Totmianina suffered a concussion in her fall last evening She will be limited to absolute rest for at least a week, and in a few weeks may be able to return to the ice. Injury tatiana totmianina is one lucky woman Fortunately for her, she partly landed on her left shoulder which absorbed much of the force in her fall Even so, the limited blow to the head was still enough to knock her unconscious and result in a concussion that will keep her off the ice for a couple of weeks. Tatiana totmianina & maxim marinin skated a workmanlike program of reasonable difficulty with smooth, if cold, expression
They had a few minor glitches, with marinin stepping out of a triple toe loop and later a stumble in a diagonal footwork sequence. Tatiana malinina, who skated fairly well in the short program and first free skate, could not sustain her performance through the second free skate She landed three triple jumps and missed four others. The russian team of tatiana totmianina & maxim marinin, who won the bronze medal at skate america, also had a clean skate and seem poised to win the silver medal here. Focused on a fight between the two top russian couples tatiana totmianina & maxim marinin and maria petrova & alexei tikhonov right away Totmianina & marinin took the lead in the short program with a solid but not very emotional performance to variations on a theme of paganini by sergei rakhmaninov.
As expected, the russian world champions, tatiana totmianina & maxim marinin, took the lead showing off their beautiful new ave maria short.
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