2014 Trophée Eric Bompard Ladies SP 11/21

[ahy]

big 2a

 

[MalAssada]

3rd? My poor predictions

 

[EdgeCall]

55 for Sam looked almost a little bit low to me.

 

[sunnystars]

lovely 3S-3T from Haruka! good start :agree:

 

[Alchamei]

26 PCS???

 

[HanDomi]

omg....

 

[satine]

Haruka fell

 

[sunnystars]

oh noes! a fall from the step sequence
Haruka

 

[ahy]

That fall is surprising thought it is going to be a clean one...

 

[sequinsgalore]

Haruka IMAI (JPN)

Music: Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona

Black dress w/ red details, lace back

2A
3S+3T - looked good
LSp
3Lo
FCSp
CCoSp3p
StSq - fall (slides after kick)

Good on the jumps, shame about the fall during steps

SP: 28.32+27.40-1.00 = 54.72 (SB), 4th (out of 8)

 

[charmblade]

That was so lovely, and then I literally gasped out loud at the fall in the footwork.

 

[OS]

I like Imai and think she is under rated for some reason! Nice musical skater! Pity about the fall, talk about the worst timing to fall.

 

[starlight97]

Too bad Haruka fell during the step sequence!
I really liked the rest of that skate

 

[breynows]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO she fell on the step sequence!!

 

[matmuh]

why haruka why, just everything was going awesome
such a lovely girl

 

[Bufo viridis]

Everyone I love keeps falling.

 

[JasonLover]

Thank you Jason.
You are a star

you r welcome, and the other thanks you r welcome all...

 

[Meoima]

Haruka Imai is just...as usual. Weird fall despite good package. No wonder I never enjoy her. Just when i thought she finally does well...:hopelessness:

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

I get style error #. What is a style error?

What the hell does PC load letter mean?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/PC_Load_Letter.jpg

 

[Doggygirl]

Just posted my (very rudimentary) impressions

Lubov and Dylan here and continued here

Valentina and Ondrej here

Thank you!!

Samantha: I love her choreo and interpretation. I also like that she keeps her armography from drifting into "walk like and Egyptian" territory. Unless something changed from seeing her live at SA, she doesn't get the same speed and ice coverage as the other top ladies, which might be a reason her PCS is lower than some think it should be.