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We report the statements of the couple'' s artistic short program at the end of the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, the fifth leg of the grand prix of the season.
Friday 15 November 2013 5 minutes reading time
To all the couples: What are your impressions of the race?
Tong: we have fallen but this is the first time we present the short program and we hope to run a free clean tomorrow. '' We suffered a bit of jet lag.
Duhamel: We skated better than in Canada,'' but there was a fall. For the third time in a row we finish second in the short at this stage. We hope to skate better tomorrow.
Application for Bazarova / Larionov is the first race of the year'' for you. How come you have started the season so late?
Bazarova: yes it's true, it's the first race'' because of the outcome of the draw. I made a mistake in the jump, I did not expect, we were well prepared. Better in the free skate tomorrow trying to stay away from mistakes.
Application for Duhamel / Radford is impressive the way you perform an element after another'' while not focusing only in the technical aspect of the program'' and inserting many transitions. What makes you think that it is not a "waste" in terms of effort.
Duhamel: We hope to earn score on that front, that's why we do it.
Radford: We tried to go a little more on the safe side'' to focus on this aspect, but we continue to add steps of transition, we try to push the limits of the discipline. Creativity is something you have to expect to see from us in the future.
Application for Duhamel / Radford: there are many difficult steps ahead of your jump and launched parallel. '' It was conceived in this way or do you have the added difficulty thereafter?
Duhamel: Built as well and we try to execute it perfectly. We thought about changing the steps before the launch, it had taken a long time to learn those steps, to put my arm around Eric and build timing. But in the end we have learned, our goal was just to learn something new and push the limits of the discipline.
Question for Eric Radford: we want to talk about the music of the short program composed by you?
Radford: The music is a growing, especially before the turn of the spiral, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling, I'd say that makes me shiver. Ice skating on his own music is something really special.
Application for Pang / Tong: This is your 32nd grand prix. It is also your sixth stage in Paris. What do you think, in light of the fact that you are not ever going to win this stage.
Tong: I do not know how many times we came here but it's true, we never won in Paris and this is our last season, so it's our last chance and it would be nice to do it. The public is very welcoming. In fact it is our last time in Paris,'' I'll have a bit of nostalgia.
Application for Bazarova / Larionov: How do you find the new group of workouts, the short is very different from what you skated in the past seasons.
Larionov: As for the new coach, we have become accustomed to the change and we feel very at ease to work with this new technical team. As far as the program is a new thing for us, we really like this style, it is new and unexpected and when you do something like that is because you want to look forward and push further.
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