1. Marley/Brubaker, USA: 51.35 TES + 47.51 PCS = 98.86 Total: 144.46
- They are in 10th place after the short program
- This team has only been together for 6 months
- They open with a nice high twist but a little bit of a crash on the landing
- Nice triple toes + double toes sbs
- Nice position in her overhead lasso lift and good stretch through the change of a position and a nice toss exit
- Throw double salchow
- She his very expressive through the spiral sequence
- Nice death spiral but slightly awkward exit
- She doubled their side by side salchows
- Very nicely landed throw
- She could use more stretch through her top leg in this lift but they have a nice carry feature with his on one leg
- Decent unison on their side by side spins but some of their position variations are just slightly different from each other
- Nice final lift with a one handed exit
- Good positions in their pairs spin
- They are in 8th place after the Short Program
- Their costumes suit them nicely and the purple color is gorgeous on her
- She takes an awkward fall on their opening side by side triple salchows
- An effortless double twist with a good catch
- Very nice throw triple salchow with a nice landing by her
- They're off on these side by side spins
- A nice entry into the death spiral but she doesn't have a great position and her working leg gets really close underneath her instead of being extended
- She takes a fall on the double axel and she completes the sequence but he deletes the second jump
- Nice dance lift straight into their lift with good positions
- Throw triple nicely done
- Good position variations in their pairs spin but a loss of centering toward the end
- Nice air position in this second lift but a little awkward on the exit
- She has great extension through the spiral sequence
- She gets one leg higher than the other in her air position in the third spin and they should be even
- They are in 9th place after the short program
- He can't complete the second jump in their triple + double combination
- Clean on their second set of side by side triples
- Double twist with some nice height but not the execution you're used to seeing from Bin Yao's team
- You can hear him calling the side by side spins but they have good unison
- Nice entry to the overhead lift with a good carry feature and nice positions for her; I'd like to see a better position for her free leg on the exit
- Nice height on the throw triple loop with a good landing but not a lot of ice coverage
- They go right into their throw triple salchow with not as nice of a landing
- Her air position could be better in this lift with more flexibility through her back
- He checks his balance on the spiral sequence
- She takes a squat into the death spiral and she's almost flat on the ice
- I think they're really trying to mask her weak air positions with some of these variations in the lift
- Not a lot of speed on their pair spin
Group 2
Zhang/Wang, CHN: 45.63 TES + 42.69 PCS = 88.32 Total: 138.93 and into 3rd place
- They are in 7th place after the short program
- I really like their costumes; very pretty blue color and an interesting design
- Nice double twist but she might have been a little on his shoulder on the landing
- Nice triple toe + double toes
- She hung on to the landing of the triple salchow
- Some better air positions for her in the lift but I'd like to see a little more stretch
- Not a lot of choreography or transitions in this program
- They're hitting very different position variations in their side by side spin and are really off unison timing wise
- Looks like they might have had a bobble here on some footwork, seem a little lost
- They go into their lift but abort it and skate down the center of the ice
- Nice spiral positions
- Very nice throw triple loop with good height
- Good throw triple salchow
- A nice entry into the death spiral but she doesn't have a great position and her free leg is very high
- Good stretch through the split position in this lift but she could use some more flexibility
- Good positions in the pair spin and nice flexibility from her but not a lot of speed at the end
- No performance at all in this program--I think if they had some better choreography and worked with their music more it would really help their scores
- They are in 5th place after the short program
- Not really any height on their triple twist and she's on his shoulder on the landing
- Good unison and execution on their double axel + double axel sequence
- Nice throw triple loop
- I'm glad to see she's pinned her bangs back today as she's had to shake them out of her face to see before during the program and it was distracting
- Nice position in the first lift with a good flip exit
- He looked off in the air on those sbs triples but landed the jump fine
- Nice position on the spiral sequence
- Sort of an awkward entry into the death spiral and she is completely flat--not crazy about this position
- Good position in the pair spins and I really like the way she uses her free arm and their effortless exit from the element
- A nice carry feature in this second lift and she has a great split; she almost goes into a handstand as he skates forward on one leg--great control
- Fall on their second triple throw
- Not a lot of flexibility for her through some of the sbs spin positions and I'd like to see her really stretch through her free leg
- Nice entry into their final lift with him on his knee and coming to a stand
- They are in 6th place after the short program
- He said his boot has been fixed. Praying it holds up through the free skate!
