Worlds 2009 - 22.-29. March 2009, LA

The final result in Ice Dancing:

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1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 206.30 1 2 1
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 205.08 2 1 2
3 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 200.40 3 6 4
4 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 200.36 4 3 3
5 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 194.36 6 4 5
6 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 193.41 5 5 6
7 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 186.07 8 7 7
8 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 182.76 7 10 8
9 Pernelle CARRON / Matthieu JOST FRA 178.72 9 8 10
10 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 175.70 11 9 11

It´s not my top three , but:

Congratulations!!!!

Waiting our darlings ......
I say Davis & White, BRAVI !!!

Petra wrote:

It´s not my top three , but:

Congratulations!!!!

Really? What was your podium, Petra?

I actually thought the judging was PERFECT for once. I am in love with the new and improved Oksana and Max. That FD kicked some major ice dance butt and I quite enjoyed it. Max also does drama amazingly well. Okay fine. I just think he's hot. They look so much more polished than they were with Gorshkov. Linichuk is something else. Really, the woman is a miracle worker. Just look at Tanith. She's been taught how to express REAL emotion. Who would've guessed?

Petra wrote:

The final result in Ice Dancing:

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1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 206.30 1 2 1
2 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 205.08 2 1 2
3 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 200.40 3 6 4
4 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 200.36 4 3 3
5 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 194.36 6 4 5
6 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 193.41 5 5 6
7 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 186.07 8 7 7
8 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 182.76 7 10 8
9 Pernelle CARRON / Matthieu JOST FRA 178.72 9 8 10
10 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 175.70 11 9 11

It´s not my top three , but:

Congratulations!!!!

I've seen only the top 8 couples so far, but I have to say that I'm completly satisfied with this results. Maybe would switch the positions of Davis/White & Virtue/Moir and Kerr/Kerr & Khokhlova/Novitski, but that's maybe more about my personal favourites than about the actual skating. I agree with Lana that Linichuk is something else. I think we can also include Karponosov. Tanith improved so much this year. I've never been a fan of her and Ben and also did not like Domnina & Shabalin, but this year they rock. The change of coaches helped them.

Congrats to Oksana and Max and Tanith and Ben,happy for Tessa and Scot and i love them but IMHO Meryl and Charlie deserved the bronze . It was amazing though considering that all three couples at the podium struggled with injuries during the season but were able to come back and kick butts .
Lana you are absolutely right that Linichuk is a miracle worker and i am glad that both teams switched to her .I am not an expert and Oksana and Max probably were better technically but i didn't enjoy their FD as much as i enjoyed P/B ,B/A ,K/K,V/M and D/W .It was too heavy and slow to digest and i hope next season their coaches will chose something more delightful for them .

Lana wrote:

Petra wrote:

It´s not my top three , but:

Congratulations!!!!

Really? What was your podium, Petra?

Good question !

But:
The problem is that at the moment my TV is broken and that I simply have seen nothing of the worlds ! I depend completely on kind souls who are uploading vids to youtube or fsvids ...
So: I can´t answer you this question! Until now I have not had the time to check youtube or fsvids for this, and I really can´t tell if they deserve being on the podium or not! I can´t judge if it´s fair that these ones have won the medals and that others haven´t...

And therefore I only congratulated and did not add a comment but telling that my favourites are not on the podium ...

All I can say is that the ones who are on the top of the podium now simply in general are not my favourite dancing pairs...
I simply never belonged to the ones who like Domnina / Shabalin...
But this does not automatically mean that they do not deserve being there ...
I like other dancing pairs (the Kerrs, Khoklova / Novitski, Faiella / Scali, Davis / White...) who maybe will never be on a podium in Worlds during the next years ... But who knows...

Sorry that I can´t give you a more satisfying answer!
I hope you understand the "dilemma" I´m in...

Petra wrote:

And therefore I only congratulated and did not add a comment but telling that my favourites are not on the podium ...

Oh okay. I misunderstood and thought you were unhappy with the results because you'd seen the skating and thought it was poorly judged. I hope your TV is fixed soon! But at least we have wonderful creations like FSVids.net and of course, the Classic Standby, YouTube!

Ivana wrote:

I agree with Lana that Linichuk is something else. I think we can also include Karponosov. Tanith improved so much this year. I've never been a fan of her and Ben and also did not like Domnina & Shabalin, but this year they rock. The change of coaches helped them.

Poor Karponosov. It is terrible of me to neglect him so! You're wonderful too, Karponosov! And I agree with you on both points, Ivana! I really liked Oksana and Max a few years ago. Their 2005-06 FD was gorgeous. But since then... I think their coaches had ran out of ideas for fab dances because they'd really lost the quality that had made them so compelling to watch. But they have *it* back and it's so fantastic to see!!! Just loved them here.

viktoria wrote:

Lana you are absolutely right that Linichuk is a miracle worker and i am glad that both teams switched to her .I am not an expert and Oksana and Max probably were better technically but i didn't enjoy their FD as much as i enjoyed P/B ,B/A ,K/K,V/M and D/W .It was too heavy and slow to digest and i hope next season their coaches will chose something more delightful for them .

Too each their own opinion, yes? I loved that dark drama surrounding Oksana and Max's dance. But that's always been the kind of stuff I like! I loved it. That passion and emotion has always been what made ice dance so special for me. So, I guess you can tell why I liked it!

