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The CD will be the Viennese Waltz. It will be streaming live at 6:30 Eastern Standard Time on Ice Network on Friday.
Here's the reference file on the Viennese.
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24315
With Domnina and Shabalin and Belbin and Agosto both here and both seeking remedial, redemptive coaching from Linichuk & Karponosov, this is going to be interesting. In the CD, we have the royal pair of waltz and extension, Domnina and Shabalin, vs a very much improved Belbin and Agosto. Still, I would expect D&S to win the CD.
B&A have owned the OD up till last year, when they struggled to get a handle on what a US champion's folk OD should look like. This year, a glance at the dance protocols (not to mention the skating videos) from Skate America will show you that B&A arrived there with an OD that was really not up to what it will be later in the year. For one thing, the levels should go up. For another thing, I would expect that there would be more tap dancing in an OD they have titled Tap Dance. B&A totally understand the rhythms of the 20's, 30's and 40's. If you have any doubts, check out their Girls, Girls, Girls/5 months OD. I expect to see their Tap OD much improved. The question is, how much improved in 2 weeks, which includes travel time?
Meanwhile, Domnina announced in an article that they will be skating a waltz for the OD. I hope she's joking. Waltz is so not the rhythm of the 20's, 30's, or 40's, particularly when the ISU regs cite that the presentations should not be 'ballroom'. They just weren't romantick times. The 20's were a time when young women cut off their hair, shed 30 pounds of excess skirts and whale bone corsets, and celebrated. The 30's were the times of the Depression when dancing seemed to be trying to prove that if you just smiled and played happy music that things would improve. The 40's were the times of war, with young people dancing to forget they might be soon called on to die. Yes, people waltzed in all those eras, but there was no characteristic waltz of the era. Waltzes were times to catch your breath and maybe converse a bit.
Meanwhile, Tanith and Ben's FD is the highest scoring one of the year (a complete turn around from their former record, and showing a definite difference in the Linichuk coaching methods vs. the Shpilband).
While D&S and B&A may be competing with each other, they can't forget that the ever exciting, crowd-pleasing and athletic team of Khokhlova and Novitski who are the reigning Russian champions, and who have done something Domnina and Shabalin have never done, win a World medal. The rhythms of the OD are just made for them and their style, including the athletic swings, lifts and near-throws. I can't wait to see their OD this year. K&N will be playing to win it all. However, the tech panels have been very stingy with levels in step sequences. They may suffer in that respect because they haven't had the most complex sequences as early in the season as some teams. However, they have been improving leaps and bounds (literally, as I think about it).
So stand in line, if you have to, to view this competition. It will be a barn burner at all levels.
1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 1
Weaver and Poje are another American/Canadian couple. Based on the silver medal of Crone / Poirier at Skate Canada, they will be looking to put out a good showing here, but I fear that third at Canadian Nationals is the best they will achieve. She has long, lovely lines, and the Viennese is a relatively easy CD. They may score well in it.
Coach: Matthews Gates, Shae-Lynn Bourne
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson
Former Coach: Paul McIntosh
Training Town: Toronto, ON; NJ (USA)
OD: Swing Brother Swing by Conrad Korsch and Jonathan Smith;
Harlem Nocturne by Conrad Korsch and Jonathan Smith;
Swing Brother Swing by Conrad Korsch and Jonathan Smith
FD: Dr. Zhivago Suite (soundtrack) by Maurice Jarre
Personal Best Total Score 174.36 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 30.94 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 54.95 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 88.47 Four Continents Championships 2008
Previous partners: Graham & Poje, Nino & Poje, Weaver & Clavey
Second Alternates for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 20 17 17 17 (154.84)
2008 Four Continents Championships 5 5 4 5 (174.36)
2008 Canadian National Championships 3 2 4 2 (175.61)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 7 6 7 (154.20)
2007 Skate Canada 8 8 5 6 (148.77)
2007 World Championships 18 23 20 20 (140.14)
2007 World Junior Championships 6 4 2 3 (151.51)
2007 Canadian National Championships 7 3 3 3 (160.65)
2006 JGP Liberec 5 2 2 3 (142.18)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 3 3 3 3 (140.08)
Videos
2008 4C's FD Blues for Klook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe7J_ofdBxw
2008 4C's OD Gypsy Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9J6P9GnhpY&feature=related
2008 4C's CD Yankee Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxnCPLGFsGE
2008 Worlds CD Argentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KHzHQUsAhM&feature=related
2007 Jr Worlds CD Silver Samba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xNh9sOsyOQ&feature=related
2007 Canadians FD Madame Butterfly; Gladiator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTHI12JcGGA
Articles
An article about Weaver and Poje, their life, and their Worlds 2008 experiences
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/FigureSkating/2008/03/18/5041711-cp.html
Shae Lynn Bourne about coaching Weaver and Poje
http://www.shaelynnbourne.com/icedance032308.htm
After being beaten by Hann McCurdy / Coreno at 2007 Skate Canada, Weaver & Poje changed coaches and lots else.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080118.wspt-skate-dance-18/BNStory/GlobeSports
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38886&mode=P
Website
http://weaverandpoje.ice-dance.com/
4 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN 2
The Chinese have three couples here because they get an extra slot for holding the competition. The Chinese champions in dance are Yu & Wang. All 3 couples are coached by the same coach. They used to all be choreographed by Genrikh Sretenski (Part of the Russian 3rd place team in the 1980's with Natalia Annenko). It is interesting that 2 of the couples are now choreographed by Shpilband & Zoueva. The three Chinese couples constitute a third competition within the competition here, because it is a mini-Chinese nationals. Huang and Zheng were the 2007 Chinese champions, but only finished second this year. They are also getting the Zoueva choreography. Guo and Meng finished 4th at nationals, but they would be the up and comers of the three teams as they have only been paired for a couple years. And they apparently crashed and burned in the FD at nationals. They were second in the CD, 3rd in the OD, for fourth overall.
