Ha. The interviewer asked to "please smile the rest of the day".
Wow. S/S might have won this battle if they'd skated. Defeated by another Russian team I had never heard of until today. Stolbova/Klimov... Are they even going to Sochi? Better remember their names. I loved their Adams Family program - she performed every second of it. Hard elements very late in the program too!
Vera Bazarova letting her hair loose for the medal ceremony... "Look at me! I do have a wild side!"
They are the National Champs, and so yes are going. I think they are solidly now Russia's no2 team.
yep, look at Stolbova/Klimov and Bazarova/Larionov's PCS Gap
Yeah it's true that they have a pause of about 20 secs, but they are not standing for all that time with two feet on the ice, so I don't think this can be regarded as a rule violation, although I'm not sure about how that rule works.Interesting point I heard regarding V/T's free program on the German live stream. After their side by side spin they are posing and 'resting' for more than 20 secs (both their feet are on the ice) which supposedly is a rule violation and should get penalised. If this is the case, than there are obviously different scoring rules for them than for all the others.
Anyway it gives them a huge breather half way through the program. In comparison S/S are skating without this break.
@ 136 points for 3 errors including 2 falls. How awkward would it be if they won the Olympics with that FS?