Ice Musings: Trophee Eric Bompard Ladies Free Skate

This event begins at 12:30pm EST.
The warmup group is on the ice.

Group 1

Lena Marrocco, FRA: 43.14 TES + 39.88 PCS = 83.02 Total: 126.97

Triple lutz + double toe
Triple toe step out
Triple toe + double toe
Nice donut position in her camel spin and a nice stretched out sit spin
Popped her loop into a double but a nice landing
Popped open her lutz
Double axel was nice
Flying entry into the sit spin with a not so pretty broken leg variation
She's really fighting these edge changes in her step sequence and a few places looks like she's struggling
A nice scorpion spiral position
She needs to work on her hands and making sure they have a prettier position while she's skating
Double axel + double toe + double loop was tight
Very nice layback spin into a Biellman but she finished after the music

Yretha Silete, FRA: 47.60 TES + 42.05 PCS -2.00 = 87.65 Total: 135.90 and into 1st place

It's nitpicky but she needs to use hair colored bobby pins--the 8 silver hair pins are really distracting
Nice triple loop
Fall on the triple flip
I don't think this pastel costume really matches her music--it looks like it belongs to a more lyrical program and she's going for power here
Nice triple toe + double toe + double toe
She needs to keep that leg right behind her on the spiral and not hike the hip so much
Fall on the triple lutz
The necklaces on her back are really distracting on the layback--they almost come over her head and it looks like they're going to wrap around her neck
She needs more stretch through her lines and deeper edges through this step sequence
Great height and fast rotation on her double axel
Great speed through her camel spin but unattractive positions
Triple salchow with a step out and big ice spray
Nice double axel + double toe
Decent camel spin position but a bit of a struggle in the upright position and she finishes after her music

Sonia Lafuente, ESP: 42.99 TES + 43.82 PCS = 86.81 Total: 136.32 and into 1st place

Hand down on her triple lutz
Nice triple loop + double toe
Double toe
Triple toe
Nice high leg position in the camel spin but I don't know if she gets low enough in the sit position to count
Double loop
Double axel was nice
She needs to really work on stretching through that spiral and flexibility through her back
Double axel + double toe with not a lot of height
Good speed through her combination spin but she needs to really stretch through that free leg in the sit position
Not a lot of upper body movement in this step sequence but a good amount of turns
Nice layback position into a haircutter and a decent Biellman

Mae Berenice Meite, FRA: 51.87 TES + 44.08 PCS -1.00 = 94.95 Total: 145.44 and into 1st place

I wish she would either keep her tights tucked in to her boots or cover them completely. This half coverage of her boots ruins the line
Double axel + triple toe
Fall on the triple loop--she just sat down on it and didn't fight for the landing
Triple lutz right on the music
Decent camel spin position but her upright spin has no stretch through either leg
Good triple flip
Nice layback spin but her Biellman is too far from her and slows down
Double axel + double toe + double toe
Good spiral position
Hand down on the triple lutz
Triple toe
It really takes her a long time to catch the foot and bring it into the donut position in her camel spin
The movements in her step sequence seem a little heavy and she's not really gliding across the ice

Group 2

Viktoria Helgesson, SWE: 48.59 TES + 52.15 PCS = 100.74 Total: 154.90 and into 1st place

I love her elegant packaging in this program--it suits her so well
Triple toe + double toe + double loop
Doubled her flip
Triple loop
I'd like to see more stretch in her free leg and more abandon through this step sequence to really sell the character of the program
Very fast camel spin but I'm not crazy about her broken leg variation
Triple flip
She needs more flexibility through her back to be able to really show off that spiral position
Double axel+ double toe
Nice speed in the camel spin with a nice low sit spin position with a good twist variation
Triple loop
Triple salchow with a turnout
She needs to stretch through the free leg in her sit spin position
Finishes just after the music

Kanako Murakami, JPN: 51.66 TES + 53.88 PCS = 105.54 Total: 161.31 and into 1st place

Alissa Czisny, USA: 60.06 TES + 61.84 PCS = 121.90 Total: 179.15 and into 1st place

She added more sparkles to her dress since Skate America--still very understated but a little more skating appropriate now
Nice opening triple lutz
Another nice triple flip
Single axel + double toe
Gorgeous spiral sequence with textbook positions
Flying camel spin with lots of speed into a nice donut position and a catchfoot position
Triple lutz + double toe
Nice double axel
Good triple loop + double toe
Solid triple loop
Great position in her sit spin and so much speed into the upright spin
I like the technical difficulty she's added to her step seqeuences this year--a lot more content
Beautiful layback spin with an increase in speed in her Biellman today
Solid program from Alissa--I felt like it ended too soon!

Carolina Kostner, ITA: 55.97 TES + 63.65 PCS = 119.62 Total: 179.32 and into 1st place

Very solid triple loop to open her program
Pops her flip jump into a double lands two footed and then stumbles out of it
Nice spiral position
Great double axel
Really not a great position for her in the broken leg camel but it's a nice catch foot position at the end of the spin
Double axel + double toe
Nice triple toe + double toe + double toe
Triple salchow
Triple salchow + double toe and it's lovely how happy and confident she looks on the ice
Very musical step sequence with a lot of difficult content
Nice speed in her camel spin with a good position into a nice sit position and a good haircutter
Not a great illusion spin from her but a nice broken leg sit spin with lots of speed

Elizaveta Tuktamisheva, RUS: 63.66 TES + 57.19 PCS = 120.85 Total: 182.89 and into 1st place

Easy triple lutz + triple toe to start her program with gorgeous flow out of it
Nice triple lutz
Double flip
Nice double axel + triple toe with solid landing
You can really tell how much she loves to perform and be out on the ice in this step sequence
Triple loop--maybe a little two footed with an ice spray on the landing
Nice spiral position
She needs to work on really stretching through some of these spin positions but her speed is good
Triple salchow + double toe + double loop
Nice double axel with the one arm variation with nice flow out of the jump
Good donut position in her camel spin

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Alissa CZISNY	USA	121.90	60.06	61.84	7.86	6.96	8.04	7.75	8.04	0.00	#7
2	Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA	RUS	120.85	63.66	57.19	7.07	6.61	7.54	7.14	7.39	0.00	#9
3	Carolina KOSTNER	ITA	119.62	55.97	63.65	8.11	7.50	7.82	8.14	8.21	0.00	#8
4	Kanako MURAKAMI	JPN	105.54	51.66	53.88	7.04	6.25	6.82	6.82	6.75	0.00	#6
5	Viktoria HELGESSON	SWE	100.74	48.59	52.15	6.57	6.14	6.64	6.57	6.68	0.00	#5
6	Mae Berenice MEITE	FRA	94.95	51.87	44.08	5.79	5.00	5.61	5.61	5.54	1.00	#4
7	Yretha SILETE	FRA	87.65	47.60	42.05	5.39	4.93	5.25	5.46	5.25	2.00	#2
8	Sonia LAFUENTE	ESP	86.81	42.99	43.82	5.79	5.21	5.50	5.50	5.39	0.00	#3
9	Lena MARROCCO	FRA	83.02	43.14	39.88	5.29	4.46	5.14	5.04	5.00	0.00	#1