Coach: Hongyan Xi
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Maria Zueva
Training Towns: Harbin and Beijing
OD: Swing by Big Bad Vodoo Daddy; Foxtrot
FD: Romeo and Juliet
Personal Best Total Score 148.19 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 29.47 Four Continents Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 45.60 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 76.98 Four Continents Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 23 23 23 22 (139.20)
2008 Four Continents Championships 8 8 8 8 (148.19)
2008 Chinese National Championships 1 1 1 1 (145.34)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 9 9 9 9 (135.63)
2007 Skate America 10 10 10 10 (135.29)
2007 Four Continents Championships 10 8 9 9 (131.28)
2007 Asian Winter Games 3 3 3 3 (138.36)
2007 Winter Universiade 7 5 6 6 (139.49)
2006 Cup of China 11 11 10 11 (124.09)
2006 Skate Canada 10 11 11 11 (126.36)
2006 World Championships 23 23 22 22 (136.14)
2006 Four Continents Championships 9 7 6 7 (144.12)
2005 Cup of China 10 10 10 10 (127.37)
2005 Four Continents Championships 10 11 11 11 (135.63)
2005 Winter Universiade 9 9 9 9
2004 Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire 11 9 9 9 (128.34)
2004 Cup of China 10 10 10 10 (126.27)
2004 Four Continents Championships 10 10 10 10
2003 Cup of China 11 11 11 11
2003 Skate America 10 10 10 10
2003 World Junior Championships 8B 11B 18 18 18
2003 Four Continents Championships 11 12 11 11
2002 JGP Canada 12 12 12 12
2002 JGP USA 8 8 8 8
Videos
2008 Worlds CD Argentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG7xGc4tTnM&feature=related
2008 World OD Hava Nagilah (!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc16YNIb7DA&feature=related
2007 Asian Games OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWYWNaS7KA
Articles
Short note about their bronze at the 2007 Asian Winter games
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/04/eng20070204_347450.html
Photos of Asian games ice dance podium and a little article
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/03/content_5690723.htm
Short ice-dance.com bio
http://www.ice-dance.com/profiles/profile.php?team=xiyuchwa
Website
3 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 2
Coach: Hongyan Xi
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Training Towns: Harbin; Beijing
OD: Blues; Swing
FD: Notre Dame de Paris (soundtrack) Richard Cocciante
Personal Best Total Score 147.02 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 34.13 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2004
Personal Best Score Original Dance 45.35 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 76.45 Four Continents Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 Four Continents Championships 9 9 9 9 (147.02)
2008 Chinese National figure skating championships 2nd
2007 NHK Trophy 9 9 9 10 (138.84)
2007 Cup of China 6 8 7 7 (139.09)
2007 World Championships 19 22 21 21 (138.44)
2007 Four Continents Championships 8 7 8 8 (137.07)
2007 Asian Winter Games 2 2 2 2 (150.06)
2007 Winter Universiade 4 6 5 5 (140.58)
2007 Chinese National figure skating championships 1st
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 11 11 12 11 (126.70)
2006 Cup of China 9 10 11 10 (125.91)
2006 World Junior Championships 15 11 10 11 (132.53)
2006 Four Continents Championships 12 10 10 10 (132.19)
2005 SBC Cup [JGP] 6 5 4 5 (129.13)
2005 Gdansk Cup [JGP] 7 9 8 9 (121.12)
2005 World Junior Championships 12 13 14 14 (131.45)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 3 7 6 6 (141.35)
2004 JGP Harbin 5 5 5 5 (136.84)
2004 World Junior Championships 9B 9B 18 19 19
2003 Skate Bled 12 12 11 11
2003 Czech Skate 9 10 9 9
2002 JGP China 12 12 12 12
Videos
2007 Cup of China CD Argentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyD4lajYQk
2007 NHK OD Kalinka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4ROF8msm4&feature=related
2007 Cup of China FD Spente le Stelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvfa_PvCCSk&feature=related
Articles
Their icenetwork bio (somewhat out of date)
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38901&mode=P
Short note about their silver at the 2007 Asian Winter games
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/04/eng20070204_347450.html
Photos of Asian games ice dance podium and a little article
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/03/content_5690723.htm
ice-dance.com bio and photo
http://www.ice-dance.com/profiles/profile.php?team=xihuxuzh
Website
2 Jiameimei GUO / Fei MENG CHN 2
Coach: Hongyan Xi
Choreographer: Genrikh Sretenski
Training Town: Beijing
OD: Swing by Big Bad Vodoo Daddy; Foxtrot
FD: Nostradamus by Maksim Mrvica
Personal Best Total Score 112.69 Cup of China 2007
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 20.96 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 36.80 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 58.03 Cup of China 2007
Former Partnerships: Wang & Meng
Competitive Results
2008 Four Continents Championships 12 11 12 12 (112.29)
2008 Chinese National Championships 2 3 4 4 (118.37)
2007 Cup of China 10 10 9 9 (112.69)
Videos
2008 Four Continents OD Russian Folk Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDBdkP0D_o
Articles
Website
5 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 3
Alexandra and Roman competed at Nebelhorn this summer and finished second behind Samuelson / Bates. They won the Viennese Waltz over S/B however. Look for a 4th place compulsory here.
Coach: Galit Chait
Choreographer: Galit Chait & Tatiana Tarasova (FD)
Former Coach: N. Morozov, E. Platov, I .Zaretski, I. Romanova, I. Yaroshenko
Training Town: Hackensack, NJ (USA)
Born in Minsk, BLR
OD: Summertime by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald & Fosse (Blues & Charleston)
FD: Jesus Christ Superstar (soundtrack) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Personal Best Total Score 179.21 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 37.59 Harghita Cup 2004
Personal Best Score Original Dance 58.10 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 88.60 World Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 1 3 2 2 (168.59)
2008 World Championships 9 9 10 9 (179.21)
2008 European Championships 7 9 9 8 (171.70)
2007 Cup of China 4 4 4 4 (161.86)
2007 Skate America 7 7 8 7 (157.85)
2008 Israeli National Championships 1 (142.14)
2007 World Championships 13 12 14 14 (156.52)
2007 European Championships 12 11 12 11 (148.05)
2006 Cup of China 4 4 4 4 (158.37)
2006 Skate America 7 7 9 8 (143.95)
2006 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 3 3 3 (156.67)
2006 World Championships 24 22 20 20 (140.14)
2006 Olympic Games 24 23 20 22 (135.80)
2006 European Championships 17 15 15 15 (138.47)
2005 NHK Trophy 9 9 9 9 (142.72)
2005 Cup of China 9 9 9 9 (129.87)
2005 Skate Israel 4 4 4 4
2005 World Junior Championships 3 4 5 4 (165.76)
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final 5 8 8 8 (131.22)
2004 Harghita Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 2 (163.84)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 1 5 4 3 (154.14)
2004 World Junior Championships 2B 3B 8 10 9
2004 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 5 7 6
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Gdansk 1 1 1 1
2003 Skate Israel 6 5 4 4
2003 Mexico Cup [JGP] 3 3 2 2
2003 World Junior Championships 5B 4B 9 8 8
2002 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 3 3 3 3
2002 Belgrade Sparrow [JGP] 3 3 3 3
2002 World Junior Championships 19 20 17 19 19
2001 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 10 9 8 8
2001 JGP The Hague 12 11 12 11
Videos
2008 Europeans OD Shick Shack Shock (Mideastern dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLFbj9Yhao
2008 Europeans CD Yankee Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-HNmerAIRs&feature=related
2008 Worlds CD Agentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7OzeczAMb4
2008 Worlds FD Let My People Go, & Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_-QaMITVy0
2007 Israeli Championships FD Let My People Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPpCgpXyws
2007 Worlds FD Carmina Burana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksvkXZ4M8XQ&feature=related
Articles
Galit Chait and Zaretskis sue Ice House in Hackensack, NJ for anti-Israeli discrimination
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/exolympic_skater_students_file.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10302008/news/regionalnews/skater_suit__rink_hates_ice_raelis_136001.htm
Recent Icenetwork interview-It's hard to keep up with their coach Galit Chait
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=49849&vkey=ice_news
2003 Zaretskis are first Israelis to skate in JGPF
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-88449255.html
Golden Skate article about their previous coaches and training
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2003/102903.shtml
Their ice network bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38898&mode=P
Website
http://www.ice-dance.com/zaretsky/
6 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 4
Capellini and Lanotte were 10th at Worlds. The Zaretskis were ninth. The competition for fourth place will be as strong as the competition for the top three spots.
