Aliona SAVCHENKO & Robin SZOLKOWY's LP at 2008 worlds

Aliona SAVCHENKO & Robin SZOLKOWY's LP at 2008 worlds. 130.86 in LP, 1st.

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Sports

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• Aliona
• SAVCHENKO
• Robin
• SZOLKOWY
• 2008
• world

[tripleflip2008]

When will they ever skate a clean program after 2007 Euros? I'm not betting on my house.

Extremely sloppy. Big gift from the judges.

[AliciaDupres]

How can one wonder why did they win? This is an outstanding routine, with such an artistry and technique like never seen before. They simply fly on the ice and transmit feelings through each single move. No other couple succeded that. FS means much more than jumping and spinning. That's why they are champions in 2008 and just became again for 2009.

[losebreath]

i could watch this for ever...perfect music...perfect program...a couple of flaws...but a fan loves their favourite even if they fall...they are following the music all the way through...

[Proustable]

@tripleflip2008  Worlds 2011

[ArtemisDianaSelene]

Unfortunately, when a competition is at such a poor level where almost everyone makes a few mistakes, even the winners look like any other time they would have ended up 5th if the competition was more fierce. I would just not give anyone the gold. No one deserves it.

[klaudusia22228]

ja ich po prostu KOCHAM

[Netjeranch]

@AliciaDupres i agree with you. maybe they did mistakes, but they did more difficult elements and the chinese did also a mistake, of course in comparison a small one, and the levels werent that high like alionas and robins.

[strawberrykiwi20a]

@Zuranthium Oh, your right, he did stumble terribly out of the toe loop. I didn't even realize that because he was so far to the side of the camera. Usually one fall is forgivable, but with the poor program and 3 falls(both on the salchow and 1 on the toe loop) i don't think they should've gotten the gold either.

[Zuranthium]

@strawberrykiwi20a It wasn't just a fall on the Salchow, it was a fall plus a large space of time spent getting up that seriously disrupted the program. That was not their only big mistake either. Didn't you see how he completely stumbled out of the toeloop? Those mistakes combined with a poor program = they were nowhere near deserving Gold.

[strawberrykiwi20a]

@Zuranthium Even though this team isn't my favorite, Jessica and Bryce are, but they weren't falling all over the place. They just fell on their triple Salchows. Just because you fall in the program doesn't mean it's the end of the competition. Every skater is going to fall once in a while. But i do agree with you that they could've been better artistically.

[strawberrykiwi20a]

Quite a good program, i love how when they do they're lifts she grabs her blade. My coach and one of his past partners can do that in practice, but when they did the performance, she couldn't grab her blade.

I love Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison's performance. I wish they could've won, but after watching this performance it's clear why they didn't win. This teams lifts, transitions, and spiral sequences proved to be better, even though both of them fell on the triple Salchows.

[Zuranthium]

@kazzicup Not when they are falling all over the ice. I'm not a big fan of their programs this year either. For me it was their weakest year artistically in the 2007-2010 Quad and if you examine their other programs you'd likely agree. Dube/Davison were far and away the best at this Worlds.

[kazzicup]

@Zuranthium

Savchenko and Szolkowy deserve the gold. They are awesome.