2013 Europeans Ladies LP

[sky_fly20]

some weird combos going on Elene
I thought Orser was a CoP master

 

[jamie]

Random Fact: The Last Austrian to be top ten was Julia Lautowa who was once married to Kostomorov but later dumped for Domnina.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Mae Berenice MEITE (FRA)

3F - hands down
3Lz
3Lo - stepout
2A
StSq
CCoSp
2A+3T
ChSq
3F - or 2F?
3T+2T
LSp
FUSp

 

[jamie]

Strange lack of confidence from Meite which led to a step out on her flip and loop and then caused her to double the the second flip.

Excellent 2axel/3 toe

She definitely brings the voids but really needs to work on the posture and edge work. :/

I miss Silete and fear there'll only be one spot for the French ladies in Sochi.

 

[bigsisjiejie]

For me, this Meite program was kind of flat. Also a little slow and not a lot going on between elements. What happened this season?

 

[jamie]

Pechalat =

 

[sequinsgalore]

Anita MADSEN (DEN)

3Lo+2T
fall on back crossovers!
3T
2A+2T
FCSp
3Lo - holds on
2S
LSp - shaky Biellmann
StSq
2A
ChSq
2Lz+2T+2T
CCoSp

 

[jamie]

Madsen is exhausted 2 minutes in.

She has some nice qualities.

Last Danish top ten was Mikkeline Kierkegaard with pretty much the same jump content.

Coaches win most enthusiastic award

Were they skaters themselves?

 

[jamie]

Madsen's coaches are Kalle Strid (coach of Justis) and Martin Johansson, both former Swedish national team members.

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Madsen has some promise and she's still pretty young so time to get the rest of those triples in her arsenal. She needs to build stamina, do full run-throughs. (Maybe a summer at a Frank Carroll boot camp. )

 

[blue_idealist]

Madsen's coaches are Kalle Strid (coach of Justis) and Martin Johansson, both former Swedish national team members.

Is Martin related to Lina Johansson?

 

[LRK]

We will, we will, we will rock you...

 

[EdgeCall]

In the army now

 

[LRK]

Is Martin related to Lina Johansson?

If he is the Swedish commentators haven't mentioned it. I think they said about him that he used to skate at the nationals level.

 

[LRK]

For ever young... Brings back memories - ah, my lost youth!

ETA Now it's "I need a hero"... I'm rather liking this music selection - at least they aren't into putting the audience to sleep.

 

[EdgeCall]

Those are immortal classics already. Much better than most of today's stuff.

 

[LRK]

Girls just want to have fun... How appropriate. Girls, go out there, and show what you are made of!

 

[jamie]

Glebova looks gorgeous!

Really hope this a strong group but these ladies have the potential to splat, double and ur galore. :/

 

[blue_idealist]

Just saw Carron, Meite, and Popova in the stands together.. but was that Silete with them?

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Ooh, I spot Urmanov in the coaches' area.