Ladies Short

[Jasper]

FPl. Name Nat. Points QB QA SP FS
1 Fumie SUGURI JPN 90.59 1 1
2 Kimmie MEISSNER USA 88.63 2 4
3 Yukari NAKANO JPN 87.41 2 5
4 Elena SOKOLOVA RUS 85.40 6 2
5 Sarah MEIER SUI 85.15 5 3
6 Emily HUGHES USA 79.91 3 8
7 Kiira KORPI FIN 78.76 5 9
8 Susanna POYKIO FIN 77.41 7 7

Top 4 ranked girls at the moment skating well! They've each performed PB's in the SP and are stepping it up with the podium in sight.

Interesting that Kimmie's score here is higher than at the Olympics, even without the 3-3. GOE means everything.

Cohen next. This is huge for her, she needs to be clean.

 

[Saundy]

Oh....my....goodness....Joannie is soon....I think I might "toss my biscuits" I'm so nervous!

 

[zeytin]

great performance from sasha! only a small mistake in combination jump...
wonderfall programm!

 

[password]

Oh....my....goodness....Joannie is soon....I think I might "toss my biscuits" I'm so nervous!

Yeah i think just developed and ulcer. Damn you Sasha

 

[dugyiho]

Oh....my....goodness....Joannie is soon....I think I might "toss my biscuits" I'm so nervous!

Me too! Even though just clicking refresh button on my computer is making me nervous too.

 

[zeytin]

sasha is first at the moment...

 

[waltzonice]

Sasha

According to Eurosport:

Oh and she goes even further! What attack and what a feel for the music she had there. This was definitely the best performance of the evening. She did make one mistake on a triple flip that she landed with two feet, but at least she did not fall.

1st place!

 

[Frau Muller]

Well, 'Dark Eyes' does it again....Sasha into 1st.

GO, JOANNIE!!!! YOU'RE MY (OUR) HOPE!!!!! KICK ***, JOANNIE!!!!!!

Earn 64.94 points or more in the SP, Joannie!!!! That's all you need to go into first!!! Good grief, I'm so nervous........

 

[Jasper]

66.62 from Sasha to put her in the lead.

 

[zeytin]

only a single axel from rochette!!!

 

[equestrianguy]

Yepp, Sasha's headed for another silver medal!

 

[Jasper]

only a single axel from rochette!!!

Oh, poor Joannie.

 

[Frau Muller]

Yepp, Sasha's headed for another silver medal!

I hope you're right! Anything but gold....sorry - getting carried away there. Go, Joannie!

 

[zeytin]

at eurosport chris says with even a clean double axel he'd put rochette in fifth place behind cohen,suguri,sokolova and meier!

again according to eurosport: very kind scoring to rochette...
she's fifth overall, 7th in sp...

 

[equestrianguy]

I hope you're right! Anything but gold....

Actually, I would love to see Sasha finally win that World gold medal. I hope she can hold it together this time in the long...or only have one fall...lol

 

[Jasper]

FPl. Name Nat. Points QB QA SP FS
1 Sasha COHEN USA 94.21 3 1
2 Fumie SUGURI JPN 90.59 1 2
3 Kimmie MEISSNER USA 88.63 2 5
4 Yukari NAKANO JPN 87.41 2 6
5 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 85.66 1 7
6 Elena SOKOLOVA RUS 85.40 6 3
7 Sarah MEIER SUI 85.15 5 4
8 Emily HUGHES USA 79.91 3 10

Poor Joannie. She'll have to fight, just like in Torino.

 

[cosmictears10]

oh no, joannie in fifth!!!

 

[Frau Muller]

Oh crap...Joanie into 5th? Yikes. Well, maybe Fumie can 'pull a Colorado Springs' as she did in December 2003 at the G-P Finals. Yeah!!!!!

 

[Jasper]

at eurosport chris says with even a clean double axel he'd put rochette in fifth place behind cohen,suguri,sokolova and meier!

That's not really surprising to me. They're all fabulous skaters in their own right.

 

[password]

question: are they overall standings or just long program standings?