JGP Istanbul - Ice Dance RD & FD

[airgelaal]

Are they high??

Only in their alternate reality

 

[Wyliefan]

Ukraine has a good anthem.

 

[Gris]

FD protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...OR----FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Zehnder / Sieber won the FD even with 1 invalid choreo element! Livestream froze during their skate so unable to tell what happened.

 

[Amy L]

Mariia and Mykyta have perked up quite a bit since the knc. probably does wonders for the mood! They did look solemn during the UKR anthem, I'm sure it means a lot to them.
SUI team on the podium =

 

[airgelaal]

SUI team on the podium =

I think this is very symbolic, because their coach represented Turkey
And yes, she is from Kharkiv, like the Ukrainian team, and Galina Churilova also trained her

 

[Sylvia]

Dana took out her phone in the kiss & cry and showed a photo of Mitch, Alexandra & baby Charlie.

Here's a screenshot from the livestream: https://twitter.com/jm_thayer/status/1700532924053963126

ETA link to watch the Ice Dance victory ceremony that followed the FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxei2BKw-ns&t=10515s

 

[her grace]

catching the replay

Ilin/Cain
shredded dress and belly shirt, nice unison on one foot steps, good twizzles!! holding back on expression some, want to see more ease in some of the little choreo lifts, their synchronization is truly wonderful.

Sidenote: and you didn't want to give these two a second assignment, USFS? France isn't leaving their baby team at home even though they only finished 8th in their first assignment

Perrier Gianesini/Blanc Klaperman
Lovely mature movement, good bladework and how they use their edges through the sequences. Arm movements that add to the choreography. Awkward spacing issue where she was reaching for her partner in some transitional steps. Really set a mood. Good job.

Psurna/Novak
Her exits to the twizzles didn't look all that controlled, one foot steps nicely choreographed to the music. Some work to do on basics, speed, unison. Problem right at end of program going into the choreo lift.

Paolino/Tuba
I am ever on a quest to find G/F's successors. This team seems quite technically competent. Nice stretch from him in camel on dance spin, good level on diagonal steps (2, 3). Like their good knee bend, could use more unison in the free legs and could skate closer together. Nice job.

Zehnder/Sieber
Intriguing dramatic choreo. She has great facial expressions. Levels are going up in this group: Diagonal steps (3, 2). Impressive lifts. Feed skipped forward after twizzles. Sad. It looked like it was going so well.

Pinchuk/Pogorielov
Good spacing between them during one foot steps, twizzle miss from her, strong lifts, interesting choreo slide move with him in Besti spread eagle and her between, skating fairly slowly by the end.

Pedersen/Chen
Skating farther apart than other teams in this group, ooh and a fall from her. Not nearly as strong as RD, unfortunately, more reaching for each other and less unison and performance. Learning experience.

 

[her grace]

But I'm surprised to see such high components from P/C. The girl was out of place for half the program.

1	Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER	SUI	88.30	46.22		42.08	7.11	7.07	6.86	0.00	#14
2	Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV	UKR	88.19	46.05		42.14	7.07	7.14	6.86	0.00	#15
3	Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN	FRA	88.04	49.82		39.22	6.61	6.54	6.46	1.00	#11
4	Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA	ITA	84.70	45.48		39.22	6.57	6.54	6.50	0.00	#13
5	Yahli PEDERSEN / Jeffrey CHEN	USA	83.12	42.12		42.00	7.18	6.93	6.89	1.00	#16

I'm side-eyeing that as well. No way was Zehnder/Sieber with their dramatic surety and Pinchuk/Pogorielov with their stable deep edges somehow only .08 and .14 better in these performances.

 

[Sylvia]

RD videos are all uploaded into the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuB703eaMDlJvjyblquppzL6oYvbYejyi

FD playlist (12 videos; final group of 4 still to come): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuB703eaMDlKcmttdbLw3qQnSBSffrpDs