Cup of China 8-11 Nov. 2007

It's next week I'm reading the entries, and I think that it's maybe the strongest GP event (in ice-dance) Except the Frenches couples all the favourites are here:

ICE DANCE
Jiameimei GUO / Fei MENG
Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG
Lu LIU / Bin SUO
Zoe BLANC / Pierre-Loup BOUQUET
Sinead KERR / John KERR :looool: John and his kilt!
Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI
Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI
Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN
Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO
Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO

PAIRS
Jessica MILLER / Ian MORAM
Jiaqi LI / Jiankun XU
Qing PANG / Jian TONG
Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG
Maria SERGEJEVA / Ilja GLEBOV
Mari VARTMANN / Florian JUST
Dominika PIATKOWSKA / Dmitri KHROMIN
Keauna McLAUGHLIN / Rockne BRUBAKER

LADIES
Dan FANG
Yueren WANG
Binshu XU
Susanna PÖYKIÖ
Julia SEBESTYEN
Carolina KOSTNER
Fumie Suguri Goooo, Fumie!
Yu-Na KIM
Arina MARTINOVA
Alissa CZISNY
Beatrisa LIANG
Caroline ZHANG

MEN
Sergei DAVYDOV
Shawn SAWYER
Chengjiang LI
Jialiang WU
Ming XU
Karel ZELENKA
Ryo SHIBATA
Alexander USPENSKI
Stephane LAMBIEL
Jamal OTHMAN
Evan LYSACEK
Johnny WEIR

I think it will be interesting to compare Belbin/Agosto and Domnina/Shabalin, in a foreign country that is not USA nor Russia

And Lambiel, Lysacek and Weir at the same competition will be interesting too.

It starts tomorrow
http://www.isufs.org/results/gpchn07/

I'm watching Ladies short program on Live streaming...

Alissa just finished to skate and I can see her at Kiss & Cry She is beautiful girl!!

1st place is Caroline ZHANG currently! I'm looking forward to see Yu-Na Kim!!!


Kisses!
Meg

Results from Cup of China:

Ice-dance - result after the CD

1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 38.77
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 35.89
3 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 33.54
4 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 30.81
5 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 29.52
6 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 27.05
7 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 27.04
8 Zoe BLANC / Pierre-Loup BOUQUET FRA 24.79
9 Lu LIU / Bin SUO CHN 20.25
10 Jiameimei GUO / Fei MENG CHN 19.59

Pairs - short program

1 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 65.48
2 Keauna McLAUGHLIN / Rockne BRUBAKER USA 59.22
3 Jessica MILLER / Ian MORAM CAN 50.46
4 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN 48.32
5 Jiaqi LI / Jiankun XU CHN 46.24
6 Dominika PIATKOWSKA / Dmitri KHROMIN POL 38.84
7 Maria SERGEJEVA / Ilja GLEBOV EST 36.40

Ladies - short program

1 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 60.82
2 Caroline ZHANG USA 58.76
3 Yu-Na KIM KOR 58.32
4 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 55.46
5 Alissa CZISNY USA 51.08
6 Susanna POYKIO FIN 48.48
7 Beatrisa LIANG USA 46.44
8 Dan FANG CHN 45.88
9 Binshu XU CHN 45.74
10 Yueren WANG CHN 45.48
11 Fumie SUGURI JPN 44.76
12 Arina MARTINOVA RUS 40.54

and the starting order for the Men short program tomorrow
1 Ming XU CHN
2 Jamal OTHMAN SUI
3 Ryo SHIBATA JPN
4 Chengjiang LI CHN
5 Karel ZELENKA ITA
6 Shawn SAWYER CAN
7 Jialiang WU CHN
8 Alexander USPENSKI RUS
9 Sergei DAVYDOV BLR
10 Johnny WEIR USA
11 Evan LYSACEK USA
12 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI

Love the results

Ice-dance - result after the CD

1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 38.77
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 35.89

Vania wrote:

It's next week I'm reading the entries, and I think that it's maybe the strongest GP event (in ice-dance) Except the Frenches couples all the favourites are here:

Yeah, it pretty impressive for ice dance!!! Not all of my favourites are there though... This is going to be disagreed with but Tessa and Scott have an insanely strong FD. The teams at the top should watch out... because technically alone it is amazingly difficult and they are performing it well consistantly. No one is going to like that opinion... but okay.

Buuuuut ahhhhh!!! Why are the Zaretskis ahead of the Kerrs? That can't possibly be right, unless one of the Kerrs made an error. Glad that DSh are ahead of B/A, though!!!

Lana wrote:

This is going to be disagreed with but Tessa and Scott have an insanely strong FD. The teams at the top should watch out... because technically alone it is amazingly difficult and they are performing it well consistantly. No one is going to like that opinion... but okay. :

To be honest, I don't have any impression of Tessa and Scott I have only watched their FD at the Worlds last season. But now they are the strongest Canadian couple and I'm not surprised that their programs are very strong - Canada should have a couple in top 10 why not in top 6 - it will be a little surprise, cause they're so young...

Lana wrote:

Buuuuut ahhhhh!!! Why are the Zaretskis ahead of the Kerrs? That can't possibly be right, unless one of the Kerrs made an error.

It seems strange to me too we should defintely find videos and see

Oh, I was missing so much the discussions about FS

Sinead and John remain on 5th place after the OD (is their performances sooo bad I can't believe that Zaretskis are better than Kerrs)

Ice Dancing - Original Dance
Folk-Country Dance

1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 100.97
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 96.70
3 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 90.48
4 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 83.07
5 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 78.45
6 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 74.55
7 Zoe BLANC / Pierre-Loup BOUQUET FRA 68.15
8 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 68.06
9 Lu LIU / Bin SUO CHN 55.39
10 Jiameimei GUO / Fei MENG CHN 54.66

Vania wrote:

MEN
Sergei DAVYDOV

Yaaay ...he has a colour!!!!

...and thanks for all the updates!!!

Marina wrote:

I think it will be interesting to compare Belbin/Agosto and Domnina/Shabalin, in a foreign country that is not USA nor Russia

Yes, you're right!!
I think I prefer Oksana and Maxim!! I like them!! I'm not sure how much but I do!! I'm curious about this year's routine.
Hm..I haven't seen many videos from this season. I should catch-up

But why?
Uf, what is happening!?

I've noticed that Alexandra and Roman improved a lot and they keep doing so, but it is hard to believe that they are better than Sinead and John.

Sinead and John should skate for the same position as Federica and Massimo. And they are 12 points behind....

Buuuuut, I'm, glad Oksana and Maxim are better than Tanith and Ben!!

3 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 90.48

Congrats to Yu-Na Kim!

Final results:
1 Yu-Na KIM KOR 180.68
2 Caroline ZHANG USA 156.34
3 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 143.86
4 Fumie SUGURI JPN 137.13 (she was 11th after the SP )
5 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 136.60
6 Beatrisa LIANG USA 127.42
7 Dan FANG CHN 124.58
8 Susanna POYKIO FIN 124.00
9 Alissa CZISNY USA 120.43
10 Binshu XU CHN 119.63
11 Arina MARTINOVA RUS 117.38
12 Yueren WANG CHN 109.71

Vania wrote:

Congrats to Yu-Na Kim!

Final results:
1 Yu-Na KIM KOR 180.68
2 Caroline ZHANG USA 156.34
3 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 143.86
4 Fumie SUGURI JPN 137.13 (she was 11th after the SP )
5 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 136.60
6 Beatrisa LIANG USA 127.42
7 Dan FANG CHN 124.58
8 Susanna POYKIO FIN 124.00
9 Alissa CZISNY USA 120.43
10 Binshu XU CHN 119.63
11 Arina MARTINOVA RUS 117.38
12 Yueren WANG CHN 109.71

I don't know what happened to the ladies...or propably to the ice.I still can't believe that Yu_na was the only one who didn't fall.Congrats!

Ice dance results:

1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 195.11
2 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 188.66
3 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 181.10
4 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 161.86
5 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 152.99
6 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 150.18
7 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 139.09
8 Zoe BLANC / Pierre-Loup BOUQUET FRA 132.96
9 Jiameimei GUO / Fei MENG CHN 112.69
10 Lu LIU / Bin SUO CHN 108.78

Congratulations to JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay!!!!!! Johnny Angel!!!!!


Kisses!
Meg

Oh ! Sinead and John ! What has happened? The fifth place seems to me to be rather impossible. They are always so full of innovation and it´s always great fun to watch them! Before the competition started I hoped to see them on the podium. So, what has happened? Were they really soooooo bad???? It seems to me hard to believe ...

Sinead and John...
Their performace was not technically perfect, bisides the program and the costums was too sigular, a bit weird..,( Star Trek style) and the music difficult to dance...
So they said the commentators...
Certainly very original and you know the jury...

I actually liked their FD-very original,needs to be polish but is very nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SA9Nj7u7fU



I cannot say the same about D/S.I wasn't impress at all and in my opinion is a shame to do this to "Waltz Masquerade ".

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zdDcSPEgkHg


Someone has to teach miss Domnina manners. Being rude to a child and then blowing kisses is not the best behavior for one of top 5 ice dance skaters .

viktoria wrote:

I actually liked their FD-very original,needs to be polish but is very nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SA9Nj7u7fU

I like the music a lot. Not their costumes very much... but their moves are so beautiful ! Amazing and original lifts (especially the first one) and I like their step sequences.

I like their OD too, Scottish music, John wearing a kilt... (well, I don't like this OD only for that ! ).

viktoria wrote:

I cannot say the same about D/S.I wasn't impress at all and in my opinion is a shame to do this to "Waltz Masquerade ".

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zdDcSPEgkHg

I don't like this program at all. I don't like the costumes (especially hers ) and this music is not my favorite one (I don't like waltz a lot. The music is beautiful, but not the kind of music I prefer). I find them heavy on the ice, I don't like their moves, I don't find this program beautiful...


Now, I'm eager to see Delobel & Schoenfelder, they are the last ones (among the top ice dance pairs) to show their programs in a GP event.
With Domnina & Shabalin's program, I start to believe into another gold medal at Europeans for the French pair.

viktoria wrote:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zdDcSPEgkHg


Someone has to teach miss Domnina manners. Being rude to a child and then blowing kisses is not the best behavior for one of top 5 ice dance skaters .

You mean that Domnina's attitude for the little kids in the KnC? Yeah I noticed it, too!

According to press conference report from FSU, Diva Domnina stepped forward to hug Tanith and gave her fake smile! Other couples were very happy and gave hugging kissing each other. but Diva Domnina wasn't like them at all

But I think her attitude is not originally her character.
I have talked with Domnina when I went to the past competitions. I remember that she was so cute(she didn't speak english well) and always smiling and so kind (I'm sure she is not like Diva Navka!) but sometimes she seems to forget to behave well. it's a bad part of her. Domnina should understand what she does as a competitor at all


Kisses!
Meg

Some Ice dance videos :

Comparative CD made by Nmsis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gA4SXPLoyM

Kerr/Kerr -CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX09KBge6Is

Zaretski/Zaretski - CD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok7eJeXLeh8

Blanc/Bouquet -CD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJHbK9zurn8

Belbin /Agosto FD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqV8OVbqM0

Blanc/Bouquet -FD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_R8nM90pY

Domnina/Shabalin OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH9hEuVcPpA

Blanc/Bouquet /France/-OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k55jl4dhwGM

Kerr/Kerr OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNfJSrWQzpI

Belbin/Agosto --EX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHE7uQRh3YM


I will try to post more later.

Continue with Ice Dance

Faiella/Scali-CD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYipAw4W6A




Zadorojnik/Verbillo /UKR/-OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UXMwz3JBv8

Zaretski/Zaretski /ISR/-OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nq7Hivf-NU

/It sounds like Albie and Max's 2003 FD music/

Faella/Scalli - OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BG0LaWuOFs

Belbin/Agosto -OD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyJm_KHFQjQ



Zadorojnik/Verbillo-FD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlq2h-U2eJw

Zaretski/Zaretski-FD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR1Xu1L2dn8


Faiella/Scalli -FD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25Z6EqOYAU