Figure Skating: 2006 Worlds Pairs SP

Petrova & Tikhonov RUS
Black SP outfits
Sarabande
sbs 3T. S2T hands over head nice. T3L turns out, but huge. sbs fly camel sit ch sit catch, bad unison break in the beginning pairs spin camel-sit, camel-sit ch spin ch camels h beill, sits. between the legs to one handed star lift double twist out, nice ice coverage and strong turns. SL FW nice unison. but slow. shoot the duck to poor entry to FI DS.

33.99 +29.05 = 63.04

Aganina & Knyazev UKR
red with black pants, red dress with straight skirt
La Boheme
sbs 2A nice. T2A, nice. FW nice S2T not so big split though. slow SL FW fair unison sbs fly camel upright h sit AWFUL unison break uprights. one handed starr lift. shoot the duck all the wy into FI DS. camels sit-catch ch camels sit-h beill sits.

25.05 + 16.12 = 41.17

4 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN
Him black pants and shirt, her red satinish dress with low back and straight skirt
Hasta Cou de Conochi (sp?)
sbs 3S nice. good speed. star ch one handed star lift to upside down set down nice footwork and steady. camels sit catch pairs sit sit-uprightish. S2T. eh. nice energy and choreo. T3L NICE. good cha cha character sbs camels sit catch ch sit nice cannon she falls out bad unison break. SL FW good speed, so so unison but nice otherwise. SalPel entry to FI DS VERY NICE.

I love this team, though they are quite young. They actually attempt to express the music a bit. They have nice speed and pretty good positions and the footwork in his lifts are not scary.

32.92 + 25.89 = 58.81

5 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR
freaking video dropped out on me and I totally missed them.

6 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN
black unitards with silver sequins. I like her better in pants than in the shirt she wore earlier in the season for this program.
Variations on Paganini
sbs 3T so so unison. T3L. over the head into FI DS change of hands nice. flying camels bad break sits ch camels sits catch. one handed to star to one hand set down very fast and great coverage very confident footwork in the lift. steps to S2T wow. SL GFW nice unison to mirror camel-sit upright-sit ch camels uprights sit-h beill
35.53 + 29.45 = 64.98

7 Rumiana SPASSOVA / Stanimir TODOROV BUL
brown costumes, her with no shoulders and a deep V neck lots of illusion
Renaissance Medley
Sailor's Hornpipe (Popeye's theme) a la Hooked on Classics huge S2T nice. T3S 2footed? SBS 2L. Anchor's aweigh: star to reve direction of rotation. beill spiral to nice FI DS sbs camels sit poor unison ch sit catch. SL FW mirror not bad unison. camels sits ch camels can-opener nice.

At this point, without warning, my internet connection cut off and I had to reboot the WHOLE network.... after I got my daughter from daycare.

8 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Julia OBERTAS / Sergei SLAVNOV RUS
cornflower blue
Concerto for Whiny Bitches--I mean, Coloratura (God, I hate this music)
SBS 3T she falls out, he turns out. T3F pitch forward hand down. star to one handed overhead lift. S2T eh, no handed catch but ugly. SL FW nice unison eh speed. spiral to poor entry FI DS not very low because he's not low enough. fly camel sit catch upright ch sit catch so so unison, one big break, but very close together. pairs camels sits ch camels sits uprights.

I've seen them skate this better.
29.12 + 26.48 = 55.60

10 Dorota ZAGORSKA / Mariusz SIUDEK POL
him black overall white shirt. her white dress
La Vie en Rose/ Mack the Knife
sbs 3T him hand down. T3S? nice. camels U break sits catch ch sit inside. steps S2T NICE. paris camel-sit sits ch camels sits. SL FW nice unison. cartwheel to one handed flying inverted star flip out fantastic. nice split entry to nice FI DS Her body position was strong throughout... not sticky can here.

This is about the most engaging program I think they've ever skated. God, I LOVE their lifts. And he actually kisses her at the end of the program. Very cute. I hate that flippy haircut she has, but it looks cute on her and really fits the music
29.45 + 25.60 = 55.05

11 Emma BRIEN / Stuart BECKINGHAM AUS
black pants and narrow referee stripe vest with black back. her same bodice with white skirt. He's BALD
S2T low. star lift poor position. sbs 2A she steps out. he falls after 1A. fly camel bad unison sits catch ch upright T2L. poor entry to FI DS but nice once she gets in. SL FW so so unison. pairs spin: camels upright-camel ch camels upright-h beill.

19.86 + 12.88 = 31.74 And there's another pegging of the PC to the TC... improperly IMO.

12 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER
black unitards with white sequining and the crissy crossy back for her
SE to sbs 3T (S? she 2 footed). through left to S2T nice. spiral to T3S she touched down and turned out. SEs to star ch overhead NICE good FW for him. fly camel sits inside catch ch catch so so unison. SL FW mirror nice swirly but not uppy downy. spiral to FI DS not great entry or position he changes hands and she gets very low. pairs sits ch camels can-openerish sit-hbeill.
32.33 + 28.91 = 61.24

Warm-Up Group 4
13 Dominika PIATKOWSKA / Dmitri KHROMIN POL
him black pants w/B&W striped top with black sleeves her black hose with skirt and white sleeves and B&W ZEBRA striped bodice with cut out back. Awful, awful AWFUL costumes. What is it with unattractive B&W stripes this year?
Black Cat, White Cat soundtrak
sbs 3T (S?) sos S2T. shoot the duck to star lift eh. T3S eh. sbs fly camel sit inside upright ch sit upright outside. SL FW very close, okay unison. shoot the duck to poor entry to FI DS but nice and low in it. pairs camels uprights ch upright-catch was that second spin a reverse spin?

