Muramoto and Reed were pleased with their short dance on Wednesday, especially after achieving all the key points in their Rhumba pattern, which they felt was a big achievement for them. Their routine to music from the soundtracks of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and The Last Emperor was solid, but there was still room on the table for more.
The team who trains in Michigan under Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, Massimo Scali, and Johnny Johns, earned a new personal best of 98.59 for a third place finish in the free dance and overall (163.86).
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The judges appeared to be a bit all over the place on GOES on their straight line and rotational lifts in the FD. Your thoughts? Overall?
The team who trains in Michigan under Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, Massimo Scali, and Johnny Johns, earned a new personal best of 98.59 for a third place finish in the free dance and overall (163.86).
“We’re super happy,” said Muramoto of their bronze medal. “We’ve worked so hard coming into this Four Continents and it was definitely a confidence boost going into the Olympic Games. I think we deserved to be on the podium. Coming into this we didn’t think about if we medaled we would be the first Asian country to win a medal. We didn’t know that actually.”
“This really helps for the upcoming weeks of training before going to the Olympics,” said Reed. “We know what additional improvements we can work on, but we’re really happy about our results here. We skated well here for the free dance, but we know now that there is more emotion that we can add into this. It’s not fully bloomed yet.”
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The judges appeared to be a bit all over the place on GOES on their straight line and rotational lifts in the FD. Your thoughts? Overall?
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