The landing of the throw flip was strong as steel, and I love the akimbo position of Ksenia on the death spiral. The ending choreography is always fun to watch.
A big side by side triple toe-triple toe-double toe, though Fedor had to hang on a bit at the end but it was no big problem. The perfect side by side salchow is to die for. The throw jumps are landed as solid as you want. And it is really amazing that they were able to skate to this totally emotionless, cold and mysterious music so well. They are definitely world class skaters.
2. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford (CAN)
Too bad about the throw Lutz, but the interpretation is lovely.
Love the side by side triple Lutz right into the music, a strong hang on to the throw quad salchow. Same problem about the throw Lutz again. But the rest is very nice.
3. Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (RUS)
Love the interpretation. The technical stuff is just as good as you want it to be.
It's amazing that they were able to carry the heavy and dramatic music, despite the falls at the beginning, it was still a great performance. A great applause to Yuko for saving the quad salchow.
4. Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau (CAN)
Huge triple twist, nice side by side salchows, and a nice throw triple Lutz. Interpretation was full of fun and related to the music, which I don't like.
A great start, but the anti-direction spin is out of this world. Except the throw Lutz, the rest is very good.
5. Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin (CHN)
Great jumps, but not a great death spiral position for me. The music has some sort of a mysterious theme, and it somehow worked out fine with them.
What happened to the opening fall? Great side by side triple toes though. But that was a crashing fall on the throw quad salchow, luckily she only had a scratch on her elbow. Lovely interpretation of the music.
6. Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang (CHN)
The death spiral was very steady, which is great, but it would be nicer if she can be closer to the ice. Not sure if I am a fan of the music choice though.
Great quad twist to start. Perfect side by side triple toe-double toe. But then a rocky middle part of the program, but a much better death spiral position. But the dramatic ending saved the show.
7. Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierem (USA)
The opening triple twist was a good start, then the lift and the throw triple flip were equally good. Nice interpretation of the music.
They almost did the quad twist, what a pity that they couldn't hang on to that. Nice throw jumps, but they really gotta work on their side by side jumps.
Final thoughts:
All hail Diva Ksenia! Fedor don't you dare to drop her and trip yourself again!
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