World Championships Short Dance

Group 5
Davis/White, USA: 38.29 TES + 38.83 PCS = 77.12 and into 1st place

• Great unison on the twizzles, right on the music and good distance between them
• Nice expression, fluidity and edges in the non touching step sequence
• Nice speed in the polka and flow across the ice, good bounce to the steps while still being down into their knees
• Nice final position in the rotational lift in a split position on his back
• Solid performance from start to finish and everything looked really clean

Coomes/Buckland, GBR: 33.43 TES + 30.23 PCS = 63.66 and into 3rd place

• Good set of three twizzles right on the music, but they seemed a little bouncy
• She seems to lean forward a bit in some of the transitional steps and could stretch through her back more
• They look very stiff in this polka and everything seems very placed and mechanical and it could have a lot more flow
• A little bouncy and off on their timing in places in the non touching step sequence
• There's quite a height difference between them and they don't seem to always know how to use holds that work for them to emphasize the difference
• Nice back walkover into the lift

Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER: 30.85 TES + 29.74 PCS = 60.59 and into 4th place

• Traveled really far apart on the twizzles and he seemed to slightly lose his leg position in the 2nd set
• They could stretch more through their arms in the hand to hand hold in the Polka and they could do more with their free arms as well; good speed and down into the ice though
• He has really nice stretch through his lines and she could have a bit more to match him
• Twist around to a straight line lift with a nice exit

Weaver/Poje, CAN: 34.22 TES + 33.32 PCS = 67.54 and into 2nd place

• Good match to their leg lines in the Polka, but I'd like to see more extension and snap through their change of arm positions
• Good twizzles but 2nd set of three seemed slow
• I usually love everything Kaitlyn wears, but this dress seems to have too much fabric around the midsection and almost seems too big for her
• Good energy through the midline step sequence but just a bit choppy in places
• Nice entry into the haircutter rotational lift
• A really solid performance for them considering they weren't even supposed to be here after her surgery in December

Virtue/Moir, CAN: 35.57 TES + 38.30 PCS = 73.87 and into 2nd place

• Really lovely turn sequence at the beginning where she seems to spin forever before falling into his grasp
• Odd edit to the music to get the polka in and they seem to be moving faster than the pace of the music because of the way it sounds
• It looks like she caught an edge on her twizzles and they slightly lose the unison in two of the sets
• Lovely lines and good one foot sequence through the non touching step sequence
• Twist up to a good, fast rotational lift
• I like this program a lot more than at the beginning of the season but I think the Polka seems thrown in as an afterthought and does not have a cohesive flow.  The Polka seems to interrupt the waltz rather than add to it

Group 6
Pechalat/Bourzat, FRA: 34.57 TES + 35.08 PCS = 69.65 and into 3rd place

• A little off on their unison in the twizzles and very slow in the 2nd set
• Good matching leg lines, changes in pattern and unison in their non touching step sequence
• Nice changes of position in the rotational lift
• Good leg lines in the polka and nice use of their arms in the hold and their free arms to carry the character of the piece
• That little assisted back flip came out of no where and was very smooth

Cappellini/Lanotte, ITA: 34.28 TES + 33.65 PCS = 67.93 and into 4th place

• Good unison on their twizzles but a little slow compared to the top teams
• He holds her by the wrist and causes her to bend her arm in a few places in the Polka hold; good speed and flow through the Polka 
• Nice flow, coverage, unison, leg extension and expression in their non touching step sequence
• I'd like to see a bit more speed and a more creative entry into their rotational spin

Shibutani/Shibutani, USA: 34.14 TES + 32.00 PCS = 66.14 and into 7th place

• He has a great frame for her in the Polka; great fast feed with nice flow and ease across the ice
• Insane unison and difficulty in their twizzles--especially when they open up from the rotation and pull back in to complete another turn to finish them off
• I really like the length of their lines in the non touching step sequence and the use of their arms
• Good speed in the rotational lift
• Technically everything looked really good but this program doesn't let them shine

Ilinykh/Katsalapov, RUS: 31.28 TES + 34.79 PCS =66.07 and into 8th place

• He goes a little rogue on the first set of twizzles but manages to hold on
• Nice speed and ice coverage in the non touching step sequence, but the unison was off in places and a little choppy
• I'd like for their free arms to match better in the Polka; they also seem to be rushing and not really hitting through the end of their lines

