Bavarian Open Senior Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Club	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Deduction -	StN.
1	Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND		GBR	64.07	34.20		29.87	7.55	7.30	7.50	7.40	7.55	0.00	#12
2	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS		LTU	57.70	29.00		28.70	7.25	7.00	7.40	7.15	7.10	0.00	#7
3	Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI		ITA	56.92	30.40		27.52	6.65	6.70	7.15	7.00	6.90	1.00	#8
4	Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO		GER	55.97	28.40		27.57	6.70	6.70	7.05	7.10	6.90	0.00	#15
5	Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR		TUR	53.24	30.10		23.14	5.65	5.55	5.95	5.95	5.80	0.00	#2
6	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO		RUS	52.84	24.80		28.04	6.95	6.85	7.15	7.15	6.95	0.00	#4
7	Gabriela KUBOVA / Matej NOVAK		CZE	51.68	28.00		23.68	6.00	5.70	5.95	5.90	6.00	0.00	#9
8	Olesia KARMI / Max LINDHOLM		FIN	51.58	28.20		23.38	5.65	5.70	6.00	5.90	5.95	0.00	#10
9	Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST		SUI	50.46	28.70		22.76	5.80	5.60	6.00	5.50	5.60	1.00	#16
10	Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO		FIN	50.06	27.20		22.86	5.75	5.60	5.80	5.60	5.80	0.00	#11
11	Federica BERNARDI / Christopher MIOR		ITA	49.42	26.80		22.62	5.65	5.50	5.70	5.70	5.70	0.00	#6
12	Barbora SILNA / Juri KURAKIN		AUT	45.94	24.80		21.14	5.35	5.20	5.40	5.30	5.20	0.00	#1
13	Dora TUROCZI / Balasz MAJOR		HUN	44.55	23.70		20.85	5.35	5.20	5.25	5.25	5.05	0.00	#3
14	Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER		AUT	42.50	21.00		21.50	5.40	5.15	5.50	5.40	5.40	0.00	#13
15	Sophie JONES / Jordan BROWN		GBR	40.11	18.90		21.21	5.35	5.10	5.55	5.15	5.35	0.00	#14
16	Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE		GER	30.93	14.50		18.43	4.75	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.50	2.00	#5

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Club	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Deduction -	StN.
1	Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND		GBR	93.10	46.72		46.38	7.80	7.70	7.80	7.65	7.70	0.00	#16
2	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS		LTU	88.45	43.70		44.75	7.45	7.25	7.65	7.60	7.50	0.00	#13
3	Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI		ITA	87.59	44.88		42.71	7.00	6.95	7.40	7.10	7.30	0.00	#15
4	Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO		GER	86.91	44.00		42.91	7.10	6.90	7.40	7.25	7.30	0.00	#14
5	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO		RUS	84.27	41.94		42.33	7.15	6.85	7.25	7.10	7.05	0.00	#11
6	Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR		TUR	76.68	40.04		36.64	6.05	5.90	6.45	6.15	6.15	0.00	#9
7	Federica BERNARDI / Christopher MIOR		ITA	72.68	37.50		35.18	5.95	5.65	5.95	6.00	5.90	0.00	#6
8	Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST		SUI	71.50	37.60		33.90	5.95	5.35	5.90	5.55	5.65	0.00	#5
9	Olesia KARMI / Max LINDHOLM		FIN	71.46	36.26		35.20	5.75	5.75	6.05	6.10	5.80	0.00	#10
10	Barbora SILNA / Juri KURAKIN		AUT	70.14	35.30		34.84	5.95	5.80	5.80	5.75	5.70	0.00	#7
11	Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO		FIN	68.34	33.62		34.72	5.70	5.65	5.90	5.95	5.85	0.00	#8
12	Dora TUROCZI / Balasz MAJOR		HUN	67.74	34.74		33.00	5.45	5.45	5.55	5.55	5.55	0.00	#3
13	Sophie JONES / Jordan BROWN		GBR	66.14	35.88		30.26	5.05	4.80	5.25	5.20	5.10	0.00	#1
14	Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE		GER	59.00	29.14		29.86	5.00	4.75	5.30	5.00	5.00	0.00	#2