Coach: Roberto Pelizzola, Barbara Riboldi
Choreographer: Ludmila Vlasova, Giovanna Franzoni
Training Towns: Milano and Pinzolo
OD: Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda (Swing Kids)
FD: Love Story by Nana Mouskouri
Personal Best Total Score 179.03 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 35.39 ISU JGP Sofia Cup 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 57.05 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 90.46 World Championships 2008
Former Partnerships: Cappellini & Zanni, Pistorello & LaNotte, Spelta & LaNotte
First Alternates for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 11 10 9 10 (179.03)
2008 European Championships 10 7 7 7 (172.64)
2008 Italian National Championships 2 2 2 2 (179.43)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 3 5 4 4 (168.75)
2007 Skate Canada 2 2 3 2 (171.57)
2007 World Championships 12 16 13 13 (158.83)
2007 European Championships 9 8 11 8 (155.28)
2007 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 1 (165.24)
2007 Italian National Championships 2 2 2 2 (173.87)
2006 Cup of Russia 7 8 9 8 (149.53)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 6 4 5 5 (159.77)
2006 World Junior Championships 4 3 6 4 (160.72)
2006 Italian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 1 (174.49)
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final 2 3 3 3 (159.49)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 1 2 2 2 (161.57)
2005 JGP Slovakia 1 1 2 2 (166.47)
Videos
2008 First National Competition OD Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=IAC0ELSIBmU
2008 First National Competition FD “Love Story”, performed by Nana Moskouri
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=HCk3kuwEIQo
2008 Worlds OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hSVXy5SOg&feature=related
2007 National Championships FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZmN_O3PIo
2007 Worlds OD Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpxK2W-7e2U
Articles
2008 interview at the Golden Skate Awards
http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/5762
Translation of article about working with Muriel Zazoui
http://annaeluca.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=16
Ice network bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38875&mode=P
Website
http://cappellini-lanotte.ice-dance.com/
Fan forum
http://annaeluca.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=42&sid=776646f85c9bb01e75c7afe9b8127107
7 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 5
Coach: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
Training Town: Aston, PA
SP: Waltz from Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovitch (They must be kidding)
LP: Spartacus by Aram Khatchaturian
Personal Best Total Score 207.14 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 40.25 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 63.20 Cup of Russia 2007
Personal Best Score Free Dance 104.99 European Championships 2008
Former partners: Domnina & Bolotin, Khaliavina & Shabalin
Fourth Qualifiers for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Third Qualifiers for the 2007 Grand Prix Final
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2006 Grand Prix Final
Competitive History
2008 European Championships 2 2 1 1 (207.14)
2008 Grand Prix Final 3 1 1 (165.57)
2007 Cup of Russia 1 1 1 1 (205.24)
2007 Cup of China 1 1 3 2 (188.66)
2007 World Championships 3 4 5 5 (193.44)
2007 European Championships 2 2 1 2 (199.16)
2007 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 1 (207.32)
2007 Grand Prix Final 3 2 3 (156.14)
2006 Cup of Russia 1 3 1 2 (185.34)
2006 Cup of China 1 2 1 1 (188.41)
2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial 1 1 1 1 (173.47)
2006 World Championships 7 6 7 7 (178.39)
2006 Olympic Games 9 9 9 9 (173.76)
2006 European Championships 7 6 6 6 (175.72)
2006 Russian National Championships 2 2 2 2
2006 Grand Prix Final 5 6 5 (142.73)
2005 Cup of Russia 3 3 3 3 (176.69)
2005 Skate America 3 3 3 3 (169.23)
2005 Skate Israel 2 2 2 2
2005 World Championships 8 7 8 8 (190.20)
2005 European Championships 7 7 6 6 (178.91)
2005 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 1
2004 Cup of Russia 3 4 4 4 (187.51)
2004 Cup of China 4 4 4 4 (179.70)
2004 World Championships 6 10 10 10
2004 European Championships 7 7 7 7
2004 Russian National Championships 2 2 2 2 2
2003 Cup of Russia 5 5 7 6
2003 Bofrost Cup on Ice 4 4 4
2003 Skate Canada 7 6 6 6
2003 Finlandia Trophy 2 2 2 2
2003 World Championships 7 15 15 15
2003 World Junior Championships 1B 1B 1 1 1
2003 European Championships 12 13 12 12
2003 Russian National Championships 3 3 2 3 3
2003 Junior Grand Prix Final 1 1 1 1
2002 Belgrade Sparrow [JGP] 1 1 1 1
2002 JGP Courchevel 1 1 1 1
Videos
2008 Europeans FD Masquerade Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZhYmspSX18&feature=related
2008 Europeans OD Don Cossack Dance (Guys Get Your Horse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3VOnM2HGYc
2007 Worlds OD Tango by Piazzola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvQoR2EAWc&feature=related
2006 Olympics FD Waltz of the Spirits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A71XyFV2Rr4
2005 Worlds OD Slow Fox and Quickstep (British Eurosport)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELgXUFT3aE&feature=related
2005 Worlds FD The Fifth Element (British Eurosport)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQsikcO6pI
2003 Worlds OD Polka/Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQflajbqEzU&feature=related
2003 Jr Worlds EX Mungal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Z2y-UgO_Y
2003 Jr Worlds LP Afro-Latin Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdN8UoBas0U
Articles
Golden Skate Article on Domnina and Shabalin's move to Linichuk/Karphonosov By Tatiana Flade
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2008/101208.shtml
Icenetwork article about the Aston, PA, complex, Domnina & Shabalin and Belbin and Agosto
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080711&content_id=49311&vkey=ice_news
Russian online preview of Russian skaters chances this year
http://www.kommersant.com/p1046197/r_530/sports_figure_skating/
The whole article in Russian
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1046197
Their highs: They win Europeans
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/skating/2008/01/27/140730/Domnina-and.htm
Their Lows: Maxim has to have more surgery and they cannot attend worlds
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=figureskating&id=3290673
Long article in Russian
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=868055
Winning CoR 2007
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/cor_3.shtml
An account of CoR 2006
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2006/112606_d.shtml
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38777&mode=P
Websites
Official website
http://oksana-maksim.narod.ru/
Fansite
http://www.domnina-shabalin.com/newindex.html
8 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 5
Coach: Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Choreographer: Irina Zhuk, Alexander Svinin
Former Coach: Larisa Filina
Training Town: Moscow
SP: Blues: Sam's Blues by Sam Taylor; Swing: Puttin' On the Ritz
LP: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Personal Best Total Score 203.26 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 65.99 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 99.66 European Championships 2008
Related Profile: Lepetiukha & Novitski
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
First Alternates for the 2007 Grand Prix Final
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 3 2 5 3 (203.26)
2008 European Championships 3 3 3 3 (197.06)
2008 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 1 (212.82)
2008 Grand Prix Final 5 5 5 (153.58)
2007 NHK Trophy 3 3 3 3 (186.96)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 2 2 1 2 (191.01)
2007 World Championships 6 7 8 8 (178.29)
2007 European Championships 5 4 4 4 (175.76)
2007 Russian National Championships 2 2 2 2 (192.94)
2007 Grand Prix Final 5 5 5 (141.34)
2006 NHK Trophy 2 2 2 2 (180.57)
2006 Cup of China 3 3 3 3 (173.86)
2006 World Championships 11 16 12 12 (162.15)
2006 Olympic Games 14 13 11 12 (164.48)
2006 European Championships 10 10 8 10 (162.65)
2006 Russian National Championships 3 3 3 3
2005 NHK Trophy 3 4 4 4 (158.18)
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard 5 5 7 6 (150.05)
2005 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 1
2004 Cup of Russia 7 7 7 7 (156.15)
2004 Skate Canada 6 6 6 6 (163.14)
2004 Russian National Championships 4 4 4 4 4
