Dance

Golden Waltz

Place Couple J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7
1. Bourne/Kraatz 1 1 3 1 3 1 2
2. Krylova/Ovsiannikov 2 2 1 2 1 2 1
3. Anissina/Peizerat 3 3 2 4 2 3 3
4. Lobacheva/Averbukh 4 4 4 3 4 4 5
5. Romanova/Yaroshenko 5 5 5 5 5 5 4

Original Dance

Place Couple J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7
1. Krylova/Ovsiannikov 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
2. Bourne/Kraatz 1 2 2 2 3 1 1
3. Anissina/Peizerat 3 3 3 3 2 3 3
4. Lobacheva/Averbukh 4 4 4 4 4 5 4
5. Romanova/Yaroshenko 5 5 5 5 5 4 5

Free Dance

Place Couple J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7
1. Bourne/Kraatz 1 1 3 1 3 1 1
2. Krylova/Ovsiannikov 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
3. Anissina/Peizerat 3 3 2 3 2 3 3
4. Romanova/Yaroshenko 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
5. Lobacheva/Averbukh 5 4 5 5 4 5 4

Standings

Place Couple CD OD FD
1. Bourne/Kraatz 1 2 1
2. Krylova/Ovsiannikov 2 1 2
3. Anissina/Peizerat 3 3 3
4. Romanova/Yaroshenko 5 5 4
5. Lobacheva/Averbukh 4 4 5

Notes on the Free Dance

Bourne and Kraatz needed to place well here to position themselves for Worlds, and did they ever, winning the free dance to take an unexpected victory over Krylova and Ovsiannikov on a 5-2 split. Their free dance is a traditional big band type number skated to several different dance rhythms. They skated with enthusiasm, but also had one major stumble that almost landed Bourne on the ice. Krylova and Ovsiannikov's dance to Katchaturian's Masquerade Waltz is a more interesting and difficult dance, but it did not find favor with a majority of the judges here. Anissina and Peizerat placed third with their eastern flavor dance which now is skated in more modest costumes. The program includes difficult movements and lifts but not particularly difficult steps. Romanova and Yaroshenko were able to move up one place with their dynamic interpretation of music from "Zorba the Greek", which they are using again this year. Lobacheva and Averbukh skated a lighthearted, pleasant enough rock and roll dance number, however it lacked adequate difficulty to contend for a medal.



Notes on the Compulsory Dance and Original Dance

In a bit of a surprise upset, Bourne and Kraatz outscored the favorites entering the competition, Krylova and Ovsiannikov, in the Golden Waltz. This was the first time that Bourne and Kraatz have won a compulsory dance in international competition, and represents a significant step forward for them. In the Original dance they again challenged Krylova and Ovsiannikov for the lead, but this time came up short and ended up second in the OD and second after the OD. After the top two teams things turned out pretty much as expected with the only excitement a fall by Romanova near the end of the first pattern of the CD.




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