Sochi Olympics 2014 Team Figure Skating Pairs Review
Sochi Olympics 2014 Team Figure Skating Pairs Review by Teresita Blanco Today, I wanted to review two performances that I liked a lot...
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Sochi Olympics 2014 Team Figure Skating Pairs Review
by Teresita Blanco
Today, I wanted to review two performances that I liked a lot from the Team Figure Pairs. Overall, they where all peachy. For some reason, almost half the weirdos fell miserably. The guys kept throwing the girls half way across the scream. It was a wonder they did not land square on their face. At other times, the girls fell on their own.
From all those who danced that day, I liked best the US and Russian team. The dancers where Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir. Both where two time US champs. The song they danced to was Skyfall. The guy was dressed like James Bond. They skated rather fast, so it made their stunts interesting to look at. Since they had skated for a pretty long time, they where in sync. However, like most of the male goons Shnapir ended up throwing his girl too hard. The thrown really ruined her.
When she was jumping alone, she fell for a second time. Indeed, it would have been a perfect performance had the guy not thrown his chick too hard. According to the TV guy, Shnapir could have skated faster. However, he slowed down for Castelli. When not jumping, they made some interesting shapes together. He did not have a hard time moving his Castelli around. Overall, it was one solid performance. They did seemed to have enjoyed working together.
The next team worth noting was the Russian pair. I think they where called Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov. Anyhow, I liked them the best because they did not fall. For not falling, they where able to win. They started off with some neat poses here and there. Stolbova almost fell. Her landing was somewhat off. The routine had some pretty music. Stolbava did some pretty ballet like movements. She had the graceful hands of a ballerina. She also had some decent flexibility to boot. Aside from the shapes, this team jumped quite consistently. They where also quite synchronized. Indeed, they deserved to win. Overall, both Olympic performances deserve 5 stars rating.