2003 NHK Trophy 6 8 6 6
2003 Golden Spin 4 4 3 3
2003 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 4 2 2
2003 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 1 1
2003 Russian National Championships 5 5 5 5 5
2002 Russian National Championships 7 7 7 7 7
Videos
May 2008 Exhibition Ne Para
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUE4-nKrO_I
Stars of 2014 Night on Bald Mountain Exhibition version of FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9__q3OrqPA&feature=related
2007 Worlds FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65V7Lsk4o1w
2008 Worlds FD Night on Bald Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9OsDfXq0NE&feature=related
2008 Worlds OD Gypsy Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkde0DLkIhA&feature=related
2008 Worlds Exhibition Johnny Weir dances with Jana Khokhlova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gdB3T7aWJ8&feature=related
2004 Skate Canada FD Pirates of the Caribbean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuJgUy7O6M
Articles
Russian online preview of Russian skaters chances this year
http://www.kommersant.com/p1046197/r_530/sports_figure_skating/
Rest of the long article in Russian
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1046197
Golden Skate article from May 2008 by Tatjana Flade about Jana & Sergei
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/052408.shtml
Article about their first Russian championship
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/rn_3.shtml
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38824&mode=P
Website
Current official website. They are in process of getting a new one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9OsDfXq0NE&feature=related
9 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 6
Coach: Nikolai Morozov, Galit Chait
Choreographer: Nikolai Morozov
Former Coach: Elena Grushina, A. Tumanovski, G. Starkov, T. Beliaeva
Training Town: Hackensack, NJ
OD perhaps "Chicago" They skated to it at Evening with Champions
FD
Personal Best Total Score 165.11 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 31.28 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 50.86 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 82.97 European Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 14 16 21 18 (153.25)
2008 European Championships 9 12 11 11 (165.11)
2007 Cup of Russia 5 5 4 3 (161.64)
2007 Cup of China 7 6 5 6 (150.18)
2007 World Championships 17 15 17 17 (148.13)
2007 European Championships 10 12 9 10 (149.62)
2007 Ukrainian National Championships 2 2
2006 NHK Trophy 6 5 5 6 (149.90)
2006 World Championships 21 21 21 21 (139.72)
2005 NHK Trophy 10 10 10 10 (140.11)
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard 11 9 10 10 (139.77)
2005 Winter Universiade 7 8 6 6
2005 Ukrainian National Championships 3 4 4 4
2004 Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire 12 10 10 10 (122.56)
2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1 1 1 1
2004 World Junior Championships 4A 4A 7 7 7
2004 Junior Grand Prix Final 6 7 5 5
2003 Czech Skate 2 1 2 1
2003 Skate Slovakia [JGP] 3 2 2 2
2003 World Junior Championships 8A 9A 15 15 15
2002 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 7 6 5 6
2002 Skate Slovakia [JGP] 3 2 3 2
2002 World Junior Championships 9 9 8 8 8
2002 Junior Grand Prix Final 8 8 8 8
2001 SBC Cup [JGP] 4 5 5 5
2001 Salchow Trophy [JGP] 3 2 2 2
Videos
2008 Europeans OD Gopak (Ukrainian Folk Dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jRvy_fVXE
2008 Europeans LP Nostradamus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6em-_Y-ZM&feature=related
2008 Europeans CD Yankee Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4knt_ZJ_xDQ&feature=related
2007 Cup Of China LP Nostradamus by Maksim Mrvica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlq2h-U2eJw
They were at the 2008 Evening With Champions in Cambridge, MA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U6qhoP_FKE
Articles
An account of their first Grand Prix medal, Cor 2007 (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/cor_3.shtml
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38893&mode=P
Website
10 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 7
Coach: Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov
Choreographer: Natalia Linichuk
Training Town: Aston, PA
OD Stepping Out by John Kander and Fred Ebb
FD Tosca By Puccini
Personal Best Total Score 221.26 World Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 44.00 Four Continents Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 67.54 World Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Free Dance 111.54 World Championships 2005
Recent Competitions
2008 Skate America 2 3 1 2 (186.53)
2008 World Championships 5 4 3 4 (203.00)
2008 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 1 (216.07)
2008 Grand Prix Final 1 2 2 (164.14)
2007 Cup of China 2 2 1 1 (195.11)
2007 Skate America 1 1 1 1 (192.95)
2007 World Championships 5 2 4 3 (195.43)
2007 Four Continents Championships 2 1 2 2 (196.98)
2007 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 1 (202.88)
2006 Cup of Russia 2 1 2 1 (186.33)
2006 Cup of China 2 1 2 2 (187.15)
2006 Campbell's Cup 1 2 (Team)
2006 World Championships 3 4 4 3 (196.74)
2006 Olympic Games 6 2 4 2 (196.06)
2006 Four Continents Championships 1 1 1 1 (199.73)
2006 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 1 (215.29)
Videos:
2008 FD Tosca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_NXsDvZ-c
2008 OD Steppin Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgejV3xx3k
2007 Skate America OD The first version of their Appalachian Hoedown OD. The judges didn't appreciate, but I did!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWGLO4UjO7g
2008 Worlds OD - Now a Texas Hoedown. I did not like it nearly as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pvNGdsPmo&feature=related
2008 Worlds FD Chopin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhjtMrkqlc4
2008 Worlds EX Justin Timberlake Exhibition Sexy Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hpwDQ0pik&feature=related
2007 Worlds OD Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2XoRdmWtI
2006 Olympics OD Rhumba, Salsa (Let's Get Loud, Los Suenos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewIqfjh1qvY&feature=related
2005 Worlds OD Cabaret and New York, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vijCniM93co
2004 Worlds OD Jitterbug, Blues, Swing (Five Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days & Why Don't You Do Right)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sr3hCoZyqA&feature=related
2005 Worlds FD Shadritsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HmNYt6vfGk
2007 US Nationals Exhibition Latin Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OqjLTPU0Qs
2003 Worlds Exhibition Elvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wG4s0sS1Wk
2001 Worlds OD More and Girls,Girls, Girls (a 40's OD
) Quickstep & Foxtrot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6FZeJU_s2Y
ARTICLES
After the Skate America CD-effects of Linichuk training according to B&A
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081025/SPORTS/710259859
We feel like we have the experience and the knowledge now to really become the best team in the world," Belbin said. "And that's what we want. That's really, really what we want. If it's not this season, it'll be next season."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bal-russians1025,0,1063686.story
Their street signs have been removed in Canton, MI, since they moved to PA
http://www.freep.com/article/20081019/SPORTS18/810190484/1066/SPORTS18
More on the New Tanith and Ben
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20081019/SPORTS/710199956/0/ETPZoneLT
Ice Network Biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38006&mode=P
Published On 10-14-2008 , 2:52 PM
http://www.skatetoday.com/insideedge.php?blog_id=59
http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=29326
Icenetwork June interview with Tanith
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080615&content_id=48681&vkey=ice_news
Icenetwork June interview with Ben
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080616&content_id=48753&vkey=ice_news
Their program lists:
OD as skated at Skate America (Hope they can bring those level 3's up)
1 STw3
2 Sp3
3 CiSt3
4 MiStNt3**
5 RoLi4
6 Li+TRANS
Base score: 25.40
FD as skated at Skate America. It was in much better competitive shape than their OD.
1 CiSt2
2 STw4
3 RoLi4
4 SeLi4
5 CoSp4
6 SlLi4**
7 CuLi4
8 DiSt3
9 Li+TRANS
Base Score 40.40
** Element they received their best GOE!
Fan Website:
http://www.tanithandben.com/
Here's the reference file on the Viennese.
