2026 Olys Pairs SP PBP - Veni, Vidi, Wedgie

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Nagaoka/Morigichi are excellent. Super fast and smooth. I don't know why she decided to miss both jumps, they were clean on the warm up.

Also, interestingly enough, their best element is the lift, which is a feat given he's so small.

 

[PRlady]

Got here in time for Dutch who did much better than the young Japanese.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Could NBC get her a contract and fly her in before tomorrow?

She talked too much during her own skates, even

 

[Amy L]

Completely falling out of frame is a bad sign.

And the throw, oh no baby Japanese

 

[Aceon6]

If the skategods needed a sacrifice, I’m sad that it’s the baby Japanese

 

[peibeck]

N/M this was one of my favorite SPs from Boston, but their Olympic hopes are gone after 3 elements. Amazing speed though.

 

[CassAgain]

Bit of a disaster for Nag/Mor, but they are clearly so good. If they ever get it fully together—watch out.

 

[flyingsit]

Why is she dressed as the German flag?

 

[Jammers]

Olympic nerves got to them.

 

[MsZem]

"Both born in Moscow" from Sandra sounds nicely snarky.

Both... skaters? Coaches? I thought Dutch guy was actually Dutch.

 

[tangerine dream]

That's what you get when everyone skates well. Multiple mistakes by a very good team and they miss the free.

 

[Private Citizen]

Guessing Nagaoka and Moriguchi will give me my wish of seeing the Kovalevs in the free. Nice for the crowd to support them, but this is a disaster.

 

[dupa]

Gah! tanking

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Also, starting to get nervous for VAIPDIG

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

His ISU bio says he was born in Groningen -- is that wrong?

Wiki says he was born in Groningen to a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother.

 

[skatingguy]

Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Coach: M. Hamada, D. Savin, F. Klimov, C. Reed
Music: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Triple Twist 1
3Lo - Yuna fell
Throw 3S - two-footed, fall
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 3
Step Sequence 4
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)

Just all sorts of problems even beyond the falls, but they have so much speed. If they can harness the speed they will be amazing.

-2.00 = Falls
SP: 59.62 = 7th Place

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Nagaoka has very little snap into rotation position. It’s arguably dangerous to have her do throw jumps without getting that corrected first.

 

[Carolla5501]

Could NBC get her a contract and fly her in before tomorrow?

Just what we need, commentators talking more than Johnny and Tara

But she would probably make a lot of money because NBC pays by the word.

 

[Braulio]

NOOO!

They have so much quality and presence! sad we wont see them at the free skate where they could have made a great impression for the future and skate like they did at the Japanese Nationals

Sad

 

[allezfred]

Nagaoka/Moriguchi best basics so far, but those errors are going to hurt their scores…

 

[overedge]

I think it would have helped them to have a single piece of music, or pieces of music that were more thematically similar to each other. Those music cuts were really choppy, and the program never really flowed because of that.

 

[Hedwig]

they are the most exciting team here.

i do not want them to miss the free

 

[peibeck]

And, the Chinese just sent Les Kovs to the FS

Japanese, oh pairs guru.

 

[Desperado]

Both... skaters? Coaches? I thought Dutch guy was actually Dutch.

Skaters - wouldn't surprise me if she was completely wrong.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Johnny looks like he's about to run down and do a Donovan-inspired Elvis program. Which, honestly, I'd be here for.

Someone sitting next to me at brunch said he looks like Loki (and I thought crossed with Pee Wee Herman).

The "youngest foo" looks as if she belongs in a specific place in southern coastal Florida with all the filler.

 

[SlavicaK]

I have lab meeting tomorrow during the pairs free and at this rate I may be ok with that. Great job for them!

Hi, fellow lab person! Sorry about the inconvenient scheduling.

 

[Karen-W]

NagaMori - 3tw - alright; SBS 3lo - and she falls - no, Tara, it's not shocking - they're competing outside of Japan; throw 3s - fall... Well, this is a repeat of Boston... Lift - excellent; BIDS - nice; step seq - also nice; SBS spins - spacing & unison could be better.

I don't know what it is with them, but it seems really clear, at this point, that they're still working through some sort of mental block when it comes to competing outside of Japan. We'll see how it plays out over the next 4 years, but I'm not nearly as high on their potential as everyone else because of this issue.

 

[Wyliefan]

Coach interview? That's not something you see every day.

 

[Bill Trenary]

Ugh, Johnny shut up

 

[zigzig]

Dutch team was hosed in PCS! They should be over the French and qualifying for the free!