Pairs Free Skate

[icemusings]

If anyone wants a play by play and can't get the live feed, I'll be liveblogging here: http://tinyurl.com/4oyw32z

I'll post scores after each group as well.

 

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Martini/Kiefer, AUT: 32.54 TES + 28.21 PCS = 60.75 Total: 96.53

 

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Lavrentieva/Rudik, UKR: 34.16 TES + 30.92 PCS = 65.08 Total: 102.29 and into 1st place

 

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Khnychenkova/Magyar, HUN: 37.46 TES + 32.18 PCS -1.00 =68.64 Total: 106.99 and into 1st place

 

[dorispulaski]

Thank you!

 

[icemusings]

Morand/Leemann, SUI: 38.03 TES + 34.53 PCS = 72.56 Total: 113.30 and into 1st place

 

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If you were following my live blog, my computer is really having troubles with the SBS stream and I'm not getting anything but a white screen anymore. I'm going to try and use a different computer to live blog the final group.

 

[gold12345]

Notes on top 2 thus far with 8 pairs remaining-- very incompete notes, as this stream sucks.

Kadlecova/ Bidar - CZE- they did two throw triples... eeked out the landings with maybe a hand down on one... They lost ground by only doing a 2Lo-2Lo sequence and 2S as their SBS jumps. They had trouble getting one of their lifts up-- he had to muscle it up and she wasn't able to do the second position.

Andrews/Leduc- USA- fine double twist; fall throw 3T; SBS 2A- hers was two footed and I think underrotated; throw 2Lo solid; SBS 2F-2T-2Lo solid... I missed most of the program because of the buffering and couldn't even tell what elements they did until the replay. You need a lot of patience to watch this stream. lol.

 

[gold12345]

Ouch, the Russian pair VASILIEVA / SHEVCHUK had a ton of problems.... aborted lift, fall on SBS 3S, 2-fted SBS 3T... and another fall that I must have missed due to this lovely stream buffering.

JONES / GASKELL from Canada- SBS 2F- his free leg touched down; 2A- she had a big step out of it and missed the combo; throw 3S pretty nice, slightly pitched forward; first lift a little muscled up; I wish I knew what their other throw was- thanks stream! Their leg line isn't very good, but this has been the best pair so far.

 

[gold12345]

Nice skate from Cain and Reagan (USA), from what I could actually see. They are very similar in height, which hampers their twist and throws, but they pulled them off... She really fought for the first throw. SBS 3S- ok. SBS 2A-2A sequence, out of unison and really fought for that second one. I like her, she presents herself nicely for the most part, but she's very tall for pairs, which may not allow this to be a long partnership. They and their coaches are absolutely thrilled with their score (91) and the fact that they move into 1st. Lots of happiness in the K&C.

 

[sigrid]

wow the russian Pair did a really good job. Just a little stumble in her sbs 2ax, the rest was clean (if I watched everything between the stream cuts hahaha)

If I'm not wrong the jumps were: sbs 3t2t2t, 2twist, 3throw lutz, 3throw sal, and sbs 2ax

 

[gold12345]

Stoblova/Klimov's throws are beautiful. Great throw 3F. Not a great catch on their 2twist, but they're a strong team.

 

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Takahashi/Tran- eeked out SBS 3S; high 2twist; hand down on throw 3S; SBS 2A- she fell; fine throw 3T Into 2nd behind the Russians.

Purich/Schultz- CAN- SBS 3T- bad stumble out of it; 2A 2T sequence I think it was? very off unision; throw 3S and throw 3T fine. Into 4th.

 

[gold12345]

Sui/Han- She fell on SBS 2A; stumbles out of SBS 3T; 2-fted throw 4S ; good throw 3F; fine 3twist; They are so frantic in their choreography that she tripped herself towards the end of the program; Lift positions could have more stretch; 107 pts- good enough for 1st and the win.

So the podium is CHN/RUS/JPN. The top USA team is about 20 pts behind that in 4th. A great finish for them, and with the other US team finishing 9th, they get 3 spots back for next year.

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Well, this podium is same as last year's, 1-2-3 then, 1-3-2 now. Kudos to Cain/Reagan for a highly respectable finish--with the US pairs finishing 4 + 9 = 13, does this mean USA gets 3 pairs for next year's Jr Worlds? (I will try to refrain from thinking too much about Sui/Han's true ages and what this podium should have been...)

 

[gold12345]

Yes, the US gets 3 spots for next year.

I know they don't have the same technical difficulty as Sui/Han, but I wish Stolbova/Klimov had won the free skate.

