2025 NHK Trophy Womens SP PBP - Time To Say But Why?

[genevieve]

Wedgie Data

Starting Order
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Katherine MEDLAND SPENCE CAN
2 Young YOU KOR
3 Yuna AOKI JPN
4 Loena HENDRICKX BEL
5 Sofia SAMODELKINA KAZ
6 Livia KAISER SUI

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Ahsun YUN KOR
8 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
9 Anna PEZZETTA ITA
10 Elyce LIN-GRACEY USA
11 Sarah EVERHARDT USA
12 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN

ISU Stream

 

[skatingguy]

Biographies

Musical Selections

Planned Program Content

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

OK, Womens`just came on (in Europe)

 

[Lizziebeth]

Morning all, I am up really early to watch the women live and hope to watch the rest unspoiled later

 

[skatingguy]

Katherine Medland Spence
Coach: Ken Rose, Danielle Rose, Robert O’Toole
Music: With One Look by A.L. Webber

2A
3Lo< - fall
Flying Sit Spin 4 (3 after review)
3T+2T
Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Some nice qualities in her presentation, but not the technical difficulty to compete.

48.42 = 1st Place

-1.00 = Falls

 

[skatingguy]

Young You
Coach: Tammy Gambill, Ji Eun Choi
Music: Mosaic by Billy Esteban

3Lz+3T
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3F
Layback Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Great to see Young You put together a solid technical element with a good performance.

67.66 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Yuna Aoki
Coach: K. Nakaniwa, M. Nakata, M Nagumo, A. Tanoue
Music: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazolla

3Lz< - low landing, stumbled out
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3F<+COMBO+2T<* - step out of the flip
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 4

The fluidity of her upper body, and the beautiful run of the blade are interrupted by these pesky jumps.

56.72 = 2nd Place

 

[leilaofpaper]

Yuna would be a wonderful solo dancer.

 

[leilaofpaper]

I like this program in general for Loena, shame the jumps weren’t here today.

 

[skatingguy]

Loena Hendrickx
Coach: Jorik Hendrickx
Music: Ashes by Celin Dion

3Lz+2T
2Aq
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3F< - fall
Step Sequence 4
Flying Camel Spin 4
Layback Spin 3

This seems like a step back from where she was a couple months ago.

-1.00 = Falls
62.45 = 2nd Place

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Sorry about Leona`s skate. But watcing her is wonderful - such quality.

 

[Spikefan]

Was this the same program from the Olympic qualifier? If so it is completely forgettable.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Was this the same program from the Olympic qualifier? If so it is completely forgettable.

Different I’m fairly sure.

 

[skatingguy]

Sofia Samodelkina
Coach: Rafael Arutiunian
Music: Czardas Caprice, Czardas

2A
3Lz
Flying Camel Spin 4
3F+3T
Layback Spin 3
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Probably one of a handful of skaters who could keep up with this music right through the end of the program.

67.75 = 1st Place

 

[her grace]

Nice skate from Samodelkina, good power, poise, and the 3-3 in the second half of the program

 

[skatingguy]

Livia Kaiser
Coach: Linda van Troyen ,Sindra Kriisa
Music: I Will Always Love You by W. Houston

2Lz+2T* - double toeloop is invalid
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3Fq
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 - struggled to hold positions
Step Sequence 2
Layback Spin 3

Still struggling to return to form after injury.

47.95 = 6th Place

 

[her grace]

Kaiser skating to Whitney Houston, only 2-2 for her combo, 3f looked short, nice step sequence highlighting the music. Sad to see her continued struggles with the elements

 

[her grace]

Yun

Shaky on 3z landing and elected not to add the combo to it, 3f-3t smart, looking more into the choreography now that jumps are done, earlier choreography was very going through the motions. Good fight today

 

[skatingguy]

Ahsun Yun
Coach: Hyun Jung Chi, Jinseo Kim
Music: East of Eden by Lee Holdridge

3Lz
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3F!+3T<
Step Sequence 3
Sit Spin 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Good skate for Yun anytime she lands all her jumps even if the combination came later than intended.

61.51 = 4th Place

 

[npavel]

oh, such a shame, no combo. I like her skating so much, but today it was not her day. I hope she will get a new chance as she definitivly is a great skater with speed and presentation

 

[skatingguy]

Wakaba Higuchi
Coach: Koji Okajima, Noriko Sato
Music: My Way by Chris Mann

2A
2Lz+COMBO
Flying Camel Spin 4
3F<< - two-footed
Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

That was rough - the music is rough - the jumps were rough - the judges are going to be rough.

53.15 = 6th Place

 

[her grace]

Higuchi

2a with nice distance, 2z bailed, 3f landed on two feet and no combo, as the most vulnerable world team member for Japan, this certainly didn’t help; intriguing choice of music in My Way, she’s had a wonderful career

 

[Spikefan]

This would have been a fine Buttle program but not for Wakaba. I’m glad she’s been to an Olympics as I don’t see it happening this year.

 

[Kateri]

Classic Anna...

 

[her grace]

Pezzetta

Huge 3z-3t, big 2a, a little stiff in upper back, fall on 3f, same story as ever, bit muted in her interpretation, showing more facial expression during steps

 

[skatingguy]

Anna Pezzetta
Coach: Alisa Mikonsaari, Angelina Turenko
Music: Exercises in Free Love by Freddie Mercury

3Lz+3T
2A
Flying Camel Spin 3
3Fq - fall
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4

Mark is exasperated as we are - if only Anna could pull together a clean short program.

-1.00 = Falls
61.35 = 5th Place

 

[npavel]

She didn't seem comfortable to be here, her face expression

 

[Kateri]

Screw Elyce's team, I wanna see the SP Amber gave her. Can't be worse than bloody Broken Vow.

 

[skatingguy]

Elyce Lin-Gracey
Coach: T. Gambill, D. Meekins, D. Allen
Music: Broken Vow

3Lz+3T< - fall
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3F
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4

The definition of generically lovely, and as a result this program is not enough to be memorable, and leave a deeper impression of Lin-Gracey's skating.

-1.00 = Falls
60.62 = 6th Place

 

[leilaofpaper]

Screw Elyce's team, I wanna see the SP Amber gave her. Can't be worse than bloody Broken Vow.

Agreed.