WTT Pairs LP

[Violet Bliss]

Warm-Up Group 1

1 Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT FRA 6 42.07
2 Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA 5 58.93
3 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN 4 59.27

Warm-Up Group 2

4 Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA 3 59.28
5 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS 2 62.02
6 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 1 64.92

 

[PolymerBob]

This should be an excellent event.

 

[Violet Bliss]

Who knew a Japanese team would be leading?

 

[sequinsgalore]

Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT (FRA)

Music: Broken Sorrow by Nuttin' but Stringz

3FTw
3T+2T+SEQ - she has turn on landing on first jump
Li
1A
BoDs - ugly variation, head not very low
Li
3STh - perhaps twofooted
FCCoSp - ok unison
Li - she doesn't get up, aborted
2LoTh
ChSq
PCoSp

Score: 77.03, total 119.10

Nice, is that Savchenko/Szolkowy in K&C? Are they skating in EX?

 

[hybfc]

The French girl needs to lose some weight...

 

[Violet Bliss]

The French, slow skating, ugly Death Spiral, and the black costumes didn't help. Should stay at bottom.

 

[burntBREAD]

Look, it's Aliona and Robin!

 

[hybfc]

surprised to see S/S. Aliona is cute.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN (USA)

Music: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini

3FTw - good height
3LoTh
3T
2A+2A+SEQ - did she single 2nd one?
FCCoSp - ok unison
PCoSp
Li
3FTh
BoDs
Li
ChSp - his leg is not very high
Li - good ice coverage, ugly position

Score: 117.05, total 173.98

 

[FlattFan]

Meryl was dissed.

 

[Violet Bliss]

D/C clean and boring.

Go Meagan and Eric!

 

[gold12345]

D/C were definitely good. They should try to add more choreo though.

 

[FlattFan]

what happened to their sbs triple lutz?

 

[sequinsgalore]

Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN)

Music: Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Yellow by Coldplay

3FTw
3T+2T - she has hand down/messy landing on 1st, doesn't complete combo
3S
BoDs
FCCoSp - ok unison
ChSp
Li
3LoTh
Li
3FTh
Li
PCoSp

Score: 118.35, total 177.62

 

[FlattFan]

They love this competition. LOL.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK (ITA)

Music: Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings by Tomaso Albinoni and Remo Giazotto

3T+2T+2T - she puts foot down on last jump, otherwise solid
2FTw
Li
ChSp
choppy feed - did she fall on 2A?
CCoSp - in/out unison
Li
3STh
PCoSp
3LoTh - twofooted
Li
BiDs

Score: 99.46, total 158.74

 

[FlattFan]

looked like both 2A are URed for B/L
SBS spins are out of sync.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV (RUS)

Music: Doctor Zhivago (soundtrack) by Maurice Jarre

3T - landed, but could be better
3FTw - very high!
3FTh - tilted, she falls
2A+2A+SEQ - ok, he hangs on, will look on replay for URs
PCoSp
ChSp
Li
3LoTh
Li
FCCoSp - bit off unison
Li
BiDs - nice speed and low

Score: 118.68, total 180.70

 

[Violet Bliss]

SBS falls for T/T. Better than separate falls though.

Kind of unraveling.

 

[FlattFan]

Yikes. She popped the 3T