Ice Dance Review Seniors FD
Full review FD Seniors
1. Justyna & Peter 141.46
As I said yesterday, I really like Peter for the type of guy he is. So friendly and funny, there are not many male skaters who can say this about themselves! Ossi and Peter, rock the mens world in Ice Dance!
They no doubt had the best technical performance today and I think that just like with Henna & Ossi - its a shame that so many people never see them skate, because they just care about the last group and we all know the Fin´s and the Polish, are usually not in that group at big events.
To also give you a few details about their elements, well we all know that they do wonderfull lift´s and their combination at the start based on a rotational and straight line lift is really great! I believe you can wake those two up at 3 AM and they would instantly performe it to near perfection. All except the choreo dance lift at the end, were marked with a level 4 - thats massive I think.
2. Shari & Christian 132.15
I was still so overwhelmed by Henna and Ossi, that I just couldnt focus that much here. However, what I remember is a fantastic curve lift at the end. Wonderful! I am sorry that I cant say more
3. Henna & Ossi 132.11
Wow that was again so beautiful! These two are just so great, my fav. pair of all - they create those magikal moments which make Ice Dance so lovely. All the Russians, Canadian or US cant touch me like these two do. They bring everything to Ice Dance thats needed. Their harmony is amazing, they have beautiful choreographie´s, are lovely to look at and also are very friendly! How often did I see their SD and FD this season live at the rink? Many times and still I have tears in my eyes during their beautiful programs!
I checked the scores and there are actually judges who give a 6 in interpretation or even a 5 in choreo... how is that possible? Its at least a 7 if not an 8 if you ask me
From the first second, until the last those two were telling us a story and not just any story, but one you will never forget! Show me other pairs in Ice Dance who can do that? There are not many!
While the technical scores are understandable, the PC´s is where Henna & Ossi really shine and I think that some of the judges did not recognize this enough.
If we look at those last lift´s, when Henna is "flying" during the straight line (best straight line of the season for me) or when she sits in Ossi´s arms earlier, this is so wonderful and these are just two of many magikal moments in their FD. I saw so many FD´s in my life, but I dont think there was ever such an emotional FD like theirs this season. And its not only about this season, every season they perform wonderful programs. It just all works together, Henna is awesome, Ossi is awesome, the music choosen is, their outfits, the elements - its just perfect!
They deserve more points in my opinion, still its a great third place and as I said yesterday - they were in great shape here at Oberstdorf and I am already totally excited about next season, because I know they will have one of those wonderful skates for us again.
Henna & Ossi won many heart´s here at Oberstdorf. Many people wanted pictures, were clapping and those I spoke to, really enjoyed the finnish couple. Henna and Ossi can be really proud of themselves, they Ice Dance for the heart and this will always be remembered by those who have one
May they dance for us many more years!
4 Gabriela KUBOVA / Matej NOVAK CZE 131.63 4 2
I believe there was a small issue at their combination spin, looking at the scores, it seems like I was right. Besides that, I did not notice any errors or major balance issues at other elements. Gabriel & Matej had huge lifts in their routine - three level four, especially the rotational at the first minute was really wicked.
5 Valeria ZENKOVA / Valeriy SINITSIN RUS 127.71 5 5
Valeria´s face expression in the first minute, was so scary! She looked like she wanted to kill, wanted to murder someone. WOW! Thats what we need at Ice Dance to get people into the ice arena or at least their TV. Skaters, Dancers who have something to remember. As you know I care more about such things than many of you, but to me its just what makes the difference in sports that is based on a so called B-note.
Their program in general, well I saw a minor issue in the twizzle, besides that no real errors noticable at least for me. Checking the scores I see 4 level 4 lift´s and yes, that pair spin was really great and also received a 4.
You know, whenever you see a Russian pair in Ice Dance, you think they win. They must win. But I am honest with you, their program was more enjoayble than for instance Elena´s and Nikita´s this season. I know I will get a lot of hate now, but I cant change my feelings and I am no Hater of Elena & Nikita either, but the fire and the smile just left their eyes in my opinion.
6 Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST SUI 121.71 9 6
I did not notice any errors, what I noticed however is that she even smiles in that tango, while he looked so in pain. Ramona is too nice for such deadly programs *laughs*.
Their step sequences might be their "weaker" part, they only got a two there. However, their lifts especially that one rotational with her leg on his shoulder, this is wow! Their trademark in my opinion.
7 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN CZE 120.08 6 8
She is such a lovely person. Wonderful how much fire she has in her eyes at every skate they do. They do a lift, where Lucie is almost on the ice - I love that one a lot. Sadly she had a tiny balance issue at their twizzle, which only one judge saw - funny!
8 Olesia KARMI / Max LINDHOLM FIN 118.10 11 7
I said it before and I say it once more. Those two are so underscored every time they skate. I dont understand why! These two really rock, they can do slow and emotional, or hard and wild! I did not notice any mistakes today and will just say what I said someone earlier.
They were so beautiful, that words wont be able to describe it.
9 Cecilia TÖRN / Jussiville PARTANEN FIN 114.13 12 9
This finnish Ice Dance couple and also those were something for my heart. While there was a tiny error at the twizzles, they do woderfull lifts (four times level 4) and have a very nice expression in their face´s. I like the finish way of skating as you all know, but really check them out, all three of them. Every second is worth it and you wont regret it. Live however, it is 1 million times more intense - I promise!
10 Yura MIN / Timothy KOLETO KOR 110.21 10 10
I love how he presents Yura, she is sky high in the lifts - looks amazing. I really like her expression, that is not that usual for Asian women, but she got the skills I think. Sadly he let her down a few times like at the Twizzle and some lines like the diagonal step seq where he struggled with the balance.
and made some other statements to the effect of 'politics & you need to wait your turn for the judges to recognise you.'