- Their twist looked pretty effortless but she didn't get a lot of height
- She falls on their opening side by side jumps and he turns out of his landing but keeps his free leg up
- Not a lot of height on their first throw triple and she's really forward on the landing
- They lost the unison in their side by side spins in the middle but were able to pick it back up
- Nice spiral sequence, but I'd like her arms to be more organic here and less placed
- She falls on the first double axel in the double axel sequence
- Good positions in the pairs spin and a nice exit
- Evora seems to be going through the motions a little bit in some of this choreography
- Great lift with him holding her on just the hip with one hand
- Good throw triple loop and less forward on the landing
- Nice backward entry into their final lift with a good carry feature but her position got a little awkward at the end and she could stretch through her legs a little more
- Not a great death spiral position and not a lot of speed through their rotations
- Nice final lift
- Just seemed to be an off day for them and didn't seem like they were really performing this program
Group 3
Pang/Tong, CHN: 61.23 TES + 66.81 PCS = 128.04 Total: 199.45 and into 1st place
- They are in 1st place after the short program
- I think he singled the second double axel in their sequence and she didn't have a great landing
- Nice side by side triples
- Nice entry into the overhead lift with a good position change
- A slight loss of unison in the middle of their side by side spins but they pick it up nicely
- Very nice use of her arms and upper body to accept the positions in their pair spin and a nice exit from the element
- Really nice height on their triple twist and a nice catch
- Great height on their throw triple salchow
- Really nice spiral position
- They have such great speed and ease of movement through this program
- Nice second lift with a good position for her
- Great throw triple loop--I wish more teams worked on the height and ice coverage of the throws because they're truly spectacular
- A decent death spiral position
- Nice carry with a one arm hold and him in a spread eagle position
- They seem to be performing their program much more here than they did at the Grand Prix Final and she looks like she might be wiping away a tear when they finish
- They are in 2nd place after the short program
- An interesting choreographical moment at the building with him supporting her in a run
- Nice triple twist but lacking the height of the Chinese team
- My feed froze up so I may have missed a few elements
- Throw triple loop was good but she was a little sideways on the landing and might have put a hand down
- She could work on her overhead lift position and they could have a smoother exit
- Straight into another lift and I would like it if they had a little more variation if they're going to put the lifts back to back
- Nice throw triple salchow
- Good extension through their spiral sequence
- Nice positions in their pair spin but they seemed to lose their centering before the change of foot
- They are in 3rd place after the short program
- Good height on their triple twist and a nice clean catch
- Triple + double + double combination with a one arm variation on their final jump
- An interesting entry into their first throw triple from a spiral position
- A really nice stretched out air position for her in the first lift and a nice spread eagle for him
- Nice unison on their side by side spins but a little slow
- Another skater with the high death spiral position and the high free leg
- Solid side by side triples
- Good flexibility through the spirals but it looks like she may have been wobbling on her edge a bit
- I'd like to see more flexibility through her back in the air in this second lift
- A little forward on the landing of the throw triple salchow but she hangs on to it
- Good speed through the final lift
- Nice speed in the pair spin and good position changes
- They are in 4th place after the short program
- Opening sbs double axels were well done
- Nice height on the triple twist but there may have been a bobble on the catch with her free leg
- Nice throw triple loop
- Good Triple toe + double toe + double toe combination. Nice to see the pairs doing the three jump combos
- Nice air position in the first lift and a nice one arm exit
- As far as the higher death spirals go, she has one of the nicer positions
- Good unison on their side by side spins but they could both use more stretch through their free leg in the sit spin position
- Nice spiral positions and great expression from both of them
- She singles their throw triple salchow and two foots the landing--something must have gone wrong on the takeoff
- Nice position in the second lift
- Nice entry into the final lift with him holding her by her hip and a nice stretched out position
- Good positions in their pair spin and I like the use of her arms here
- Too bad about the throw error, because this was a lovely program otherwise
Silver: Duhamel/Radford
Bronze: Lawrence/Swiegers
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