Total

FPl.	Name	Club	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND		GBR	157.17	1	1
2	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS		LTU	146.15	2	2
3	Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI		ITA	144.51	3	3
4	Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO		GER	142.88	4	4
5	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO		RUS	137.11	6	5
6	Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR		TUR	129.92	5	6
7	Olesia KARMI / Max LINDHOLM		FIN	123.04	8	9
8	Federica BERNARDI / Christopher MIOR		ITA	122.10	11	7
9	Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST		SUI	121.96	9	8
10	Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO		FIN	118.40	10	11
11	Barbora SILNA / Juri KURAKIN		AUT	116.08	12	10
12	Dora TUROCZI / Balasz MAJOR		HUN	112.29	13	12
13	Sophie JONES / Jordan BROWN		GBR	106.25	15	13
14	Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE		GER	89.93	16	14
WD	Gabriela KUBOVA / Matej NOVAK		CZE
WD	Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER		AUT

Golden Spin of Zagreb Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Deduction -	StN.
1	Ekaterina RYAZANOVA / Ilya TKACHENKO	RUS	65.96	34.16		31.80	7.75	7.83	8.08	8.08	8.00	0.00	#14
2	Yuliya ZLOBINA / Aleksey SITNIKOV	AZE	60.82	31.00		29.82	7.42	7.33	7.42	7.58	7.50	0.00	#4
3	Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dimitriy DUN	UKR	58.93	30.50		28.43	7.08	6.92	7.17	7.17	7.17	0.00	#13
4	Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitaliy BUTIKOV	RUS	57.64	30.16		27.48	6.83	6.58	6.75	7.00	7.08	0.00	#18
5	Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO	GER	57.49	31.66		25.83	6.42	6.17	6.58	6.58	6.50	0.00	#15
6	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS	LTU	56.00	30.17		25.83	6.17	6.17	6.75	6.67	6.50	0.00	#5
7	Cathy REED / Chris REED	JPN	55.29	29.83		25.46	6.33	6.17	6.42	6.58	6.33	0.00	#3
8	Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	55.09	30.34		24.75	6.08	6.17	6.08	6.33	6.25	0.00	#7
9	Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY	SVK	53.51	31.17		23.34	5.75	5.67	6.00	5.92	5.83	1.00	#17
10	Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES	HUN	51.99	29.83		22.16	5.50	5.33	5.58	5.67	5.58	0.00	#10
11	Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Vitaliy NIKIFOROV	UKR	49.83	28.00		21.83	5.42	5.17	5.58	5.58	5.50	0.00	#9
12	Angelina TELEGINA / Otar JAPARIDZE	GEO	48.09	25.34		22.75	5.75	5.50	5.67	5.83	5.67	0.00	#19
13	Dora TUROCZY / Balazs MAJOR	HUN	47.06	25.83		21.23	5.33	5.08	5.33	5.33	5.42	0.00	#12
14	Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER	AUT	42.81	23.00		20.81	5.33	5.17	5.08	5.25	5.17	1.00	#2
15	Katharina MUELLER / Justin GERKE	GER	39.35	21.01		18.34	4.58	4.50	4.58	4.67	4.58	0.00	#11
16	Tatiana BATURINTSEVA / Andrey NEVSKIY	RUS	37.37	19.34		18.03	4.67	4.42	4.58	4.58	4.33	0.00	#1
17	Sarah May COWARD / Georgi KENCHADZE	BUL	35.89	18.33		17.56	4.42	4.33	4.33	4.42	4.42	0.00	#16
18	Pilar MAEKAWA / Leonardo MAEKAWA	MEX	35.09	19.67		16.42	4.17	4.00	4.08	4.17	4.08	1.00	#6
19	Emmanuela PORTER / Bruce PORTER	AZE	25.75	11.63		14.12	3.50	3.33	3.67	3.75	3.42	0.00	#8

