Figure Skating - Pairs Short Program

February 14, 2010

I'm watching the Pairs short program, and it's a fantastic competition! Let's break it down now.

Shen / Zhao (China)
-they've been retired for 2 years and are back for the games, personally, I don't think that's fair.
-side by side triple toes were perfect
-great triple twist
-great skate!
SCORE - 76.77 (HUGE, that's a new Olympic Record and World Record)


Shen & Zhao:
Sergejeva / Glebov (Estonia)
-messy skate
-a couple of falls
SCORE - 42.18

Sulej / Chruscinski (Poland)
-lots of falls
SCORE - 39.30

Denney / Barrett (USA)
-weak side by side jumps, she doubled
-okay skate overall
SCORE - 53.26

Hausch / Wende (Germany)
-messy skate
-she touched the ice on the landing of a throw
SCORE - 45.46

James / Bonheur (France)
-both doubled side by side jumps
-they had a huge throw jump
SCORE - 51.16

Bazarova / Larionov (Russia)
-unison problems on side by side jumps
-they had a great throw triple loop
SCORE - 56.54

Evora / Ladwig (USA)
-squeeked out side by side triple toes
-had a great skate!
SCORE - 57.86

Langlois / Hay (Canada)
-their side by side triple toes were perfect
-fantastic double twist
-huge throw triple toe
-YEAY!!! Fantastic skate!!
SCORE - 64.20 (personal best)
Langlois & Hay:

Kostenko / Talan (Ukraine)
-messy double axles
-terrible death spiral
SCORE - 39.54

Della Monica / Kocon (Italy)
-fantastic side by side triple sows
-she stepped out of the landing on a throw jump
SCORE - 56.82

Kemp / King (Great Britian)
-sloppy side by side jumps
-they skated to a piano version of Numb by Linkin Park... it was odd.
SCORE - 48.28

Morand / Dorsaz (Switzerland)
-side by side double axles
-great throw jump
-they skated to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, again, odd.
SCORE - 55.34

Mukhortova / Trankov (Russia)
-huge triple twist
-he fell on their side by side triple jump, she touched the ice on the landing
-great throw
-it's too bad about the fall, other than that, this was a great skate. He's really upset about it. That's too bad.
SCORE - 63.44

Volosozhar / Morozov (Ukraine)
-first off... what are they wearing? They look like super hero Smurfs!!
-he fell on the side by side triple toes
-great triple twist
-HUGEST triple throw I've seen in a long time!!
SCORE - 62.14

Volosozhar & Morozov:

Kavguti / Smirnov (Russia)
-3 time Russian champions
-side by side triple toes were perfect
-great triple twist
-triple throw jump was perfect as well
-fantastic skate
SCORE - 74.16

Dube / Davison (Canada)
-perfect triple twist
-she fell on the side by side triple sow
-perfect triple throw
-it's such a a shame about the fall on the side by side jump, other than that, it was a perfect performance!
SCORE - 65.36
Dube & Davison:
Pang / Tong (China)
-4th place in Turino
-side by side triple toes were great
-HUGE triple twist
-throw triple loop was gigantic
-they had a great skate!
SCORE - 71.50

Zhang / Zhang (China)
-huge triple twist
-throw triple loop was great
-perfect side by side triple sows
-there was a problem with the side by side spin, he dropped his leg in a Y spin
SCORE - 71.28

Savchenko / Szolkowy (Germany)
-Current world champions
-throw triple flip was great
-side by side triples were perfect
-triple twist was nice
-they skated VERY well
SCORE - 75.96

RESULTS AFTER THE SHORT PROGRAM
1. SHEN Xue/ZHAO Hongbo 76.66

2.
SAVCHENKO Aliona/SZOLKOWY Robin 75.96

3.
KAVAGUTI Yuko/SMIRNOV Alexander 74.16

4.
PANG Qing/TONG Jian 71.50

5.
ZHANG Dan/ZHANG Hao 71.28

6.
DUBÉ Jessica/DAVISON Bryce 65.36

7.
LANGLOIS Anabelle/HAY Cody 64.20

8.
MUKHORTOVA Maria/TRANKOV Maxim 63.44

9.
VOLOSOZHAR Tatiana/MOROZOV Stanislav 62.14

10.
EVORA Amanda/LADWIG Mark 57.86

11.
DELLA MONICA /NicoleKOCON Yannick 56.82

12.
BAZAROVA Vera/LARIONOV Yuri 56.54

13.
MORAND Anais/DORSAZ Antoine 55.34

14.
DENNEY Caydee/BARRETT Jeremy 53.26

15.
JAMES Vanessa/BONHEUR Yannick 51.16

16.
KEMP Stacey/KING David 48.28

17.
HAUSCH Maylin/WENDE Daniel 45.46

18.
SERGEJEVA Maria/GLEBOV Ilja 42.18

19. KOSTENKO Ekaterina/TALAN Roman 39.54

20.
SULEJ Joanna/CHRUSCINSKI Mateusz 39.30

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