ISU对冰舞短舞蹈的赛后综述
Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) dance to the lead
Canada's Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir dance to the lead in the Short Dance. Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) and Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat of France follow in second and third.
Virtue/Moir put out a strong performance to Samba, Rhumba and Samba that was highlighted by a fast twizzles, a circular step sequence and a rotational lift. The Olympic Champions earned a level for for the twizzles and the lift while the two Rhumba patterns and the circular steps merited a level three. Virtue/Moir scored 72.31 points. “We were concerned about the levels, but now we are just happy about our performance. We feel very strong and much more confident now for the free dance”, Virtue commented. “We do have big rivals with Meryl (Davis) and Charlie (White). We are happy with our score and now we are just excited about the free dance, this is our program”, Moir noted.
Davis/White's upbeat dance to Samba, Rhumba and Samba featured excellent twizzles (level four), a level-four curve lift and level-three circular footwork. The Rhumba patterns were graded a level three as well. The reigning World Champions collected 70.98 points. “It felt fantastic out there - the best short dance we've skated all season - but we got three level threes, which was disheartening, simply because we felt we nailed our edges and everything. We love our free dance. We’re very excited to take the energy we put out there today and continue it into tomorrow. It’s a fantastic crowd and they are really behind us. Our training has prepared us for this moment. We’re really looking forward to getting out there”, White said. “We want to go out and skate with the same amount of attack, energy, and excitement that we had today and hopefully nail those levels”, Davis offered.
Pechalat/Bourzat had drawn to skate last out of the 25 couples and ended the day on a high note with their dynamic Samba program. The European Champions produced two level-four Rhumba sequences, a curve lift and smooth footwork to score 69.13 points. “It was crazy, we skated last and we didn't know how our competitors had skated, but we knew it was up to us to do our job. We are relieved. And we never came as close to the top two as now. This gives us hope for tomorrow”, Pechalat said. “We wanted to show our very best, to put out a technically strong short dance. We'll see what happens tomorrow. The free dance is our best program and we feel very confident with it, with the story, with our costume. We'll try to go for more than third place”, added Bourzat.
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) came fourth at 66.47 points with a strong performance to Rhumba and Samba. Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) placed fifth with 65.34 points and Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) are currently ranked sixth at 65.11 points.
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