Ladies - Short Program

[Rosaleen]

34 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN
Music: Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix Pink with silver bands across waist
Some opening chor / 3f bit wild on landing 2t / ftwrk 3z pitched a bit forward and wild free leg but clean / some chor / deathdrop is big with fast spin with good pos / 2a / layback sideways to strt back to foot to head to strt leg / strt steps start with twizzles doing really well and ½ way through caught an edge I think and over balanced and fell / spirals are good and flow / combo spin is fast and centered good pos - ending in Y /

PB 58.92 TES 26.73 PCS 24.12 ded 1.00 tot 49.85 currently 6th

 

[Buzzz]

Good luck to Arina! I hope she can reach the top 10.

 

[Rosaleen]

35 Kimmie MEISSNER USA
Music: Show Storm by G . Svinidov black with white trim
3z3t / some nice chor / ftwrk 3f / layback is fast with good variations - travelled / spirals start with coe - carry good speed / 2a / butterflies into back sit with leg variations / strt steps are a little slow across the ice but they use the musical accents well / combo spin is good with nice variations / good skate /

PB 60.17 TES 36.38 PCS 28.29 tot 64. 67 new pb currently 2nd

layback spin only level 1

 

[christinaskater]

Wow! Caro over Kimmie

Looks like Caro is hungry for a World title!

 

[essence_of_soy]

wow @ YuNa Kim

 

[christinaskater]

WOW! That is huge!

 

[Rosaleen]

36 Yu-Na KIM KOR
Music: Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge black & red
3f3t is easy / little balance check when stroking / huge death drop into twisted sit to mushroomish pos nice spin / music picks up and the crowd clapping / 3z is big as was the comob / strt steps are great reight in char of the music and move with it well / layback with almost flat back with variations to beillman / beautiful ina into 2a / combo so is centered and fast with great pos / wonderful sakte and the crowd is on their feet /

PB 65.22 TES 41.49 PCS 30.46 tot 71.95 new PB currently 1st

 

[essence_of_soy]

go granny!!

 

[Rosaleen]

37 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN
Music: Serenade by Franz Schubert / white
Nice 3f from ftwrk / 3z think hand hit the ice - pitched forward 2t / flycam is nice good pos / spirals start with coe - good speed / 2a / layback spin with foot to head / music gets faster and crowd is clapping for O ftwrk - expresses the music and flows well / sustained camel spin starts the combo - nice to see a camel held for more than 3 revs / she is happy with that

PB 61.28 TES 33.10 PCS 26.88 tot 59.98 currently 4th

 

[thpme]

Yu-na Kim's score is the highest short program score ever for the ladies. Only Irina Slutskaya had scored higher than 70. Mao Asada's personal best is 69.50.

 

[Rosaleen]

38 Yukari NAKANO JPN
Music: Memories of a Geisha soundtrack purple fairly long chiffon skirt
3z2t with quite the wrap / 3f / combo spin is travelling a bit - fast with good pos though / great layback with beillman / music picks up with drums and crowd is clapping / strt ftwrk - good speed and flow right with the music / 2a / flycam sping ending in sustained donut and the crowd ilets out a roar and is on their feet again

PB 59.62 TES 33.71 PCS 26.91 tot 60.62 new PB currently 4th

 

[SolarisFyre]

Carolina was amazing, and that was the best I've seen from Julia for a long time. Never seen Kim Yu-Na before... I don't think I breathed during that entire performance, she was amazing.

 

[jiggs]

This is an amazing competition. The first 3 ladies clean all with a 3-3! And the others still to come...

 

[ManyCairns]

Oh, goodness, how many posts can I wait for before I just have to leave for work??!!!

And it'll be time for the last group soon -- guess there's no way I can wait for any of the final group --- darn. The suspense will kill me all day unless I can slip off to our downtown library at some point to check the results.


[biting nails!]


Good for Kimmie, glad she seems to have had a good skate, WOW for Yu-Na.

 

[Rosaleen]

39 Susanna POYKIO FIN
Music: One by Apocalyptica black with lots of silver on front
2a / 3z2t / good speed & flow / ftwrk 3f / layback sideways then strt to beillman that got quite slow /
Spirals are good / camel with nice extension starts the combo spin / strt steps are with the music and move well / stars into back sit with variations / finished behind music and the clock on the screen shows 2:51, so they could be a time deduction /

PB 57.62 TES 31.51 PCS 26.65 ded 1.00 tot 57.16 currently 6th

 

[Rosaleen]

40 Sarah MEIER SUI
Music: Concierto de Aranjuez red with flowers on upper bodice and skirt elbow gloves
Nice opening chor to the initially sticcatto music / 3z2t lutz was high / great speed & flow / ftwrk 3f landed but then turned kind of strange - think she might have been aftraid of ittin gthe boards / combo spin is very nice good pos & speed / spirals are good / death drop with good spin / strt ftwrk expresses the music well and flows / 2a - she had her weight a bit far back on the takeoff and I thought it was going to waxel but she did it - not sure if completely clean though / she got - .3 GOE so it was ok

PB 60.87 TES 31.64 PCS 26.88 Tot 58.52 currently 6th

 

[enlight78]

Yu Na kim rank third in the men's short program.
TEs 41.49 PCs( adjusted to the same factor as the men) 38.08 total 79.57
Only .33 points behind BUTTLE. This is a very close race.

 

[iloveaxel]

Mao Asada!!! Please!!

 

[iloveaxel]

Miki

3+3, great, 3f, clean as whisle. she sure is on fire. footwork so sharp.

 

[demarinis5]

Good skate for Yu-Na glad her injury seems to be healed. Caro is definitely the dark horse here.She is a very talented skater good for her. Kimmie had a clean short (yay) but her scores even though a PB do not come close to Yu-Na. I can't wait for Asada to see what she can do. Yu-Na has set the tone she wants that title.