Warm up group is on the ice. Zhang/Toth practice their throw and look great in their gray/blue costumes. Castelli/Shnapir rehearse their triple twist. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch run through a lift. The Russians have a two footed and a turned out landing on their throw element. I like the simple but elegant look of Marissa's dress. Shnapir stumbles on the side by side jumps.
- In only their second season together, Taylor/Toth are making their senior Grand Prix debut. They both look nervous as they wait for their names to be announced.
- They are skating to Clare de Lune
- She really crashed into him on the landing of the twist
- The side by side triple toes looked clean
- She could use some more extension through her legs and arch in her back in the overhead lift
- Nice ride out on the landing of their throw salchow but i think it may have only been a double
- Very in sync on the pairs spin
- Nice unison on the step sequence
- Legs could be a little more stretched out in death spiral
- Overall a very pretty routine and they look very comfortable with each other and have a good connection.
Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch, CAN
- With Dube and Davison out the top Candian Pairs spot is open and this team seems poised to take it
- Fun, upbeat folk music with some arms that match
- Crash landing on the triple twist
- She puts a hand down on the side by side triple toes
- Overhead lift from the knee and he releases her to a one arm hold and flip exit--all looks very effortless
- Great ice coverage on the throw triple loop and she landed it nicely
- I hate the upside down death spiral position
- Great use of the ice and their positions in the step sequence
- Spins are fast and in unison
Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, RUS
- Asurias is their music
- Double twist with her arms over her head
- Throw triple flip with a nice ride out by Stolbova
- Side by side triple toes looked clean
- They're a little far apart in their step sequence and she does a partner cartwheel over him which I haven't seen before--I'd like it to be a little fiercer with this Spanish music as well
- She has an interesting air position that doesn't look fully developed and she may have crashed into him during the exit
- The spins are unison and close together but seem to lose speed toward the end
- Very different entrance into their death spiral from a backward lunge position and it looks like he almost drops her for a second at the very end
- Their program lacked some of the polish of the other Russian teams but they have room to grow
- Long wait for their scores, possible jump downgrades?
Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir, USA
- Music is Money by Pink Floyd and the Apprentice theme song
- He takes a bad fall on the throw triple salchow
- Nice height and catch on the triple twist
- Unison is slightly off on the spins
- Nice closeness ans unity on the step sequence
- She lands on her knees on the throw triple salchow but it had huge height
- They go into their signature leg hold position in the overhead lift
- Death spiral was nice
- Not as clean as Skate Canada with the two falls. I wonder if nerves are a factor in front of the home crowd as they are still a young team.
Warm up group is on the ice. Sui and Han seem to really be going through their program. Cadee Denney looks like she's got a tissue stuck in her bodice. The rest of the teams just seem to be skating around and I don't see many elements being warmed up here. Jumps from Denney, Barrett and Savchenko.
Group 2
- Their music is Clocks by Coldplay (Yay Vitamin String Quartet!)
- Nice triple twist but it look like she might have two footed the landing and crashed into him a little bit
- Double Flip for their side by side
- Throw triple loop was landed nicely
- Nice stretched out position in the death spiral
- The footwork seems slow and a little repetitive
- Their spins are off unison and it looks as if at one point they were doing two completely different spins
- Overhead lift with a catchfoot position for her
Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, CHN
- Country Dance is their music
- She turned 16 since Cup of China
- She has so much personality on the ice!
- Great side by side double Axels
- She gets great height on the triple twist
- Huge throw triple flip! She holds the ending forever as well--great control.
- Great speed and energy through their step sequence and it really plays into the character of the routine and the crowd is really behind them
- Nice unison on the spins but they lost it a little bit at the end--great speed through the spins
- She could use a little more arch through her back in the overhead lift and they use the same split position as Castelli/Shnapir. There was a little bobble getting into it but he got her up there.
- Nice death spiral position
- Great routine from them with no errors and the crowd is screaming! They should get a huge score.
Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett, USA
- Love Theme from Cousins
- A little bit of a crash landing on the triple twist and she didn't get great height
- Side by side triple toe loops were clean and well done
- Throw triple lutz was good but didn't get the height or ice coverage that some of the other teams do
- Her death spiral position is very ugly and she doesn't get as low as Moore-Towers did
- Side by spins were good and in unison
- They seem a little far apart at times on their footwork but they have nice movements and speed and flow through this section
- She could use a little more arch in her back in the overhead lift position
- I like this softer side to their skating that we haven't seen before
Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy, GER
- Korobushko by Bond is their music
- I'm not quite sure what the story a the beginning was supposed to be
- Throw triple flip was huge and she really held on to the landing
- Triple twist was good
- Double toe--it looks like Savchenko was a little tilted in the air and couldn't do the 3rd rotation
- Nice over head lift and he tosses her into the flip exit
- Great death spiral position
- The music for their step sequence lends itself to clapping and could be a real crowd pleaser but the steps are not as exciting as they could be
- Spins are good but the unison is slightly off but they get them back together
- Overall a solid program, but not my favorite from them and I think it doesn't really give them the chance to perform
Top 3 are Savchenko/Szolkowy, Moore-Towers/Moscovitch and Denney/Barrett
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch had the top elements score
Savchenko/Szolkowy had the top program components score
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