Bobrova/Soloviev, RUS: 34.71 TES + 35.34 PCS = 70.05 and into 3rd place

• Nice fast feet, but they seem to be a bit above the ice in times on the Polka
• Slow and far apart on the twizzles
• Cartwheel flip up into a nice lift that wrapped around his body--nice to see something beside a rotational lift 
• A little choppy and she seems to be losing her posture in places on the non touching step sequence
• She started celebrating the program before the music even ended

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	77.12	38.29		38.83	9.57	9.50	9.82	9.82	9.79	0.00	#20
2	Q	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	73.87	35.57		38.30	9.46	9.43	9.64	9.71	9.61	0.00	#24
3	Q	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV	RUS	70.05	34.71		35.34	8.82	8.64	8.93	8.86	8.89	0.00	#29
4	Q	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	69.65	34.57		35.08	8.68	8.54	8.86	8.93	8.82	0.00	#25
5	Q	Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE	ITA	67.93	34.28		33.65	8.29	8.18	8.50	8.46	8.57	0.00	#26
6	Q	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	67.54	34.22		33.32	8.25	8.04	8.50	8.39	8.43	0.00	#23
7	Q	Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES	USA	66.74	34.78		31.96	7.89	7.71	8.11	8.07	8.11	0.00	#15
8	Q	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	66.14	34.14		32.00	8.07	7.86	8.11	8.04	7.93	0.00	#27
9	Q	Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV	RUS	66.07	31.28		34.79	8.82	8.50	8.75	8.68	8.71	0.00	#28
10	Q	Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND	GBR	63.66	33.43		30.23	7.39	7.43	7.79	7.57	7.61	0.00	#21
11	Q	Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI	GER	60.59	30.85		29.74	7.25	7.07	7.68	7.64	7.50	0.00	#22
12	Q	Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES	FRA	60.58	31.86		28.72	7.00	6.89	7.36	7.29	7.32	0.00	#19
13	Q	Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO	RUS	59.52	28.86		30.66	7.71	7.46	7.71	7.79	7.64	0.00	#18
14	Q	Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN	UKR	59.20	32.93		26.27	6.57	6.39	6.68	6.75	6.46	0.00	#8
15	Q	Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER	CAN	58.61	31.00		27.61	6.89	6.50	7.07	7.00	7.00	0.00	#5
16	Q	Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI	ITA	57.89	30.85		27.04	6.79	6.54	7.00	6.68	6.79	0.00	#7
17	Q	Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV	AZE	57.80	29.65		28.15	7.18	6.82	7.21	7.07	6.93	0.00	#16
18	Q	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS	LTU	57.39	31.13		26.26	6.54	6.32	6.68	6.79	6.50	0.00	#9
19	Q	Cathy REED / Chris REED	JPN	53.95	28.29		26.66	6.50	6.29	6.75	6.93	6.79	1.00	#17
20	Q	Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ	ESP	53.12	29.92		23.20	5.68	5.57	6.04	5.89	5.82	0.00	#4
21		Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN	CZE	51.82	28.13		23.69	5.96	5.61	6.00	6.07	5.93	0.00	#11
22		Olesia KARMI / Max LINDHOLM	FIN	48.06	27.29		20.77	5.21	4.93	5.25	5.36	5.18	0.00	#3
23		Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	46.63	25.78		20.85	5.25	5.07	5.21	5.43	5.11	0.00	#1
24		Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES	HUN	45.60	22.73		22.87	5.82	5.54	5.82	5.86	5.57	0.00	#12
25		Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND	EST	45.29	22.79		22.50	5.79	5.39	5.71	5.93	5.36	0.00	#10
26		Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY	SVK	44.73	22.50		22.23	5.54	5.25	5.64	5.75	5.57	0.00	#6
27		Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Peter GERBER	POL	44.00	23.57		20.43	5.11	4.89	5.29	5.14	5.11	0.00	#2
28		Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR	TUR	43.98	22.21		22.77	5.75	5.36	6.04	5.64	5.68	1.00	#13
29		Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	32.50	14.50		18.00	4.54	4.29	4.50	4.79	4.39	0.00	#14