Coup de Nice Pre Info

04.11-08.11. 2009 in Nice

Men, Ladies, Pairs and this year there is also a Dance event

Time Schedule

Results will be here

Entries

Savchenko & Szolkowy LP (Nebelhorn Trophy)

I really love their new LP, although I don’t really understand the costumes but I seriously think they will get a problem with their music. As I already mentioned after seeing their program off ice I clearly hear some lyrics and vocal music in it and I’m wondering why they didn’t get a deduction for it. Maybe yesterday the judges decided not to be that strict in a small competition like the Nebelhorn Trophy but I really think this will change when it comes down to bigger competitions like Worlds or Olympics. It reminds me a bit of Joubert’s All for you SP, when he got a deduction for vocal music only at Worlds 2008 but not in previous events like Grand Prixs or Euros.

Nebelhorn Trophy Day 2 Men LP Results

1	Stephane LAMBIEL	SUI	154.91	71.61		83.30	8.25	8.00	8.30	8.45	8.65	0.00	#31
2	Ivan TRETIAKOV	RUS	139.18	74.08		65.10	6.65	6.20	6.50	6.60	6.60	0.00	#32
3	Michal BREZINA	CZE	132.11	61.21		70.90	7.15	6.90	7.05	7.15	7.20	0.00	#30
4	Yannick PONSERO	FRA	132.06	60.56		71.50	7.30	6.75	7.20	7.15	7.35	0.00	#16

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Stefan LINDEMANN

GER

114.93

52.93

62.00

6.70

5.80

6.20

6.20

6.10

0.00

#25

The 6 remaining spots go to:

1) SUI – Lambiel
2) AUT – Pfeifer
3) GER- Lindemann
4) PRK – Ri
5) ROU – Kelemen
6) FIN – Nurmenkari

The Judges scores are already on ISU. I am a bit surprised by Lambiel’s. He did:

2A, 4T+2T+2T, 3F+3T, FCoSp4, 3LO, CiSt3, 1Lz, 3F, 2A, FSSp3, SlSt3, 3S, CCoSp4

Ok, he did a quad but popped the Lutz and had no triple Axel and compared to others his score 154.91 seems a bit too high to me, especially because it’s so early in this season. I am happy for Ponsero and Lindemann for skating such a good long programs, although I really think Ponsero won’t be the second skater alongside Joubert, who will skate in Vancouver. My guess is that it will be Amodio.

Nebelhorn Trophy Day 1 Pairs SP Results

1	Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY	GER	72.80	40.80		32.00	8.00	7.65	8.10	8.10	8.15	0.00	#18
2	Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV	UKR	59.46	34.90		25.56	6.85	6.10	6.35	6.40	6.25	1.00	#1
3	Anabelle LANGLOIS / Cody HAY	CAN	57.48	34.00		23.48	6.05	5.55	6.05	5.90	5.80	0.00	#15

Aljona and Robin lead after a clean and worldclass SP. Congratulations!

Photo (c)

Nebelhorn Trophy Day 1 Dance CD + Men SP Results

Men

1Stephane LAMBIELSUI 77.45

2Michal BREZINACZE 73.23

3Ryan BRADLEYUSA 68.18

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8Stefan LINDEMANNGER 63.95

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13Yannick PONSEROFRA 55.50

WOW Lambiel is back but I’m even more amazed by Brezina, I hope someone will upload the programs somewhere. I am a bit confused about Ponsero. His technical score is incredible low (22.40) and he does only have one point deduction for something. At the French Masters last week he did have 33.26 in TES!! At Absolute Skating Forum are some photos and videos of Lambiel.

Dance

1Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITEUSA 37.62

2Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKIISR 32.34

3Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKORUS 31.64

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10Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANNGER 26.13

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13Tanja KOLBE / Sascha RABEGER 24.00

Well since Pechalat/Bourzat withdrew I expected the US pair to win this competition and they took the lead with more than 5 points after the CD. The two German pairs lying in about the same area on 10^th and 13^th place. This evening the dancers will already skate their Original Dance.

At the moment the pairs are skating their SP. Well, I guess I don’t need to mention for whom I’m keeping finger’s crossed

Nebelhorn Trophy Draws + TV Info

ISU Draw

Notice: on Saturday 26th. the German TV Station “MDR Sachsen” will show a small report about the NT, mainly about Aljona/Robin at 19 h (German time).

You can watch MDR for free with Zattoo TV. You just need to download the Program HERE and register. It’s for free. I’ll try to record any reports and upload them

For those who are interested. The “Riverboat” Show on MDR Sachsen will show an interview with Katarina Witt (starting on Sunday 14 h).