The GLORIOUS Anton Sihkuralidze commenting... wish I spoke Russian.
Frederick Dambier, FRA
black velvet pants, black and white and black illusion top
very familiar movie music with vocals. Carmina Burana-ish
3F-2T.SE 3A fall out, fall. camel sit inside ch camel sit upright inside upright.nice SL FW. eh Death drop. slow music. steps to 3Z maybe 2f foot landing. simple circle FW with lots of arm waving and toey toey dancing. sit inside ch sit.
Stephane Lambiel
red and black tunic black pants
heroic music... more hard than I expected from Lambiel...
2A hit his foot on the way up. 4T (2 footed?) 3T. sit inside twist ch sit cannonball. steps to 3Z. nice. circle FW fast, nice and upy downy. nice DD inside twist. SL FW nice and fast, very expressive. camel sit twist pancake, ch sit twist upright headless.
Stefan Lindemann
black with yellow and blue sequins
Music only George Harrison could love.
3F 3T nice. 1A popped. camel outside sit cannon catch up, ch sit twist upright. drummy music circle FW kinda clumsy but SOLD like it's not. rock and rolly music. steps 3Z fall out hands down slightly under-rotated, downgrade?. sit inside twist ch sit cannon. SL FW well sold, but he looks tired L2? NICE HUGE death drop sit inside twist. In the K&C he shrugs and looks like he's going to cry.
29.94 + 32.58 = 60.52
He was held up considering that Li scored around the same and landed a quad.
Vahktang MURVANIDZE Georgia
black with red armor
harpsichord
3A badly tilted bad fall. 3T turns 2T. steps to 3Z wonky landing, flying came; catch foot camel. SL FW tripped, vert fast though, STOP, then slow. camel ch camel inside upright. camel attitude spin, sit ch camel, half beillmann, upright. waves arms around. slow awkward circle FW.
This guy looks, for all the world like Commander Data.
24.32 + 26.36 - 1 = 49.68
Anton Kovaleski UKR
black velvet with stones, red gloves Thin as a rail, nicely blond.
tango music.
3A, 2-footed badly. poor stroking technique. 3F-3T nice. flying sit, arms behind, upright. steps wait wait wait 3Z. very dancy circle FW, NICE. sit inside ch sit cannon pancake. SL FW slower gaining speed, VERY clean turns. camel sit inside catch ch sit cannon layback. I like this guy. One wonders how old he is.... if up and coming, might go somewhere someday...
33.95 + 29.46 = 63.41 (personal best) currently 12th...
Matt Savoie USA (GOOOOOOOOO MMMMMAAAATTTTTT!!!!!)
fading gray short, black pants
hop sit spin ch edge twist. 3A YES! 3F 3T. YES! nice circle FW, very evocative for Matt. SE steps 3Z(2Z??) step out. OHHHHHH!!! sit cannon inside twist ch sit cannon pancake upright. Good speed throughout. SL FW NICE FW came; sit cannon twist, ch sit pancake catch foot inside upright. Except for that damned Lutz which he NEVER misses, he skated beautifully.
35.22 + 33.93 = 69.15 SIXTH PLACE!!!
Brian Joubert FRA
White front tux, fades to black in back. black pants
James Bond
4T hand down 2T. jump stalking. 3A nice. NICE DD sit inside pancake. steps 3F circle FW. he sells it but it's kinda simple. camel sit inside cannon catch foot ch sit pancake upright. simple SL FW but he sells it. sit inside cannon ch sit inside twist. Dynamic as always but his program was kind of empty.
40.59 + 37.18 = 77.77 4th place
Han Jong In, N Korea
black pants red and black shirt with wing
music more suited to a juvenile girl.
2T (planned quad) 2T. ouch. 3A. labored stoking. camel layover sit inside ch camel sit cannon layback... poor spinner. NO musicality. 2Z popped. sit inside ch sit cannon. nice circle FW does not sell it at all though he has good speed. he moves like he is stuck in peanut butter. the opposite of Joubert. SL FW. boring. good FW but unsoild. nice DD sit inside good ending. Thank GOD this is over. if you were pining that Timmy Goebel was not here... he was, just from N Korea.
THEY CHACKED JOHNNY WEIR (80 pts in second!!!) FOR THIS!!!
19.50 + 22.61 = 42.11 24th place (last)
I think this is all we get...
1) Plushy
2) Ms Weir
3) Lambiel
4) Joubert
5) Takahashi
6) Buttle
7) My boy Matt Savoie!!!!!!!!
Whooo hooo! GO MATT!!!!
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