26.24 + 18.43 = 44.67 personal best

14 Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN CAN
her red strapless dress, him black pants, white shirt and vest with red tie
Hey Big Spender
sbs 3T nice but far apart. good speed. star slow turns and not steady or perhaps it's just the feed, her position not great. sbs fly camel sit ch camel uprights outside nice unison. steps S2T nice. hydro SE to T3L nice. pairs sits nice ch camels ch sits nice uprights. SL FW nice unison break. FAB SalPel entry to FI DS NICE very low, GREAT.

They get a rousing standing O and it is very well deserved.

34.77 + 27.89 = 62.66

15 Julia BELOGLAZOVA / Andrei BEKH UKR
him black pants. turquoise top with black underarms and sides. her turquoise with black down one side.
Greetings to Morricone
steps S2T nice. sbs 3S him, her 2S fall. T3S pitch forward hands down. spiral to NICE star lift variant position. spirals to sbs camels sit uprights ch sit outside. SL FW so so unison small breaks. beill to shoot the duck to POOR entry to FI DS, nice and low once in though. pairs camels uprights sits ch camel-sit beill-sit.

WHY do they do the sbs 3S? I have NEVER seen her land it. Not ONCE. Even in practice at SA she was maybe 1 for 5. However, her lift position is beautiful.

21.08 + 17.72 = 37.80

16 Rena INOUE / John BALDWIN USA
him black/black with chest hair and her pretty white fading to turquoise dress with tassles at the shoulder.
pardon me for a moment of partisanship... GO RENA AND JOHN!!!
Adiago in G Minor
nice star gentle set down. T3A NICE!!!! okay, a bit pitched on the landing... 1/4-beill to FI DS NICE him: change of hands?. sbs 2A nice. sbs fly camels sit inside upright ch sit catch outside. S2T with hands over head catch. nice sbs serp FW decent unison. pairs camels sit-hbeill ch camels sit-camel upright-catch.

They were on tonight... very lovely. Too bad they don't have a sbs triple though... how well can they really do without it?

34.30 + 26.60 = 60.90 (which is within a point or so of their personal best)

We are now getting an EXTENDED fluff piece on pairs and Shen and Zhao which consists of highlight moves over and over from different programs set to the Chinese version of My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic)... while they cut the ice?

GOD HELP US, I keep thinking... PLEASE don't let the Zhangs be World champs. PLEASE.

Warm-Up Group 5
17 Marylin PLA / Yannick BONHEUR FRA
black pants red/black shirt. her black dress with bare back and tattered skirt. and red flower at the breast
Blues for Klook
Sigh... CCTV5 just froze. it's buffering and buffering and not really doing anything at all... totally missed them... not getting any picture. nice T3 something. eh S2T. between the legs and then nice star to eh star frozen again. really poor entry to FI DS but very low in the sDS

24.64 + 20.91 = 44.55

18 Stacey KEMP / David KING GBR
Black unitards with crissy crossy neon yellow stripes... looks like they are skating to TRON. VILE costumes even so.
ages 17 and 21.. they are babies.
Krit krit? drummy, electric guitar piece. background music, skated OVER not TO.
steps S2T pretty good. pairs camel-upright uprights ch came;s uprights. SBS 2L turn out. eh star lift slow turns and careful exit. circle FW slow and careful not bas unison. Ina Bauer to T3L? fall. sbs fly came; sit inside ch sit catch fairly good unison one break. shoot the duck to FI DS very low. Nice. cartwheel upside down ending was interesting.

22.14 + 15.00 = 36.14

She looks unhappy, but that was about what they deserved.

19 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN
Black with black and gold glittery stuff. Same ones they been wearing all season.
Kashmir
eh star to side airplane nice. T3L nice huge as usual strong landing. spirals h beill to FI DS nice and long, good speed. steps 3S NICE, close together. sbs fly camels inside sits catch ch sits catch nice one small unison break, maybe 2 . serp FW not close but good unison. steps HUGE lateral S2T with arms over head the whole thing. pairs camels (traveling badly) sits beill-upright ch camels canopener

I hate to say it, but they deserved this one. I have never seen them skate with anything close to intensity and this one, they had... they were in the moment THERE.

35.82 + 29.76 = 65.58 in 1st by a point

20 Marcy HINZMANN / Aaron PARCHEM
black pants, loose maroon shirt. pink strappy dress with sequins.. very delicate.
GO MARCI AND AARON!
The Mission (soundtrack)
steps S2T okay. T3L nice, easy landing. sbs 3T NICE. FROZE argh. )(&)(&^&*%$&^%$(&^#&^$%)(*#%&)(^!@#&%^$@#)($*&^#@^%@($^#*^%#$((*&@*& sbs camels sit ch sit upright inside traveling. pairs camels sit-camel. uprights layback ch camels upright-catch nice exit. lovely star to one hand to one hand exit easy. fab FI DS very low. Lovely. By the sound of it, they did well. they pretty much brought the house down.

I love this program for them. It really fits their strengths. There weren't enough gimmicks to make ti score really high under CoP unfortunately. it was just moderate difficulty done sublimely.

28.92 + 23.92 = 52.84

Okay, Obertas and Slavnov MUST have paid off the judges to place over BOTH Zagorska and Shuidek and Hinzemann and Parchem. But other than that, I don't have real problems with the placements.

I wonder when the US TV coverage is... unfortunately, the teams I missed will never see US TV.

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