Tuesday, March 20, 2007

2007 Worlds - Pairs SP

Marylin PLA / Yannick BONHEUR – shaky as overall impression
Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG – some asynchronization, not their best program
Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN, Anabelle LANGLOIS / Cody HAY, Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON – ah, the Canadians! It felt like the Canadian Nationals when their group was on. What can I say, they’re good and relatively close in value but they just don’t sparkle.
Dominika PIATKOWSKA / Dmitri KHROMIN – Poland has good replacements for the main champions who will retire after this season
Dorota SIUDEK / Mariusz SIUDEK – a hesitation at the landing but they skated very fast with their usual lovely style
Qing PANG / Jian TONG – she is so thin and the costume didn’t do her any favors but their fluidity in movements is wonderful
Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV – they’re getting better but they’re not quite there yet
Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY – oh they’re good, really good, but I liked Pang & Tong better
Diana RENNIK / Aleksei SAKS – they made mistakes
Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV – Russia switched from export to import? Interesting…
Xue SHEN / Hongbo ZHAO – beautiful as ever, well above everyone else
Maria PETROVA / Alexei TIKHONOV – felt bad for their mistakes, I loved their costumes.

Pairs SP Results:
1 Xue SHEN / Hongbo ZHAO CHN 71.07
2 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 67.65
3 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 66.75
4 Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 62.07
5 Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN CAN 60.73
6 Rena INOUE / John BALDWIN USA 59.50
7 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN 58.94
8 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR 57.62
9 Dorota SIUDEK / Mariusz SIUDEK POL 57.23
10 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 57.00
11 Maria PETROVA / Alexei TIKHONOV RUS 56.36

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