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24315
With Domnina and Shabalin and Belbin and Agosto both here and both seeking remedial, redemptive coaching from Linichuk & Karponosov, this is going to be interesting. In the CD, we have the royal pair of waltz and extension, Domnina and Shabalin, vs a very much improved Belbin and Agosto. Still, I would expect D&S to win the CD.
B&A have owned the OD up till last year, when they struggled to get a handle on what a US champion's folk OD should look like. This year, a glance at the dance protocols (not to mention the skating videos) from Skate America will show you that B&A arrived there with an OD that was really not up to what it will be later in the year. For one thing, the levels should go up. For another thing, I would expect that there would be more tap dancing in an OD they have titled Tap Dance. B&A totally understand the rhythms of the 20's, 30's and 40's. If you have any doubts, check out their Girls, Girls, Girls/5 months OD. I expect to see their Tap OD much improved. The question is, how much improved in 2 weeks, which includes travel time?
Meanwhile, Domnina announced in an article that they will be skating a waltz for the OD. I hope she's joking. Waltz is so not the rhythm of the 20's, 30's, or 40's, particularly when the ISU regs cite that the presentations should not be 'ballroom'. They just weren't romantick times. The 20's were a time when young women cut off their hair, shed 30 pounds of excess skirts and whale bone corsets, and celebrated. The 30's were the times of the Depression when dancing seemed to be trying to prove that if you just smiled and played happy music that things would improve. The 40's were the times of war, with young people dancing to forget they might be soon called on to die. Yes, people waltzed in all those eras, but there was no characteristic waltz of the era. Waltzes were times to catch your breath and maybe converse a bit.
Meanwhile, Tanith and Ben's FD is the highest scoring one of the year (a complete turn around from their former record, and showing a definite difference in the Linichuk coaching methods vs. the Shpilband).
While D&S and B&A may be competing with each other, they can't forget that the ever exciting, crowd-pleasing and athletic team of Khokhlova and Novitski who are the reigning Russian champions, and who have done something Domnina and Shabalin have never done, win a World medal. The rhythms of the OD are just made for them and their style, including the athletic swings, lifts and near-throws. I can't wait to see their OD this year. K&N will be playing to win it all. However, the tech panels have been very stingy with levels in step sequences. They may suffer in that respect because they haven't had the most complex sequences as early in the season as some teams. However, they have been improving leaps and bounds (literally, as I think about it).
So stand in line, if you have to, to view this competition. It will be a barn burner at all levels.
1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 1
Weaver and Poje are another American/Canadian couple. Based on the silver medal of Crone / Poirier at Skate Canada, they will be looking to put out a good showing here, but I fear that third at Canadian Nationals is the best they will achieve. She has long, lovely lines, and the Viennese is a relatively easy CD. They may score well in it.
Coach: Matthews Gates, Shae-Lynn Bourne
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson
Former Coach: Paul McIntosh
Training Town: Toronto, ON; NJ (USA)
OD: Swing Brother Swing by Conrad Korsch and Jonathan Smith;
Harlem Nocturne by Conrad Korsch and Jonathan Smith;
Swing Brother Swing by Conrad Korsch and Jonathan Smith
FD: Dr. Zhivago Suite (soundtrack) by Maurice Jarre
Personal Best Total Score 174.36 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 30.94 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 54.95 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 88.47 Four Continents Championships 2008
Previous partners: Graham & Poje, Nino & Poje, Weaver & Clavey
Second Alternates for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 20 17 17 17 (154.84)
2008 Four Continents Championships 5 5 4 5 (174.36)
2008 Canadian National Championships 3 2 4 2 (175.61)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 7 6 7 (154.20)
2007 Skate Canada 8 8 5 6 (148.77)
2007 World Championships 18 23 20 20 (140.14)
2007 World Junior Championships 6 4 2 3 (151.51)
2007 Canadian National Championships 7 3 3 3 (160.65)
2006 JGP Liberec 5 2 2 3 (142.18)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 3 3 3 3 (140.08)
Videos
2008 4C's FD Blues for Klook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe7J_ofdBxw
2008 4C's OD Gypsy Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9J6P9GnhpY&feature=related
2008 4C's CD Yankee Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxnCPLGFsGE
2008 Worlds CD Argentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KHzHQUsAhM&feature=related
2007 Jr Worlds CD Silver Samba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xNh9sOsyOQ&feature=related
2007 Canadians FD Madame Butterfly; Gladiator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTHI12JcGGA
Articles
An article about Weaver and Poje, their life, and their Worlds 2008 experiences
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/FigureSkating/2008/03/18/5041711-cp.html
Shae Lynn Bourne about coaching Weaver and Poje
http://www.shaelynnbourne.com/icedance032308.htm
After being beaten by Hann McCurdy / Coreno at 2007 Skate Canada, Weaver & Poje changed coaches and lots else.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080118.wspt-skate-dance-18/BNStory/GlobeSports
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38886&mode=P
Website
http://weaverandpoje.ice-dance.com/
4 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN 2
The Chinese have three couples here because they get an extra slot for holding the competition. The Chinese champions in dance are Yu & Wang. All 3 couples are coached by the same coach. They used to all be choreographed by Genrikh Sretenski (Part of the Russian 3rd place team in the 1980's with Natalia Annenko). It is interesting that 2 of the couples are now choreographed by Shpilband & Zoueva. The three Chinese couples constitute a third competition within the competition here, because it is a mini-Chinese nationals. Huang and Zheng were the 2007 Chinese champions, but only finished second this year. They are also getting the Zoueva choreography. Guo and Meng finished 4th at nationals, but they would be the up and comers of the three teams as they have only been paired for a couple years. And they apparently crashed and burned in the FD at nationals. They were second in the CD, 3rd in the OD, for fourth overall.
