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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Reflection - Photos added

I have updated Reflection with the photos I took at Canadian Stars On Ice in April. I used a digital camera this time, a Canon S3, and I’m quite happy with how the pictures turned out. No more film camera!

Kavy twizzled @ 10:37 am
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Sunday, March 23, 2008

2008 World Championships - Results (Men FINAL)

And finally the men results from the competition:

Men - FINAL
1. Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN 245.17 1 1
2. Brian JOUBERT FRA 231.22 6 2
3. Johnny WEIR USA 221.84 2 5
4. Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 220.11 3 6
5. Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 217.88 5 7

Yay Jeff! *dances* Wanting full results? Go here, of course! Happy Easter, everyone!

Kavy twizzled @ 09:26 am
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Friday, March 21, 2008

2008 World Championships - Results (Men SP)

The men have finished their short programs, and the free dances are going on as I type. Those results I’ll post when it’s finished. As for now, the current placements for the men after the short program:

Men - SP
1. Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN 82.10 1
2. Johnny WEIR USA 80.79 2
3. Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 80.40 3
4. Tomas VERNER CZE 79.87 4
5. Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 79.12 5

Complete result listings are here.

Ice Dance - FINAL
1. Isabelle DELOBEL / Olivier SCHOENFELDER FRA 212.94 1 1 2
2. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 208.80 2 3 1
3. Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 203.26 3 2 5
4. Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 203.00 5 4 3
5. Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 201.91 4 5 4

I was able to watch some of the men’s short programs on CBC, which was cool. I don’t remember the last time I saw figure skating on TV (we don’t have cable). I was hoping they would show the ice dancing since the station kept hinting about it, but right after the men it switched to another program. An amazing placement for Tessa & Scott!

Kavy twizzled @ 03:59 pm
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

2008 World Championships - Results (ODs, Ladies FINAL)

Ice dancers skated their Original Dances today at Worlds 2008. The results I have posted are the overall standings so far. And the ladies finished their long programs. Complete results, as usual, are on this page. I will post the top five:

Ice Dance - OD
1. Isabelle DELOBEL / Olivier SCHOENFELDER FRA 107.98 1 1
2. Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 103.97 3 2
3. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 103.52 2 3
4. Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 100.70 4 5
5. Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 99.71 5 4

Ladies - FINAL
1. Mao ASADA JPN 185.56 2 2
2. Carolina KOSTNER ITA 184.68 1 3
3. Yu-Na KIM KOR 183.23 5 1
4. Yukari NAKANO JPN 177.40 3 4
5. Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 174.12 6 5

Congratulations to Joannie for making the top five! And love for Carolina. :) Lots of great teams at the top in Ice Dancing, can’t wait to see how it finishes!

Kavy twizzled @ 07:14 pm
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

2008 World Championships - Results (Ladies SP, Pairs FINAL)

The pairs competition at the World Championships is complete. The final results are as follows:

Pairs
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 202.86 2 1
2. Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 197.82 1 3
3. Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN 192.78 4 2
4. Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 191.33 3 4
5. Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 186.78 5 5

A complete list of the results for the pairs and ladies is here. I haven’t seen the competition yet, but yay for Aljona & Robin and a congrats to Jessica & Bryce for the bronze medal!

Ladies - Short Program
1. Carolina KOSTNER ITA 64.28 1
2. Mao ASADA JPN 64.10 2
3. Yukari NAKANO JPN 61.10 3
4. Kiira KORPI FIN 60.58 4
5. Yu-Na KIM KOR 59.85 5
6. Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 59.53 6
7. Sarah MEIER SUI 59.49 7
8. Miki ANDO JPN 59.21 8
9. Kimmie MEISSNER USA 57.25 9
10. Beatrisa LIANG USA 52.81 10

The ISU homepage has a new look!

Kavy twizzled @ 10:28 pm
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