Four Continents Pairs Short Program

Denney/Coughlin, USA: 35.55 TES + 27.80 PCS = 63.35

• Huge triple twist with a nice clean catch
• Slightly off on timing on the side by side triple toes
• Nice change of holds through the beginning of this step sequences
• Decent position in the lift with a position change to a platter hold and a toss to fish
• Big throw triple flip and she really fights for the landing and saves it
• Nice death spiral position but very slow at the end
• She could use more stretch through the positions in the pairs spin

Dube/Wolfe, CAN: 31.28 TES + 26.40 PCS = 57.68 and into 2nd place

• Nice triple twist 
• Good steps into their side by side triple loops
• Beautiful position in the lift with nice stretched out legs and good changes of position
• Nice triple lutz throw 
• Really good transitions in this program
• Nice positions in the pairs spin and good speed
• Nice death spiral position but she really flattens out toward the end

Marley/Brubaker, USA: 34.96 TES + 27.46 PCS = 62.42 and into 2nd place

• Really nice side by side triple toes with great height from both of them
• Really big triple twist with a decently clean landing
• Nice positions from her in the pairs spin with really good speed
• Two foots the throw triple lutz landing
• Nice relationship with each other on the ice in the pairs step sequence
• Needs a little more stretch through her bottom leg in the first position in the lift but nice change of position and a one foot exit
• Really nice death spiral

Duhamel/Radford, CAN: 31.44 TES + 26.09 PCS = 57.53 and into 4th place

• Nice triple twist in the air but he catches her a little low 
• She was really off in the air on the side by side triple salchow--really impressive that she landed that
• He nearly drops her flat on the ice trying to get her out of the death spiral
• She is sitting back too far in the sit position with her leg in the air in the pairs spin
• Her posture and skating seem a little off today
• Nice position n the lift with a good split and rotating in both directions on that lift
• Hands down on the throw triple flip right at the end of the program

Zhang/Wang, CHN: 24.41 TES + 23.63 PCS = 48.04 and into 5th place

• Decent triple twist but she has to grab on to him for the landing
• She doubles the side by side toes and he steps out and almost hits the board
• Nice fast rotation through through the lift
• Throw triple loop was two footed
• She's really side ways and almost flat on the ice in that death spiral
• Really slow through this step sequence and a little choppy on their edges
• Bit of a bobble getting into the pairs spin and a little slow

Dong/Wu, CHN: 27.29 TES + 22.23 PCS = 49.52 and into 5th place

• Decent unison on the side by side triple toes
• Huge split triple twist but a little hard on the landing
• Throw double loop and a hand down
• Decent positions in the lift but very slow and a messy exit
• They don't seem to have much connection with each other in this step sequence and it seems very messy
• Really slow and flat death spiral
• Really slow pairs spin 

Takahashi/Tran, JPN: 34.74 TES + 27.80PCS -1.00  = 61.54 and into 3rd place

• She falls on the side by side triple salchows
• Nice easy triple twist
• Nice throw triple salchow but a little scratchy on the landing
• Nice positions and speed through the pairs spin
• Nice ease through their lift with good changes of position and nice rotation
• Their choreography is sublime throughout this program
• Really nice somersault into a really pretty death spiral position and a good exit
• I'm not sure these black costumes suit Imagine

Sui/Han, CHN: 37.31 TES + 29.44 PCS = 66.75 and into 1st place

• Huge triple twist with a nice clean catch
• Nice side by side triple toes
• They skate with so much speed and presence on the ice
• Nice throw triple
• Good unison in this step sequence
• A little sloppy getting into the pairs spin but good speed and nice stretch through their positions
• She could use a little more stretch in her split in the first position in the lift and a nice position change and a flip exit
• Nice death spiral

Evora/Ladwig, USA: 32.47 TES + 28.28 PCS = 60.75 and into 5th place

• Nice triple twist
• She muscled out the landing on the side by side triple toes
• Nice positions in the pairs spin and decent speed
• Really nice throw triple loop
• Nice one handed hip lift into a hand hold lift and a good exit
• Nice death spiral position but a little tested after the change of hold

Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN: 31.28 TES + 26.69 PCS = 57.97 and into 6th place

• Decent pairs spin but a little bobbly on the exit
• Really crashy on the triple twist and it looked like she was traveling and he had trouble catching up to her
• Nice side by side triple toes
• Really flat death spiral
• She needs to stretch through the bottom leg in the lift a nice interesting drop toward the ice on the exit of the jump but a little difficult getting out of it
• Hand down on the throw triple
• I think this choreography makes them look a little too juniorish and I'd like to see them challenged to perform something more difficult

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	66.75	37.31		29.44	7.11	7.07	7.61	7.43	7.57	0.00	#8
2	Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN	USA	63.35	35.55		27.80	7.04	6.64	7.11	6.96	7.00	0.00	#1
3	Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER	USA	62.42	34.96		27.46	6.79	6.61	6.96	6.96	7.00	0.00	#3
4	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	61.54	34.74		27.80	6.96	6.79	6.89	7.07	7.04	1.00	#7
5	Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG	USA	60.75	32.47		28.28	7.00	6.93	7.18	7.21	7.04	0.00	#9
6	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	57.97	31.28		26.69	6.64	6.36	6.68	6.82	6.86	0.00	#10
7	Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE	CAN	57.68	31.28		26.40	6.61	6.29	6.82	6.64	6.64	0.00	#2
8	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	57.53	31.44		26.09	6.75	6.43	6.36	6.54	6.54	0.00	#4
9	Huibo DONG / Yiming WU	CHN	49.52	27.29		22.23	5.89	5.32	5.68	5.57	5.32	0.00	#6
10	Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG	CHN	48.04	24.41		23.63	6.11	5.64	5.93	6.00	5.86	0.00	#5