Wow! Some big surprises and incredibly close finishes in the finals. Looks like the indoor play led to super clean performances. Your 2007 world champs are:
Open Pairs: Jake Gauthier/Matt Gauthier [video]
Open Co-op: Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola/Fabio Sanna
Women’s Pairs: Sylvia Caruso/Eleonora Imazio
Mixed Pairs: Lisa Hunrichs/Matt Gauthier
Some early video is already coming in:
TV News Story Featuring Sarah Bergman & Paul Kenny
Day 1 Montage
Open Pairs
The Gauthier brothers come through to defend their Open Pairs title. I believe they are undefeated since they won in Berlin last year. This was no cakewalk, however, as the top four teams were all within 2.2 points, and all had a 9.0 or greater average execution score. Larry Imperiale/Fabio Sanna edged Dave Lewis/Pat Marron for second place by only 0.1, with Tommy Leitner/Reto Zimmerman another 0.7 back in fourth. It looks like the only thing holding Dave and Pat back from winning the pairs title was Artistic Impression. They won execution and trailed the Gauthiers by only 0.3 in difficulty, but the judges put them 2.0 back in artistic. Like many people, I’ve been a fan of Jake and Matt’s game for a long time. It’s cool to see them building a dynasty. Congratulations Jake and Matt!!!
Open Co-op
The top 4 teams were within 1.1 points of each other. Let me repeat that. The top 4 teams were within 1.1 points of each other. The winning margin was 0.6 points as Antonio Piccio Cusma, Andrea Meola and Fabio Sanna won their first open division title over Pipo Lopez, Tommy Leitner and Pat Marron. It’s the first all-European team to win in the open division, which means Fabio Sanna has been part of the first all-European winning teams in both Open Co-op and Mixed Pairs.
This has to be frustrating for Pipo and Pat, who finished 0.3 away from the title last year. So many close calls. Joakim Arveskär, Clay Collera and Reto Zimmerman were another 0.3 points back to grab third by 0.2 over Dave Lewis, Dave Murphy and Dave Schiller. Basically, it was a one drop difference between first and 4th place. Incredible. Congratulations Andrea, Piccio and Fabio!!!
Mixed Pairs
The Gauthier brothers swept the top two spots of this division too. Lisa Hunrichs and Matt Gauthier outscored Lori Daniels and Jake Gauthier in difficulty and artistic to overcame Jake and Lori’s sick 29.1 execution score. Defending champs Eleonora Imazio and Fabio Sanna finished 1.1 points back in 3rd. Congratulations Lisa and Matt!!!
Women’s Pairs
In maybe the biggest upset of the tournament, Sylvia Caruso and Eleonora Imazio crushed the women’s field by 6.2 points to take the women’s crown. With a super clean round (29.1 ex score), they gained 8 points over Lisa Hunrichs and Lori Daniels, then backed up their squeaky clean performance by winning difficulty. Congratulations Sylvia and Eleonora on being the first all-European team to win the Women’s Pairs title!!!
The scores – format is Total (Diff, Ex, AI):
Open Pairs Final
1. Jake Gauthier/Matt Gauthier 66.9 (21.4, 27.1, 18.4) [video]
2. Larry Imperiale/Fabio Sanna 65.5 (20.2, 27.2, 18.1)
3. Dave Lewis/Pat Marron 65.4 (21.1, 27.9, 16.4)
4. Tom Leitner/Reto Zimmerman 64.7 (20.4, 27.0, 17.3)
5. Dave Murphy/Dave Schiller 61.6 (20.8, 25.1, 15.7)
6. Paul Kenny/Sune Wentzel 61.3 (18.4, 27.3, 15.6)
7. Toddy Brodeur/Pipo Lopez 60.2 (18.0, 27.6, 14.6)
8. Antonio Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola 57.2 (17.8, 23.7, 15.7)
Open Co-op Final
1. Antonio Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola/Fabio Sanna 71.4 (21.0, 28.5, 21.9)
2. Tom Leitner/Pipo Lopez/Pat Marron 70.8 (21.9, 27.6, 21.3)
3. Joakim Arveskär/Clay Collera/Reto Zimmerman 70.5 (22.1, 26.1, 22.3)
4. Dave Lewis/Dave Murphy/Dave Schiller 70.3 (22.7, 25.2, 22.4)
5. Toddy Brodeur/Larry Imperiale/Paul Kenny 66.3 (20.2, 23.7, 22.4)
6. Matteo Feller/Matteo Gaddoni/Valerio Occorsio 56.4 (20.8, 18.5, 17.1)
7. Carsten Heim/Flo Hess/Jan Schreck 55.8 (20.2, 19.9, 15.7)
8. Filippo Cavalca/Giovanni Coppo/Paulo Magni 55.6 (19.7, 20.1, 15.8)
Mixed Pairs Final
1. Lisa Hunrichs/Matt Gauthier 67 (18.8, 28.0, 20.2)
2. Lori Daniels/Jake Gauthier 62.5 (16.1, 29.1, 17.3)
3. Eleonora Imazio/Fabio Sanna 61.4 (17.6, 26.0, 17.8)
4. Bethany Sanchez/Toddy Brodeur 56.4 (16.1, 25.5, 14.8)
5. Sarah Bergman/Paul Kenny 53.9 (16.5, 23.2, 14.2)
6. Bianca Strunz/Markus Hein 49.3 (14.9, 23.2, 11.2)
Women Pairs Final
1. Sylvia Caruso/Eleonora Imazio 64.8 (17.1, 29.1, 18.6)
2. Lori Daniels/Lisa Hunrichs 58.6 (16.8, 21.8, 20)
3. Sarah Bergman/Mary Lowry 52.1 (15.2, 20.8, 16.1)
4. Bianca Strunz/Simon 49.2 (12.3, 23.0, 13.9)
Mixed Pairs B Final
(Top 2 teams advance to finals)
1. BethanySanchez/Toddy Brodeur 59.9 (18.5, 26.4, 15)
2. Bianca Strunz/Markus Hein 58.9 (17.1, 26.8, 15)
3. Sylvia Caruso/Enrico Bersanti 56.1 (18.4, 23.9, 13.8)
2. Terry Bogenhagen/Dave Schiller 54.3 (17.9, 23.6, 12.8)
3. Mary Lowry/Dan Yarnell 54.1 (17.6, 22, 14.5)
4. H Bogenhagen/Andrea Meola 51.4 (15.6, 25.3, 10.5)
5. Anne Goh/Steve Scannell 49.3 (15.3, 22.9, 11.1)
6. Cristina Nicolardi/Carlo Perrone 48.4 (15.4, 21.4, 11.6)
7. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollman 41.6 (13.4, 19.3, 8.9)
8. Gloria Alessandrini/Matteo Gaddoni 0 (0, 0, 0)
Whahoo, 33 cheers for Europe and all the thanks and congrats in the world for the US players, who are and always will be our inspiration!
I cant wait to see some high quali video of the routines ))) Especially Matt’s and Jake’s.
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