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Deduction -	StN.
1	Ekaterina RYAZANOVA / Ilya TKACHENKO	RUS	95.38	47.67		47.71	7.92	7.75	8.08	8.00	8.17	0.00	#17
2	Yuliya ZLOBINA / Aleksey SITNIKOV	AZE	88.08	44.50		44.58	7.42	7.17	7.50	7.58	7.67	1.00	#15
3	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS	LTU	85.29	43.50		41.79	6.83	6.67	7.33	7.08	7.17	0.00	#11
4	Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dimitriy DUN	UKR	84.03	42.00		42.03	7.00	6.83	7.08	7.17	7.08	0.00	#16
5	Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO	GER	83.73	42.83		40.90	6.83	6.58	6.92	6.92	7.00	0.00	#18
6	Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	80.04	41.83		38.21	6.33	6.08	6.58	6.58	6.50	0.00	#14
7	Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitaliy BUTIKOV	RUS	78.79	38.73		40.06	6.75	6.50	6.83	6.83	6.58	0.00	#19
8	Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES	HUN	78.17	41.67		36.50	6.17	5.83	6.17	6.17	6.25	0.00	#10
9	Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY	SVK	77.46	40.50		36.96	6.08	5.92	6.33	6.42	6.25	0.00	#12
10	Cathy REED / Chris REED	JPN	75.54	37.66		37.88	6.33	6.17	6.17	6.58	6.42	0.00	#13
11	Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Vitaliy NIKIFOROV	UKR	75.47	41.02		34.45	5.92	5.50	5.67	5.83	5.92	0.00	#5
12	Dora TUROCZY / Balazs MAJOR	HUN	72.66	38.30		34.36	5.67	5.58	5.92	5.75	5.83	0.00	#6
13	Angelina TELEGINA / Otar JAPARIDZE	GEO	72.36	38.63		34.73	5.83	5.58	5.92	5.83	5.92	1.00	#8
14	Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER	AUT	66.95	36.37		31.58	5.33	5.00	5.33	5.42	5.42	1.00	#9
15	Katharina MUELLER / Justin GERKE	GER	63.51	33.20		30.31	5.08	4.83	5.17	5.17	5.17	0.00	#7
16	Tatiana BATURINTSEVA / Andrey NEVSKIY	RUS	59.20	31.70		27.50	4.67	4.33	4.50	4.83	4.75	0.00	#2
17	Sarah May COWARD / Georgi KENCHADZE	BUL	56.26	31.37		25.89	4.33	4.08	4.42	4.50	4.42	1.00	#3
18	Pilar MAEKAWA / Leonardo MAEKAWA	MEX	55.70	30.33		25.37	4.25	4.08	4.33	4.42	4.17	0.00	#4
19	Emmanuela PORTER / Bruce PORTER	AZE	50.06	30.20		19.86	3.50	3.08	3.42	3.50	3.17	0.00	#1

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Ekaterina RYAZANOVA / Ilya TKACHENKO	RUS	161.34	1	1
2	Yuliya ZLOBINA / Aleksey SITNIKOV	AZE	148.90	2	2
3	Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dimitriy DUN	UKR	142.96	3	4
4	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS	LTU	141.29	6	3
5	Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO	GER	141.22	5	5
6	Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitaliy BUTIKOV	RUS	136.43	4	7
7	Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV	ISR	135.13	8	6
8	Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY	SVK	130.97	9	9
9	Cathy REED / Chris REED	JPN	130.83	7	10
10	Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES	HUN	130.16	10	8
11	Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Vitaliy NIKIFOROV	UKR	125.30	11	11
12	Angelina TELEGINA / Otar JAPARIDZE	GEO	120.45	12	13
13	Dora TUROCZY / Balazs MAJOR	HUN	119.72	13	12
14	Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER	AUT	109.76	14	14
15	Katharina MUELLER / Justin GERKE	GER	102.86	15	15
16	Tatiana BATURINTSEVA / Andrey NEVSKIY	RUS	96.57	16	16
17	Sarah May COWARD / Georgi KENCHADZE	BUL	92.15	17	17
18	Pilar MAEKAWA / Leonardo MAEKAWA	MEX	90.79	18	18
19	Emmanuela PORTER / Bruce PORTER	AZE	75.81	19	19

