February 14, 2010
Scheduled 16:30 - Pairs Short Program

February 15, 2010
Medal Event Scheduled 17:00 - Pairs Free Skating
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/

Entries and starting orders :


1 China SHEN Xue / ZHAO Hongbo
2 Estonia SERGEJEVA Maria / GLEBOV Ilja
3 Poland SULEJ Joanna / CHRUSCINSKI Mateusz
4 United States DENNEY Caydee / BARRETT Jeremy

5 Germany HAUSCH Maylin / WENDE Daniel
6 France JAMES Vanessa / BONHEUR Yannick
7 Russian Federation BAZAROVA Vera / LARIONOV Yuri
8 United States EVORA Amanda / LADWIG Mark

9 Canada LANGLOIS Anabelle / HAY Cody
10 Ukraine KOSTENKO Ekaterina / TALAN Roman
11 Italy DELLA MONICA Nicole / KOCON Yannick
12 Great Britain KEMP Stacey / KING David

13 Switzerland MORAND Anais / DORSAZ Antoine
14 Russian Federation MUKHORTOVA Maria / TRANKOV Maxim
15 Ukraine VOLOSOZHAR Tatiana / MOROZOV Stanislav
16 Russian Federation KAVAGUTI Yuko / SMIRNOV Alexander

17 Canada DUBE Jessica / DAVISON Bryce
18 China PANG Qing / TONG Jian
19 China ZHANG Dan / ZHANG Hao
20 Germany SAVCHENKO Aliona / SZOLKOWY Robin

Waouh déjà !!!!!!!!!

I don't know if I'm going to watch it live tonight it starts at 2.00 clock in the morning

Manon, I am going to attract blow but I have interest to drink heavily coffee!!!!!!!!
Manon , je vais tenter le coup mais j'ai intérêt de boire beaucoup de café !!!!!!!!

I'm at a loss as to what to do, I have to go to school early, so if I watch pairs I don't get sleep at all, only on the buss tomorrow morning. On the other hand - IT'S OLYMPICS The same goes for these two weeks - it's terrible

Oh - that's unfortunate draw for Shen&Zhao.


Eurosport plans to show highlights from the pairs short program on Monday morning (8.25 CET) so this is my option for tomorrow as there's no wsy I can stay awake - I was partying this night and I'm deadly tired.
There will be repeats also at 12.30 and 16.30 (all CET)- but would be hard to stay spoiler-free

Fingers crossed for Aliona&Robin!

I don't think i'm going to wake up to see the pairs live, especially the SP, because i'm saving all my energy for the men's event Anyway, through my sleep i'm going to keep my fingers crossed for Aliona & Robin, go for the gold, Aliona & Robin!!!

Pairs are on

This link is showing live pairs:

http://noticiasaovivo.terra.com.br/esportes/vancouver/358-br/#268397


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Izadora

I'm soo pissed of! D/D so OVERSCORED! RIDICULOUS! The judges are totally for the canadians ....Shame on them! I'm really AFFRAID FOR MEN...

I would have had Aliona and Robin first. They were amazing! I'm so sad for MM/MT ...What a stupid fall from Maxim . Great SP from K/S!


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Izadora

Draw, shmaw. You go out there and do your thing - voila - world record (are you taking notes, Brian?)

S/Z were magical.
S/S excellent (though I hate, hate, hate the costumes and makeup, really distracting).
K/S are really growing. I predict they will be world champions in March. I think they are better now than S/Z were in 2002, when they won their first world title (but not as good as S/Z became in 2003). Chris Howarth did a terrific job pointing out the transitions into their elements.
P/T I thought were a little underscored, should have neem closer to K/S than to Z/Z.
D/D were way overscored - don't see how they can score exactly like M/T on PCS and 2 points ahead on TES. L/H I can't say, as I didn;t see their program.

A great start to the games, IMHO. A pity my favorite disciplines are the first (pairs and men). I don't much care about dance and after the excitement of pairs and men I expect ladies to be anticlimatic.

