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Russian Nationals, Jan. 4-7, 2008

I'm reading...much appreciated :)
I did PBP for some of the Grand Prix events and I felt the same way sometimes, but people do read the PBPs afterwards.
 
Overly generous mark for Lilia B. Not one clean triple landed! She should be well behind Elizaveta IMO.
 
Biktarigova 3rd in LP, 2nd overall

8. Alena LEONOVA (8th after SP)
red outfit, with a flower in hair
3z fall (ouch)
3f hand down
Web TV misses connection again?!?!? WTF?
back for a 2ax
ina bauer
3s step-out to 2t
3f good
butterfly to flying sit spin
footwork to 3t, hand down
camel to sit to Y spin
st step, I think she lost balance somewhere, or was it a part of it?
camel (hands back) to a sit to a Y spin again
finish right with the music
red-red face:biggrin:
 
Leonova is soooooooo cute IMO:love:
132,22 for her!!! 1st place!!! It seems that she landed all her jumps cleanly while I couldn't watch. Good for her!

9. Katarina Gerboldt (6th after SP, will she hang on above Leonova?)
light blue dress
2ax not solid landing
3loop OK
3s a little lean but OK
3f-2t-2l good
upright spin with open arms (arabic style)
3z (flutz I think), fall
3f another fall (ouch)
3s-2t good
catch-blade spiral to another catch-blade awkward spiral
layback OK
flying sit spin (weird position there)
circ step sequence, nothing special
combo spin
off music finish

I don't really liked her, but she will probably get high marks, despite the 2 falls.

And yes, really high marks. 144,64 and 1st place. Very very overmarked IMO. Anyway, 2nd group over. Gerboldt 1st with 144,64 will be hard to beat.

Zamboni time
 
Leonova didn't land all her jumps cleanly. She fell on her opening 3Z, and she had a step out on one jump and a turnout on another.

Why did she look so unhappy when she found out she was in first place? Did she think her score wasn't high enough?
 
3rd group time...

10. Yana Smekhnova (5th after SP)
russian music
3f heavy fall
2t-2t
flying sit spin
2loop. It's over for her
2ax
good catch-blade back spiral to a forward spiral
right to another 2ax
sit spin to Y spin
she's slow
3s good
3t hand down I think
step sequence with some direction changes
camel to sit spin to awkward catch foot position to Y spin
layback to bielmann

Good 2nd part, but too many mistakes in the 1st part.
 
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