Ladies

Slute
she looks great...dress is black and so nice on her. And I love that
haircut!
struugle on 3lz....does flip......3sal/2toe.....3toe...looked tentative but
got triple flip...2footed 3lz badly. Great layback spin....difficult entry
into 3loop....2.axel....fast spins
tech 5.4-5.7 (if you see this, look at her reaction to the one 5.4! A happy
camper she ain't, coach had to calm her down
pres 5.6-5.7

Malinina
3lz....3flip....3toe......3lp.......3sal/2t.....another triple I just
missed while typing. This routine was technically good, Chris liked the
musical interpretation, for me artistically it was the equivalent of
watching paint dry.
tech 5.7-5.9
pres 5.7-5.9

Maria B
3lz......down and hard on 3flip...spins....down and even harder on triple
sal, that one was not for the faint hearted, she landed on her stomach.
Spins & footwork, great triple loop.....forward on landing of 3toe, but she
held it....gets triple loop followed by double axel, I think. She's not
happy, a couple of big errors, and no combinations...I don't think she can
even hold the bronze. They're reshowing the first fall....ouch!
tech 5.5-5.7
pres 5.6-5.8
second for her, shows what I know. Slutskaya is going to be ripping, that's
for sure. How can they give her a 5.4 and Butyrskaya 5.7s?

Final 1 to 6 ---Malinina, Maria, Irina, Sokolova, Suguri, Liashenko


Pairs

Petrova and Tikhonov
aren't they in fifth?eep, I think this is a spoiler in and of itself!
perfect timing on s/s 3toes.....same on 2a into 2toe......wow of a
3twist.....smashing throw 3sal....o/h lift with tricky dismount...ugly lift
that I love so much.....I wanted to push her down in that death spiral...
spiral step sequence...doubled the throw toe,,they seemed to be hesitating
a little...a mistake on the o/h lift...ok timing on s/s spins...final step
sequence looks frenetic to me, but that's a personal bug...."seemed to
loose their way" opines Chris. Must we see that ugly lift all the time??
tech5.4-5.7
pres 5.3-5.7 (that Canadian did not like it)
all judges have them in first....were they first to go? Chris won't let on.


Shen and Zhao
perfect s/s triple toes.......fantastic 3twist....beautiful throw
3loop....he was very low on 2a....great entry into overhead
lift.....horrendously ugly death spiral, Oksana Kazakova where are you
girl??she makes Petrova look like Protopopov....great throw 3sal, great
elevation, and good timing on the s/s spins.
straight line step, looks slow.....star lift....he singled the double axel
in the jump sequence....spins at the end were messy, I don't care **what**
Chris says. He is anointing them for all to see, that will take some
beating blah blah blah. Artisically I liked it. Good music, whatever it is,
they used it well.
tech 5.7-5.8
pres 5.5-5.8
all but German have them in 1st.
Chris says only B&S to go....I reckon they have chacked I&Z and the French
to show the medallists.

B&S
they look great! I love her dress! Hair needs a dye job, but great dress!
He looks pretty good too, cream shirt and
s/s3toes, she just spun out of it a little....what a fantastic split
3twist! The height! and she did the same with the 2axel, and did the 2toe
after it before him. Yes, throw 3sal....best death spiral so
far....effortless o/h lift...spiral sequence....youch! down on throw 3loop,
they can't win now, even though flow wise this is a better routine, it's
smoother, except when they get a dismount wrong like they did there. Mind
you, see the ladies above. Good timing on s/s spins (well what else is
there to say?) nice o/h lift...lovely ending.
that girl is all over the place. she's not confident, whatever happened
here
tech 5.3-5.7
pres 5.6-5.9
Can has them in first which I can't fathom, ger & usa say 3rd, but its
second.