Rostelecom Cup Dance Preview

Davis/White started off this season with a gold medal finish at Skate America and are 10ths of a point within the top score of the season.  They are truly in a league of their own with Virtue and Moir with great lifts, precise technical skills and emotion packed performances.  Their free skate is a joy to watch and is a perfect fit for them.  They have the 2nd best short dance, best free dance and 2nd best total score of the season.  They can qualify with a gold, silver or bronze finish.  They will also qualify with a 4th place finish if two of the following things happen: Bobrova/Soloviev finish 5th or lower, Tobias/Stagniuanas finish 2nd or lower and Carron/Jones finish 2nd or lower.

Bobrova/Soloviev also started off with a gold medal earlier this season at Cup of China, defeating the Shibutanis by a healthy margin.  Their free dance had some rough patches and I wasn't a fan of the distracting costumes but they've had time to work out some of these issues.  They have the 4th best short dance, free dance and total score of the season.  They can qualify with a gold, silver or bronze finish.  They will also qualify with a 4th place finish if two of the following things happen: Davis/White finish 5th or lower, Tobias/Stagniuanas finish 2nd or lower and Carron/Jones finish 2nd or lower.

Tobias/Stagniunas won their first career Grand Prix medal at Skate America and share coaches with with Davis and White.  Their programs are high energy and a lot of fun but lack the technical difficult of the top teams.  They can qualify with a gold medal.  They will also qualify with a 2nd place finish if two of the following things happen: Carron/Jones finish 3rd or lower, Davis/White finish 5th or lower and Bobrova/Soloviev finish 5th or lower.

Carron/Jones also won a bronze medal earlier this season at NHK Trophy.  They can qualify with a gold medal.  They will also qualify with a 2nd place finish if two of the following things happen: Tobias/Stagniunas finish 3rd or lower, Davis/White finish 5th or lower and Bobrova/Soloviev finish 5th or lower.

Weaver/Poje are competing in their third event of the season and already have two silver medals this season.  Their free dance is exquisite with beautiful lines, great lifts and wonderful performance quality, but an extended lift cost them the gold medal at NHK Trophy.  They have a great chance to qualify for the Final at this event and improve their rankings.  They have the 6th best short dance, 7th best free dance and 5th best total score of the season.  They can qualify if two of the above teams don't meet their qualification criteria, if they win a bronze medal and improve their score by 13.11 points or if they win a gold or silver medal.

Riazanova/Tkachenko are also in the mix with the 10th best short dance score of the season.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Davis/White
Silver: Bobrova/Soloviev
Bronze: Weaver/Poje

Bios of the competitors:
Weaver/Poje, CAN: They finished 5th at Worlds and 4th at Four Continents.  They won silver at Skate Canada and NHK Trophy.  They are the 2010 Four Continents Champions and 2007 Junior World bronze medalists.  Their personal best is 160.32.  She is 22 and he is 24.

Carron/Jones, FRA: They finished 12th at Worlds and 9th at Four Continents.  They won bronze at Cup of China.  Their personal best is 140.86.  She is 25 and he is 23.

Tobias/Stagniunas, LTU: They finished 14th at Worlds and 12th at Europeans.  They won bronze at Skate America. Their personal best is 132.58. She is 20 and he is 26.

Bobrova/Soloviev, RUS: They finished 6th at Worlds and are the reigning European silver medalists.  They won gold at Cup of China.  They qualified for the Grand Prix Final last season and finished 4th.  They are the 2007 World Junior Champions.  Their personal best is 163.52.  She is 21 and he is 22.


