Finally, a break in the skating and giving a Saturday night ... We can take this opportunity to recharge the batteries a bit (say the men's competition was tough on energy haha)
First, a quick summary of couples ...
Many couples have given good performances in the short program, which took place Sunday, February 14. I think particularly in the top 10 overall in the short program, especially the top 5 which was exceptional in my opinion. I never thought that Shen / Zhao couples have been so close to them ..... them who were so dominant during the season. But that's what makes the competition interesting ... How
forget Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig who lived their Olympic dream thoroughly by offering their best performance? 10th Olympic Games is a great result for them, hoping they will still be on this momentum to the World ... Question of closing the beak to John Baldwin!
I will not forget the free program by Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur ... despite jumps that were ripped, their doors are superb and especially the outputs are likely to cut breath (the output of the second focused elsewhere ... phew!).
Annabelle Langlois / Cody Hay have also offered a fine performance in the short program. A balm for the season 2008/2009 and missed doubts that followed. Their free skate was less smoothly, but they scored the most satisfied.
Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov have had some glitches during the short, with a fall on a jump Trankov coast to coast. I expected a look of death from Mukhortova ... but no, she has displayed a slight smile AND she even comforted Trankov ... WOW!
This unfortunate fall on the 3 Salchow Jessica Dube have shattered the hopes of podium Dube / Davison. It was a shame, because the program was fine. The positive is that the rest of the program has not necessarily suffered due to this fall. Unfortunately, this was not repeated in the free program when Jessica fell again on 3 Salchow ... and there, the program has suffered. And say that Zhang / Zhang had opened the door a little ... such a shame, because a performance at the 2010 Canadian championship they might have traced back to 4th place.
Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang failed to build on their beautiful property in the short program score. Errors here and there away have a chance to make the podium. Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov experienced the nightmare in the free skate, after a short program tasty.
And what about the nightmare of Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy for the free program .... They were at 0.70 point Shen / Zhao after the short. Such a shame for this program which was great (remember their performance at Skate Canada 2009).
Pang Qing / Tong Jian have probably delivered the program free of their lives and were the only ones who own the top 5. All the technical elements were perfect .. and what about the interpretation of that was in the Pang your ... also a chance because I thought Tong lacked a little flavor. Their performance won them to the free program.
And what about Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao ... Beautiful couple. In the short program, I was simply delighted. The free program was gone altogether to be superb too ... to an unusual error on their part raised a surprised them a little. However, their lead over Pang / Tong after the short program, which were about 5 points, probably saved.
Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao, who are already legends in China, Chinese are the first pair to win Olympic gold. We can say that their coach, Yao Bin, has kept its promise to create a Chinese power in figure skating ... Who would have thought that the gentleman who was laughing at him as he will compete as a couple in the early 80's would have had 2 pairs medal at the Olympics 2010! Final result
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