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Pairs Free Skating: 2013 NHK Trophy

tulosai

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 21, 2011
Damn! I have never seen Sui/Han bomb like this! They were extremely tense from start to finish, lots of costly mistakes. They must have known they must place 2nd to make the GPF but I wouldn't expect them to get so nervous about it, given they are a much better team than Peng/Zhang. Bizarre!

I don't remember him falling on a 3toe ever.

Damn, damn, damn.

:thumbsup:
 

hippomoomin

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 30, 2012
Oh no~~ What happened to Siu/Han today!!!
Even at SC, Han looked preoccupied. Something is not right. And also Peng looked down after that pretty decent skate??
 

sequinsgalore

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV (RUS)

Music: Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber

3Tw - nice and high
3S - solid, good unison
3T+2T - ditto
BoDs
FCCoSp - unison fine
3LoTh - good height, clean
ChSq
3STh - also good
RLi
PCoSp
Li - lasso
Li - one foot

Steady as a rock, clean as a whistle. They go clean again!
Should take gold by some margin of course. He fistpumps, and they hug, so they're obviously happy.

Score: 76.77+77.69 = 154.46, 236.49, 1st overall
 
Joined
Jan 22, 2004
Volosozhar/Trankov - Fantastic elements at the start. A little weak by the end (but they will probably get +2/3s for everything anyway :p). Choreography is terrible, though.
 

tulosai

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 21, 2011
I snark about V/T a lot so I will say a nice thing today- they have hands down the biggest throws I even have or probably will see. Amazing.

Actually furthermore the program is growing on me. I find myself wondering if she is supposed to represent Mary Magdalene. Either way, obviously, excellent performance, and much improved since when I first saw it for sure. Kudos to them.
 

wordsworthgirl

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Sep 12, 2013
Nice trolling. Wonder whose fan you are.
Trolling?! :( I was following in the line of our witty comments about the age difference on the previous pair (the Beauty and the Beast joke etc) and I thought I was being light-hearted and humorous. I LIKE this pair a lot! and I like them BETTER than the previous pair. I was referring to the fact that when they finished they didn't look at or speak to each other. When I first watched this pair, I thought they were juniors and in their early teens. I'm sorry if I upset anyone. I actually like their skating generally very much indeed. and I am not an ardent fan of any pair team, although I do find V and T quite astonishing.
 

tulosai

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 21, 2011
Trolling?! :( I was following in the line of our witty comments about the age difference on the previous pair (the Beauty and the Beast joke etc) and I thought I was being light-hearted and humorous. I LIKE this pair a lot! and I like them BETTER than the previous pair. I was referring to the fact that when they finished they didn't look at or speak to each other. When I first watched this pair, I thought they were juniors and in their early teens. I'm sorry if I upset anyone. I actually like their skating generally very much indeed. and I am not an ardent fan of any pair team, although I do find V and T quite astonishing.

Don't mind apple123. We know you are not a troll.
 

EdgeCall

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Joined
Mar 31, 2012
Volosozhar/Trankov - Fantastic elements at the start. A little weaker by the end (but they will probably get +2/3s for everything anyway :p). Choreography is terrible, though.
Is it really the choreography? I'd say it is rather the unfavourable choice and cut of music.
 

WeakAnkles

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Aug 1, 2011
Volosozhar/Trankov - Fantastic elements at the start. A little weak by the end (but they will probably get +2/3s for everything anyway :p). Choreography is terrible, though.

What choreography?

Spectacular elements though.
 

wordsworthgirl

Medalist
Joined
Sep 12, 2013
Oh no~~ What happened to Siu/Han today!!!
Even at SC, Han looked preoccupied. Something is not right. And also Peng looked down after that pretty decent skate??

I agree, something is not right. She seemed absolutely livid with him. Brushed past him when they got off the ice and wouldn't look at him.
 

wordsworthgirl

Medalist
Joined
Sep 12, 2013
I snark about V/T a lot so I will say a nice thing today- they have hands down the biggest throws I even have or probably will see. Amazing.

Actually furthermore the program is growing on me. I find myself wondering if she is supposed to represent Mary Magdalene. Either way, obviously, excellent performance, and much improved since when I first saw it for sure. Kudos to them.

I agree with you completely. I liked the program a lot better this time. and their throws are just astonishing!
 

apple123

On the Ice
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Feb 13, 2010
Trolling?! :( I was following in the line of our witty comments about the age difference on the previous pair (the Beauty and the Beast joke etc) and I thought I was being light-hearted and humorous. I LIKE this pair a lot! and I like them BETTER than the previous pair. I was referring to the fact that when they finished they didn't look at or speak to each other. When I first watched this pair, I thought they were juniors and in their early teens. I'm sorry if I upset anyone. I actually like their skating generally very much indeed. and I am not an ardent fan of any pair team, although I do find V and T quite astonishing.

Let's just say your sense of humour came off as awkward and a bit mean to me.
 

Icey

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 28, 2012
I'd say the aspect ratio is a bit off?

Thank you. Most of the skaters look so thick, especially around the waist. I was thinking not all of them could all of a sudden put on weight. And the men during the short----many looked like they had had butt transplants. lol
 
Joined
Jan 22, 2004
Is it really the choreography? I'd say it is rather the unfavourable choice and cut of music.

It's just a very basic program. Great basics, great elements (for the most part), not much more.

Also, the prolonged posing (which we've seen in all of their FS so far) is just a blatant 'let's take a break in the middle of our program.'
 
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