Coach: Hongyan Xi
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Maria Zueva
Training Towns: Harbin and Beijing
OD: Swing by Big Bad Vodoo Daddy; Foxtrot
FD: Romeo and Juliet
Personal Best Total Score 148.19 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 29.47 Four Continents Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 45.60 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 76.98 Four Continents Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 23 23 23 22 (139.20)
2008 Four Continents Championships 8 8 8 8 (148.19)
2008 Chinese National Championships 1 1 1 1 (145.34)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 9 9 9 9 (135.63)
2007 Skate America 10 10 10 10 (135.29)
2007 Four Continents Championships 10 8 9 9 (131.28)
2007 Asian Winter Games 3 3 3 3 (138.36)
2007 Winter Universiade 7 5 6 6 (139.49)
2006 Cup of China 11 11 10 11 (124.09)
2006 Skate Canada 10 11 11 11 (126.36)
2006 World Championships 23 23 22 22 (136.14)
2006 Four Continents Championships 9 7 6 7 (144.12)
2005 Cup of China 10 10 10 10 (127.37)
2005 Four Continents Championships 10 11 11 11 (135.63)
2005 Winter Universiade 9 9 9 9
2004 Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire 11 9 9 9 (128.34)
2004 Cup of China 10 10 10 10 (126.27)
2004 Four Continents Championships 10 10 10 10
2003 Cup of China 11 11 11 11
2003 Skate America 10 10 10 10
2003 World Junior Championships 8B 11B 18 18 18
2003 Four Continents Championships 11 12 11 11
2002 JGP Canada 12 12 12 12
2002 JGP USA 8 8 8 8
Videos
2008 Worlds CD Argentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG7xGc4tTnM&feature=related
2008 World OD Hava Nagilah (!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc16YNIb7DA&feature=related
2007 Asian Games OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWYWNaS7KA
Articles
Short note about their bronze at the 2007 Asian Winter games
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/04/eng20070204_347450.html
Photos of Asian games ice dance podium and a little article
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/03/content_5690723.htm
Short ice-dance.com bio
http://www.ice-dance.com/profiles/profile.php?team=xiyuchwa
Website
3 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 2
Coach: Hongyan Xi
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Training Towns: Harbin; Beijing
OD: Blues; Swing
FD: Notre Dame de Paris (soundtrack) Richard Cocciante
Personal Best Total Score 147.02 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 34.13 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2004
Personal Best Score Original Dance 45.35 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 76.45 Four Continents Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 Four Continents Championships 9 9 9 9 (147.02)
2008 Chinese National figure skating championships 2nd
2007 NHK Trophy 9 9 9 10 (138.84)
2007 Cup of China 6 8 7 7 (139.09)
2007 World Championships 19 22 21 21 (138.44)
2007 Four Continents Championships 8 7 8 8 (137.07)
2007 Asian Winter Games 2 2 2 2 (150.06)
2007 Winter Universiade 4 6 5 5 (140.58)
2007 Chinese National figure skating championships 1st
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 11 11 12 11 (126.70)
2006 Cup of China 9 10 11 10 (125.91)
2006 World Junior Championships 15 11 10 11 (132.53)
2006 Four Continents Championships 12 10 10 10 (132.19)
2005 SBC Cup [JGP] 6 5 4 5 (129.13)
2005 Gdansk Cup [JGP] 7 9 8 9 (121.12)
2005 World Junior Championships 12 13 14 14 (131.45)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 3 7 6 6 (141.35)
2004 JGP Harbin 5 5 5 5 (136.84)
2004 World Junior Championships 9B 9B 18 19 19
2003 Skate Bled 12 12 11 11
2003 Czech Skate 9 10 9 9
2002 JGP China 12 12 12 12
Videos
2007 Cup of China CD Argentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyD4lajYQk
2007 NHK OD Kalinka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4ROF8msm4&feature=related
2007 Cup of China FD Spente le Stelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvfa_PvCCSk&feature=related
Articles
Their icenetwork bio (somewhat out of date)
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38901&mode=P
Short note about their silver at the 2007 Asian Winter games
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/04/eng20070204_347450.html
Photos of Asian games ice dance podium and a little article
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/03/content_5690723.htm
ice-dance.com bio and photo
http://www.ice-dance.com/profiles/profile.php?team=xihuxuzh
Website
2 Jiameimei GUO / Fei MENG CHN 2
Coach: Hongyan Xi
Choreographer: Genrikh Sretenski
Training Town: Beijing
OD: Swing by Big Bad Vodoo Daddy; Foxtrot
FD: Nostradamus by Maksim Mrvica
Personal Best Total Score 112.69 Cup of China 2007
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 20.96 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 36.80 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 58.03 Cup of China 2007
Former Partnerships: Wang & Meng
Competitive Results
2008 Four Continents Championships 12 11 12 12 (112.29)
2008 Chinese National Championships 2 3 4 4 (118.37)
2007 Cup of China 10 10 9 9 (112.69)
Videos
2008 Four Continents OD Russian Folk Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDBdkP0D_o
Articles
Website
5 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 3
Alexandra and Roman competed at Nebelhorn this summer and finished second behind Samuelson / Bates. They won the Viennese Waltz over S/B however. Look for a 4th place compulsory here.
Coach: Galit Chait
Choreographer: Galit Chait & Tatiana Tarasova (FD)
Former Coach: N. Morozov, E. Platov, I .Zaretski, I. Romanova, I. Yaroshenko
Training Town: Hackensack, NJ (USA)
Born in Minsk, BLR
OD: Summertime by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald & Fosse (Blues & Charleston)
FD: Jesus Christ Superstar (soundtrack) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Personal Best Total Score 179.21 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 37.59 Harghita Cup 2004
Personal Best Score Original Dance 58.10 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 88.60 World Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 1 3 2 2 (168.59)
2008 World Championships 9 9 10 9 (179.21)
2008 European Championships 7 9 9 8 (171.70)
2007 Cup of China 4 4 4 4 (161.86)
2007 Skate America 7 7 8 7 (157.85)
2008 Israeli National Championships 1 (142.14)
2007 World Championships 13 12 14 14 (156.52)
2007 European Championships 12 11 12 11 (148.05)
2006 Cup of China 4 4 4 4 (158.37)
2006 Skate America 7 7 9 8 (143.95)
2006 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 3 3 3 (156.67)
2006 World Championships 24 22 20 20 (140.14)
2006 Olympic Games 24 23 20 22 (135.80)
2006 European Championships 17 15 15 15 (138.47)
2005 NHK Trophy 9 9 9 9 (142.72)
2005 Cup of China 9 9 9 9 (129.87)
2005 Skate Israel 4 4 4 4
2005 World Junior Championships 3 4 5 4 (165.76)
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final 5 8 8 8 (131.22)
2004 Harghita Cup [JGP] 2 3 2 2 (163.84)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 1 5 4 3 (154.14)
2004 World Junior Championships 2B 3B 8 10 9
2004 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 5 7 6
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Gdansk 1 1 1 1
2003 Skate Israel 6 5 4 4
2003 Mexico Cup [JGP] 3 3 2 2
2003 World Junior Championships 5B 4B 9 8 8
2002 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 3 3 3 3
2002 Belgrade Sparrow [JGP] 3 3 3 3
2002 World Junior Championships 19 20 17 19 19
2001 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 10 9 8 8
2001 JGP The Hague 12 11 12 11
Videos
2008 Europeans OD Shick Shack Shock (Mideastern dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLFbj9Yhao
2008 Europeans CD Yankee Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-HNmerAIRs&feature=related
2008 Worlds CD Agentine Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7OzeczAMb4
2008 Worlds FD Let My People Go, & Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_-QaMITVy0
2007 Israeli Championships FD Let My People Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPpCgpXyws
2007 Worlds FD Carmina Burana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksvkXZ4M8XQ&feature=related
Articles
Galit Chait and Zaretskis sue Ice House in Hackensack, NJ for anti-Israeli discrimination
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/exolympic_skater_students_file.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10302008/news/regionalnews/skater_suit__rink_hates_ice_raelis_136001.htm
Recent Icenetwork interview-It's hard to keep up with their coach Galit Chait
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=49849&vkey=ice_news
2003 Zaretskis are first Israelis to skate in JGPF
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-88449255.html
Golden Skate article about their previous coaches and training
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2003/102903.shtml
Their ice network bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38898&mode=P
Website
http://www.ice-dance.com/zaretsky/
6 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 4
Capellini and Lanotte were 10th at Worlds. The Zaretskis were ninth. The competition for fourth place will be as strong as the competition for the top three spots.