Pushkash/Guerreiro, RUS: They are the reigning World Junior silver medalists.  They placed 6th at Skate Canada.  They qualified for the JGP Final last season and placed 4th.  Their personal best is 126.63.  She is 19 and he is 20.

Riazanova/Tkachenko, RUS: They finished 6th at Europeans.  They placed 5th at Skate Canada.  Their personal best is 146.79.  She is 20 and he is 24.


Davis/White, USA: They are the reigning World and Four Continents Champions.  They won gold at Skate America.  They qualified for the Grand Prix Final last season and won gold.  They are the 2010 Olympic silver medalists; 2010 World silver medalists; 2009 Four Continents Champions; 2008 Four Continents silver medalists; and 2006 World Junior bronze medalists.  Their personal best is 185.27.  She is 24 and he is 23.

Nebelhorn Dance Preview

Zhiganshina and Gazsi of Germany have a great shot at taking their first major gold medal at the Nebelhorn Trophy.  They had a breakout season last year, finding themselves in the top 12 at Worlds and top 10 at Europeans.  They have some really nice lines and they highlighted this last season with their ballet themed free dance.  If they can continue to package themselves effectively, they should do well here and throughout the season.

Also battling it out for the podium will be the Reed siblings from Japan and Tobias and Stagniunas of Lithuania.  The Reeds can sometimes get close to the line with their programs in terms of appropriateness for siblings and with the required Latin short program, it will be interesting to see what side of they line they land on this season.  Tobias and Stagniunas train with Igor and Shpilband, arguably the best dance coaches in the world at the moment.  They had decent results last season, and can easily improve and climb the ranks.

A team to watch is Hubbell and Donohue of the United States.  Hubbell competed last season with her brother and Donohue has competed internationally as a junior.  They've had good results in their summer events, especially considering that they are still a very new team.  Their programs have received good reviews and they've been praised for their packaging.  This will be their first time in front of international judges and can provide good feedback in advance of their Grand Prix debut.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Zhiganshina/Gazsi
Silver: Hubbell/Donohue
Bronze: Tobias/Stagniunas

Bios of the competitors.

Geil/Eisenbauer, AUT: They finished 11th in the preliminary round at Worlds and 10th in the preliminary round at Europeans.  She is 26 and he is 20.

Harvey/Gagnon, CAN: She is 21 and he is 23.

Ralph/Hill, CAN: They finished 7th at Cup of China and 6th at Trophee Eric Bompard last season.  Their personal best is 121.39.  She is 19 and he is 20.

Kubova/Kiselev, CZE: They finished 9th at JGP France and JGP Czech Republic last season.  Their personal best is 111.39.  She is 18 and he is 22.

Karmi/Lindholm, FIN: They finished 12th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  They finished 14th at JGP Great Britain.  Their personal best is 79.07.  She is 19 and he is 20.

Lindholm/Kanervo, FIN: They finished 14th in the preliminary round at Europeans.  She is 22 and he is 23.

Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER: They finished 11th at Worlds and 7th at Europeans.  Their personal best is 140.95.  She is 24 and he is 26.

Walden/Edwards, GBR: They finished 20th at Worlds.  Their personal best is 116.52.  She is 28 and he is 24.

Reed/Reed, JPN: They finished 13th at Worlds.  They placed 7th at NHK Trophy and Skate America last season.  Their personal best is 133.33.  She is 24 and he is 22.

Tobias/Stagniunas, LTU: They finished 14th at Worlds and 12th at Europeans. Their personal best is 131.01. She is 20 and he is 26.

Agafonova/Ucar, TUR: She is 20 and he is 26.

Hubbell/Donohue, USA: This is their first season together.  She is the 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist with her brother.  She is 20 and he is 20.

Olson/Cowan, USA: They placed 6th at JGP Austria and 8th at JGP Czech Republic.  Their personal best is 113.78.  She is 19 and he is 21.