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This SD felt heavy.
It is heavy--it's very traditional High Russian Drahmuh! That's what they're going for this year.
This SD felt heavy.
I think they would be a suprise top6 too I knew they won't be having any problem to make it into top10, wasn't sure how judges would have react to them skating so early, but there won't be that problem in FDTee hee hee. The Israelis are in 7th. I told you doris--I smell 6th for them here. I see Step/Buk dropping after the FD. And it will be close with G/F.
Not bad for Russia. SinKats should be really happy. They are less than a point away from BS and I think SK's SD is their weaker dance, while for BS, their SD is their stronger dance. Honestly, I expected a bigger difference between BS and SK in BS's favor after the SD. Battle for 3rd between the Russian teams will be interesting. I think CL and PC won't change, but we'll see... stranger things have happened.
I think both T/T and SinKats showed the good points of the new judging system. In ice dance in particular, if you're strong you get more or less the marks you deserve and not the points your starting group "allows" you. The effect of skating earlier is still there and detrimental, but less so. It didn't matter that T/T had to skate in the first group, they're top ten. It didn't matter that SinKats had to skate two groups earlier than the other top pairs, their scores held up and reflected what happened on the ice (perhaps skating earlier lowered PCS for both S/K and T/T a bit, but the effects aren't drastic anymore).I think they would be a suprise top6 too I knew they won't be having any problem to make it into top10, wasn't sure how judges would have react to them skating so early, but there won't be that problem in FD