Coach: Roberto Pelizzola, Barbara Riboldi
Choreographer: Ludmila Vlasova, Giovanna Franzoni
Training Towns: Milano and Pinzolo
OD: Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda (Swing Kids)
FD: Love Story by Nana Mouskouri
Personal Best Total Score 179.03 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 35.39 ISU JGP Sofia Cup 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 57.05 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 90.46 World Championships 2008
Former Partnerships: Cappellini & Zanni, Pistorello & LaNotte, Spelta & LaNotte
First Alternates for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 11 10 9 10 (179.03)
2008 European Championships 10 7 7 7 (172.64)
2008 Italian National Championships 2 2 2 2 (179.43)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 3 5 4 4 (168.75)
2007 Skate Canada 2 2 3 2 (171.57)
2007 World Championships 12 16 13 13 (158.83)
2007 European Championships 9 8 11 8 (155.28)
2007 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 1 (165.24)
2007 Italian National Championships 2 2 2 2 (173.87)
2006 Cup of Russia 7 8 9 8 (149.53)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 6 4 5 5 (159.77)
2006 World Junior Championships 4 3 6 4 (160.72)
2006 Italian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 1 (174.49)
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final 2 3 3 3 (159.49)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 1 2 2 2 (161.57)
2005 JGP Slovakia 1 1 2 2 (166.47)
Videos
2008 First National Competition OD Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=IAC0ELSIBmU
2008 First National Competition FD “Love Story”, performed by Nana Moskouri
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=HCk3kuwEIQo
2008 Worlds OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hSVXy5SOg&feature=related
2007 National Championships FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZmN_O3PIo
2007 Worlds OD Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpxK2W-7e2U
Articles
2008 interview at the Golden Skate Awards
http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/5762
Translation of article about working with Muriel Zazoui
http://annaeluca.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=16
Ice network bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38875&mode=P
Website
http://cappellini-lanotte.ice-dance.com/
Fan forum
http://annaeluca.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=42&sid=776646f85c9bb01e75c7afe9b8127107
7 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 5
Coach: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
Training Town: Aston, PA
SP: Waltz from Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovitch (They must be kidding)
LP: Spartacus by Aram Khatchaturian
Personal Best Total Score 207.14 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 40.25 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 63.20 Cup of Russia 2007
Personal Best Score Free Dance 104.99 European Championships 2008
Former partners: Domnina & Bolotin, Khaliavina & Shabalin
Fourth Qualifiers for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Third Qualifiers for the 2007 Grand Prix Final
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2006 Grand Prix Final
Competitive History
2008 European Championships 2 2 1 1 (207.14)
2008 Grand Prix Final 3 1 1 (165.57)
2007 Cup of Russia 1 1 1 1 (205.24)
2007 Cup of China 1 1 3 2 (188.66)
2007 World Championships 3 4 5 5 (193.44)
2007 European Championships 2 2 1 2 (199.16)
2007 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 1 (207.32)
2007 Grand Prix Final 3 2 3 (156.14)
2006 Cup of Russia 1 3 1 2 (185.34)
2006 Cup of China 1 2 1 1 (188.41)
2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial 1 1 1 1 (173.47)
2006 World Championships 7 6 7 7 (178.39)
2006 Olympic Games 9 9 9 9 (173.76)
2006 European Championships 7 6 6 6 (175.72)
2006 Russian National Championships 2 2 2 2
2006 Grand Prix Final 5 6 5 (142.73)
2005 Cup of Russia 3 3 3 3 (176.69)
2005 Skate America 3 3 3 3 (169.23)
2005 Skate Israel 2 2 2 2
2005 World Championships 8 7 8 8 (190.20)
2005 European Championships 7 7 6 6 (178.91)
2005 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 1
2004 Cup of Russia 3 4 4 4 (187.51)
2004 Cup of China 4 4 4 4 (179.70)
2004 World Championships 6 10 10 10
2004 European Championships 7 7 7 7
2004 Russian National Championships 2 2 2 2 2
2003 Cup of Russia 5 5 7 6
2003 Bofrost Cup on Ice 4 4 4
2003 Skate Canada 7 6 6 6
2003 Finlandia Trophy 2 2 2 2
2003 World Championships 7 15 15 15
2003 World Junior Championships 1B 1B 1 1 1
2003 European Championships 12 13 12 12
2003 Russian National Championships 3 3 2 3 3
2003 Junior Grand Prix Final 1 1 1 1
2002 Belgrade Sparrow [JGP] 1 1 1 1
2002 JGP Courchevel 1 1 1 1
Videos
2008 Europeans FD Masquerade Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZhYmspSX18&feature=related
2008 Europeans OD Don Cossack Dance (Guys Get Your Horse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3VOnM2HGYc
2007 Worlds OD Tango by Piazzola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvQoR2EAWc&feature=related
2006 Olympics FD Waltz of the Spirits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A71XyFV2Rr4
2005 Worlds OD Slow Fox and Quickstep (British Eurosport)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELgXUFT3aE&feature=related
2005 Worlds FD The Fifth Element (British Eurosport)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQsikcO6pI
2003 Worlds OD Polka/Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQflajbqEzU&feature=related
2003 Jr Worlds EX Mungal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Z2y-UgO_Y
2003 Jr Worlds LP Afro-Latin Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdN8UoBas0U
Articles
Golden Skate Article on Domnina and Shabalin's move to Linichuk/Karphonosov By Tatiana Flade
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2008/101208.shtml
Icenetwork article about the Aston, PA, complex, Domnina & Shabalin and Belbin and Agosto
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080711&content_id=49311&vkey=ice_news
Russian online preview of Russian skaters chances this year
http://www.kommersant.com/p1046197/r_530/sports_figure_skating/
The whole article in Russian
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1046197
Their highs: They win Europeans
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/skating/2008/01/27/140730/Domnina-and.htm
Their Lows: Maxim has to have more surgery and they cannot attend worlds
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=figureskating&id=3290673
Long article in Russian
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=868055
Winning CoR 2007
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/cor_3.shtml
An account of CoR 2006
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2006/112606_d.shtml
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38777&mode=P
Websites
Official website
http://oksana-maksim.narod.ru/
Fansite
http://www.domnina-shabalin.com/newindex.html
8 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 5
Coach: Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Choreographer: Irina Zhuk, Alexander Svinin
Former Coach: Larisa Filina
Training Town: Moscow
SP: Blues: Sam's Blues by Sam Taylor; Swing: Puttin' On the Ritz
LP: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Personal Best Total Score 203.26 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 65.99 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 99.66 European Championships 2008
Related Profile: Lepetiukha & Novitski
Sixth Qualifiers for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
First Alternates for the 2007 Grand Prix Final
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 3 2 5 3 (203.26)
2008 European Championships 3 3 3 3 (197.06)
2008 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 1 (212.82)
2008 Grand Prix Final 5 5 5 (153.58)
2007 NHK Trophy 3 3 3 3 (186.96)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 2 2 1 2 (191.01)
2007 World Championships 6 7 8 8 (178.29)
2007 European Championships 5 4 4 4 (175.76)
2007 Russian National Championships 2 2 2 2 (192.94)
2007 Grand Prix Final 5 5 5 (141.34)
2006 NHK Trophy 2 2 2 2 (180.57)
2006 Cup of China 3 3 3 3 (173.86)
2006 World Championships 11 16 12 12 (162.15)
2006 Olympic Games 14 13 11 12 (164.48)
2006 European Championships 10 10 8 10 (162.65)
2006 Russian National Championships 3 3 3 3
2005 NHK Trophy 3 4 4 4 (158.18)
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard 5 5 7 6 (150.05)
2005 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 1
2004 Cup of Russia 7 7 7 7 (156.15)
2004 Skate Canada 6 6 6 6 (163.14)
2004 Russian National Championships 4 4 4 4 4
2003 NHK Trophy 6 8 6 6
