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Senior Pairs Short

warm up for the first flight of pairs,

valois/broudreau-beland

open with pair combination spin, good spin
sbs double axel, valois shaky on landing
sbs spin, good unison
double twist, straightforward entry, not enough height
death spiral, lost speed on changing hands
last lift, interesting entry
throw 3f - 2foot landing, fully rotated.
good energy throughout the step sequence
sbs jump, fair distance
 
taylor steele, christoper richardson

solid pair,
strong sbs double axel,
huge throw triple twist,
fast rotation, good unison on sbs spin,
death spiral, difficult position
throw 3loop, landing a little bit wonky, able to hold on to the landing blade,
this pair got the crowd excited.
personal best, current in the lead.
 
kirkland /bradford,

5th last year, sp is not good this year.
beautiful 3 twist
hand down on throw 3 loop
overall light quality to their skating
good speed throughout the lift, well centred
sbs spin good unison
straight step sequence, very musical
death spiral, very unusual entry
combination spin, to finish the program, eric has problem maintaining his balance.

2nd after steele and richardson, boy they skated with fire and attack
 
Current standings:

1 Taylor Steele / Christopher Richardson
WO 52.78
2 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall
NS 52.67
3 Rachel Kirkland / Eric Radford
CO 50.46
4 Brooke Paulin / Robert Paxton
CO 47.92
5 Stephanie Valois / Jonathan Boudreau-Beland
QC 46.77
6 Becky Cosford / Brian Shales
WO 46.04
 
brodeur,mattatall

opening straight sequence nice to guitar music, has some character to it.
sbs 3 toe good height
love the music
sbs spin good unison
combination spin, well centred, strong variations,
single throw salcow, they were able to move on from this mistake
 
the famous moscovitch bro.sis
sbs 3 t nice
throw 3 lutz, huge
double flip twist
good unison in sbs spin,
the audience is clapping, they are the favourite of the crowd
step sequence, audience friendly, people loved it.
lift, amazing,
step sequence, this is fun program,
death spiral, only blemish in the program, slow,
huge improvement in jumps, speed and overall quality, good job.
 
Yes, other than the Death Spiral, they were the best of the night so far.

Is it me, or has Kyra grown a little bit since last year?
 
velenosi/fernandez

started off with beautiful stable lift, difficult entry, mark provided great mohawk
double twist,
throw 3 toe, a little bit of trouble landing, girl stuck on her blades
sbs good unison
step sequence, good unison, good use of musical highlight to show off their confidence
death spirals, maintained good momentum throughout the spiral.
double flip twist
combination spins
 
yes, kyra had another growth spurt, she looked just as tall as her brother.

I was holding my breath, when they were doing the twist.
 
yes, kyra had another growth spurt, she looked just as tall as her brother.

I was holding my breath, when they were doing the twist.

Actually not as horrible as I originally thought. They'll have difficulty with lifts though in the future. I think she's done growing...
 
final flight begins,,

it is going to be very tight competition

duhamel/buntin: saw a huge throw lutz/flip
d/d: togetherness in the team
langlois/hay: solid twist, langlois looked strong
miller/moram: they seemed to have a great warmup as well.
 
duhamel, buntin.

they come a long way as a pair, they did really jelled.
loud cheers from the audience.
latin tango music
very high 2 twist
sbs 3 toe, very strong
lift, nice variations of positions: this is major improvement from skate canada, exciting dismount
sbs spin, still not good unison
combination spin, very good
throw 3 lutz: megal had a trouble landing
step, a lot of confidence, speed
death spiral, lost speed a little bit.

overall, I'm impressed with their performance.
 
miller/moram,

very experienced pair, but not inspiring performance, I've seen better performance of theirs.

sbs double axel, beautiful
life, change of hand, one handed exit, increasing the degree of difficulty
throw 3loop jessical had to step out
double twist
combo spin, good balance, speed
sbs spin, jessical had a little bit of problem, they were a bit out of sync.
step sequence, very secure performance
death spiral, inventive entry.
 
good performances

Pretty good performances so far, very few mistakes. Why can't Canadian skaters repeat these performances at international competitions?
 
Damn, I love Team Cody Hay... I hope they won't get undermarked again and again.. Strong technical content. They should definitely be in 1st place now.
 
langlois/hay

tango music, very strong performance
sbs 3t very good
spread eagle to transitions
3 twist
throw 3 lutz,
lift, langlois moves with music, nice variations of positions
sbs spin, terrific unison, but compromise on speed,
step sequence, cody had a little bit of stumble, but overall it shows their confidence, and discipline
death spiral, boy aren't they fast

best pair so far. this is their year
 
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