The event begins at 4:15am EST.
The 1st warmup group is on the ice.
Group 1Qiuying Zhu, CHN: 35.16 TES + 38.13 PCS = 73.29 Total: 108.57
- Two footed her opening triple lutz
- Hand down on the triple toe
- Good triple salchow
- Decent speed in her combination spin but her positions are pretty basic
- Triple toe + double toe combination
- Double axel + double toe combination
- Nice spiral with her leg up high to the side
- Double axel
- Triple toe + double toe + double loop
- There isn't a lot of choreography in this program in between the jumps and she doesn't have a lot of speed going into her elements
- I'd like to see her spins a little faster and more in time with the music
- This is a tango but there is no passion and fire in her step sequence
- Her layback spin could use some work and is very slow
Ksenia Makarova, RUS: 46.01 TES + 52.56 PCS -1.00 = 97.57 Total: 143.47 and into 1st place
- Fall on her opening triple
- Triple toe + double toe combination
- Possible two footed landing on her triple loop
- Scorpion spiral with the finger bite in character with her Marilyn Monroe themed program
- Possible two footing again on the triple loop+double toe + double loop combo
- Triple salchow + double toe
- Nice double axel
- Good double axel
- Good speed on the sit spin
- Nice one foot section to start her step sequence
- Nice speed and position in her camel spin into the upright spin and finished just a tad after the music
Christina Gao, USA: 53.89 TES + 47.60 PCS -1.00 = 100.49 Total: 152.48 and into 1st place
- What a grown up costume for Christina!
- Easy triple flip + triple toe
- Her legs are so long and she went through a big growth spurt--She just needs to learn to use them to her advantage
- Nice double axel
- Fall on the triple lutz
- Nice speed in her spin
- Good layback position but she needs to relax her hands and I'd like to see her maintain speed through the Biellman
- Really tight landing on that triple but she hangs on to it
- Triple loop tight on the landing
- Good triple salchow + double toe
- Nice scorpion spiral
- Triple toe
- It seems like she's skating through this music and not to it and she isn't showing the passion and aggression needed for a tango
- Nice low sit spin position
Valentina Marchei, ITA: 32.76 TES + 49.68 PCS -1.00 = 81.55 Total: 133.86 and into 3rd place
- I wish she would have picked a different feel for her free skate as it's very similar to her SP
- Triple flip--a little bit of a lean on the landing but she held on
- Two footed the landing on her triple
- Singled a salchow and then singled the next jump--Not sure if she was trying for a combo or just attempting the jump again
- Nice haircutter position in her spin
- Very nice extension through her spiral position
- Singled her flip
- Fall on her triple toe
- Singled her axel
- Triple salchow + double toe combination
- I love that even though her jumps didn't go well she's still performing this step sequence and trying to sell her program
- Nice twisted sit variation
Bingwa Geng, CHN: 45.38 TES + 45.10 PCS -1.00 = 89.48 Total: 142.09 and into 3rd place
- Looked like her opening lutz was underrotated and two footed
- Double axel + double toe + double loop combo nicely done
- Two footed the first jump in her triple toe + double toe combo
- Nice camel position into a nice upright spin and a good low sit position but she finishes her spins ahead of her music and has to wait for a moment
- Nice Scorpion spiral position
- The landing on her triple was fine but she walked away from attempting the combo
- Triple salchow
- Beautiful donut position in her spin
- Fall on her triple toe
- Nice double axel right on the music
- I like this step sequence and think that she could push through it more and make it a real wow moment at the end of her program
- Beautiful layback spin into a straight Biellman with maintained speed
Group 2
Kexin Zhang, CHN: 54.14 TES + 46.33 PCS = 100.47 Total: 153.32 and into 1st place
- Nice springy triple toe + triple toe
- Forward on the landing of her triple but she tacks on the double toe
- Triple--camera angle was from the top so the landing was obscured
- Nice donut position in the camel spin
- Nice stretched out scorpion spiral
- Triple lutz
- Good triple loop right in front of the judges
- Beautiful layback position with a nice Biellman and maintained speed
- Tripe + double toe
- Double axel
- She has all the jumps and I'd like to see her really work on the choreography and transitions between the movements
- The step sequence is nice but I want to see her put more behind it
- Good one armed overhead position in her upright spin and a nice low sit spin
Kanako Murakami, JPN: 44.10 TES + 54.01 PCS -1.00 = 97.11 Total: 150.20 and into 3rd place
- I really like this light blue dress on her. So elegant and not at all tacky like her free skate last season.
- Nice opening triple lutz
- Good triple loop
- Decent layback spin into a haircutter with a good Biellman
- Fall on the triple flip
- Great low sit position but she needs to stretch through her free leg
- Good spiral position but she's sickling her foot in the extension to the side
- Triple loop
- Double axel was solid
- Doubled her toe jump
- Very difficult step sequence but I'd like to see her even lighter in her performance to match the music
- Triple salchow + double loop + double loop--first jump was two footed
- Good speed in her final combination spin
Adelina Sotnikova, RUS: 51.69 TES + 54.52 PCS = 106.21 Total: 159.95 and into 1st place
- I really like this dress on her with the shades of purple and the flower work but her illusion mesh is way too dark for her skin tone
- Triple lutz + triple loop combination was effortless
- Her arabesque line is gorgeous
- Nice triple flip
- Good triple salchow
- Popped open her lutz--looks like she might have gotten too deep on the edge on takeoff
- Beautiful spiral with a 180 degree position in her lift to the side
- Nice extension through the catchfoot in her camel spin
- Two footed and hand (maybe knee) down on double axel)
- Triple loop
- Step out on her next double axel
- Interesting sit spin variation but it's unclear whether her leg is supposed to be straight or bent
- I like the power and ice coverage behind her step sequence and she really fills up the music
- She actually does a decent illusion spin
Mirai Nagasu, USA: 55.64 TES + 56.62 PCS = 112.26 Total: 173.22 and into 1st place
- I don't think either of her dresses flatter her this year
- Triple loop + double toe combo
- Double axel + double toe
- Beautiful arabesque spiral
- Triple lutz + double toe + double loop was a little tight
- Good donut position in her camel spin with good speed
- Triple lutz
- Triple toe solid
- Nice height on the triple loop
- Double axel with a nice ride out
- Great speed in her camel spin and she increased it in the catchfoot variation
- Nice layback spin but she has no speed in the Biellman and it isn't as stretched out as you normally see it from her
- I miss the enjoyment she used to show on the ice and it seems like she's just going through the elements; no smile at all during that skate
Carolina Kostner, ITA: 56.95 TES + 63.31 PCS = 120.26 Total: 182.14 and into 1st place
- Solid opening triple loop with a beautiful arabesque landing
- Nice triple toe but a little back on the landing
- Good double axel right into her camel spin
- Good double axel + double toe
- Triple toe + double toe combination
- Another good triple
- Triple salchow (turnout)+double toe (turnout) + loop
- I really like this step sequence on her
- Good camel spin into a sit spin and an awkward flying change to a layback position
- Final spin has some illusions into a broken leg sit spin
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