Music: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue by Rodgers & Wild
- I am really pulling for her to skate a nice free and move up after a flawed short
- She has nothing at all to lose here, so she just needs to go all out
- Nice double axel-triple toe combination to start out
- I feel like she is going to bring it
- That was a tough fall for Rachael on the 3L, cannot remember the last time I saw her fall
- Nice clean triple flip
- That right leg was swinging really wide on the 3L entrance
- The planned triple flip looked doubled, she also eliminated the combination
- I believe that triple loop was singled
- She tacked her combination onto that triple salchow
- Nothing has really looked "right" with her at this competition; Rachael Flatt just doesn't make technical errors
- Who is making her smile for photos in the Kiss & Cry when I'm sure she'd rather crawl under the bench
- FS Score: 36.47 (TES) + 46.91 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 82.38
- 45.19 (SP) + 82.38 (FS) = 127.57
2) Miki Ando (Japan)
Music: Piano Concerto in A minor by Grieg
- Miki literally looks scared to death, thats not good
- Triple lutz-double loop clean, but really high wrap on the leg
- The Ando jumping machine is back in action with a good triple loop
- Not a fan of her positions at all, but this camel is actually fairly nice
- She should not to the front leg catch position because, in my opinion, Sasha Cohen is the standard so don't do it if you can't live up
- Double axel-double toe is just text book
- Triple lutz is landed a little low but clean, same with triple salchow and triple toe
- Double axel-double loop-double loop looked like an endless series of jumps to me
- Notice how I'm only commenting on jumps? That is because there is nothing else of interest in this program for me
- She is seriously traveling on that final combination spin
- Well Ando did what she does well, a clean long packed with technical content
- Girl just threw it down and that will be the standard for the next four ladies
- FS Score: 64.64 (TES) + 58.06 (PCS) = 122.70
- 50.45 (SP) + 122.70 (FS) = 173.15
3) Akiko Suzuki (Japan)
Music: Fiddler on the Roof by Bock & Harnick- Akiko has been my favorite skater of the ladies this season and I'd love to see her win here
- Opening triple lutz may have been two-footed
- Double axel, triple toe was clean
- Nice triple loop
- I love every moment of her program and her connecting steps are just as interesting as her jumps
- I was so lost in watching her perform that I forget to comment on the past few jumps, she may have doubled a planned triple back there
- There is something about her arms on her camel that I just am obsessed with, so powerful and strong
- This footwork sequence is phenomenal and is such an amazing end to the program
- This choreography really does Fiddler justice which I really appreciate
- I think Bock & Harnick would be proud of her musical interpretation
- FS Score: 58.18 (TES) + 57.28 (PCS) = 115.46
- 58.26 (SP) + 115.46 (FS) = 173.72
Music: The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
- The costume makes me want to vomit, but the opening triple-triple is great
- Triple lutz is solid, little jumping bean looks like she is on
- She is so youthful in her short, but very mature here
- Completely popped the triple flip, probably a lack of concentration
- Her layback can use work, but the hair cutter into the Bielmann are strong
- Triple flip-double toe, cool as a cucumber
- She reminds me a lot of Mirai Nagasu, like in a big way
- Triple loop and double axel are both nice and clean
- Three jump combination and she just keeps going and going and going
- Nice fast spins to end and she is thrilled with that performance as she should be
- FS Score: 59.98 (TES) + 57.14 (PCS) = 117.12
- 61.47 (SP) + 117.12 (FS) = 178.59
Music: L'Apres-Midi d'un Faun by Debussy
- Not a Carolina fan, but I'm going to try to be objective
- Those opening poses fit the piece well, very Nijinski
- Triple toe and double axels are solid
- Those long legs look great in spins when she rally stretches out and points her foot
- I want so badly for the nude mesh on her costume to be closer to her skin tone
- she seems to have no speed in certain sections
- She pops a triple loop, but then the triple loop-double toe is clean
- She looks like she has no energy out there and is really fizzling out in the end
- I've said it before and I'll say it now, that music is so subtle and nuanced that you need a true performer to make it interesting, and that is not Carolina
- FS Score: 55.56 (TES) + 60.91 (PCS) = 116.47
- 62.13 (SP) + 116.47 (FS) = 178.60
Music: Selections from Winter & Spring by George Winston
- Nice triple lutz-double toe
- And a nice triple flip-double toe
- Just stay calm girl, land your jumps, and you will win this thing
- Such a gorgeous "complete packages" that she gives us
- Triple toe done, 4 jumps yet to go
- Can you imagine Alissa and Stephane Lambiel doing side-by-side spins?
- Triple loop clean into a gorgeous spiral
- Good triple flip and a step out of an otherwise clean double axel
- Great triple toe and we are done with jumps!
- Combination spin is exquisite leading into some wonderfully intricate footwork
- So Alissa Czisny just won the grand prix final with two clean programs!
- FS Score: 55.68 (TES) + 61.31 (PCS) = 116.99
- 63.76 (SP) + 116.99 (FS) = 180.75
1) Alissa Csisny 180.75
2) Carolina Kostner 178.60
3) Kanako Murakami 178.59
4) Akiko Suzuki 173.72
5) Miki Ando 173.15
6) Rachael Flatt 127.57
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