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Pairs Free - Notes & Results

Rosaleen

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Nov 22, 2003
Here's the notes on the pairs. I'm still not very good at describing lifts so hopefully you'll get the picture <G>.

Men's free is about to start. . .

USA Scott / Dulebohn Start 1 Place 8
Notes her in dark navy with elbow length sleeves him in black vest & pants with cream shirt /les miserables / fids start is nice & low / sbs 3t2t she almost put her hand down but managed to hold off / 3tw bit crashy on landing / lasso lift with flip out / things are happening too fast to keep up!!/ thr 3s bad lean in air - how did she ever mange to save it but she landed it clean / star lift to carry with him in spreadeagle / sbs spins were close & in perfect unsion / thr 3l / I missed alift in there / sbs 2a/ pair spinhad a neat pos of her in catch foot around his body / diag ftwrk is fast detailed & close / back h to h lift with step through & one haded set down /spirals into bods / What a greast way to start the competition!!! Boy are they happy

CAN Putnam / Wirtz Start 2 Place 9
Notes her in pale blue him in matching shirt & mavy pants / 3tw is a bit tight / sbs 3s I think he doubled turns into 2a / thr 3l is high / bids is very low / pair spin is inventive starting with her spinning by herself in arabewque pos he joins her into cam spin / lift with upside down exit / sbs 2a in perfect unison / sbs flycam bck sit iclose & good unison / spirals spread eagle seq in circle / step overhead to platter to carry / O ftwrk is fast with detail & goes well with music / they clicked blades while preparing for the thr 3 s thr3s she stepped out / nested inas / lift that I missed the entrance of / bods to end /

UZB Aganina / Knyazev Start 3 Place 10
Notes him in burgundy her in white with red around hips / Quidam from cirque de soleil / sbs 2t - by both was supposed to be 3 / sbs 2a she fell think he singled / thr 3s great distance she fell & slid into the boards / 2tw / thr 2a 2footed but lightly / sbs fly cam good pos slow but in sync / toe overhead to one hand / bods is pretty good she goes down nicely / sbs strt ftwrk bit short of full length of rink / sbs 2f / hip lift to start / fids both get very low nice pos / pair camels into pair sit into opposing camels /

CHN Ding / Ren Start 4 Place 6
Notes her in white him in white shirt black pants / Warsaw Concerto / thr 4t I think 2footed / sbs3t / 3tw lateral great height / sbs 2a / bods she needs to be lower / some nice chor into spiral sec that was nice & lyricl / thr 3l bit straitlegged on landing not sure if 2ft / lift with her in platter with catch foot / lasso lift to one handed / fids is nice & low / sbs cam sit got a bit out of sync on sit - ok on exit / O ftwrk / hip lift to star to platter with twist exit / pair cam to him in sit bit on sloppy side / replay show the thr 4t was 2ft / It start out great but got slower as it went on

CAN Langlois / Archetto Start 5 Place 5
Notes her in shads ofblue & dark purple him in black with gold trim & matching purple chiffon on one arm / thr 3s perfect into sbs 2a / she looks determined / 3tw bit tight on catch / sbs 3t him hands down her 2ft turns 2t him 1t / lasso lift to one hand to flip out exit / music softens and they're into spread eagle section which is gorgeous / back one hand lift to star to reverse start to another pos I missed / carry lift / pair spin is nice with good speed & pos / spirals to semi nested spread eagles / thr 3t - no way as she going to miss that / sbs spin landing on cam was out a bit to sit to back sit he had trouble with travel & they got out of sync / lift that I missed into bids / great strt ftwrk seq into fids with travelling entry /

USA Orscher / Lucash Start 6 Place 7
Notes her in light blue with royal blue sash him in black / spartacus / 3tw bit crashy on landing but not bad / 3t turns 2f / thr 3f her foot brushed very lightly on way by / sbs 2a bit far apart but clean / fly cam sit got a bit out on exit / back h to h lift / spirals are ok / lift to star one hand / thr 3s huge she couldn't hold the landing / bods is good / I missed the bids in there before the thr 3s / pair spin is ok / O ftwrk is fast with good energy nice split jumps / lift that got slow on exit but nice sideways star ? not sure how to describe it / prety good skate bit rough in spots & unpolished

