I'm having some technical difficulty getting the feed up so it may be a few minutes before I get underway.
- I missed most of their program but tuned in in time to see a nice double throw
- She could use more arch in her back and a more stretched out position in the lifts
- The spins were slow but had good unison
- Nice stretched out death spiral position
- Their footwork sequence is really slow but has good unison--the steps aren't that difficult and they're not getting much ice coverage
Felicia Zhang/Taylor Toth, USA
- She could use some more stretch through her free legs on transition moves
- Nice triple twist but she crashes into him on the landing
- On their side by side triples it looks like she misses her take off and doesn't do the jump and puts a hand down so they'll get no credit--on the replay you can see that she hits the side of her blade on the ice while taking off for the jump
- Nice air position in the lift
- She hangs on to the landing of her throw triple
- Nice unison on the side by side spins but they get a little off in the middle
- Nice step sequence but I'd like to see a little more difficult and movement but it has a lovely flow acros the ice
- I like her entrance into the death spiral but her legs could be slightly more stretched out
Klara Kadlecova/Petr Bidar, CZE
- This is a young team at 15 and 19
- Nice double twist with a clean catch
- I believe they did a throw double here but it was landed cleanly--on the replay it was a triple and it was nicely landed
- She puts a hand down on their side by side triples
- Some nice speed in their side by side spins but they're way off on their unison and she gets faster in the upright spin while he slows considerably
- He couldn't get her all the way up on the lift and has to set her back down on the ice
- She looks a little sideways in her death spiral
- Nice use of the music in this step sequence and they're really making use of their whole bodies here
- This team has some nice qualities and if they can up their difficulty they'll be more on par with other teams here
Group 2
Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov, RUS- Not sure what's going on but the warm up group is off the ice and they've been skating around for about 2 minutes now and they're putting their jackets and scarves back on. Still no announcement for them to take the ice.
- Nice side by side triples to start their program
- She has a great arabesque position
- Great height on their triple twist and a very clean landing
- Nice landing on the throw triple jump
- He lifts her like she weights nothing
- Nice position in the death spiral--he changes hands and she regrabs behind his back
- Nice positions in the spins, good speed throughout and good unison
- Nice entrance into the lift with her on one leg, great change of position where she is on her side and he's holding with one hand and effortless exit with a flip out of the lift
- Nice intricate stepwork sequence with nice flow and movement
Maylin Hausch/Daniel Wende, GER
- They are skating to Tango de Roxanne and aren't really attacking this music
- Nice side by side triples
- Double twist with a clean catch with her arms over her head
- Nice throw triple
- Into the step sequence and I'd like to see her work on her arm and hand positions as everything is very stiff and it disrupts the line
- Very slow death spiral but I like her free arm position
- She could use a little more arch in her lift position
- Nice transition from the camel to the sit spin in their spin sequence but a little off on the unison at the end
- Ending pose is very smooth which does not go with the build of the music and the dramatic ending
Mylene Brodeur/John Mattatall, CAN
- Nice triple twist but she crashes into him on the landing
- She falls on the side by side triples
- She falls on the throw triple and I'm not sure she'll get credit for the full rotation as her blade never really came back down on the ice--on the replay it looks like she only got around twice
- Nice unison on the spins but they were slow and I wasn't crazy about the positions
- Interesting entrance to the death spiral and a nice stretched out position for her
- Nice movement in relation to each other on the step sequence
- Final lift could use more arch from her and a nice flip exit
Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy, GER
- I still don't understand what's supposed to be happening at the beginning of this program
- Huge throw triple and she really nails the landing
- Nice triple twist but she crashes into him on the landing
- She steps out of her side by side triple--on the replay her air position was way off, Kudos to her for hanging on to the landing
- Nice air positions in the lift and she shows off her flexibility
- I like her arm positions in the death spiral and they change hands for extra points
- Nice difficulty in their step sequence but it seems slow and he has a bobble in the middle
- Nice fast side by side spins with good unison but I'd like to see more stretch from him in the bottom leg of his side by side spin
Top 3
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Hausch/Wende
Top TES: Bazarova/Larionov
Top PCS: Savchenko/Szolkowy
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