1) Shoko Ishikawa (JPN)
Music: Miss Saigon
Total Score: 45.07 (SP) + 77.07 (FS) = 122.14
2) Cynthia Phaneuf (CAN)
Music: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Total Score: 45.42 (SP) + 86.40 (FS) = 131.82
3) Mae Berenice Meite (FRA)
Music: Fever, Hey Pachuko, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Total Score: 52.05 (SP) + 91.64 (FS) = 143.69
4) Kiira Korpi (FIN)
Music: I Got Rhythm
Total Score: 53.70 (SP) + 103.83 (FS) = 157.53
5) Agnes Zawadzki (USA)
Music: Rhapsody in Blue
Total Score: 53.84 (SP) + 84.35 (FS) =138.19
6) Ashley Wagner (USA)
Music: Black Swan
Total Score: 55.88 (SP) + 109.77 (FS) = 165.65
7) Elene Gedevanishvili (GEO)
Music: Phantom of the Opera
Total Score: 57.37 (SP) + 103.07 (FS) = 160.44
8) Mao Asada (JPN)
Music: Liebestraum
Total Score: 58.42 (SP) + 125.77 (FS) = 184.19
9) Alena Leonova (RUS)
Music: Adagio for Strings, Requiem for a Tower
Total Score: 61.76 (SP) + 108.92 (FS) = 170.68
10) Akiko Suzuki (JPN)
Music: Die Fledermaus
Total Score: 66.55 (SP) + 119.43 (FS) = 185.98
Music: Miss Saigon
- She clearly does not have the jumping content of the other Japanese ladies, but I like her overall flow across the ice
- This is very dynamic music, I'd like to see more interpretation and facial expression
- She needs to straighten the leg on the sit spin
- I feel like she is not committing to this program, she doesn't seem like she's giving it 100%
- There is not nearly enough energy in this step sequence
- She is almost crying, I don't know if that's because she's happy she didn't fall or if she's upset about something
Total Score: 45.07 (SP) + 77.07 (FS) = 122.14
2) Cynthia Phaneuf (CAN)
Music: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- She is such a hard skater to watch because you know she is stuck inside her own head
- If she could get herself straightened out mentally and just perform it would be amazing
- And we start with a popped jump
- One of the few skaters brave enough to go backless without illusion fabric
- And another pop
- She clearly has no self-confidence as these jumps are fine in the air but but she second guesses herself and opens up out of them
- I don't love this classical piece on her, I'd rather see something more modern and aggressive
- I'd rather see a skater fall 5 times than pop jumps because at least then you know they are really going for it
- She is starting to look like herself here in the step sequence
- It's a shame she wasn't able to take over where Joannie Rochette left off
- She is not happy with that at all
Total Score: 45.42 (SP) + 86.40 (FS) = 131.82
3) Mae Berenice Meite (FRA)
Music: Fever, Hey Pachuko, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- I am not a fan of this costume on her, it would be perfect for a Latin short dance, but not a singles program
- When the back is cut so low that you can see the top of your tights, you know it's a problem
- She has a very high wrap on her jump rotations which is a technical issue
- The jumps are her strength and when she under-rotates and puts hands down, that really hurts her
- She has pretty good speed, at least what I can see on my screen
- Her jump entries are very long, she could earn more points by changing the entries with some steps
- This is a very weak spiral positions, she'd do well to actually hold the leg up as Nancy Kerrigan did
- This is an odd mixture of music for me
- The ending was strange, I felt she was just standing and posing
Total Score: 52.05 (SP) + 91.64 (FS) = 143.69
4) Kiira Korpi (FIN)
Music: I Got Rhythm
- This is a very interesting costume, I'm not sure how I feel about the shoulder details, but it looks very high fashion to me
- This is very playful and theatrical choreography
- Very good speed so far
- I love that she is perfectly in the period of this music, down to her hairstyle
- Great fly into the sit spin
- I love her commitment to the performance
- She has such fantastic posture and body carriage
- She's having a hard time finding the jumps today, a lot of doubling and singling
- I'm liking this program on her, it's a departure from what she usually does and I appreciate the risk
- She needs to stretch out through her fingertips, breaking at the wrists disrupts the arm line
- Abrupt ending of the final spin trying to catch the last beat of the music on time
Total Score: 53.70 (SP) + 103.83 (FS) = 157.53
5) Agnes Zawadzki (USA)
Music: Rhapsody in Blue
- It's strange seeing a new coach her with her
- I don't like the dark hair, it doesn't work for her at all
- I like this costume, it's a step in the right direction after what she wore last season
- She is skating very slowly starting out
- She rotates very quickly with a nice straight body position and very tightly wrapped legs
- Her spins have improved greatly
- She doesn't look over her legs in these jumps
