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First thing I noticed does the dancers tend to practice in the outfits they skate in their rhythm or free dance.
The women and pairs mainly didn't.

No I am not giving out who does what
I am enjoying the practice.
Ice dancers practicing in their costumes at all practice sessions is typical of ice dance practices. I believe they do this to give a better impression of themselves to the judges.
 
A shorter skirt?!

Yep, shorter-looking from the practice stream imo.
Yes, but looked like Evans hand went on it during a balance point that was supposed to be hand on ice and he slipped and they both fell. That thing is TROUBLE
Ah, I noticed the slip on the stream but didn't realize the skirt had caused it! At least a shorter shirt could reduce the chances of this happening in competition? 😅
 
I don't remember ever seeing a men's practice either in person or on TV where the crowd stood up and clapped when it was finished. Jason - your are AWESOME. Maybe you don't have the firepower of some of the other skaters but you definitely bring the enjoyment factor and why I fell in love with figure skating in the first place!
 
I don't remember ever seeing a men's practice either in person or on TV where the crowd stood up and clapped when it was finished. Jason - your are AWESOME. Maybe you don't have the firepower of some of the other skaters but you definitely bring the enjoyment factor and why I fell in love with figure skating in the first place!
I was part of the audience who stood up and cheered and applauded during a Practice at Skate America 2013.

Whose skate? Reel Around the Sun, by Jason Brown (who by the way, many -- including me -- didn't know at all bc it was his first sr. GP.
 
Is it possible to watch from europe somehow?
For about 24 hours, these will be up and should be viewable from Europe on us figure skating's channel's Live tab:


The separate practices will be up longer on the same channel on the videos tab, but USFS corrupts the music.
 
Practice notes from Dance

Demougeot/Le Mercier the stars of group one. Such an interesting program
Browns the stars of group two—absolutely killed it. I’ve noticed they often skate better in practice than they do in the event itself
Chock/Bates fell on their final element, but you knew that
Fun fact—the back of Daniel Mzarek’s jacket does not say AC/DC, as I’d assumed. It says KC/DC, their first initials! Clever
 
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