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- Feb 26, 2014
I think I saw more expression from Ruslan today than I did ever with Victoria. His strength has always been in presenting his partner - the old "the man is the stem & the woman is the flower" school of thinking. Elena is so much more expressive than Victoria that maybe he needs to learn that he doesn't have to work so hard to present her, and can pay more attention to bringing out his character on the ice.
The only other quibble I have with I/Z is that I'd like them to skate a little closer together. They both have great knee bend but he's leaning into her too much and that hides it a bit. He needs to straighten up and get a bit closer to her and then they'd also seem to have a slightly larger height difference. But that is only a minor complaint, I thought everything else was great, and they were robbed on the GOE of the lift and PCS, particularly SS. Once their ranking is up enough to draw later in the skating order, I expect those marks to go shooting up.
I agree. The only problem I can see with that lift though is the exit. Somehow it doesn't look comfortable and natural to me.
They should find a another way. But today is great and I'm happy.