So as Mariusz had to be in a technical panel the same week Dorota came with us to Paris. After skate America we were pumped to amend our faults from our long and achieve this years personal best. Traffic in the city was so bad it took 3 hours from airport to hotel, which I was told should only of been 30minutes. This was caused because of public transport strikes within the city and most of France. Luckily the hotel was right next to the impressive rink at Bercy, and the centre of Paris a 30 minute walk.
In practice we were a little shakey, we managed to settle in the following days but mentally we were a little off put. Silly things like missing the short lift in practice when its been totally solid in Torun, this transferred in to the lift in the short programme having trouble going up. Then when the lift settled we finished it off only to find I did too many turns, which means -2 for illegal element and no score for a level 4 Axel lasso in affect we lost 10 points in total for a programme that's worth 45 is a big problem.
So long came, and pushing out of our starting position my left trouser strap pinged loose. I thought, its just one of those weeks! From start to end I was thinking about my strap. It was an average long in the end, where we placed 7th but ended 8th overall. In all it was a good lesson for us but an end to our disappointing Grand Prix campaign. We just went home, and did what we always do, work hard so we do it better next time!
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