Faiella and Scali ITA
him tail coat, her red knee length dress
Nice first half round. Decent speed. But not neat. Getting tired after the first round. unison in the swings is breaking up. mohawks in center are far apart. his chasses in the 3rd corner are sloppy and not well matched. Her feet are cleaner (less ice spray) than his. In fact, he is just generally less finished, Pretty sad since the man has MUCH simpler steps.
Pretty girl though and as DH would say, she's got a nice rack. It is NICE to see an ice dancer who is not emaciated, but still manages to look good.
16.85 + 16.335 = 33.20
Domnina Shabalin must have really skated BADLY to be in a dead heat with Fiella and Scali. I've seen his RWaltz and he's GOOD.
Navka and Kostamarov RUS
him: black tail coat, her white dress, deep V skirt, but not long and DEEP V filled with illusion bodice
INCREDIBLE SPEED, but very easy. Very neat, easy twizzles for her. VERY nice. His feet are sure and very clean. Chasses are so low you can barely see them, but each is the same height. She had an almost stompy quality, her steps were so clean, but it marred the character of the dance. They were not as "waltzy" as I might have liked. They stayed nice and close throughout, good, easy holds.
18.52 + 19.68 = 38.20
Belbin and Agusto USA
him black tail coat, her whote lace and illusion dress with long waltzy skirt. very nice but weddingy
good chasses but much further apart in their holds. nicer unison than N&K but losing speed (then gaining again). deeper in the ice has that sizzle of a good deep edge that N&K completely lacked. N&K were on top of the ice, B&A are IN the ice. They had NO waltz character to speak of. On the other hand, while Kost was almost neglignent with his steps, each step of Ben's are crisp and nicely done... precise. There was a bit more ice spray though...
Hard to compare. Both couples had great points. Advantage to N&K I think
18.29 + 19.07 = 37.36
I think I agree with this. But in third by THREE ONEHUNDRETHS OF A POINT below G&G. THIS IS SO WRONG THE SYSTEM IS NOT THIS ACCURATE! You cannot call 0.03 ANYTHING other than a freaking TIE!!!
Khokhola and Novisky RUS
hot pink long dress
they are not pushing to the boards, so the pattern is smaller, but they are very fast. not great unison a bit to swingy on the swings. labored mohawks in center. her twizzles could be better. his steps are not very clean. They have that sizzle in their edges though. pretty centilever lift at the end.
16.18 + 14.72 = 30.90
Zaretski and Zaretski ISR
her black dress with chiffon skirt long open back
on the ice not in it. but NICE waltz character. I like him especially. Nice defined steps. good rise and fall. her steps were a bit tentative. they lacked command, I think. UNison only so-so. she HOPS her mohawks! How DARE they compare this guy to Platov!
12.92 + 10.59 = 23.51
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