Lonnie

Guess everyone is sleeping now


The results after SP

Pl. Name Nation TSS = TES + PCS + SS TR PE CH IN Ded. - StN.
1 SHEN Xue / ZHAO Hongbo CHN 76.66 42.42 34.24 8.60 8.30 8.70 8.60 8.60 0.00 #1
2 SAVCHENKO Aliona / SZOLKOWY Robin GER 75.96 42.24 33.72 8.40 8.25 8.55 8.50 8.45 0.00 #20
3 KAVAGUTI Yuko / SMIRNOV Alexander RUS 74.16 40.92 33.24 8.25 8.10 8.45 8.30 8.45 0.00 #16
4 PANG Qing / TONG Jian CHN 71.50 39.90 32.60 8.25 7.90 8.25 8.15 8.20 1.00 #18
5 ZHANG Dan / ZHANG Hao CHN 71.28 41.08 30.20 7.70 7.40 7.55 7.65 7.45 0.00 #19
6 DUBE Jessica / DAVISON Bryce CAN 65.36 36.16 30.20 7.60 7.30 7.60 7.65 7.60 1.00 #17
7 LANGLOIS Anabelle / HAY Cody CAN 64.20 37.60 26.60 6.70 6.30 6.75 6.80 6.70 0.00 #9
8 MUKHORTOVA Maria / TRANKOV Maxim RUS 63.44 34.24 30.20 7.65 7.40 7.50 7.65 7.55 1.00 #14
9 VOLOSOZHAR Tatiana / MOROZOV Stanislav UKR 62.14 34.62 27.52 7.05 6.70 6.85 7.00 6.80 0.00 #15
10 EVORA Amanda / LADWIG Mark USA 57.86 33.10 24.76 6.30 5.95 6.35 6.20 6.15 0.00 #8
11 DELLA MONICA Nicole / KOCON Yannick ITA 56.82 31.90 24.92 6.40 6.10 6.15 6.40 6.10 0.00 #11
12 BAZAROVA Vera / LARIONOV Yuri RUS 56.54 31.74 24.80 6.25 5.90 6.30 6.35 6.20 0.00 #7
13 MORAND Anais / DORSAZ Antoine SUI 55.34 32.70 22.64 5.85 5.40 5.80 5.75 5.50 0.00 #13
14 DENNEY Caydee / BARRETT Jeremy USA 53.26 29.86 23.40 6.00 5.60 5.95 5.95 5.75 0.00 #4
15 JAMES Vanessa / BONHEUR Yannick FRA 51.16 28.56 22.60 5.75 5.40 5.65 5.80 5.65 0.00 #6
16 KEMP Stacey / KING David GBR 48.28 27.72 20.56 5.25 4.90 5.25 5.15 5.15 0.00 #12
17 HAUSCH Maylin / WENDE Daniel GER 45.46 23.54 21.92 5.60 5.25 5.35 5.55 5.65 0.00 #5
18 SERGEJEVA Maria / GLEBOV Ilja EST 42.18 23.70 19.48 5.15 4.60 4.85 5.00 4.75 1.00 #2
19 KOSTENKO Ekaterina / TALAN Roman UKR 39.54 21.74 18.80 4.85 4.50 4.65 4.85 4.65 1.00 #10
20 SULEJ Joanna / CHRUSCINSKI Mateusz POL 39.30 23.26 18.04 4.75 4.25 4.40 4.55 4.60 2.00 #3



Starting order to LP:

