2016 Skate Canada Pairs SP

[Tyranid]

Wow. Fedor Klimov shakes his head after DR finish their SP.

Grishin: "what's wrong, you're shaking your head."

Klimov:" ... nothing. They pursue a high technical standard which is well executed. As for the program itself, no comment... "

Fedore Klimov DOES NOT like their PCS. Clear as day.

edit: their PCS is ridiculous. 34.5....

 

[Sophie-Anna]

It's the first program I liked by D/R. Interesting. Very good

I quite liked their last year performance at Worlds but this team has never been my favorite and their program always seemed kind of same. But I feel this is different program and diffirent choreography. Very well skated.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Gotta admit the program didn't quite gel for me either, maybe because they were so focused on the 3A? The music is odd (and I like odd).

Ok, good. I thought I was going crazy. I bet I'll like it later when they have a chance to smooth out the performance aspects.

 

[WeakAnkles]

It's a good SP for them. Nice choice of music. They really DO need to perform it more, but I'm sure as the tricks become more second nature they will. Good for them.

 

[Violet Bliss]

A mathematician and a musician team up to be great partners.

 

[Mista Ekko]

Well with better landing on the lutzes and the axel they could get 80

 

[blue_idealist]

Good job D/R, just realized Yu/Zhang are next!!

 

[Crossover]

Here comes a new Chinese pair team.

 

[snowflake]

Fedore Klimov DOES NOT like their PCS. Clear as day.

Zhang with a new lady...

 

[glorybox6]

Just in time for Halloween, Hao "Undead" Zhang!

 

[Violet Bliss]

I love Y/Z's LP, curious to see their SP. I think they are technically consistent.

 

[EdgeCall]

That throw was AWESOME (is her knee ok?) BUT, it really disrupts the flow of the program for me, I mean did you see the preparation time for it?

Let's not ask too much of them in one step. The throw was just great as of now, they can still refine it later on.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

Wow. Fedor Klimov shakes his head after DR finish their SP.

Grishin: "what's wrong, you're shaking your head."

Klimov:" ... nothing. They pursue a high technical standard which is well executed. As for the program itself, no comment... "

Fedore Klimov DOES NOT like their PCS. Clear as day.

LMAO... of course Klimov is shaking his head. If not for Ksenia, he'd be... well, no comment.

 

[Tyranid]

A mathematician and a musician team up to be great partners.

Megan likes to crunch the math on their TES. I like that sinch I crunch the numbers for skater's TES myself.

But how the flip will she "calculate" her PCS score. Do it, Megan, I await an enlightening interview!

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Yu... :sad21:

They drifted so close on their SbS spins I got scared

 

[Nathan13]

Well they've got the jumps, but they are pretty dull as of now.

 

[sequinsgalore]

3 Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG (CHN)

Music: Eternal Flame by Brand X Music; Fearless by Brand X Music

Blue costumes, silver sparkle

3T
3Tw
3LoTh
FCCoSp - unison on/off
5RLi
StSq
BoDs

Nice debut, big clean elements. Needs more polish and connection, but promising start

SP: 39.83+29.60 = 69.43, 2/3

 

[MaiKatze]

So does China have an abundance of ladies whose hearts desire is to be a pair skater to Zhang? This guy is just scary to me, since last year. Not a fan. And for that Klimov comment, well...sure...if you say so.

 

[Mrs. P]

Golly, Yu/Zhang brought the big elements, which I expected, but is it just me or does people feel a sense of disconnect watching that program?

 

[glorybox6]

Y/Z skated so well!

I still can't help but feel sorry for Xiaoyu.