Lana wrote:

Too each their own opinion, yes? So, I guess you can tell why I liked it!

Of course , and i never stopped liking them but was disappointed with their choice of FD for the last 3 years this one included.I absolutely love the OD but this FD IMHO is to heavy for them and i was unhappy with the lifts that looked powerful but were done with a struggle and i am not talking about Max .Oksana was literally climbing on him and to me it wasn't graceous at all.I don't know maybe she gained a little weight or they should have different kind of lifts but for me something was off in that dance. But ,yes as you said everybody has different opinion and overall i am glad they came back and won.Another thing that bottered me enourmously / and i hope i won't get you mad/ was Max's reaction after they saw their marks.It wasn't the reaction that was saying "Yes ,we did it" ,it was more of "Yes,in your face" .I was like "Get over yourself , man you are good but not so great if you don't have the support of the Russian Federation and your coach's diplomatic skills". I hope you understand what i mean.I just don't like this kind of attitude .

viktoria wrote:

Another thing that bottered me enourmously / and i hope i won't get you mad/ was Max's reaction after they saw their marks.It wasn't the reaction that was saying "Yes ,we did it" ,it was more of "Yes,in your face" .I was like "Get over yourself , man you are good but not so great if you don't have the support of the Russian Federation and your coach's diplomatic skills". I hope you understand what i mean.I just don't like this kind of attitude .

Oh that's the exact opposite of what I saw. I just saw a guy who was genuinely happy with the results. I didn't see any ego or macho behaviour, just relief and excitement. They've had a hard season. I thought Max was celebrating the fact that it was finished. I thought there was a real sense of relief when he threw up his arms, like "Thank God that's done!". If it was Roman K doing the same gesture... Then, I'd have agreed with you!!!

I too believe that he was just so happy with their performance. Even on the podium during the medals ceremony he got Oksana to sing the Russian Anthem and they looked so happy. His interview afterwards was very gracious they took pictures with Tanith, Ben, Gennadi and Natalia all together. I thought that was very nice.

Lana wrote:

Oh that's the exact opposite of what I saw. I just saw a guy who was genuinely happy with the results. I didn't see any ego or macho behaviour, just relief and excitement. They've had a hard season. I thought Max was celebrating the fact that it was finished. I thought there was a real sense of relief when he threw up his arms, like "Thank God that's done!". If it was Roman K doing the same gesture... Then, I'd have agreed with you!!!

OK, i agree. He is a sweet guy and i gues you saw it better than me .

And about Roman was just

viktoria wrote:

And about Roman was just

Can you imagine? Imagining Roman doing such a thing is almost enough for me to miss Navkos.

The result in women´s competition:

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1 Yu-Na KIM KOR 207.71 1 1
2 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 191.29 2 3
3 Miki ANDO JPN 190.38 4 2
4 Mao ASADA JPN 188.09 3 4
5 Rachael FLATT USA 172.41 7 5
6 Laura LEPISTÖ FIN 170.07 6 7
7 Alena LEONOVA RUS 168.91 11 6
8 Fumie SUGURI JPN 164.58 9 9
9 Sarah MEIER SUI 163.37 10 10
10 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 162.48 8 11
11 Alissa CZISNY USA 159.78 14 8
12 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 153.56 5 15
13 Susanna PÖYKIÖ FIN 153.31 12 12

Please, can someone tell me what has happened to Carolina Kostner? I mean 15. place in LP... That does not seem to be normal for Karolina at all...

Petra wrote:

Please, can someone tell me what has happened to Carolina Kostner? I mean 15. place in LP... That does not seem to be normal for Karolina at all...

Just watched it myself in youtube... Now I understand...

unfortunately she was worse than bad ....i was shocked....every jump was a failure....it just wasn't her day

Me too, I've wondered what happened to Carolina I've watched only the performances of top 4 (IMHO, Mao deserved to get a medal), I'll search for videos in youtube ... it's really awful ranking for her.
But congrats for Laura Lepisto I'm fan of hers since last Euros, and again she's the best ranked European I'm curious to see her FS too.

As for the ice dancing, I'm happy for Kerr/Kerr and Nathalie/Fabian - very good ranking for them. I hope they'll improve more in the next years, if they won't retire, (I mean the Kerrs because I'll miss them so much).
I think that Tanith and Ben were a little bit better than Oksana and Max and deserved the title. IMHO, their OD and FD were better. But anyway, since A&M don't compete I don't care so much who wins Congrats for them! And for Linichuk and Karponosov, of course - another world chapmions coached by them !

What a beautiful gala .....i loved Tomas's programme he was so funny .I thought Bryan would perform his Euros programme (i'm yours by Jason Mraz)but i guess he was more in the mood for Hallelujah (i just can't forget his face at the end of the FD )....I admit that Bryan was my favourite but i go by the rule 'may the best man win' and Evan was the best but honestly i didn't like his gala programme ....he just moved his hands more than he skated....YUKO and ALEXANDER also rocked....such an original presentation ....the rest were ok(IMHO)....only one regret...POOR ALIONA she got sick and they couldn't perform ....maybe next year

Vania wrote:

Me too, I've wondered what happened to Carolina I've watched only the performances of top 4 (IMHO, Mao deserved to get a medal), I'll search for videos in youtube ... it's really awful ranking for her.

Vania, here´s Carolinas FD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A00fLTkB1w