StN. Name Nation Rank Points
Warm-Up Group 1
1 HAUSCH Maylin / WENDE Daniel GER 17 45.46
2 KOSTENKO Ekaterina / TALAN Roman UKR 19 39.54
3 SERGEJEVA Maria / GLEBOV Ilja EST 18 42.18
4 SULEJ Joanna / CHRUSCINSKI Mateusz POL 20 39.30
Warm-Up Group 2
5 KEMP Stacey / KING David GBR 16 48.28
6 JAMES Vanessa / BONHEUR Yannick FRA 15 51.16
7 MORAND Anais / DORSAZ Antoine SUI 13 55.34
8 DENNEY Caydee / BARRETT Jeremy USA 14 53.26
Warm-Up Group 3
9 EVORA Amanda / LADWIG Mark USA 10 57.86
10 BAZAROVA Vera / LARIONOV Yuri RUS 12 56.54
11 VOLOSOZHAR Tatiana / MOROZOV Stanislav UKR 9 62.14
12 DELLA MONICA Nicole / KOCON Yannick ITA 11 56.82
Warm-Up Group 4
13 LANGLOIS Anabelle / HAY Cody CAN 7 64.20
14 ZHANG Dan / ZHANG Hao CHN 5 71.28
15 MUKHORTOVA Maria / TRANKOV Maxim RUS 8 63.44
16 DUBE Jessica / DAVISON Bryce CAN 6 65.36
Warm-Up Group 5
17 KAVAGUTI Yuko / SMIRNOV Alexander RUS 3 74.16
18 SAVCHENKO Aliona / SZOLKOWY Robin GER 2 75.96
19 PANG Qing / TONG Jian CHN 4 71.50
20 SHEN Xue / ZHAO Hongbo CHN 1 76.66

D&D definitely got a "home bonus" No idea about the other Canadian team as Eurosport didn't show their performance in the repeat this morning. Was great to see so many good performances - will be a battle of nerves in the LP. As much as I love both Shen&Zhao and Aliona&Robin - I want German team for the gold!


oh and I don't like the minimalist look of Kiss&Cry .

Now me, and my sleeplees night

1. X.Shen/H.Zhao (CHN)
Great music choice to what they showed. Everything was perfect. After the break they remind who rules!!!

2. Aliona Savchenko/ Robin Szolkovy (GER)
Yeyyyyy!!!! Aliona did everything so gently, and her Throw Triple Flip was like poetry. Want to see the gold on their chests!!!

3. Yuko Kavaguti/ Alexander Smirnov (RUS)
They feel that kind of music and they know how to do all technical elements for that music.

4. Q.Pang/J.Tong (CHN)
Good but, not captivated me.

5. D.Zhang/H.Zhang (CHN)
The best Triple Lutz Twist Lift (6.88) even better than Shen and Zhao (6.24).
Pair Combination Spin could be more synchronized... but it's a small deatil which can be improve by that pair.

6. Jessica Dube/Bryce Davison (CAN)
To much pressure on the hosts... I think so. But it's not mean that can got high scores LOL

7. Anabelle Langlois/ Cody Hay (CAN)
I hve mixed feeling... seems like all was good, but performed looked like on training no passions, not deep feelings. Not my type.

8. Maria Mukhortowa/ Maxim Trankov (RUS)
I shouldn't say what I wish to say. Maksim what happened?????? Why, why the ice is so slippery??? Maria made a some little mistake when she touched the ice after Teoloop but Maksim why??? He was the better site of jumps... but on Valentine's Day he lost. But today is another day so go Russia!!!!

9. Tatiana Volosozhar/ Stanislav Morozov (UKR)
They can't be higher... Stanislav had seriously problem with Teoloop (like always) but the throw triple loop erasted bad expression. They are still in first 10 so good job.

Shen & Zhao were wow , but Aliona & Robin are my absolute favourites, their program was so beautiful and i liked it more than any other . I admire Shen & Zhao for their skill and the sureness they peform all their elements with, but Aliona & Robin simply touch my heart and i'll keep all my fingers crossed for them at the LP to win he gold.

I'm very sorry for Maria & Maxim, they are one of my favourite pairs and it was heartbreaking to watch them at the end of the program. They don't stand any chances for a high placing but i hope thet'll nail a clean and beautiful LP.