If you looked away from the TV, you wouldn't even have been aware there was a glitch--two seconds, max.
I have always considered Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze to be the last of the great Russian pairs. When they retired and left T/M and P/T in charge, the artistic quality of Russian Pairs figure skating dropped like a stone. T/M are technically expert, but their robotic skating has never appealed to me, and P/T are good but not anywhere near great.
Sale/Pelletier weren't around long enough to have established themselves as great artistically. IMO, their "Tristan" was their best effort, but bringing back "Love Story" for the Olympics was a step backward.
I have always considered Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze to be the last of the great Russian pairs. When they retired and left T/M and P/T in charge, the artistic quality of Russian Pairs figure skating dropped like a stone. T/M are technically expert, but their robotic skating has never appealed to me, and P/T are good but not anywhere near great.
Sale/Pelletier weren't around long enough to have established themselves as great artistically. IMO, their "Tristan" was their best effort, but bringing back "Love Story" for the Olympics was a step backward.