Pairs LP Results

Free Skate Results:

Pl. Name Nation TSS
= TES
+ PCS
+ SS TR PE CH IN Deduction
- StN.
1 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 117.94 62.34 55.60 7.04 6.75 6.89 7.04 7.04 0.00 #5
2 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 115.73 57.90 57.83 7.25 6.96 7.25 7.32 7.36 0.00 #7
3 Kathryn ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH USA 96.90 49.31 48.59 6.11 5.96 6.07 6.11 6.11 1.00 #6
4 Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ CAN 91.22 45.04 46.18 5.79 5.61 5.68 5.96 5.82 0.00 #8
5 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG USA 89.47 48.09 41.38 5.18 5.18 5.18 5.14 5.18 0.00 #1
6 Pascale BERGERON / Robert DAVISON CAN 86.20 46.38 41.82 5.21 5.21 5.14 5.29 5.29 2.00 #4
7 Brooke CASTILE / Benjamin OKOLSKI USA 82.59 44.62 37.97 4.89 4.64 4.64 4.82 4.75 0.00 #3
8 Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV UZB 76.35 45.56 32.79 4.18 4.00 4.04 4.14 4.14 2.00 #2

Overall:

FPl. Name Nat. Points SP FS
1 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 181.61 1 1
2 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 177.80 2 2
3 Kathryn ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH USA 153.05 3 3
4 Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ CAN 145.08 4 4
5 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG USA 133.92 6 5
6 Pascale BERGERON / Robert DAVISON CAN 131.98 5 6
7 Brooke CASTILE / Benjamin OKOLSKI USA 124.59 8 7
8 Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV UZB 118.51 7 8

Very interesting that the Zhangs came out ahead of Pang/Tong. I think during the next Olympic cycle it will really be between the Zhangs and Obertas/ Slavnov.

Absolutely thrilled for Orcher & Lucash! Perhaps I am even happier not for them but for Naumov who finally has his elite team!

Ptichka said:

Absolutely thrilled for Orcher & Lucash! Perhaps I am even happier not for them but for Naumov who finally has his elite team!

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I am very happy for Vadim and Evgenia. They have made great choices for O&L to build their confidence and develop their style as a team. Good luck to them at worlds!

Ptichka said:

Very interesting that the Zhangs came out ahead of Pang/Tong. I think during the next Olympic cycle it will really be between the Zhangs and Obertas/ Slavnov.

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I personally am not surprised at the result; the Zhangs have been gaining ground this year and Pang/Tong have been losing some. ITA agree that they and Obertas/Slavnov will be the 2 to watch during the next cycle (unless Obertas changes partners again :sheesh: ) and I also think that they're going to be the main 2 battling it out for the bronze in Torino; based on their respective current improvements this season, they seem to be on track to overshadow both of the P/Ts.

Incidentally -- I wonder if it's actually technically correct to refer to them as "the Zhangs" since they're not brother and sister or married?, like for example the Protopopovs or the Hartsells. It'd be Zhang & Zhang but I don't know if 'THE Zhangs' is correct since they're not actually from the same Zhang, so to speak. Hmmm. Wonder what the correct "etiquette of nomenclature" would be.

JonnyCoop said:

Incidentally -- I wonder if it's actually technically correct to refer to them as "the Zhangs" since they're not brother and sister or married?, like for example the Protopopovs or the Hartsells.

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Actually, "the Protopopovs" is not correct either as she Liudmila never took her husband's last name (we don't talk of the Grinkovs after all). Then again, who wants to spell out Belousova and Protopopov every time!

Ptichka said:

Actually, "the Protopopovs" is not correct either as she Liudmila never took her husband's last name.

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Really? Very interesting. I know they're in the record books as Belousova and Protopopov , but I always thought, when they were competing in the World Pros in the early 80s, that it was Ludmila & Oleg Protopopov..... Hmmm.....

And as for who wants to spell out Belousova & Protopopov every time -- well, at least Belousova is a lot easier to type than Protopopov!!

I went back to check -- at least on this website: http://www.pairsonice.net/competitions.php?event=5 they're "Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov" even in 1985.

Wonderful for Katie and Garret. I hope they keep the momentum for Worlds.