Surely they're pretty and have this certain something, but all in all it is a rather big man with a rather small woman, like K/S or the Zhangs are too. I like the harmonic picture S/S represent and I admire Szolkowy for what he does despite of not having this advantage.
her wikipedia bio says she's grown.Yeah, I noticed she'd filled out more. She looks good. An odd way to put it though if that's what they meant.
Zhang Dan is the tallest currently-competing female pair skater. In 2008, she was 1.63 m and in October 2009, she reached 1.675 m,[6] surpassing Tatiana Totmianina (1.65 m) and ending in a virtual tie with Viktoria Borzenkova (1.68 m) who are both retired. As of August 2011, she is the tallest female in elite pair skating, being 1.695 m in height.
according to their bio Savchenko is 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) and Volosozhar is 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in), Szolkowy - 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) and Trankov - 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in).Aren't Volosozhar and Savchenko almost the same height? And height is not what makes me like or dislike a pair. It is their skating qualities.
her wikipedia bio says she's grown.
according to their bio Savchenko is 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) and Volosozhar is 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in), Szolkowy - 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) and Trankov - 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in).
her wikipedia bio says she's grown.
I was surprised at how little I enjoyed V/T. After hearing all the raves I was expecting something out of the water, but they skated very sloppy. They almost fell out of the last spin for god's sake! How was this FS scored so close to S/S??? :confused2:
Female pair skaters used to be much closer in height to the male partners before twists ans throws became core pair elements. Babilonia and Gardner were virtually the same height once the finished puberty. So were Starbuck and Shelley and the Protopopovs. The difference is the Hao is a beast. He can manage the physical strain those more modern pair elements impose. In fact their unison, death spiral and quality of position in lifts have clearly improved. I never liked them much pre-injury, but I have to give them credit for the obvious work they've put into improving their presentation and on ice projection.
VoloszharTrankov announced in presser they will not be at Russian nats. They wish to take time to heal from injuries (her leg, his groin)
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You're absolutely wrong to say they've improved unision, death spirals and lifts, etc. On the contrary, all of their elements prior to Dan's continuend growth spurt were 1st rate. Unfortunately, the quality has declined substantially since then. Even Han Zhang is a beast, it is still very very difficult to lift a girl who's 5'7!!!
Didn't V/T skate clean and still came in 2nd?
I don't think I've ever seen jcoates use sarcasm before.