Technical Report

by Autumn

(October 12, 2000, Boise Idaho)

Pairs Short Program

Shen/Zhao: Music from the DeBeers Diamonds commercial

Back Outside Death Spiral (BODS), side-by-side (SBS) 3toe, huge throw 3loop, SBS camel/sit/back sit, back press lift, pair combo spin (slow), huge split 2twist

effortless, great unison

Technical   5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7
Artistic        5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7
Ordinals    1   1   1   2   2

Bereznaya/Sikharulidze: Russian Sailors Dance

SBS 3toe, split 2twist, throw 3loop (fall), SBS camel/back camel/back sit
(Elena off synch in beginning), back press lift, BODS (fall out at end), pair
combo spin (traveled)

slow for them, Elena hit the boards on fall after the throw

Technical   5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4
Artistic        5.7 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.8
Ordinals    3   2   3   3   3

Ina/Zimmerman: "Truman Show"

SBS 3toe (John hand down), split 2twist, throw 3sal (2footed), SBS
camel/sit/back sit, back press lift, BODS, pair combo spin

looking much improved, John has worked on his consistency this summer, inventive lift dismount and spiral sequence, Kyoko is smiling

Technical   5.6 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.7
Artistic        5.7 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.8
Ordinals    2   3   2   1   1

Men's Short Program

Ilia Kulik

3axel/3toe, 3lutz (hand down), camel/sit/back camel/back sit/martini,
serpentine footwork, death drop

music was three seconds short, best I've seen him skate in a long time

Technical   5.4 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.3
Artistic        5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7
Ordinals    2   2   3   2   2

Todd Eldredge: "Exotica"

3toe/2toe (quad attempt, but oddly tilted), 3axel (step out), sit/back sit,
3lutz (hands down), death drop, camel/sit/back sit/back scratch

wonderfully choreographed program, heckler yelled "Land the quad, Todd" and affected focus

Technical   5.1 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1
Artistic        5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
Ordinals    3   3   2   3   3

Steven Cousins

3axel (fall), sit/back sit, 3lutz (fall), 2axel (scary), death drop,
camel/sit/back sit

great presentation, axel technique looks better

Technical   4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.5
Artistic        5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.5
Ordinals    4   4   4   4   4

Alexei Yagudin: Classical Music

4toe (hands down)/2toe, 3axel, huge death drop, 3lutz, sit/back sit,
serpentine footwork, spin combo

seemed slow to me, nice and simple costume

Technical   5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7
Artistic        5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9

Ladies Short Program

Maria Butyrskaya: Scene D' Amour

3flip, 3lutz (2foot)/2toe, camel/ back camel/ back catchfoot, 2axel, flying
camel, forward outside to forward inside change-edge spiral, layback (ugly
position)

Technical   5.6 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.3
Artistic        5.7 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7
Ordinals    3   3   4   3   3

Irina Slutskaya: Arabian Music

3lutz/2toe, 2axel, 3flip, catchfoot layback (fast),
camel/sit/layback/Bielmann/back catchfoot/back Bielmann/back scratch

gorgeous program despite the costume, effortless jumps

Technical   5.8 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.8
Artistic        5.7 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.9
Ordinals    2   2   2   1   2

Michelle Kwan: symphonic Eric Clapton

2axel, 3flutz/2toe, layback (better position), 3flip, death drop, change edge spiral

laid-back relaxed program, medium fast

Technical   5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.9
Artistic        5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9
Ordinals    1   1   1   2   1

Yuka Sato: Japanese flute music

3loop (step)/2toe, 3salchow, flying camel, spin combination, 2axel, layback

effortless, quiet edges

Technical   5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.2
Artistic        5.8 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6
Ordinals    4   4   3   4   4

Lu Chen: Take Five

dancing, 2toe, 2salchow, flying camel, layback, spin combo, 2axel

very slow and boring

Technical   4.5 4.8 4.6 5.0 5.0
Artistic        5.5 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.6
Ordinals    5   5   5   5   5

Pairs Interpretive Free

Bereznaya/Sikharudlize: "Smooth"

SBS 2axel, split 2twist, throw 3loop (scary fall), somersault lift

Technical   5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7
Artistic        5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
Ordinals    1   1   1   1   1

Ina/Zimmerman

split 3twist (a bit crashy), sbs 2axel, throw 3sal, BODS

both were smiling

Technical   5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6
Artistic        5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7
Ordinals    2   2   2   2   2

Shen/Zhao: Beethoven including "Moonlight Sonata" and techno "5th Symphony"

FODS, gorgeous delayed split 2twist, SBS 2axel, star lift, throw 3sal (high), SBS 1axel/2toe sequence

costumes were a bit distracting, but all in all a great program, I thought
they should have won

Technical   5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7
Artistic        5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6
Ordinals    3   3   3   3   3

Final Standings:
Bereznaya/Sikharudilize
Ina/Zimmerman
Shen/Zhao

Men Interpretive Free

Todd Eldredge: "Thirteenth Warrior"

4toe!!!, 3axel/2toe, 3lutz, camel/back camel, russian split flip, 3axel,
2axel, death drop, stars/butterfly/back sit, camel/sit/back sit/back scratch

best ever performance, audience on feet during last spin

Technical   5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
Artistic        5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7
Ordinals    1   1   2   3   2

Steven Cousins: "It's the Walk"

3flip, 3lutz, 3toe

Fun program

Technical   5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5
Artistic        5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6
Ordinals    4   4   4   4   4

Alexei Yagudin: "Gladiator"

3flip, 3axel (step out), death drop, camel/back camel, spread eagle, 3loop, back sit, 3toe, flying camel/back sit/back scratch

reminiscent of Broken Arrow, had knives in his had that scared some children, section of rolling (writhing?) on the ice

Technical   5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7
Artistic        5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7
Ordinals    3   2   1   1   3

Ilia Kulik: techno music

3lutz, flying spin that started like a death drop but ended like a flying
sit, 3flip (step out), 2axel, 2toe

program is more suited for show than competition, I didn't like it, a bit too
conceptual

Technical   5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7
Artistic        5.9 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.9
Ordinals    2   3   3   2   1

Final Standings:
Eldredge
Yagudin
Kulik
Cousins

Ladies Interpretive Free