2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada Pairs Short Program

3:45 Todd Sand, famed US pairs skater here is the technical specialist; he also coaches Marley & Brubaker
3:48 I love Lubov, she's such a tiny little fireball Diva!

1) Jessica Dube & Sebastien Wolfe (CAN)
     Music: Three Hours Pat Midnight

• I love the simple black costume  with the glitter and details
• Is he wearing a yellow bracelet? That's distracting
• Blues piano is certainly a new style for Jessica who was so graceful and elegant with Bryce
• Only a split double twist, top teams will do triples
• Different timing take off for SBS triple toes
• Those jumps will definitely receive a negative GOE
• Very tilted in the air, but lands the throw nonetheless
• This program isn't really doing much for me
• They look nice on the ice together, but they need more time together to get in synch on their jump and spin timing
• Same coaches as Cynthia Phaneuf

SP Score: 28.97 (TES) +24.26 (PCS) = 53.23

2) Xiaoyu Yu & Yang Jin (CHN)
     Music: The Nutcracker

• Waltz of the Flowers, that takes me back......
• This costumes are a little loud for me, but that was an exquisite split triple twist
• She two-foots the SBS jumps and unison is off
• Difficult entrance into the throw, she seems to hang and the air, a little tentative on the landing
• She takes a fall on the footwork sequence, that's unfortunate after their strong start
• That fall will hurt the level of the footwork
• My feed is skipping on me so I lost the lift

SP Score: 28.73 (TES) + 21.55 (PCS) - 1.00 (DED) = 49.28

3) Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford (CAN)
     Music: Concierto de Aranjuez

• This feed is skipping....I'm missing a few elements but I'll call what I can
• I can't decide if I like the costumes or not, but they do look professional
• Okay split twist
• This program seems a little choppy to me, but that may be the feed
• And I missed the rest

SP Score: 35.37 (TES) + 37.00 (PCS) = 62.37

4) Lubov Iliushechkina & Nodari Maisuradze (RUS)
     Music: Figaro from The Barber of Seville

• I loved this short last season, huge split triple twist
• Good fast entry into the death spiral
• I also like their spin entry
• I just love everything about them, I don't know what it is but I do
• If my feed would stop slipping I'd give more specific notes
• Spectacular entrance and lift!!

SP Score: 32.34 (TES) + 25.80 (PCS) = 58.14

5) Paige Lawrence & Rudi Swiegers (CAN)
     Music: Beetlejuice

• I love this music, the costumes are cool too
• Love Paige's hands on that opening pair spin
• Really good speed
• Low catch on the split triple twist
• Interesting choreography
• Slight unison issue on SBS triple toes
• I'd like to see smoother position changes on the lift and more rotational speed
• Huge height on the throw, Paige can't hold it and falls
• Another fall in the footwork, just Paige though
• Really losing speed now
• A little strange to end the whole way at the end of the rink

SP Score: 26.80 (TES) + 25.31 (PCS) - 2.00 (DED) = 50.11

6) Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov (RUS)
     Music: Bring Me Back To Life by Evanescence

• Interesting entrance to center ice, perhaps they think they're hip hop dancers with those chest pops
• This arrangement is very heavy on the synthesizer
• That split triple twist was monstrous
• Odd costume choices, hello studded pleather
• Nailed the SBS 3toes
• Huge Throw, maybe a two-foot
• Really good lift position from her, she really arches her back
• This is a very Morozov program, lots of superfluous hand  movements
• Really nice spin
• They look great together and have great technical elements, but this program was not for me
• Huge crowd pleaser!

SP Score: 39.39 (TES) + 31.03 (PCS) = 70.42

7) Narumi Takahashi & Mervin Tran (JPN)
     Music: Imagine

• This is a gorgeous program if they can hit the elements
• Their choreography is beautiful, it looks more ice dance than pairs
• Narumi puts her hand down and spins out, but beautiful SBS toes overall
• HUGE split triple twist, he even has time to put his arms down
• Two-foot and turn out on the throw but she kept it upright
• Mervin is a fantastic partner, Narumi needs to keep working on her singles elements
• That lift is just fantastic overall
• I love this program overall, fantastic musical selection
• That is easily the best death spiral entrance I've ever seen
• Not their best, but no fall deductions

SP Score: 33.01 (TES) + 27.59 (PCS) = 60.60

8) Wenjing Sui & Cong Han (CHN)
     Music: Country Dance by Josh Turner

• I wish they would have done a new, more mature short program
• Unison off in the SBS jumps
• Good split triple twist
• This piece is so fast, but they really keep up well
• Great throw, you just can't say enough about this team's technical elements
• And they get so into the performance as well
• The position changes on the lift need to be a lot smoother and with faster rotation on his part

SP Score: 32.48 (TES) + 26.75 (PCS) = 59.23

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV	RUS	70.42	39.39		31.03	7.93	7.43	7.86	7.79	7.79	0.00	#6
2	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	62.37	35.37		27.00	6.75	6.57	6.79	6.93	6.71	0.00	#3
3	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	60.60	33.01		27.59	6.89	6.86	6.68	7.14	6.93	0.00	#7
4	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	59.23	32.48		26.75	6.71	6.36	6.82	6.79	6.75	0.00	#8
5	Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE	RUS	58.14	32.34		25.80	6.64	6.50	6.18	6.57	6.36	0.00	#4
6	Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE	CAN	53.23	28.97		24.26	6.14	5.79	6.07	6.29	6.04	0.00	#1
7	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	50.11	26.80		25.31	6.46	6.14	6.11	6.50	6.43	2.00	#5
8	Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN	CHN	49.28	28.73		21.55	5.86	5.29	5.18	5.50	5.11	1.00	#2