Synchronized Skating World Championships 2008 - Quick quotes from Budapest

Austria – Sweet Mozart

“We are satisfied with the program, we had one fall but it was not so bad. So all in all we are satisfied. We defended our position. It was a good job from the girls.” said the team leader, Carmen Kiefer.

“The first wheel and the move on ISOL were the best elements in this free program, so I agree with the judges” stated the coach, Andrea Sommerfeldt.

(18th in the long, 18th final)

Italy – Hot Shivers

“It was very-very-very good to be on the ice” laughs the team captain.

“The last part was our favourite where the music gets faster and the expression is stronger and everybody claps. We would be happy with a 12th place. But if we would reach 10th place we would be extremely happy”

(10th in the long, 11th final)

Russia 2 – Tatarstan

“It was good to be on the ice. Your country is very warm to us!”

On choosing a Hungarian music for the free skating:

“This is your national dance, it is very impressive. We are happy to skate to that music!”

(12th in the long, 10th final)

Germany – Team Berlin 1

“I’m satisfied with the team, but not with the scores. But we are very proud of course. It’s very hard to say anything now what we would expect. Three teams are very close to each other”

On their favourite part of the program:

“I think our favourite part is our costume” shelaughs. “Anyway it fits to the music and to the program. We enjoyed skating this program”

(7th in the long, 7th final)

USA 2 – Miami University

“We are very pleased to be on the ice. We gave so much energy in it. We are satisfied, we can be happy, as it is a good end for this season. In the free program we could show our energy, but the two programs are very different, we cannot compare them.”

On what the trainer said right before the program:

“She told us how she believed in us and how proud she was of us.”

(9th in the long, 9th final)

USA 1 – Haydenettes

“We really focused on the program. We had small problems but really small ones, so it was a pretty good skate. We enjoyed the free program more. It was filled with a lot of fun. We knew that it was our last competition for this season, so we felt free. Our favourite was probably the beginning, it is really strong, there’s a lot of energy in it. We had a team meeting yesterday where the trainers said that the day after would be a new day, they asked us not to look back and forget about everything, do our best on Saturday, during the free program”

(3rd in the long, 5th final)

Russia 1 – Paradise

“I’m satisfied, there were some mistakes in the program, someone fall as well, but this happened accidentally, this wasn’t a technical fault. The free skating was better for us. But I don’t agree with the scores, and I cannot understand them” said the coach, Elmira Mazitova.

(8th in the long, 8th final)

Canada 1 – Nexxice

“It was great and nice to be on the ice, a lot of colours everywhere…

Our favourite element in this program was the circle and the line. We had a team meeting yesterday and we prepared mentally also. We always want to go forward. We are a very good group.”

On what the trainer said right before the program:

“Have fun!”

(4th in the long, 3rd final)

Finland 1 – Rockettes

“It was amazing to skate here in Hungary, I think we did our best, and that is what we wanted to do. We only went to skate for us, to enjoy skating…

The whole program is our favourite or probably the wheel at the end of the program. The audience was awesome and amazing here in Hungary. We have a big funny group here.”

(1st in the long, 1st final)

Sweden 1 – Surprise

“I’m absolutely not satisfied. Even not with the scores. I want to see our program later on video to analyze. I could not see the Team Finland 1 but I think that our group is technically better. We didn’t get the level scores even for 3-4 elements. I can not understand why. But I will check it on the video again.” said the coach, Andrea Dohány.

On how the girls feel now:

“They are really disappointed. They worked a lot!”

(2nd in the long, 2nd final)

Canada 2 – Les Supremes

“We are super happy. Yesterday we did our personal best, and for our free program we have also the best scores. We wanted to perform an amazing show, that’s why we came here. We run at the end, so we could not see all the teams, but we know Finland 1 and Sweden 1 are the best. And the other team of Canada is very happy with their 3rd place, and so are we…”

(6th in the long, 6th final)

Finland 2 – Marigold

“We are very disappointed. We went for the gold, yesterday we finished in the 3rd place and today we did a really good performance. We did not make any big mistakes. But the technical scores were not enough today for the gold.”

On what the coach told before the program:

“ That we can get the gold…”

(5th in the long, 4th final)