Day 1 article on Ice Network:
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070831&content_id=31953&vkey=ice_news
The webcast begins today at 11:30 am ET with the taped compulsory dance.
Very quick report...
Mirai Nagasu is practicing well as of yesterday (Friday). Her planned jumps in the SP are 3Z-2T, a cool entry of split falling leaf-forward lunge to 3R and 2A. Other SP run throughs that I've seen include the following planned jumps: Alexe Gilles (3Z-2T, 3R), Angela Maxwell (3T-3T, 3R), Miruku Matsushita (3S-2T, 2R), Satsuki Muramoto (3R, 3S-2T). Greece's Maria Papasotiriou has been practicing 3F and 3R but I don't know if she's putting either jump into her SP.
Trivia: Competitors here who have competed previously in U.S. qualifying competitions (Regionals/Sectionals/Juv.or Int. Nationals) are:
Victoria Muniz and Andrew Huertas (PUR), Amar Mehta (IND), Sigrid Young and Yang/Tang (TPE), Maria-Elena Papasotiriou (GRE), Charissa Tansomboon (THA), Gracielle Jeanne Tan (PHI).
I've typed out the Executed Elements list in the Men's SP and Pairs SP protocols (they should be published on the ISU site as soon as the competition ends on Sunday).
MEN'S SP (in finish order)
Artem Grigoriev RUS
3Lz+3T (+1.38 GOE average - beautifully vertical and high!); 3Lo(+); CCSp1; SlSt2; 2A; FSSp1; CiSt1; CCoSp1
He certainly competed at a higher level than he practiced!
Armin Mahbanoozadeh USA
3Lz(bit of a wild free leg)+2T; 3Lo; FSSp4; CiSt1; CCsp3; 2A; SlSt2; CCoSp3
A very solid performance and he even cracked a small smile toward the audience near the end.
Akio Sasaki JPN
3Lz+2T; 2Lo; FSSp1; SlSt2; 2A; CCSp2; CiSt1; CCoSp3
He really got into the character of his Flamenco program.
Austin Kanallakan USA
3F+3T(; 3Lo; 2A; CCSp1; CiSt2; FSSp1; SlSt1; CCoSp2
His jumps were a bit rough but he skated well to his dramatic music with his trademark intensity and arm flinging.
Christopher Berneck GER
3T+3T(2-fted); 3Lo; FFSp3; CiSt2; 2A; SlSt2; CCSp4; CCoSp3
Very lyrically skated performance.
Florent Amodio FRA
3A+2T; 2Lo; CCSp1; CCoSp1; SeSt1; 2A(fall); FSSp1; CiSt1
Music was "Somewhere in Time" and the Rachmaninoff piano concerto used in the movie and I thought he interpreted it well.
Andrei Rogozine CAN
3S+3T<(2-fted); 3Lo; FSSp3; 2A; CiSt2; CCSp2; SlSt1; CCoSp3
Romain Ponsart FRA
3F+2T; FSSp2; 3Lo(fell out); CiSt1; 2A; CCoSp2; SlSt1; CCSp1
Tommy Steenberg USA
2Lz+2T (landed 3Lz+3T(2-fted) in the 6-min. WU); 3Lo(fall); CCoSp3; CiSt2; 2A; CCSp3; SlSt1; FSSp1.
I thought his PCS marks could have been higher due to the overall high quality of skating.
Franz Streubel GER
3Lo, FSSp (no points - short on revs), 3S+2T, SlSt2, 2A, CCsp2, CiSt2, CCosp3
Louis-Philippe Sirois CAN
2A, 3F(flip out)+1T, FSSp1, 3Lo, CCSp1, StSt1, CiSt1, CCoSp1
Andrew Huertas PUR
3Lz+2T, 2A, FSSp1, 3Lo(fall), CiSt1, CCoSp3, SlSt1, CCSp1
Bela Papp FIN
3S(fall, no combo), 2A(fall out), FSSp1, SlSt1, CCsp3, 3Lo<(fall out, hands down), CiSt1, CCoSp2
Min-Seok Kim KOR
2Lo, 3S<(fell out)+1T, CCoSp4, SlSt1, 2A<(fall), CCSp2, CiSt1, FSSp3
Amar Mehta IND
FSSp4, 2A<(fall), 3S<(fall), CCSp2, CiSt1, 2Lo, StSt1, CCoSp3 (+1 from 2 judges)
Note: His sit spin with his leg tucked under and layover camel positions were very good. He received warm and sustained applause from the audience afterwards.
PAIRS SP (no time for detailed comments)
Olivia Jones/Donald Jackson CAN
2LzTw2,5TLi4, 2A (she hung on), 2TTh, FCCoSp4, SlSt1, BiDs3, PCoSp4
Jessica Rose Paetsch/Jon Nuss USA
2FTw2, 2TTh (with good flow out), 2A (he took off first and landed, she fell), 5TLi4 (excellent ice coverage/distance), CCoSp1, SlSt1, BiDS1, PCoSp4 (good speed maintained throughout)
Anastasia Khodkova/Pavel Sliusarenko RUS
2TTh, 2Lo, 2LzTw3, 5TLi3, FCCoSp2, SlSt1, BiDs1 (good speed and really held), PCoSp1 (maintained good speed throughout)
Carolyn MacCuish/Andrew Evans CAN
2LzTw2, 3TTh (hands down, not much distance), 2Lo, FCCoSp3, 5TLi4, CiSt1, BiDs1, PCoSp4
Sarah McCoy/Aaron van Cleave CAN
2LzTw3, 2TTh, 2A (she fell), 5TLi4, PCoSp2, FCCoSp3, CiSt1, BiDs1
Bianca Butler/Joseph Jacobsen USA
2A<(he fell, think she landed it), 2LzTw2, 5TLi3, 2TTh, PCoSp1, CiSt1, CCoSp2, BiDs1
Sabina Imaikina/Andrei Novoselov RUS
2A (she landed then fell), 3TTh (hands down), 2LzTw2, FCCoSp1, 5TLi2, SlSt1, BiDs1, PCoSp1
Amanda Sunyoto-Yang/Darryll Sulindro-Yang TPE
2LzTw1, 2A (she landed then fell), 2TTh, CCoSp1, 5TLi4, SlSt1, BiDs3 (lost speed when he switched arms), PCoSp1
Meg Byrne/Nathan Bartholomay USA
PCoSp1 (included reverse direction), 2LzTw1, 2TTh, CCoSp3, SlSt1, 2Lo (she fell), 5TLi (no points; didn't go up properly and had to come down early), BiDs1
They have a decent lead, and I hope that they can skate clean in the long. I think MacCuish/Evans can move up as well with a decent FS. They're only .01 out of third I believe. My computer can't view icenetwork.com, so I'm curious to hear about some of the programs.
:agree::agree:
If anyone is watched the OD on icenetwork.com, I'd really appreciate it if someone could mention if Lenko/Islam and Ralph/Hill skated clean. I know that Ralph/Hill had a stumble in the CD, and I hope they can come back strong with a good OD.