The other two Russian pairs dropped from 5th & 6th in the short to 11th and 12th in the long! Tough day.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Without seeing it, I prefer S/K to S/H, but S/H just have so much in base value that they can absorb a lot more. Even without a sequence, they still have a three-four point advantage over the rest. Right now, Sui/Han sorta represent what I dislike about COP. Oh well.

 

[gold12345]

One judge gave S/H a +2 for that very, very noticeably two-footed 4S throw. Come on.

 

[Shlepa]

Of course in the technical part S/H were the best. But in components???

 

[dorispulaski]

Final results.
CHN 1 with only one team, so 3 spots next year
RUS 2+7=9 3 spots next year
CAN 5 + 6 = 11 3 spots next year
USA 4+9 is 3 spots next year
JPN, CZE, ITA have 2 spots (one team in top 10, but not in top 2)
I'm not sure whether they changed that to top 12, if you have only one team, so SUI might have two spots too. Does anyone remember?

FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 167.01 1 1
2 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS 159.60 3 2
3 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 154.52 2 3
4 Ashley CAIN / Joshua REAGAN USA 135.40 8 4
5 Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ CAN 129.97 4 6
6 Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL CAN 129.28 7 5
7 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Nikita BOCHKOV RUS 118.75 5 11
8 Klara KADLECOVA / Petr BIDAR CZE 117.24 9 9
9 Cassie ANDREWS / Timothy LEDUC USA 117.11 11 7
10 Carolina GILLESPIE / Luca DEMATTE ITA 116.44 12 8
11 Alexandra VASILIEVA / Yuri SHEVCHUK RUS 114.98 6 12
12 Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN SUI 113.30 10 10
13 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA / Mark MAGYAR HUN 106.99 13 13
14 Magdalena KLATKA / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI POL 103.13 15 14
15 Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri RUDIK UKR 102.29 14 15
16 Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER AUT 96.53 16 16
17 Rachel EPSTEIN / Dmitry EPSTEIN NED FNR 17
18 Maria PALYAKOVA / Mikhail FOMICHEV BLR FNR 18
19 Catherine CLEMENT / James HUNT GBR FNR 19

Results of the Long Program:

Pl. Name Nation TSS
= TES
+ PCS
+ SS TR PE CH IN Ded.
- StN.
1 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 107.85 56.13 52.72 6.71 6.39 6.57 6.57 6.71 1.00 #16
2 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS 105.39 53.48 51.91 6.61 6.11 6.54 6.50 6.68 0.00 #13
3 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 96.67 45.11 52.56 6.64 6.46 6.68 6.57 6.50 1.00 #14
4 Ashley CAIN / Joshua REAGAN USA 91.66 47.66 44.00 5.64 5.18 5.64 5.43 5.61 0.00 #12
5 Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL CAN 84.64 42.08 42.56 5.39 5.07 5.46 5.36 5.32 0.00 #10
6 Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ CAN 82.64 39.59 43.05 5.61 5.18 5.36 5.36 5.39 0.00 #15
7 Cassie ANDREWS / Timothy LEDUC USA 76.95 38.72 39.23 4.89 4.64 4.96 5.07 4.96 1.00 #7
8 Carolina GILLESPIE / Luca DEMATTE ITA 76.51 39.67 36.84 4.57 4.46 4.79 4.64 4.57 0.00 #6
9 Klara KADLECOVA / Petr BIDAR CZE 74.34 36.39 37.95 5.00 4.54 4.86 4.64 4.68 0.00 #8
10 Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN SUI 72.56 38.03 34.53 4.50 4.11 4.36 4.29 4.32 0.00 #5
11 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Nikita BOCHKOV RUS 72.08 33.13 39.95 5.25 5.00 4.86 5.07 4.79 1.00 #11
12 Alexandra VASILIEVA / Yuri SHEVCHUK RUS 69.15 30.78 41.37 5.29 5.04 5.07 5.25 5.21 3.00 #9
13 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA / Mark MAGYAR HUN 68.64 37.46 32.18 4.21 3.86 4.04 4.07 3.93 1.00 #4
14 Magdalena KLATKA / Radoslaw CHRUSCINSKI POL 66.10 36.60 30.50 3.96 3.71 3.89 3.86 3.64 1.00 #3
15 Julia LAVRENTIEVA / Yuri RUDIK UKR 65.08 34.16 30.92 4.00 3.61 3.96 3.93 3.82 0.00 #2
16 Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER AUT 60.75 32.54 28.21 3.79 3.32 3.57 3.57 3.39 0.00 #1



Very nice recovery by Reagan and Cain.