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Pairs battle highlights Skate America slatehttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskating/opinion/assets_c/2011/10/savchenko-110428-620-thumb-620xauto-131989.jpg
Three-time world pairs champions Aliona Savchenko, left, and Robin Szolkowy should be worth the price of admission at Skate America. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
By PJ Kwong Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011 | 01:02 PM
For me, the start of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series every fall brings the sport into sharp focus. The speculation about what people are skating to or including in their programs stops, and the results from each event begin to reveal parts of what I call the season's "who are the real contenders?" puzzle.
The first stop in the six-event series is this weekend's Hilton HHonors Skate America in Ontario, Calif., where skaters will earn points based on their placement. The top six in each discipline at the end of the season will earn the right to compete at the ISU Grand Prix Final in Quebec City in December.
The competition I would pay money to see at Skate America is the head-to-head battle in pairs between three-time and reigning world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany and four-time world medalists and 2006 Olympic silver medallists Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang of China. The latter pair went out for the count last season with a serious injury to Hao Zhang's hand.
Savchenko and Szolkowy are consummate technicians who are masters at working the system and earning top points for their programs. The only way to beat them is to fight fire with fire, and Zhang and Zhang should be able to match them step for step technically, with the added bonus of two Lori Nichol programs that deliver the goods on a creative level. Watching them in practice in a Toronto-are rink this summer, Zhang and Zhang told me that they were excited to show their "new face" this season.
There are other pairs to watch out for in California, like Canadian champions Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, who want to make it to the Grand Prix Final for a second year in a row. The brand new team of Caydee Denney and John Coughlin were both American champions with other partners and are making their Grand Prix debut together this weekend. Denney and Coughlin looked very promising to me when I saw them compete at the Liberty event in July, and I will be interested to see the evolution of this team.
'Good' day for Kostner, Czisny?
The ladies' field is a bit of a mixed bag, with the exception of a couple of names that jump offthe page: three-time European champion, three-time world medallist and reigning bronze medallist Carolina Kostner of Italy, and American champion and last season's Grand Prix Final champion Alissa Czisny. Both these women can be dazzling on a good day, but whether or not their good day falls on a competition day is always the question. Look for American Caroline Zhang, Russian Ksenia Makarova and Georgian Elene Gedevanishvili, who finished with a silver medal at the recent Nebelhorn Trophy, as the other skaters to challenge for the podium.
No Lysacek
The men's event was supposed to mark the return to competition of the 2010 Olympic champion from the United States, Evan Lysacek, but heannounced last week that he would not be competing at Skate America. As is the case with many of the figure skating federations around the world, the skaters are required to sign an athlete contract outlining things like financial support, obligations and responsibilities on both sides. In the case of the United States Figure Skating Association and Lysacek, they were not able to come to a mutual agreement, and as a result Lysacek will not compete in California or at the Trophee Eric Bompard Grand Prix in France.
Regardless, Skate America still boasts a strong men's field that includes world silver medallist Takahiko Kozuka of Japan, and European champion Florent Amodio of France. The other men to watch for are Michal Brezina of the Czech Republic, who finished fourth in the world in 2011, as well as American Richard Dornbush, last season's Junior Grand Prix Final champion who exploded on to the scene with a performance strong enough to earn him a silver at nationals and a spot on last year's world team where he finished ninth.
Davis, White heavy favourites
It should be a walk in the park for 2011 world ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. to take the first Grand Prix title of the season. Their closest rivals should be French champions Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat, who finished fourth at worlds in 2011. The other teams in contention for a medal could be two-time German national champions Nelli Zhinganshina and Alexander Gaszi, as well as two Canadian teams: Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill, who earned the bronze at the recent Nebelhorn Trophy, and national silver medalists Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam.
Pj's gold-medal picks
Pairs: Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang CHN
Ladies': Carolina KostnerITA
Men's: Takahiko Kozuka JPN
Dance: Meryl Davis and Charlie White USA
Michal基本没有滑出太鼓的灵动，合不上鼓点节拍，没有太出彩的地方，虽然三跳质量尚佳，但太程式化了，把白腰带系头上吧。。。让KOZUKA来滑这套节目吧！ 感谢sensen提供视频
男子单人滑短节目
Daisuke MURAKAMI
http://www.tudou.com/v/JX5jmPwaUw4/v.swf
Denis TEN
http://www.tudou.com/v/G9vio1XYZb4/v.swf
Armin MAHBANOOZADEH
http://www.tudou.com/v/A4vspKYrNoM/v.swf男单短节目
1Michal BREZINACZE79.0842.05 37.037.507.147.577.327.500.00#9
2Takahiko KOZUKAJPN70.6934.33 37.367.797.437.257.437.461.00#10
3Daisuke MURAKAMIJPN70.6739.91 30.766.575.866.186.116.040.00#2
4Kevin VAN DER PERRENBEL70.0937.76 32.336.616.186.466.546.540.00#7
5Richard DORNBUSHUSA70.0335.74 34.296.896.646.936.797.040.00#5
6Denis TENKAZ67.3835.11 33.276.716.396.646.646.891.00#3
7Armin MAHBANOOZADEHUSA64.5433.72 30.826.255.936.216.146.290.00#4
8Florent AMODIOFRA62.4627.32 35.147.076.756.937.077.320.00#6
9Douglas RAZZANOUSA60.6930.62 30.076.075.716.046.076.180.00#1
10Samuel CONTESTIITA55.5224.27 32.256.576.146.366.436.751.00#8
男单自由滑出场顺序
1Samuel CONTESTI
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//ITA.GIFITA
1055.52
2Douglas RAZZANO
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//USA.GIFUSA
960.69
3Florent AMODIO
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//FRA.GIFFRA
862.46
4Armin MAHBANOOZADEH
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//USA.GIFUSA
764.54
5Denis TEN
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//KAZ.GIFKAZ
667.38
Warm-Up Group 2
6Richard DORNBUSH
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//USA.GIFUSA
570.03
7Kevin VAN DER PERREN
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//BEL.GIFBEL
470.09
8Daisuke MURAKAMI
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//JPN.GIFJPN
370.67
9Takahiko KOZUKA
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//JPN.GIFJPN
270.69
10Michal BREZINA
http://www.isuresults.com/results/flags//CZE.GIFCZE
179.08
Denis TEN这SP不错，BREZINA的节目动作设计有点杂，2-5名分差都很小。。，很高兴Richard进了第二组 谁能给个ISU刷分网址，看不到直播只能刷分了 dsymbyd 发表于 2011-10-22 11:48 static/image/common/back.gif
谁能给个ISU刷分网址，看不到直播只能刷分了
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpusa2011/ 男单短节目的结果好意外呀！ 男单的节目，我最喜欢美国的拉扎诺，另外，ten滑行的感觉很好，才18岁，应该可以再参加世青赛，拿个奖牌也好。
Short Dance
1Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITEUSA70.3334.14 36.199.188.899.009.218.960.00#8
2Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZATFRA61.0729.51 31.567.897.757.718.257.820.00#7
3Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSIGER55.6629.14 26.526.576.366.756.716.710.00#6
4Kharis RALPH / Asher HILLCAN52.6827.79 24.896.256.006.296.256.290.00#5
5Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNASLTU51.8328.14 23.695.965.575.966.115.960.00#3
6Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUEUSA49.7124.65 25.066.325.966.256.366.360.00#1
7Isabella CANNUSCIO / Ian LORELLOUSA42.0521.43 21.625.435.185.435.575.391.00#2
8Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAMCAN37.5019.57 20.934.965.145.005.685.323.00#4
老法SD是摔了一跤吧？为啥没扣分呢？我想不明白了……
另，媚娘和卷毛气场太强大了，我对着电脑屏幕都看的激动了，现场估计很high~