Who Killed It and Who Fell Off the Combo: The Free Dance

Killed It!: These teams brought the beauty, the excitement, the intrigue

• Papadakis and Cizeron for captivating my attention and leaving me hypnotized 
• Ilinykh as the heavyweight diva of contemporary ice dancing 
• Madison Chock chewing the scenery
• Weaver & Poje leaving it all on the ice 
• The smoothness of the Shibs' skating
• I'm living for Paul & Islam's free skate, that contemporary feel was on point
• Monko & Khaliavin's controlled upside down lift 
• The long, lithe bodies of Stepanove and Bukin, plus the sitting twizzles, oh the abdominal control! 
• The exuberance of Guignard and Fabbri was entertaining at least
• The chemistry of Hubbell and Donohue, plus their rotational lift 
• The quiet fabulousness of Marie-France 
• The ease with which Andria Diaz moves, it's all so effortless
• The joy on Yinyu Liu's face 

Fell Off The Combo: These teams missed the mark

• Ilinykh's twizzle mishap
• Marina's reign at the top
• The Russian obsession with Sarabande 
• Self-indulgent entrances of any kind
• Enough bent legs and lazy feet to last a lifetime
• Hot mess interwoven twizzle patterns 
• Mozart Rock Opera....enough said
• An a la seconde twizzle at 45 degrees......it's 90 or bust! 
• That moment when the Ukranian team destroyed Bach
• Carolina Moscheni's dance team smile during a dark piece

Who Killed It and Who Fell Off the Combo: The Short Dance

Killed It!: These teams brought the beauty, the excitement, the intrigue

• Every blessed thing about Guillaume Cizeron
• If you take off the skates, Cizeron is the only natural dancer in the entire event
• The choreographic specificity of the entire group 5
• Andrew Poje's entire presentation 
• The fire and precision of the Shibutanis
• Madison Chock's perfect bun
• The dramatic build up to group 6
• Paul & Islam's rotational lift 
• Paul Poirier's amazing butt
• Hubbell & Donohue's smoothness 
• Stepanova & Bukin's sit spin twizzled.....that abdominal control! 
• Monko & Khaliavin's matching free leg in the twizzle sequence
• The grace, poise, and carriage of Marie-France 
• The Hurtado and Diaz counterbalance 
• Federica Testa's strapless number 
• Barbara Fusar-Poli 
• Elena Ilinykh's overall diva qualities
• The energy and spunk of Wang and Liu 
• Juri Karakin's hairography 

Fell Off The Combo: These teams missed the mark

• Gabriella Papadakis' detached-looking bun 
• Kaitlyn Weaver's saggy bun
• Marina's political clout
• Anna Cappellini's carriage-simultaneously stiff and wild 
• So many women with sloppy, uneven buns 
• Guignard & Fabri falling on the choreographic spinning movement 
• Gilles & Poirier's overly dramatic entrances and exits
• Piper Gilles' drag queen eye makeup 
• Donohue's damn twizzle
• Elena Ilinykh paired with Ruslan Zhiganshin who looks like little brother
• Kirill Minov's hair.....honey please  
• Any low or intermediate team doing interweaving twizzle patterns 
• Viktoria Kavaliova's "Whatever Lola Wants" gloves
• Smart & Buckland's twizzles
• The Finnish team's twizzles 
• Natalia Kaliszek's hideous dress/croptop getup 
• Bent free legs (multiple offenders) 

ISU Junior Grand Prix Courchevel: Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN	RUS	52.91	27.30		25.61	6.45	6.25	6.35	6.40	6.50	0.00	#5
2	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON	FRA	52.25	26.20		26.05	6.55	6.30	6.50	6.50	6.65	0.00	#11
3	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	46.53	25.40		21.13	5.30	5.10	5.20	5.35	5.40	0.00	#4
4	Victoria HASEGAWA / Connor HASEGAWA	CAN	45.68	25.10		20.58	5.15	5.00	5.10	5.30	5.15	0.00	#2
5	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	45.29	24.60		20.69	5.20	4.90	5.20	5.20	5.30	0.00	#13
6	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	45.00	24.00		21.00	5.40	5.00	5.15	5.40	5.25	0.00	#1
7	Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER	USA	44.54	23.80		20.74	5.00	4.90	5.30	5.25	5.40	0.00	#9
8	Holly MOORE / Daniel KLABER	USA	42.98	22.60		20.38	4.95	4.75	5.25	5.20	5.25	0.00	#3
9	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	40.86	21.30		19.56	5.05	4.75	4.85	5.05	4.75	0.00	#6
10	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	39.19	19.10		20.09	5.00	4.80	5.15	5.15	5.00	0.00	#10
11	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	38.91	16.70		22.21	5.55	5.25	5.65	5.60	5.65	0.00	#12
12	Charlotte DYSON / Paul DREDGE	GBR	27.43	14.70		13.73	3.55	3.25	3.45	3.55	3.35	1.00	#7
13	Laura ABTS / Maarten BUCKENS	BEL	26.14	13.98		12.16	3.30	2.95	2.95	3.10	2.90	0.00	#8
14	Victoria-Laura LOHMUS / Andrei DAVODOV	EST	22.23	10.10		12.13	3.20	3.00	3.00	3.15	2.85	0.00	#14

