Olympic champs in ice dancing, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, wasted no time getting back to form as they formed a slim lead in the short dance at Four Continents in Taipei. America's poor Meryl Davis and Charlie White will have to get used to being in second again...it's the first time they haven't led a competition all season. UPDATED: I believe they had a bit of a bobble on the twizzles. So if they are only one point behind a clean Virtue and Moir, that actually bodes well for them if they skate clean in the free dance...although it pretty much depends on how the judges like Virtue and Moir's free dance, which will surely be amazing.
In a bit of a surprise, Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje are in third (and decisively won the technical portion!) with the U.S.'s Maia and Alex Shibutani are fourth, with Crone and Poirier about four points out of third.
Not a great start for the American pairs in Taipei. Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin are in fourth place, and Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig are in sixth. According to Twitter folks, Mark Ladwig's skate heel BROKE while they were skating, he was given three minutes to repair it, and then they finished the program. WOW. I hope someone posts on youtube! China's Pang and Tong dominated the short program, despite a deduction for running overtimea fall. They lead by more than ten points over Canada's Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = | TES + | PCS + | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. - | StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qing PANG / Jian TONG | CHN | 71.41 | 39.29 | 33.12 | 8.25 | 8.11 | 8.29 | 8.39 | 8.36 | 1.00 | #9 | |
| 2 | Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS | CAN | 59.98 | 34.21 | 25.77 | 6.36 | 6.14 | 6.54 | 6.64 | 6.54 | 0.00 | #3 | |
| 3 | Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD | CAN | 59.92 | 35.38 | 25.54 | 6.50 | 6.07 | 6.46 | 6.43 | 6.46 | 1.00 | #2 | |
| 4 | Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN | USA | 55.25 | 29.02 | 26.23 | 6.61 | 6.18 | 6.61 | 6.71 | 6.68 | 0.00 | #10 | |
| 5 | Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH | CAN | 54.41 | 28.12 | 26.29 | 6.61 | 6.36 | 6.54 | 6.68 | 6.68 | 0.00 | #6 | |
| 6 | Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG | USA | 52.23 | 28.14 | 25.09 | 6.29 | 6.07 | 6.14 | 6.54 | 6.32 | 1.00 | #8 | |
| 7 | Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG | CHN | 50.61 | 28.93 | 21.68 | 5.64 | 5.25 | 5.46 | 5.57 | 5.18 | 0.00 | #4 | |
| 8 | Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN | JPN | 50.25 | 26.77 | 25.48 | 6.43 | 6.39 | 6.25 | 6.46 | 6.32 | 2.00 | #7 | |
| 9 | Huibo DONG / Yiming WU | CHN | 46.41 | 25.41 | 21.00 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 5.29 | 5.21 | 0.00 | #5 | |
| 10 | Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER | USA | 45.60 | 23.60 | 22.00 | 5.68 | 5.25 | 5.50 | 5.61 | 5.46 | 0.00 | #1 |
Ice dancing
Pl.
Name
Nation
TSS
=TES
+
PCS
+SS
TR
PE
CC
IT
Ded.
-StN.
1
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
CAN
69.40
35.64
33.76
8.29
8.18
8.57
8.54
8.57
0.00
#5
2
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE
USA
69.01
34.50
34.51
8.61
8.46
8.64
8.71
8.68
0.00
#9
3
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
CAN
65.45
36.50
28.95
7.18
7.04
7.36
7.18
7.39
0.00
#8
4
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
USA
62.04
34.22
27.82
7.11
6.75
6.96
6.96
6.96
0.00
#10
5
Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER
CAN
61.66
33.50
28.16
7.14
6.86
6.96
7.18
7.04
0.00
#6
6
Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN
USA
57.14
30.94
26.20
6.50
6.32
6.50
6.82
6.57
0.00
#12
7
Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG
CHN
52.93
28.42
24.51
6.21
5.89
6.14
6.18
6.18
0.00
#7
8
Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG
CHN
50.58
27.78
22.80
5.71
5.43
5.82
5.71
5.79
0.00
#11
9
Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG
CHN
42.77
24.72
18.05
4.64
4.39
4.46
4.61
4.46
0.00
#2
10
Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN
AUS
42.67
25.00
17.67
4.46
4.21
4.43
4.57
4.39
0.00
#1
11
Corenne BRUHNS / Benjamin WESTENBERGER
MEX
40.68
25.28
15.40
4.04
3.64
3.86
3.96
3.75
0.00
#4
12
Maria BOROUNOV / Evgeni BOROUNOV
AUS
28.52
15.62
12.90
3.46
3.04
3.21
3.39
3.04
0.00
#3
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