- Her spiral position has improved as well
- Though she's not proving it today, I think that switching coaches will prove to be a positive in the long run
- That leg overhead sit spin variation is very cool
- I don't know that this music suits her so well, it is very big and broad and she needs to have the personality to live up to it
- After the second fall, she is really struggling to get back up and keep going
- She still looks very fit, but she looks undertrained stamina-wise
- I appreciate the toe point on the I-spin, most skaters have an ugly flexed foot in that spin
Total Score: 53.84 (SP) + 84.35 (FS) =138.19
6) Ashley Wagner (USA)
Music: Black Swan
- I've always thought that skating 1st after warm-up must be difficult
- This costume is exquisite
- I love her upper body carriage
- I wish she'd look up at the audience more rather than down at the ice
- Very nice 3-jump combo to open, with an arm variation
- Her rotation speed is much faster now, after the coaching change
- She his fighting harder for the landings this season than ever before
- I love way she uses her arms to attack the music
- She's been getting lower PCS than I believe she deserves so it seems that the judges are holding her down until she can earn their respect again
- With these programs and her execution of them, I hope she goes to Worlds along with Czisny
- She'll be so happy with this skate!
Total Score: 55.88 (SP) + 109.77 (FS) = 165.65
7) Elene Gedevanishvili (GEO)
Music: Phantom of the Opera
- I don't like this costume, it just doesn't suit the music at all
- That was a very long approach to that triple lutz, hand down
- She is getting better at fighting for landings, Orser has clearly helped her mental game
- I'm so over Phantom!
- She is an athlete, but she really does nothing to try to interpret the music
- What an ugly heel stretch spiral, she needs to point the foot and drop the hip
- She looks a little disappointed in that skate
Total Score: 57.37 (SP) + 103.07 (FS) = 160.44
8) Mao Asada (JPN)
Music: Liebestraum
- Mao is getting huge applause here at home
- Opens with a 3A, likely short of rotation
- I'm glad she's having another go at this program after the rough last season
- That toe point on the catch foot spin is gorgeous
- Another triple axel!
- This is a piece of art and the jumps are just part of it
- Aside from a few jump exits that could be held out a bit longer, this was a fantastic program
- She's made a comeback! And at home!
Total Score: 58.42 (SP) + 125.77 (FS) = 184.19
9) Alena Leonova (RUS)
Music: Adagio for Strings, Requiem for a Tower
- She is a very clean jumper with fast rotation
- This is actually a fairly elegant program compared to what she normally puts out there
- She looks very calm, she's not giving away the easy point that she normally gives
- Toe jumps are much stronger for her than edge jumps
- She has rather long, boring entrances to her jumps
- And she just opened up a jump, so much for not making small mistakes
- She needs to concentrate on pointing her feet
- That was a very abrupt ending
- Very wild footwork, she needs to control it
- PS what is up with her hair?
Total Score: 61.76 (SP) + 108.92 (FS) = 170.68
10) Akiko Suzuki (JPN)
Music: Die Fledermaus
- Akiko is so teeny tiny!
- Would be great to see Japan go 1, 2 in this event
- Nice triple lutz, great extension on the free leg
- I've never seen someone continue improving technically in their later years as she is
- She has such an elegance in her body carriage
- I love that "sleeping position" on the sit spin variation
- That upside down broken camel is just ugly, though I know it increases the level
- Popped a jump, but still able to add on two doubles to make a 3-jump combo, now that's a veteran move
- Another pop, she is opening the door for Mao
- She'll hold on to win, but this is not the perfect free skate she wanted for her first Grand Prix victory
Total Score: 66.55 (SP) + 119.43 (FS) = 185.98
| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akiko SUZUKI |
| 185.98 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Mao ASADA |
| 184.19 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Alena LEONOVA |
| 170.68 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Ashley WAGNER |
| 165.65 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Elene GEDEVANISHVILI |
| 160.44 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Kiira KORPI |
| 157.53 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Mae Berenice MEITE |
| 143.69 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Agnes ZAWADZKI |
| 138.19 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Cynthia PHANEUF |
| 131.82 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Shoko ISHIKAWA |
| 122.14 | 10 | 10 |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment