Skate America 2008

Skate America is comming.

A little info from Belbin / Agosto about their new programs ..

http://www.skatetoday.com/insideedge.php?blog_id=59&frompage=latestblog

Can't wait to see those .

The results after the CD:

1 Isabelle DELOBEL / Olivier SCHOENFELDER FRA 38.49
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 37.63
3 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 34.37
4 Pernelle CARRON / Mathieu JOST FRA 32.26
5 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES USA 31.81
6 Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU 29.78
7 Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER RUS 28.41
8 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES USA 27.50
9 Allie HANN-MCCURDY / Michael CORENO CAN 25.74

The OD will start today at 2p.m. local time

Vania wrote:

The results after the CD:

1 Isabelle DELOBEL / Olivier SCHOENFELDER FRA 38.49
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 37.63
3 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 34.37
(...)
The OD will start today at 2p.m. local time

Sinead and John, gooooooooooo!

I hope sooooo much that they will be on the podium! They deserve it!!!!!!

Result from Scate America, Ice Dancing:

Ice Dance

Result

FPl. Name Nat. Points CD OD FD
1 Isabelle DELOBEL / Olivier SCHOENFELDER FRA 187.64 1 1 2
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 186.53 2 3 1
3 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 180.20 3 2 4
4 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES USA 175.66 5 4 3
5 Pernelle CARRON / Mathieu JOST FRA 166.92 4 5 5
6 Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER RUS 159.03 7 7 6
7 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES USA 156.62 8 6 7
8 Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU 156.28 6 8 8
9 Allie HANN-MCCURDY / Michael CORENO CAN 142.95 9 9 9

Sinead and John are on the podium !!! I´m glad for them!
And Isabel and Olivier had to give the FD to Tanith and Ben! And only 1,1 points beween the first two pairs! Very close! (Good work of Linishuk / Karpanossov )...

I really want to watch the FD of the first three pairs now!

Petra wrote:

I really want to watch the FD of the first three pairs now!

Me too but still there's no videos in youtube.
Here's the EX of Sinead and John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwFsMWtRIiY

Oh, with all those disturbing news i forgot about SA.Here is some videos.

Exhibition Highlights :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge45o9U3A6k

Ice Dance :

Rubleva/Shefer RUS:
CD ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDNQ9uVXPA
OD : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKane56x34
FD : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKane56x34


Belbin/Agosto
EX :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfnRYHt_gG0

Vania already posted Kerr's EX

2008 Point of view man:

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

Yu-na Kim LP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efdIRHAiRg0

Today I watched the FD ( No live, but it's better than nothing.. )

Beautiful performance for Belbin & Agosto!!!
I like them!!

For me ( and for the Italian commentators...) they deserved to win!!

About Kerr&Kerr
Sinead made some mistakes....but their dance
is very good!!

Isa & Olivier : perfect, but I prefer B&A!!

I see big difference in Tanith and Ben's skating It's normal remember who their coaches are
I've never liked them before, but now I think they'll be (maybe) my favourite for the gold. I would prefer to see the Kerrs on the podium this season, but it will be very, very hard for them

Vania wrote:

I see big difference in Tanith and Ben's skating It's normal remember who their coaches are
I've never liked them before, but now I think they'll be (maybe) my favourite for the gold. I would prefer to see the Kerrs on the podium this season, but it will be very, very hard for them

Tanith and Ben don't look at all like Tanith and Ben anymore. I never thought that I'd actually enjoy one of their FDs that much. But really, what's there to complain about? The choreograph is 10x better than it has been in the past, Tanith has stopped flailing her arms around during routines, and they are expressing the music better both individually and as a couple. I still prefered Isa and Olivier's FD over B/A's... but man, oh man, what an improvement!!

Lanaaaa You're here You know, I've been thinking about you about an hour ago, when I was watching the FD in Skate Canada . I'm glad to "see" you.


Btw, we don't have a topic for Skate Canada and I just wanted to say that I had a little "deja-vu" in ice dance competition First, the Americans Barantsev and ... (I forgot her name ) danced on Requiem for a dream, and after them - Bobrova/Soloviev - on theme from Romeo and Juliet. I feel a bit sad, because I imagine other couple dancing on this music

Yes, I'm here again! Not sure for how long... The new uni is crazy. We get one set of mid-term exams and then, right away, there's a huge amount of essays due, and when that's done, there's more exams! hehe. It's fun. But , thank you, Vania! I've been thinking about you guys too. And missing the board quite a lot!!!

Vania wrote:

Btw, we don't have a topic for Skate Canada and I just wanted to say that I had a little "deja-vu" in ice dance competition First, the Americans Barantsev and ... (I forgot her name ) danced on Requiem for a dream, and after them - Bobrova/Soloviev - on theme from Romeo and Juliet. I feel a bit sad, because I imagine other couple dancing on this music

Uffff... I know, eh? I was actually back in Ottawa this weekend to watch it. And wow, I've never missed Albena and Maxim more at a competition than this one!!! They kept showing them in the montages and everyone was using their music... and ahhhhh! Also, I'm sorry, but the ice dance competition was a little dull. Bobrova/Soloviev are cuties, though! I think they have a really good future ahead of them. Lots of star power in person and very lovely together, always talking and smiling at eachother in trainings. They give the impression of being a real team. :starri: