2026 Europeans - Pairs Free Skate - "Don’t Drop Me Now"

[Wyliefan]

Chris, that's not what "uncanny" means.

 

[her grace]

They need a lot more fight, too much letting it go in the big moments

 

[rfisher]

If the Georgians blow this and Hungary wins gold, it will be a Sarah Meier European moment. Well no moment due to the SP. Oh, well.

Exactly the results I wanted! I never get all 3. Congratulations to them and their coaching team.

 

[Lizziebeth]

Minerva looks injured

 

[miffy]

Minerva not impressed by being in the lead, good for her

I really hope she's not too badly hurt.

 

[Private Citizen]

Wow. Held up majorly. Hase looks shocked and maybe a little embarrassed.

 

[Karen-W]

That last lift had problems galore even before the fall. TBH Hocke and Kunkel should probably be ahead of them given three big mistakes. He's very lucky he didn't put his foot down after the 3T or H&K would definitely be ahead.

That last lift has been problematic all season - he's slow most of the time and just doesn't have the propulsion to finish it well.

Jeez - I can't believe the judges put them ahead of PavSvia. Terrible judging.

 

[her grace]

They can’t believe it and neither can I

 

[Sally1214]

I really like Minerva and Nikita but I don't think I agree with that score or their placement in this event. So ..... what else isn't new in figure skating?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Anastasia really telegraphed that throw.
Ah... sorry, I meant "telephoned".

I'm ready for the Selevkos.

 

[Vagabond]

Conti & Macii just phoned in to say that they will see everybody in Milan.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Is it me or this year's Euros particularly splatfesty?

 

[her grace]

That’s not a death spiral

 

[Nadin]

Give me a good old traditional death spiral any day over these fugly positions

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Ok, I am guessing Metelkina/Berulava are ready for the Junior worlds.

 

[tangerine dream]

If the Georgians blow this and Hungary wins gold, it will be a Sarah Meier European moment. Well no moment due to the SP. Oh, well.

It's very hard for me to compare anything to the Sarah Meier moment. She planned to retire the previous season and the only reason she was still skating was to go to home Euros in Bern. The fact that she had a great skate there combined with both Kostner and Korpi underforming led to a moment I don't think anybody really saw coming. It's one of my favorite moments in skating history.

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava
Rank after SP: 1
Coach: P. Sliusarenko, E. Zakroev
Music: Le discours d’Arthur, Keeping Me Alive

Triple Twist 3
3S+2Aq+2A+SEQ
3T - fall
Throw 3F
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3Lo
Back Outside Death Spiral 4
Pair Combo Spin 4
Reverse Lasso Lift 3
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Choreo Sequence

That should be enough for the title, and maybe more importantly they held it together during a free skate which has been a challenge for them this season.

-1.00 = Falls
139.80 = 1st Place
215.76 = 1st Place

 

[miffy]

So we didn't actually have any clean skates did we? Hopefully they're all saving the magic moments for the Olys

 

[Karen-W]

MetBeru - 3tw - so huge & just gorgeous; SBS 3s+2a+2a - he was a bit pitched forward on the last landing but really good; SBS 3t - and down she goes; throw 3f - swish; first lift - fine; throw 3lo - excellent; BODS - effing leg grab... combo spin - fine; now let's see if he can get through these last two lifts without an error... second lift - alright; last lift - well, well, well... So, they're gonna win even without the choreo seq. I mean, I don't know if I'd be celebrating the way they are since she DID fall on the 3t, but, this may be the first time they've handled the pressure when a major medal was on the line, so good for them.

 

[TAHbKA]

Pavlova/Sviatchenko were robbed

 

[miffy]

It's very hard for me to compare anything to the Sarah Meier moment. She planned to retire the previous season and the only reason she was still skating was to go to home Euros in Bern. The fact that she had a great skate there combined with both Kostner and Korpi underforming led to a moment I don't think anybody really saw coming. It's one of my favorite moments in skating history.

Aww I especially loved how happy Kiira and Carolina were for her

 

[Nadin]

It's very hard for me to compare anything to the Sarah Meier moment. She planned to retire the previous season and the only reason she was still skating was to go to home Euros in Bern. The fact that she had a great skate there combined with both Kostner and Korpi underforming led to a moment I don't think anybody really saw coming. It's one of my favorite moments in skating history.

Ahhh the miracle of Bern

 

[miffy]

Pavlova/Sviatchenko were robbed

If you made a petition I think Minerva would sign.

 

[Sally1214]

WOW ..... one mistake but that was superb skating from Anastasia and Luka. The ice coverage on one of their lifts was simply amazing.

 

[rfisher]

Pavlova/Sviatchenko were robbed

ITA they deserved silver.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

MetBeru really have to answer that phone call at some point.

 

[victorskid]

After all 4 groups, the FS results:
1 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 139.80 73.76 67.04 8.36 8.36 8.39 1.00 #16
2 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 129.24 67.97 62.27 7.86 7.57 7.89 1.00 #14
3 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 129.06 67.54 63.52 8.11 7.61 8.07 2.00 #15
4 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 122.80 63.91 59.89 7.29 7.68 7.46 1.00 #13
5 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 120.53 64.16 57.37 7.14 7.21 7.14 1.00 #11
6 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 114.91 56.17 58.74 7.50 7.29 7.21 0.00 #10
7 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 113.62 61.26 52.36 6.43 6.61 6.57 0.00 #5
8 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 111.91 58.69 53.22 6.61 6.64 6.68 0.00 #7
9 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 109.54 53.88 56.66 7.18 7.04 7.00 1.00 #12
10 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 106.84 51.66 55.18 6.96 6.96 6.75 0.00 #9
11 Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR / Manuel PIAZZA ISL 105.17 52.83 52.34 6.64 6.46 6.50 0.00 #8
12 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 103.43 52.22 51.21 6.43 6.29 6.46 0.00 #6
13 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 102.76 53.70 50.06 6.25 6.14 6.36 1.00 #2
14 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 100.33 52.31 49.02 6.36 6.04 5.96 1.00 #3
15 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 99.19 50.83 48.36 6.04 6.07 6.00 0.00 #4
16 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 84.46 42.49 43.97 5.57 5.29 5.61 2.00 #1

Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Overall results:

1 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 215.76 1 1
2 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 203.87 2 3
3 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 202.56 3 2
4 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 188.27 4 4
5 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 183.31 6 5
6 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 174.31 7 6
7 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 173.52 5 9
8 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 168.84 10 8
9 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 167.42 12 7
10 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 165.09 8 10
11 Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR / Manuel PIAZZA ISL 162.62 9 11
12 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 158.08 11 12
13 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 153.62 14 14
14 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 152.85 13 15
15 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 149.33 15 13
16 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 126.78 16 16
WD Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM

 

[delayedaxel]

If you made a petition I think Minerva would sign.

That look on her face when the scores were announced

 

[rfisher]

Good day for the Georgian team. Pity Gub no longer cares. Maybe by the team event where they might have an outside chance for a medal she'll decide to train and skate. It's her only chance at an Olympic medal.

 

[Hedwig]

It's very hard for me to compare anything to the Sarah Meier moment. She planned to retire the previous season and the only reason she was still skating was to go to home Euros in Bern. The fact that she had a great skate there combined with both Kostner and Korpi underforming led to a moment I don't think anybody really saw coming. It's one of my favorite moments in skating history.

at any given moment I could watch that skate and her reaction to winning again and start sobbing like Kevin Aymoz