2003 Golden Spin 4 4 3 3
2003 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 4 2 2
2003 Winter Universiade 1 1 1 1 1
2003 Russian National Championships 5 5 5 5 5
2002 Russian National Championships 7 7 7 7 7
Videos
May 2008 Exhibition Ne Para
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUE4-nKrO_I
Stars of 2014 Night on Bald Mountain Exhibition version of FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9__q3OrqPA&feature=related
2007 Worlds FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65V7Lsk4o1w
2008 Worlds FD Night on Bald Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9OsDfXq0NE&feature=related
2008 Worlds OD Gypsy Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkde0DLkIhA&feature=related
2008 Worlds Exhibition Johnny Weir dances with Jana Khokhlova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gdB3T7aWJ8&feature=related
2004 Skate Canada FD Pirates of the Caribbean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuJgUy7O6M
Articles
Russian online preview of Russian skaters chances this year
http://www.kommersant.com/p1046197/r_530/sports_figure_skating/
Rest of the long article in Russian
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1046197
Golden Skate article from May 2008 by Tatjana Flade about Jana & Sergei
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/052408.shtml
Article about their first Russian championship
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/rn_3.shtml
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38824&mode=P
Website
Current official website. They are in process of getting a new one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9OsDfXq0NE&feature=related
9 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 6
Coach: Nikolai Morozov, Galit Chait
Choreographer: Nikolai Morozov
Former Coach: Elena Grushina, A. Tumanovski, G. Starkov, T. Beliaeva
Training Town: Hackensack, NJ
OD perhaps "Chicago" They skated to it at Evening with Champions
FD
Personal Best Total Score 165.11 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 31.28 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance 50.86 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 82.97 European Championships 2008
Competitive Results
2008 World Championships 14 16 21 18 (153.25)
2008 European Championships 9 12 11 11 (165.11)
2007 Cup of Russia 5 5 4 3 (161.64)
2007 Cup of China 7 6 5 6 (150.18)
2007 World Championships 17 15 17 17 (148.13)
2007 European Championships 10 12 9 10 (149.62)
2007 Ukrainian National Championships 2 2
2006 NHK Trophy 6 5 5 6 (149.90)
2006 World Championships 21 21 21 21 (139.72)
2005 NHK Trophy 10 10 10 10 (140.11)
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard 11 9 10 10 (139.77)
2005 Winter Universiade 7 8 6 6
2005 Ukrainian National Championships 3 4 4 4
2004 Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire 12 10 10 10 (122.56)
2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1 1 1 1
2004 World Junior Championships 4A 4A 7 7 7
2004 Junior Grand Prix Final 6 7 5 5
2003 Czech Skate 2 1 2 1
2003 Skate Slovakia [JGP] 3 2 2 2
2003 World Junior Championships 8A 9A 15 15 15
2002 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 7 6 5 6
2002 Skate Slovakia [JGP] 3 2 3 2
2002 World Junior Championships 9 9 8 8 8
2002 Junior Grand Prix Final 8 8 8 8
2001 SBC Cup [JGP] 4 5 5 5
2001 Salchow Trophy [JGP] 3 2 2 2
Videos
2008 Europeans OD Gopak (Ukrainian Folk Dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jRvy_fVXE
2008 Europeans LP Nostradamus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6em-_Y-ZM&feature=related
2008 Europeans CD Yankee Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4knt_ZJ_xDQ&feature=related
2007 Cup Of China LP Nostradamus by Maksim Mrvica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlq2h-U2eJw
They were at the 2008 Evening With Champions in Cambridge, MA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U6qhoP_FKE
Articles
An account of their first Grand Prix medal, Cor 2007 (scroll down)
http://goldenskate.com/articles/2007/cor_3.shtml
Their icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38893&mode=P
Website
10 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 7
Coach: Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov
Choreographer: Natalia Linichuk
Training Town: Aston, PA
OD Stepping Out by John Kander and Fred Ebb
FD Tosca By Puccini
Personal Best Total Score 221.26 World Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 44.00 Four Continents Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 67.54 World Championships 2005
Personal Best Score Free Dance 111.54 World Championships 2005
Recent Competitions
2008 Skate America 2 3 1 2 (186.53)
2008 World Championships 5 4 3 4 (203.00)
2008 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 1 (216.07)
2008 Grand Prix Final 1 2 2 (164.14)
2007 Cup of China 2 2 1 1 (195.11)
2007 Skate America 1 1 1 1 (192.95)
2007 World Championships 5 2 4 3 (195.43)
2007 Four Continents Championships 2 1 2 2 (196.98)
2007 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 1 (202.88)
2006 Cup of Russia 2 1 2 1 (186.33)
2006 Cup of China 2 1 2 2 (187.15)
2006 Campbell's Cup 1 2 (Team)
2006 World Championships 3 4 4 3 (196.74)
2006 Olympic Games 6 2 4 2 (196.06)
2006 Four Continents Championships 1 1 1 1 (199.73)
2006 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 1 (215.29)
Videos:
2008 FD Tosca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_NXsDvZ-c
2008 OD Steppin Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgejV3xx3k
2007 Skate America OD The first version of their Appalachian Hoedown OD. The judges didn't appreciate, but I did!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWGLO4UjO7g
2008 Worlds OD - Now a Texas Hoedown. I did not like it nearly as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pvNGdsPmo&feature=related
2008 Worlds FD Chopin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhjtMrkqlc4
2008 Worlds EX Justin Timberlake Exhibition Sexy Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hpwDQ0pik&feature=related
2007 Worlds OD Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2XoRdmWtI
2006 Olympics OD Rhumba, Salsa (Let's Get Loud, Los Suenos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewIqfjh1qvY&feature=related
2005 Worlds OD Cabaret and New York, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vijCniM93co
2004 Worlds OD Jitterbug, Blues, Swing (Five Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days & Why Don't You Do Right)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sr3hCoZyqA&feature=related
2005 Worlds FD Shadritsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HmNYt6vfGk
2007 US Nationals Exhibition Latin Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OqjLTPU0Qs
2003 Worlds Exhibition Elvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wG4s0sS1Wk
2001 Worlds OD More and Girls,Girls, Girls (a 40's OD
) Quickstep & Foxtrothttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6FZeJU_s2Y
ARTICLES
After the Skate America CD-effects of Linichuk training according to B&A
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081025/SPORTS/710259859
We feel like we have the experience and the knowledge now to really become the best team in the world," Belbin said. "And that's what we want. That's really, really what we want. If it's not this season, it'll be next season."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bal-russians1025,0,1063686.story
Their street signs have been removed in Canton, MI, since they moved to PA
http://www.freep.com/article/20081019/SPORTS18/810190484/1066/SPORTS18
More on the New Tanith and Ben
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20081019/SPORTS/710199956/0/ETPZoneLT
Ice Network Biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38006&mode=P
Published On 10-14-2008 , 2:52 PM
http://www.skatetoday.com/insideedge.php?blog_id=59
2005 US Figures Skating Article
http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=29326
Icenetwork June interview with Tanith
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080615&content_id=48681&vkey=ice_news
Icenetwork June interview with Ben
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080616&content_id=48753&vkey=ice_news
Their program lists:
OD as skated at Skate America (Hope they can bring those level 3's up)
1 STw3
2 Sp3
3 CiSt3
4 MiStNt3**
5 RoLi4
6 Li+TRANS
Base score: 25.40
FD as skated at Skate America. It was in much better competitive shape than their OD.
1 CiSt2
2 STw4
3 RoLi4
4 SeLi4
5 CoSp4
6 SlLi4**
7 CuLi4
8 DiSt3
9 Li+TRANS
Base Score 40.40
** Element they received their best GOE!
Fan Website:
http://www.tanithandben.com/
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