Valeria Zenkova & Valerie Sinitsin (RUS)

2011 Junior Grand Prix of Poland: Short Dance Results & Videos

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	56.83	30.64		26.19	6.50	6.29	6.50	6.61	6.75	0.00	#15
2	Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI	UKR	52.39	29.65		22.74	5.64	5.43	5.71	5.71	5.86	0.00	#21
3	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON	FRA	52.13	27.93		24.20	6.04	5.82	6.04	6.07	6.21	0.00	#14
4	Anna YANOVSKAIA / Sergei MOZGOV	RUS	52.06	28.15		23.91	5.93	5.71	6.04	6.04	6.11	0.00	#7
5	Victoria HASEGAWA / Connor HASEGAWA	CAN	50.69	30.43		20.26	5.14	4.89	5.07	5.14	5.07	0.00	#2
6	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksandrs JAKUSHIN	LAT	47.83	28.29		19.54	4.96	4.64	5.00	5.00	4.82	0.00	#3
7	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	45.82	27.36		18.46	4.57	4.36	4.61	4.71	4.75	0.00	#13
8	Noa BRUSER / Timothy LUM	CAN	44.89	26.43		19.46	4.93	4.64	4.82	4.96	4.93	1.00	#9
9	Jessica MANCINI / Tyler BROOKS	USA	44.17	23.87		20.30	5.32	4.93	5.14	5.07	4.93	0.00	#18
10	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	43.03	22.22		20.81	5.29	5.04	5.21	5.14	5.29	0.00	#12
11	Natalia KALISZEK / Michal KALISZEK	POL	41.97	26.14		15.83	4.14	3.86	4.04	3.96	3.82	0.00	#8
12	Valentina RUDCHENKO / Artur REGGIANI	FRA	41.09	23.00		18.09	4.54	4.25	4.54	4.57	4.64	0.00	#17
13	Baily CARROLL / Peter GERBER	POL	40.07	22.35		17.72	4.46	4.21	4.43	4.50	4.50	0.00	#19
14	Stephanie BAADSGAARD SNIDER / Stepan DUBROVSKI	DEN	38.69	23.22		15.47	4.11	3.82	3.86	4.14	3.50	0.00	#11
15	Jasmine TESSARI / Stefano COLAFATO	ITA	38.46	24.00		14.46	3.54	3.36	3.54	3.68	3.86	0.00	#6
16	Sophie JONES / Richard SHARPE	GBR	37.71	20.16		17.55	4.50	4.11	4.46	4.36	4.46	0.00	#20
17	Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	36.64	18.93		17.71	4.57	4.21	4.46	4.61	4.29	0.00	#1
18	Joanna ZAJAC / Damian BINKOWSKI	POL	32.84	17.29		15.55	3.93	3.68	3.86	3.96	3.96	0.00	#10
19	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	28.57	16.94		12.63	3.32	3.07	3.29	3.29	2.89	1.00	#5
20	Viktoria-Laura LOHMUS / Andrei DAVODOV	EST	26.90	15.14		11.76	3.04	2.75	3.00	3.14	2.79	0.00	#4
21	Ilona BIRGELAITE / Aivaras STRAVINSKAS	LTU	23.33	12.14		12.19	3.11	2.89	2.96	3.18	3.07	1.00	#16

Victoria Sinitsina & Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) 56.83





Anastasia Galyeta & Alexei Shumski (UKR) 52.39





Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) 52.13