CHN Pang / Tong Start 7 Place 1
Notes shredded red & pink him in black pants / Variations on a themem of paganin / sbs 3t turns into 2a think she doubled the toes / huge ginormous lateral 3tw / thr 3s is huge / platter lift didn't see entrance / super fast sbs spins in perfect unison / nicechor to slower section of music / bods needs more arch in her back / spiral ina spreal eagles has nice softness to them / sbs 2a / thr 3l is just huge and landed really confidently / hip lift to star with him in spread eagle / fids / music builds again and O ftwrk does as well / h to h lift to star to rev star / pair spin to end is fast with good pos

USA Inoue / Baldwin Start 8 Place 4
Notes her in pale peach him in white shirt with dark pants / Wonders of the New World , Pearl Harbour / sbs 3t bit far apart but clean / 3tw bit close on catch / sbs 2a into 3t she singled axel / thr 3s she pitched forward on landing onto her stomach / h to h lift with step through to one hand / music softens and they're into a bods which isnice right into pair spin cam to opposing cam to her upside down / front lift to her crouched over his hand / pretty nest spread eagles / carry lift him holding her by boot to platter / thr 3l / fly back sit were good at first he came up early & hopped early out of sync at exit / strt ftwrk was fast with detail / lift with drop out with her head at ice / fids with pos and pivot variations multiple revs /

CAN Marcoux / Buntin Start 9 Place 3
Notes rust with black / Rockin' gypsies, cancion triste / 3tw high with good catch / thr 3l / sbs 3t turns 2t / they're flying out there / hip lift to star to rev star / some emoting to slowe music / bids is very nice / more chor & emoting to slowe music intopair spin facing cam to him in sit her in cam to neste cam / spirals inside out by both don['t remember that from before / carry lift with her draped over his hand / fids / music picks up again sbs 3t he fell / sbs fly cam great unison close / back h toh lift to one hand / thr 3s / strt ftwrk is fast & detailed and she went down 3/4 of the way through up quickly and into lasso lift to ending pose

CHN Zhang / Zhang Start 10 Place 2
Notes purple shading to light mauve at bottom / huge lateral 3tw / sbs 2a turns 3t very clos together in sync / thr 3l she goes a mile in distance / lift out of nowhere with fantastic speed I could keep up with it to write it down / chor section / sbs 3s / sbscam sit to flyover back sit sync a bit out on flyover but not much / thr 3s / music slows & then builds as they do spirals that have some imagination not your run of the mill pos / bods is ok could be lower / toe over head to star to carrying in start / fids she looks hippy on the way down if any of these girls could be called hippy <G> / lasso lift / strt ftwrk to apir spin including nest cam

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1 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 1.5 1 1
2 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 3.0 2 2
3 Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN CAN 4.5 3 3
4 Rena INOUE / John BALDWIN, Jr. USA 6.0 4 4
5 Anabelle LANGLOIS / Patrice ARCHETTO CAN 7.5 5 5
6 Yang DING / Zhongfei REN CHN 9.0 6 6
7 Kathryn ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH USA 10.5 7 7
8 Tiffany SCOTT / Philip DULEBOHN USA 12.0 8 8
9 Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ CAN 13.5 9 9
10 Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV UZB 15.0 10 10

No movement at all... disappointing. Even the dance event had more movement.
 
I think Zhang and Zhang had a nicer skate than Pang and Tong and deserved first overall. I wished Langois and Archetto did better. Nice to see Canada on get at least one medal in every discipline.
 
I agree about Zhang and Zhang, Bonmil. Their program was pure energy from beginning to end, without any bobbles at all.

But I did like the middle lyrical section of Pang ang Tong's program, to "Somewhere in Time," so maybe the judges felt that they had more mature presentation.

Mathman
 
I agree about Zhang and Zhang. I was there tonight, and thought that they should have finished ahead of Pang and Tong. I thought they had better presentation and a better overall look to their skating.
 
Zhnag and Zhang were excellent. They are fairly equal in abilities to their countrymen, so it's hard to choose one over the other. I think in this case, I liked the Zhangs. Very happy for Marcous and Buntin. It wasn't perfect, but it was very good. I hope L&A can rebound for Worlds. This hasn't been a great season for them.
 
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