2014 Skate America Pairs SP 10/25

[Meoima]

Ingo Steuer helped with the choreo

Glad to know Ingo is well-employed. Poor German Fed, though.

 

[Doggygirl]

Cheng in red zhang in blue. Nice to see zao (sp) on boards. She down on sbs jump. Seemed to slow down after that. Fw in particular seemed slow to me. Program seemed generic maybe that is just me.

 

[dorispulaski]

Peng & Zhang

Nutcracker
She ran out of space on the rink and fell on the opening 3t
death spiral probably not low enough
good 3tw
throw 3 loop very good
really exceptional lift with a crazy entry gorgeous
spins really quite good.
not their best, but promise in this nutcracker program for later

62.38 into 2nd

 

[ice coverage]

Maddie/Max must be giving the other Max a huge thrill and some big inspiration. :yes:
They'll all be teammates next week at Skate Canada International. :yay:

‏@MaxTAaron

Wishing my little sister @MaddieAaron25 the best of luck at her first Grand Prix and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ))))
9:58 AM - 25 Oct 2014
https://twitter.com/MaxTAaron/status/526055178655784960​

 

[Jammers]

Alexa looks so uptight when she competes.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM (USA)

Music: El Tango de Roxanne by Craig Armstrong (from "Moulin Rouge" soundtrack)

Both in black with sparkle, she's has red rose in hair

3Tw - very big
3S - she fell, looked maybe <
FCCoSp3p - unison off
3Li
StSq
3FTh - good height
FiDs

Those darn sbs jumps are and will be their downfall. Haven't they like fallen on every attempt this season?

SP: 32.63+29.98-1.00 = 60.61 (SB), 4th (out of 8)

 

[Doggygirl]

S/K all in black. Interesting dance moves to start. She does "fierce" well. She down on sbs jump way tilted in the air. Program seemed to get tentative after that ???? Nice height on twist and throw. Battle for bronze will be fun to watch.

 

[dorispulaski]

Scimeca & Knierim
Great 3Tw, very high
she's done on the 3S
spin kind of off for Chris
Lift complex but kind of work
a bit slow on the footwork
Throw 3F very nice
death spiral down a bit late,

60.61 into fourth behind Denney & Frazier

 

[Scout]

Interesting fight developing between the three US pairs. They are only separated by about 2.5 points.

 

[MalAssada]

Is it over, or only the first group?

 

[Doggygirl]

It's interesting to watch sbs spins live. The uni problems are so painfully obvious. Less experienced teams had almost no unison. Mid tier teams were better, but seemed to struggle getting unison back when it was lost. KavSm and Peng/Z could get is back really fast after slight falters.

Somewhere upstream I said cheng instead of peng I tbunk. Apologies!

OK I have to pee but want to guard this stool with my life. What to do????

 

[Scout]

Is it over, or only the first group?

Over. Only 8 teams competing. Standings: RUS, CHN, USA, USA, USA, CAN, GER, AUT.

 

[dorispulaski]

That's it. Only 8 teams in the pairs and dance per gp event.

 

[MalAssada]

Thanks. Off I am to watch Doctor Who, then Ladies

 

[elee63]

On with the ladies.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Wow--that commercial for what I assume is the Russian version of Viagra cracked me up. (Yes I am that shallow!)

S/K look like they have major work to do, because I can see D/F easily passing them by Nationals at this point.

Oh and yes, sg, so nice to have you back doing play by play.

 

[Doggygirl]

Thank you sequin and Doris for pbp. Lol I am no tek and I can look at it after a program to ser what happened!. People must think I'm crazy. Old lady texting like a tweenager

 

[Meoima]

Thanks. Off I am to watch Doctor Who, then Ladies

I am going to watch Doctor Who as well. Peter Capaldi! Yay!

 

[Skater Boy]

Thank you for posting the video links Kutien.

Zimmerman and Steuer make a rather handsome pair on the boards, don't they? (Yes, I am that shallow!)

I didn't know they were dating? I thought Zimmerman was married?

 

[dorispulaski]

1 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 69.16 36.87 32.29 7.89 7.82 8.11 8.25 8.29 0.00 #5
2 Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN 62.38 32.35 31.03 7.79 7.57 7.79 7.96 7.68 1.00 #7
3 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER USA 61.08 34.08 27.00 6.86 6.32 6.89 6.89 6.79 0.00 #6
4 Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA 60.61 32.63 28.98 7.36 6.96 7.21 7.32 7.36 1.00 #8
5 Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE USA 58.41 32.18 26.23 6.57 6.32 6.68 6.57 6.64 0.00 #4
6 Vanessa GRENIER / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 51.13 27.33 23.80 6.14 5.50 6.04 6.00 6.07 0.00 #1
7 Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT GER 48.87 26.32 23.55 5.82 5.64 5.86 6.07 6.04 1.00 #3
8 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT 45.27 24.24 22.03 5.46 5.18 5.57 5.71 5.61 1.00 #2