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Thanks so much!
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
CHN Wang / Meng Start 1 Place 1
Notes him in black shirt & pants her in pink top with light purple skirt / a little accordiany & slowed down on the chotcaws on the last couple of patterns /
t 11.36 c 11.99 tot 23.35 1st
CZE Janostakova / Prochazka Start 2 Place 1
Notes her in hot pink him in black / error on 2nd half of 1st pattern him in chotcaw /
t 12.10 c 12.89 tot 24.99 1st
CAN Wing / Lowe Start 3 Place 0
Notes him in black her in red & black / by far the best so far / nice wide steps & chotcaws are chotcaws with pined toes / nice feel to the dance /
t 16.20 c 19.15 tot 35.35 1st
CAN Patenaude / Denis Start 4 Place 2
Notes him in black her in yellow with black fringe on skirt / inside 3 turn doesn't have quite as nice motion as W&L / bit far apart on 2nd chotcaw each time / nice feel tough and they match much better than he & Josee did /
t 14.40 c 14.35 tot 28.75 2nd
ITA Aureli / Vaturi Start 5 Place 3
Notes white pink & blue string dress him in black / big mistake on chotcaws on 1st half of 1st patern / very cautious on 2nd time though but got it right / they look like they're really having to work at it /
t 13.02 c 13.18 tot 26.20 3rd
USA Galley-Rabinowitz / Mitchell Start 6 Place 3
Notes her in dark shiny grey him in black / nice swigny feel to 3 turn / something a bit awkward about the 2nd chotcaw each time but can't put my finger on exactly what /
t 13.98 c 14.69 tot 28.67 3rd
BUL Denkova / Staviyski Start 7 Place 1
Notes her in bright lime green him in black / very good feel to the dance / bit of a variation on the wide step that looked good, not quite sure what was diferent / nice swing on 3 turn /
t 17.88 c 23.17 tot 41.05 1st
ISR Chait / Sakhnovski Start 8 Place 2
Notes her in fluorscent pink-orange with black him in black / she bends forward weird in chotcaws and doesn't really straighten her leg properly when she should / the wide step goes out and comes back in somewhat before the feet go down /
t 16.84 c 21.74 tot 38.58 2nd
RUS Khokhlova / Novitski Start 9 Place 4
Notes her in white with black one white & one black glove him in black with a bit of white / wide step is a little out of sync same with 2nd chotcaw in set / free legs don't always match /
t 14.42 c 17.30 tot 31.72 4th
CAN Dubreuil / Lauzon Start 10 Place 2
Notes her in bright lime green him in black semi sheer shirt / very good speed & feel legs & steps match well / thought I saw something a bit awkwward on the chotcaws on the 1st half of the 2nd pattern /
t 17.08 c 22.27 tot 39.35 2nd
FRA Delobel / Schoenfelder Start 11 Place 2
Notes her in red with cutouts him in black / sync isn't quite as perfect as D&L / free legs don't always match perfectly /
t 17.5 c 21.87 tot 39.37 2nd
GER Beier / Beier Start 12 Place 7
Notes her in black with red ruffles on skirt him in black with red turtleneck / bit skiddy on 2nd chotcaw on 1st pattern / bit too deliberate on wide steps - not free enough /
t 15.04 c 16.44 tot 31.48 7th
Thanks so much!
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
CHN Wang / Meng Start 1 Place 1
Notes him in black shirt & pants her in pink top with light purple skirt / a little accordiany & slowed down on the chotcaws on the last couple of patterns /
t 11.36 c 11.99 tot 23.35 1st
CZE Janostakova / Prochazka Start 2 Place 1
Notes her in hot pink him in black / error on 2nd half of 1st pattern him in chotcaw /
t 12.10 c 12.89 tot 24.99 1st
CAN Wing / Lowe Start 3 Place 0
Notes him in black her in red & black / by far the best so far / nice wide steps & chotcaws are chotcaws with pined toes / nice feel to the dance /
t 16.20 c 19.15 tot 35.35 1st
CAN Patenaude / Denis Start 4 Place 2
Notes him in black her in yellow with black fringe on skirt / inside 3 turn doesn't have quite as nice motion as W&L / bit far apart on 2nd chotcaw each time / nice feel tough and they match much better than he & Josee did /
t 14.40 c 14.35 tot 28.75 2nd
ITA Aureli / Vaturi Start 5 Place 3
Notes white pink & blue string dress him in black / big mistake on chotcaws on 1st half of 1st patern / very cautious on 2nd time though but got it right / they look like they're really having to work at it /
t 13.02 c 13.18 tot 26.20 3rd
USA Galley-Rabinowitz / Mitchell Start 6 Place 3
Notes her in dark shiny grey him in black / nice swigny feel to 3 turn / something a bit awkward about the 2nd chotcaw each time but can't put my finger on exactly what /
t 13.98 c 14.69 tot 28.67 3rd
BUL Denkova / Staviyski Start 7 Place 1
Notes her in bright lime green him in black / very good feel to the dance / bit of a variation on the wide step that looked good, not quite sure what was diferent / nice swing on 3 turn /
t 17.88 c 23.17 tot 41.05 1st
ISR Chait / Sakhnovski Start 8 Place 2
Notes her in fluorscent pink-orange with black him in black / she bends forward weird in chotcaws and doesn't really straighten her leg properly when she should / the wide step goes out and comes back in somewhat before the feet go down /
t 16.84 c 21.74 tot 38.58 2nd
RUS Khokhlova / Novitski Start 9 Place 4
Notes her in white with black one white & one black glove him in black with a bit of white / wide step is a little out of sync same with 2nd chotcaw in set / free legs don't always match /
t 14.42 c 17.30 tot 31.72 4th
CAN Dubreuil / Lauzon Start 10 Place 2
Notes her in bright lime green him in black semi sheer shirt / very good speed & feel legs & steps match well / thought I saw something a bit awkwward on the chotcaws on the 1st half of the 2nd pattern /
t 17.08 c 22.27 tot 39.35 2nd
FRA Delobel / Schoenfelder Start 11 Place 2
Notes her in red with cutouts him in black / sync isn't quite as perfect as D&L / free legs don't always match perfectly /
t 17.5 c 21.87 tot 39.37 2nd
GER Beier / Beier Start 12 Place 7
Notes her in black with red ruffles on skirt him in black with red turtleneck / bit skiddy on 2nd chotcaw on 1st pattern / bit too deliberate on wide steps - not free enough /
t 15.04 c 16.44 tot 31.48 7th