Skate America concluded today with the free skates in pairs and ladies.
Pairs
The short program was a bit crazy but all was right with the pairs world again as Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won the free and the competition over China's Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang. Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moskovich were able to edge out Caydee Denney and John Coughlin for the bronze medal.
Full results after the jump.
FPl.
Name
Nation
Points
SP
FS
1
Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY
GER
183.98
5
1
2
Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG
CHN
178.66
1
3
3
Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
CAN
177.43
4
2
4
Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN
USA
175.40
2
4
5
Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV
RUS
173.94
3
5
6
Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN
USA
155.42
7
6
7
Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER
USA
144.80
6
8
8
Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE
GER
141.54
8
7
Ladies
Alissa Czisny hit a triple lutz/triple toe! Well, actually the triple toe was totally downgraded, but she tried it and she's getting close! And then she kind of fell apart, but she fought for the landings that weren't great. And she had a gorgeous program with beautiful elements. She is very lucky to have just squeaked by a beautiful performance by Carolina Kostner. Kostner also went big (for her) by doing a splendid triple flip. Still no lutz. Sweden's Viktoria Helgesson earned her first Grand Prix medal with the bronze in a mistake-riddled free skate. And sadly, Carolina Zhang returned to form and ended the day in sixth place after a tenth place free.
FPl.
Name
Nation
Points
SP
FS
1
Alissa CZISNY
USA
177.48
1
2
2
Carolina KOSTNER
ITA
177.35
2
1
3
Viktoria HELGESSON
SWE
145.75
5
5
4
Haruka IMAI
JPN
142.94
4
9
5
Ksenia MAKAROVA
RUS
142.67
7
4
6
Caroline ZHANG
USA
140.70
3
10
7
Elene GEDEVANISHVILI
GEO
140.12
10
3
8
Joelle FORTE
USA
139.70
6
7
9
Valentina MARCHEI
ITA
135.17
9
6
10
Joshi HELGESSON
SWE
133.98
8
8
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