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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Trophee Eric Bompard--Pairs Free Skate

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
38.66 TES + 38.10 PCS -4.00  = 72.76 into 1st place

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
37.14 TES + 33.53 PCS = 70.67 new seasons best and into 2nd place

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
46.22 TES + 41.33 PCS -1.00 = 86.55 new seasons best and into 1st place

Group 2
Mylene Brodeur/John Mattatall, CAN
  • 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
52.92 TES + 47.92 PCS - 1.00 = 99.84 new seasons best and into 1st place

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
53.98 TES + 49.42 PCS = 103.40 new seasons best into 1st place

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
61.83 TES + 7.99 PCS -1.00 = 118.82 new seasons best into 1st place

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
65.41 TES + 65.82 PCS = 131.23 and into 1st place

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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