2002-2003 COMPETITIVE SEASON NEWS
03.25.03
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Masha and Alexei will skate first in the final group in
the free skate on Wednesday. Visit the icecalc
site for the complete listing.
From the ISU Web site: Petrova/Tikhonov were the
last skaters of the evening. The 2000 World Champions put
out a crisp program that contained a double twist, a side
by side triple toeloop as well as a high throw triple Salchow
and a good death spiral followed immediately by the final
pair combination spin. The only glitch was a wobbly exit
out of the lift. The Russians’ marks went up to 5.8 for
both required elements and presentation. “There was some
pressure because we skated last. It was a long wait”, Tikhonov
commented. “But I somehow knew that we would do well tonight.
I was very confident. Maria did a great job. There was only
a small glitch on the exit of the lift, everything else
was very nice. Now we’ll fight in the free skating.”
03.24.03 - Maria and Alexei are currently in 3rd
place after the short program at the world championships
in Washington, DC. They skated a clean program including
sbs triple toes, double twist, and throw triple salchow.
03.23.03 - Masha and Lesha will skate last of 21
teams in the short program. Below are the schedule with
links to results and also links to other interesting sites
with worlds information.
Schedule & Links to Results:
Monday,
March 24 - 7:00PM - Pairs Short program
Wednesday,
March 26 - 7:00PM - Pairs Free program
Links:
Official worlds web
site
Worlds
schedule page
Ice
Calc Results Page
Links
to articles, reviews, etc. at the Skate Blade
02.28.03 - Maria and Alexei are currently in 3rd
place after the short program and free skate A. The competition
concludes on Saturday with free skate B.
02.25.03 - The Grand Prix Final is taking place from
February 28-March 2, in Maria and Alexei's hometown of St.
Petersburg, Russia. The schedule for the pairs event is
as follows:
- Friday, February 28
3:30 PM - Short Program
9:45 PM - Free Skate A
- Saturday, March 1
9.20 p.m.Pairs, free skating B
Links: - Official
Web Site by Engis
01.22.03 - A third place finish in the long
program and Maria and Alexei will get the bronze medal at
Europeans.
01.20.03 - Maria and Alexei are currently in first place
after the short program. Below are their comments
after this performance (as posted on the ISU website).
Maria: “We didn’t think of retiring
after the Olympic season, because we still want to win.
We had a little mistake, but we are very pleased with everything
else. We really want to show everyone that we can skate
well.”
Alexei: (On the stumble in the spiral) “It was
my mistake, because I wanted to do it perfect. I wanted
to put in more expression and didn’t pay enough attention
to the technique. We had more expression here, but we skated
the short cleaner at Russian Nationals.”
01.19.03 - Maria and Alexei are competing at the 2003
European Championships from January 20-26. Below are
links and the schedule of the event. Maria and Alexei
skated last in Warm-up Group 3 (9th overall). There
are 13 teams competing at this competition.
Schedule:
Monday, January 20 - Pairs Short Program - 19:00
Wednesday, January 22 - Pairs Free Program - 18:30
Links:
Official
Web Site
Pairs
Entries
Results
12.28.02 - Masha and Alexei won the silver medal
at Russian nationals.
12.27.02 - Maria and Alexei are in 2nd place after the
short program at Russian nationals after a clean skate.
The competition concludes on 12.28.02 with the free program.
11.30.02 - Masha and Alexei finished 4th at NHK Trophy
in Kyoto, Japan. Their 2nd place at Cup of Russia
and their 4th place at Nations Cup total 14 points.
This qualifies them for the Grand Prix Final which will
be held in February in their hometown of St. Petersburg,
Russia.
Links:
Results
from icecalc:
-
Short program
- Long
program
- Final
Result
11.22.02 - In their second event of the season Maria
and Alexei finished in 2nd place at Cup of Russia.
They skated a wonderful free program which improved
their confidence heading into NHK Trophy. They will
not know if they made the final until after NHK Trophy.
Links:
Results
from icecalc:
-
Short program
- Long
program
- Final
Result
11.08.02 - Maria and Alexei began their season at Bofrost
Cup on Ice with a 4th place finish.
In the short program, both Maria and Alexei put a hand down
on their triple toes. They are in second place, behind
the reigning world champions Shen & Zhao. Their
marks ranged from 5.1 to 5.7 and 5.4 to 5.8.
They finished 4th overall after a 4th place finish in the
long program.
Links:
Results
from icecalc:
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Short
program
- Long
program
- Final
Result
Official
web site
Event
reports by Inga
