2026 US Figure Skating Pairs SP "Choke and Stagger"

[myhoneyhoney]

Seriously, whoever is in charge needs to be sent on time out….

 

[peibeck]

F/W much stronger than at their GP, although his feet were a bit scary in that lift.

 

[her grace]

Flores/Wang

Their twist kinda scares me, they got the SBS salchow and throw 3r, much better than earlier in the season

 

[Matryeshka]

I want to run to Starr Andrewwwwws, ooo ooo...

 

[Karen-W]

FlorWang - 3tw - alright; SBS 3s - well done; throw 3lo - nice, though also looked a bit small; lift - better than earlier in the season, but still not GREAT; SBS spins - messy & out-of-synch; step seq - fine; BODS - really nice & cool little bounce out for the exit. That's exactly what they needed to deliver for the argument for one of the Jr Worlds spots.

 

[skatfan]

Wow NBC production having issues today…

 

[slicekw]

Flores/Wang nice synchrony as they skate around. Love they did the sbs 3Sal and the exit from the death spiral was very pretty.

 

[her grace]

I ran to you, this is so 1998 World Pro Champs and Caryn Kadavy

That Canadian comedian in I Have Nothing would approve

 

[Allen]

I ran to you, this is so 1998 World Pro Champs and Caryn Kadavy

It was always Whitney or Celine

 

[Sarah]

So much better than earlier this season for F/W.

 

[peibeck]

Shin/Nagy

Wish USFS would have let them pace themselves more like Zingas/Kolesnik instead of throwing them into the deep end in their first two seasons.

I think this reflects how deep dance is, which can't be said for our pairs though.

 

[tangerine dream]

Best they've looked this season!

 

[Braulio]

Queen Natalia Mishkutenok always nice to see her

 

[flyingsit]

P/F’s costumes are such a fab color.

 

[slicekw]

I’m sorry, I really expected that Ashley was going to say “Not today, Satan” just now.

 

[Allen]

P/F could be skating to any music, but this is probably the best I have ever seen them skate

 

[Karen-W]

PlaFern - 3tw - dismount was a little sketchy; SBS 3t - she stayed up, so did he! Throw 3lo - again, landed, though small! BODS - really beautiful; SBS spins - lovely unison & spacing; step seq - decent; lift - absolutely stunning.

This SHOULD go into 1st place, but I don't trust the judges to do that.

 

[her grace]

Plazas/Fernandez

Landed their SBS 3t and Throw triple loop, quality pair elements, even spins were mostly in sync, that should lead

 

[Sarah]

Best P/F has skated in a long time!

 

[peibeck]

P/F landing sbs and throw.... WHAT IS HAPPENING???

The final four have a lot to live up considering how clean these other teams have been.

 

[Allen]

Oh the irony of playing Better Off Alone during pairs, lol

 

[Karen-W]

Yup, that's some bullshit scoring. PlaFern got hosed on PCS and are behind ShiNagy. What a joke.

 

[floridaice]

Amanda!!

 

[Citlali]

An actually good second group of pairs at US nationals

Now I'm scared for the last one

 

[Karen-W]

Standings after the first two groups with an ice resurfacing coming up -
Pl. Name Club TSS= TES+ PCS+ CO PR SK Ded.- StN.
1 Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy SC of New York/SC of New York 67.67 36.99 30.68 7.71 7.82 7.54 0.00 #4
2 Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez SC of New York/SC of New York 67.03 37.91 29.12 7.39 7.36 7.14 0.00 #6
3 Olivia Flores / Luke Wang Thunderbirds FSC/Los Angeles FSC 63.58 35.57 28.01 6.96 7.21 6.89 0.00 #5
4 Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard Glacier Falls FSC/Wagon Wheel FSC 62.34 35.27 27.07 6.86 6.71 6.79 0.00 #2
5 Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer SC of Boston/Broadmoor SC 55.09 30.97 25.12 6.39 6.43 6.07 1.00 #3
6 Linzy Fitzpatrick / Keyton Bearinger SC of New York/SC of New York 54.56 30.41 24.15 6.11 6.11 5.93 0.00 #1

 

[her grace]

I think this reflects how deep dance is, which can't be said for our pairs though.

True, but I think patience would still be useful as we’ve seen this excessive pushing do a number on the female partners—often because it appears that the new teams are getting undeserved opportunities which fuels imposter syndrome.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh, Brandon, there's no such thing as a quick ice make.

 

[tangerine dream]

Six US pairs skated and only one deduction? What hell is coming in the free skate?

 

[Karen-W]

An actually good second group of pairs at US nationals

Now I'm scared for the last one

Same, but I'm also mindful of the fact that it's feast or famine when it comes to US pairs generally, and that has me more scared for what's to come on Friday...

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Who’s the DJ this time?