Final order.
Shen&Zhao
B&S
P&T
Abitbol&Bernadis
Ina and Zimmerman


Men
Plushy - golden boy literally - gold and black costume.
didn't quite make quad toe cleanly, not even a clean three turn out of
it.....did it again (!!!!!!!) with a double toe at the end! Free foot
looked dodgy, but kept it off. Solo 3axel, landing eeeeky....really good
sit spin...hands down on the 3axel (could he be tired I hear Donna
wondering????) raises eyebrows as he look at Mishin, looks like he double
footed 3lz, turn on the end of toe as combo....footwork, some fast, some
posy....flags waving in time in the arena, give me a break! maybe they're
hoping the excess wind they create will speed him up.....triple
flip.....3sal/3toe..........very slow spin combo with one ugly layback, I
can hear Dick Button hissing......a Biellman that'll make Denise hiss....
"looked to be hard work....don't think I've ever seen him skate quite that
bad" (go Chris!!!!)
tech 5.6-5.8
pres 5.6-5.8
ger has him in second. all the rest first.

Yagudin....no smart remarks about the costume, same as ever. Chris calls
him unstoppable.
3a/3toe....textbook....quad toe, with a three turn, but kept the left foot
off.....OOOOH popped the axel into a single...(remember Todd?? Like that )
....BIIIIIIIIIIIG single......3flip/3toe.......spin combo....nice closeup of
his footwork sequence, quite good....3sal. into flying
sit....3lz....3loop???......into spin combo with the Galindo spin....ends
behind the music a little.
that single was a shock, don't think it'll matter much though....
tech 5.8-5.9
pres 5.8-5.9

we see Plushy hugging him and Tatiana

Urmanov...spanish looking in red and black, no purple velvet this time, but
plenty of red sequins, ladies hold yourselves back!
3flip....off axis on 3axel, steps out of it......alexei trying to be sexy
alexei in this footwork. me not buying. good triple axel.....great
3lz.....more manly posing oops, footwork......pops sal/loop??? to a
double....3loop....3sal??.......3toe.....sit spin that looks no more like a
sitting position than the man in the moon, the crowd are roaring, Chris
calls it a performance of character. I call it a bathroom break, must
remember in Helsinki.
tech 5.4-5.6 (huh?)
pres 5.7-5.9 (5 5.9s???? for that???? double huh)

Final - Yags, Urmanov, Plushy, Weiss, didn't see how the other two shook
out.

Dance
same as yesterday applies - purely personal. I'm looking forward to seeing
K&O vs A&P. The placements were pretty close yesterday, so it should be
fun! I can confirm they are keeping Jungle Dance from the costumes out
there, although I think they have changed them, they're more black/grey,
gold is gone.

K&O
she looks as if she has a cats eye on her front....I always wonder what
Isabelle and Paul say when they see this. this woman looks demonically
possessed, I'm sorry, but she does! ugly lift....posy footwork with no
difficulty into a mediocre pairs spin....another ugly split lift.....the
crotch lift lives guys!.....moves recycled from Carmen....spins with her
wrapped around him to finish..
look, I say this now. one of them should eat some funny fish or something.
Then they can withdraw from worlds with dignity. some of you may or may not
like it, but for me this was appalling. Chris says it's difficult...I can
see the lifts,even the footwork sequences, look at it with a magnifying
glass I can't see twizzles in it for the life of me.
tech 5.6-5.9 (rus&jap 5.9)
pres 5.8-5.9

that door is open.

i reckon we'll only see A&P....we may be spared the god awful italians! (go
Eurosport!)

Annisina and Peizerat
final couple
he has trimmed his hair....we owe a great deal of thanks to Diana Poth!
Fantastic inverted lift thingy that they do...another good lift....accident
waiting to happen lift goes smoothly, they are going well here....another
unusual lift, they don;t do it easy.......it's over??? that four minutes
flew by! For me, it didn't have the same emotional punch as it did in
Prague where it just crept up on me, but it was still very good and way
better than K&O
tech 5.5-5.7
pres 5.8-5.9
3 judges have them in first - the russian has them in third. crazy.

L&A are third, Drobiasko and Vanagas are 4th!!!!!!!!!! They pulled up above
the god awful italians!!!!! we have movement in ice dancing! There should
have been more, K&O didn't deserve to win, that routine is a scandal, it
does nothing for me.