Group 1
Klara Kadlecova/Petr Bidar, CZE- Klara has such long legs but it seems like that may be hurting her on some of her jumps during the warmup
- Through the legs to overhead lift and she catches her back foot, nicely done
- Nice double twist with a clean catch and her arms over her head
- Almost put a hand down on the throw triple but she hangs on to it
- He puts a hand down on some transitional steps
- Side by side triples looked clean
- Spitral into lift and she holds same position as first lift with one armed hold and he sets her down with one arm
- She needs more arch in her back in the death spiral
- She falls on the next throw triple
- Double double sequence was a little off unison
- He couldn't get her up on the third lift and she falls to the ice and he trips over her and falls--luckily he missed her skates
- Lack of unison on the side by side spins but nice positions
- I'd like to see more arch in her back for the pairs spin and more speed from them throughout the spin
Anna Khnychenkova/Mark Magyar, HUN
- He turns out of their opening side by side triples and can't complete the combination
- Side by side triples looked clean for their second set
- Clean double twist with a nice catch
- She puts a hand down on the first throw triple
- First overhead is rotating very slow and he holds her with two hands and an easy entry and exit
- Nice speed through the side by side spins but they lose their unison in the second half
- She lands the next throw triple but doesn't have great flow out of the element
- Press lift and he skates backwards for a few seconds but still two hands in the overhead position
- I'm not crazy about her death spiral position
- Their faces look a little blank to me and they're not really performing this choreography
- Through the legs to overhead lift and into the fetal position again
- Pairs spin is a little slow
Felicia Zhang/Taylor Toth, USA
- Fast triple twist but she crashes into him on the landing
- Nice triple double combination but she may have two-footed the landing on the first jump
- Overhead lift with one arm hold and she has a nice air position
- Side by side spins are fast but they are off on their unison
- She two foots the landing on her first throw triple and I'm not sure it was fully rotated--I don't think she got enough height to get all the way around
- Nice positions on their second lift but an awkward exit--I'd like to see more speed from him across the ice as well
- She falls on their last throw triple
- Through the legs to one armed overhead lift and a flip exit
- Nice side by side triples but they were off on their unison
- Nice positions in the pairs spin and decent speed although they're almost stopped by the end
- Nice death spiral position
- I'd like to see them have more speed and power across the ice
Group 2
- Their costumes look a little too rock and roll for Embraceable You and American in Paris
- Nice high triple twist and nearly a clean catch
- She doubles their side by side triples
- Good speed and unison on their side by side spins
- Good pairs spin
- Solid triple double with good unison
- Nice death spiral position but she could use maybe a litle more arch in her back especially toward the end
- She falls on the first throw triple
- Nice change of direction on his rotation in the first lift and a good air position for her
- Nice one armed overhead lift with a change of position and a flip exit
- Landed the final throw triple out of a difficult entry with not a lot of setup
- Nice final lift position with a flip exit
Maylin Hausch/Daniel Wende, GER
- Double twist to open the program and she has a tiny bobble on the landing
- Right into a nice throw triple with a great landing
- Triple double combination but their unison was slightly off
- Great speed through their side by side spins but they could use more stretch through their upright positions
- His rotation on the overhead lift is very fast
- Side by side double axel and her hair ribbon comes out--they might receive a costume deduction for that
- Solid throw triple
- Second overhead lift also has great speed but there was a problem on the exit and she came down awkwardly
- Nice press lift with good position for her and a flip exit
- Nice death spiral position into the pairs spin and I would like to see more speed thorugh this element
- Overall a solid program with a few minor problems here and there
Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov, RUS
- I adore her dress
- She was a little forward on their side by side triples but hung on to the landing
- Huge triple twist with a clean catch and her arms in an overhead position
- The throw was off on their throw triple and she can't hang on to the landing and falls
- They land the side by side triple triples which is very impressive for her because her air position was way off
- Nice speed through the pairs spin and great positions
- One foot take off from her into the lift with a gorgeous position change and he skates on one foot for part of it and a really intricate exit from the lift
- Clean throw triple with a great landing
- Great entrance into their second lift and she has fabulous air positions, a little bobble on the exit
- Nice speed and positions throught he side by side spins but she could be a bit more stretched out on her free leg in the sit spins
- Final lift was nice
- Great death spiral position to end the program
Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy, GER
- I love how they perform this program
- Started off with a huge triple throw with a great landing
- Triple triple sequence was good
- I don't love her death spiral position, especially the position change
- So much speed on their side by side spins and great unison
- A problem on the landing of the triple twist
- Side by side double jumps
- Interesting positions on their first lift
- Their pairs spin seems really slow to me but has somne great seamless position changes
- I love that she's getting the crowd involved and really performing to them during the second lift
- Their music stops but they keep going into their final lift but then comes back on...not sure if that is how the music is supposed to be
- Another huge throw triple but not as clean of a landing but still solid
Top 3:
1: Savchenko/Szolkowy
2: Bazarova/Larionov
3: Hausch/Wende
Top TES: Sachenko/Szolkowy
Top PCS: Savchenko/Szolkowy
Gold: Savchenko/Szolkowy
Silver: Bazarova/Larionov
Bronze: Hausch/Wende
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