2012 GPF Pair's Free Program LP

[Rachmaninoff]

Maybe.. But that should be forbidden too, IMO. Its really distracting and the unison should come without saying anything

Why? I think almost all teams do that. It's how they know when to change positions.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Qing PANG / Jian TONG (CHN)

Music: Variations on an original Theme Enigma by Edward Elgar

2A+2A+SEQ
3FTw
2T
FCCoSp - unison a bit off in the end
FiDs - small stumble on entrance
PCoSp
Li
ChSq - I like this one
3STh - nice
3LoTh - slightly twofooted
Li
Li

Nice program, but quite low difficulty compared to the others.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Maybe.. But that should be forbidden too, IMO. Its really distracting and the unison should come without saying anything

FWIW, I do think that they stop the commands later in the season - their unison at Canadian Nationals 2012 was breathtaking.

P/T - may be shadows of their former selves. But that was just beautiful. Should sneak ahead of D/R by two or three points.

 

[Kinga]

Why? I think almost all teams do that. It's how they know when to change positions.

I just dont like it. Some pairs achieve good unison without the commands.. Im not an expert, but should the music and training 'tell' them when to change position??
Nevermind, that was just my minor comment...


P/T - a beautiful skate! It seemed that they barely started skating when their program just finished.. But I really hate their lifts - her lack of extension is painful to watch.

 

[Shaba22]

Liudmila Vlasova is a choreographer of Ilinykh/Katsalapov. But I saw her with Bazarova/Larionov now. I didn't see her name on the russians bio.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Pang/Tong

128.07 (SB), total 192.81 (SB) and into 1st

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Okay, huge score, but so totally overmarked. Whatever - still a lovely program (PCS was high, and fairly so).

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Does Bazarova actually leave the ice on her double axels?

 

[gioccia]

awful jumps (I can't say they they don't try to do them at the sa,e time, I think they struggle to land them), awful arms, all the rest is good. SP was a masterpiece!

 

[sequinsgalore]

Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV (RUS)

Music: Spartacus by Aram Khatchaturian

3T - bad unison, hers a bit shaky
2A+2A+SEQ - she is low on the 2nd
3FTw - high, diff entry
3FTh
BiDs
FCCoSp - unison ok
ChSq
Li
3LoTh
Li
Li
PCoSp

Not pretty sbs jumps, but everything else very nice and polished

 

[Kinga]

B/L lack unison even during basic steps and crossovers. They are very sloppy.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

After Pang, Bazarova's air positions in the lifts are just a balm, though.

 

[Shaba22]

Vlasova sat with Cappellini/Lanotte today at the kiss&cry. She didn't work with Morozov, she works with Shpilband.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Bazarova/Larionov
131.46 (PB), total 201.60 (PB) and into 1st

Wow, they broke the 200-mark

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

HUGE score: 131 and change.

V/T - could they break 150?

 

[Kinga]

After Pang, Bazarova's air positions in the lifts are just a balm, though.

Agree . It annoys me that through all these years there is no the slightest improvement from Pang. At that level of skating she should improve at least a bit!

 

[sky_fly20]

B/L breaking 200+, poor K/S :disapp:

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Whoa!

 

[LRK]

Good Heavens!

 

[evangeline]

OMG what happened there??