Pairs, Short Program
Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao of China took the lead in the Short Program with Ukraine’s Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov and Canada’s Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin following in second and third.
Performing to “Who Wants to Live Forever”, Shen/Zhao hit a solid side by side triple toeloop, a high triple twist and throw triple loop. The three-time World Champions were awarded a level four for their spins, the hand-to-hand lift with difficult variations and a level three for the footwork. Only the backward outside death spiral was a level two. The husband-and-wife team earned 74.36 points (41.10 element score/32.96 program component score), which was a new personal best for them and a nice extra for Shen, who celebrated her 31st birthday today. “I think we skated overall better than we did at the Cup of China, although I felt a little tired”, Shen said. “Last night, I went to bed at 7.30 in the evening, and today I had to skate the short program at this time! The time difference to China is 13 hours.” Zhao added: “We felt really good and did all our elements clean. We are very happy about that.”
SZ顶级依然理想 只有因为没有保持低姿螺旋线被定了2级 再加上托举下发的小失误 全算下来的话这分得飙到哪里去了 呵呵 对冬奥会充满希望 |