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| The performance of the night, courtesy of Japan |
If someone yesterday predicted to me that, after the pairs short program at the 2012 World Championships:
-Volosozhar/Trankov are in eighth place, out of the final group, and in a virtual tie with Berton/Hotarek
-Takahashi/Tran are in the top three
-Kavaguti/Smirov are out of the final 2 groups
-Bazarova/Larionov are the leading Russians
.....I would've laughed in their face.
Yet such has become reality. Insert platitude about ice being slippery here, etc.