasia soundtrack gorgeous navy with silver in wavey pattern with a couple of dutouts / 2a 1/2 loop 2s / 3s 2ft hand down / spirals a bit weak / 2s 1/2 loop 2s / spin that I didn't really see / there's very little connection to the music / 2a fell / lots of prep into seach of her jumps / 2t / combo spin is ok / flycam is soso / currently 15th /
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BIH Naida Aksamija Start No: 17
Notes: Bellan Denna & gone with the wind / white with low back & roll collar effect / 2a fell / think the 1st element was a spin that I missed / 1z / 2? fell / 2f kind of had it then put foot down / edges very weak on spirals / 2l fell / nice layback in classic pos into beillman / 1f / music picks up for strt steps that while very simple went with the music / 1a 1/2 loop 2s that ended in a spin - not quite what I saw / spin to end / currently 17th /
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FRA Nadege Bobillier Start No: 18
Notes: Music: la Lecon de Piano black with silver sequins outlining bust & waist / 3s2t turnout hung on to toe / 3t turnout 2t / flycam with layover & layout nice pos but slow / a bit of chor / 3s fell out / 2t / layback with strt leg isn't bad / coe starts the spirals that are quite ok / 3t lean hung on to it / 2a step out / bad music cut!! Ouch / strt steps / 2l / nice camel starts the combo spin into sit ch sit - well done / currently 10th /
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SUI Bettina Heim Start No: 19
Notes: Music: Bond & Scorpians / orange on top rest is primarily black halter effect / 3t think she held off putting her hand down / 2s / 2a2t / flyback sit with great variations fast & centered / music has really built and she seems to be going with it until a bad pick on a flip or z / music slowed for spirals that are soso / 2s / 1a / back sit with variations / 2t2t2l / O ftwrk to dynamic music again and she's keeping up with it / combo spin is fast & centered with good pos variations / currently 13th /
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PHI Gracielle Jeanne Tan Start No: 20
Notes: Music: Memories of a Geisha Ivory satin with flower applique - really pretty / ? Spin that I didn't really see / 2?1t / dead slow into 2a under rot fell / music started out slow now very fast with drums & a bit of neat chor / 2z with turnout / 1l / back cam sit ch sit head back / spirals are weak / 1a / 2s1t ? / music changes again for strt steps that I quite liked / 2z / think it was supposed to be a back fly spin but there was just a little hop and not much of a spin /curently 19th /
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ARM Ani Vardanyan Start No: 21
Notes: Music: Bond medley / turqoise strapless with flame effect / sorry missed the 1st couple of jumps / combo spin with beillman on one foot & catch foot on other both of which she fell out of / O ftwrk made an attempt to work with music / 2f / 2f turnout / 1l / 1a / got distracted and missed most of her program / new pb / currently 20th /
USA Megan Hyatt Start No: 22
Notes: Music: real mixture including Mission Impossible & Libertango / black with red skirt / 3? / 3z2t nicely done / stars into back cam sit front layback / 3l stumbled out / back coe spiral in beillman / 2a / 3s / fly forward sit with no real tuck or fly - spin was nice / bailed on flip / strt stepsuse whole body and somewhat work with music / 3s fell / layback with variations into beillman /
AUT Astrid Mangi Start No: 23
Notes: Music: Tango gold lame with black elbow gloves / 2a / combo spin / sorry was distracted during her skate and didn't really see it / currently 13th /
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SLO Dasa Grm Start No: 24
Notes: Music: mixture / dark red / nice fly cam to donut / 2z / 1a / 2f 1/2l 2? / 2l / 2s fell out / some nice chor to slower music / layback with foot to head is centered - pos is a bit weak / 3t2t / 2a2t / coe spiral in catchfoot / strt steps as music picks up move very well - faster than I would have expected by the rest of her skating / combo spin is prety good - finishes after the music / new pb currently 16th /
PUR Victoria Muniz Start No: 25
Notes: Kismet & Field of Tears / dark purple shading to lighter at hem / 3t2t / 3l stood up but might have been short revs / 2 tano z / she's skating to her music / combo spin is fast with quite good pos / layback is quite good / spread eagle 2a had it then fell out / coe spiral needs extension / 3s2t with a big smile / 2a fell / flycam to end program was cut short by time due to fall / currently 16th /
ROM Roxana Boamfa Start No: 26
Notes: Music: Shrek beige with black wavey lines & black around hem / 2a fell / 2a landed forward messy / 2f2t / 2l 1/2l 2s fell / flysit had nice fly & tuck - spin got very slow - nice pos / I missed a spin / coe spiral in Y is ok / 2z fell / layback spin to end / currently 23rd /
ISR Rima Beliy Start No: 27
Notes: Phantom: black on one side white on other / 2z2l2l wrapped free leg / 1a ? ? 2t / 2z2t / flycam with variations / some chor now to music of the night / 2s / 2l / combo spin is soso / 1z / strt steps are chor'd to music and she's working hard to keep with it / currently 20th /