2023 Grand Prix Final - Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

[skatingguy]

Darya Grimm (17)/Michail Savitskiy (20)
Coach: Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalja Karamyseva
Music: No Way Out, Ticket to the Moon, So Serious

 

[airgelaal]

Did the data operator not get enough sleep?

 

[Gris]

G/S have the best flow so far.

 

[Kateri]

The data weirdness with invalid elements got fixed by the time scores came up for T/K, hope it does for G/S! What's going on?

 

[Frau Muller]

Loving that CRAZY GERMAN JACKET OF POWER!!! FANTASTIC!

 

[skatingguy]

Darya Grimm (17)/Michail Savitskiy (20)
Coach: Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalja Karamyseva
Music: No Way Out, Ticket to the Moon, So Serious

SqTwW4+SqTwM4
1RF4+kpYYYY
2RF3+kpYNYY
MiStW3+MiStM1
Rotational Lift 4

That was the skate of the season for this team. Issues with illness, and he got his hand cut on her skate blade before one of the Junior Grand Prix events, withdrawing from last year's World Junior Championships with illness it's nice to see them here skating so well.

66.49 = 2nd Place

 

[Karen-W]

If GrimSav are screwed by the panel calling the twizzle entrance a lift, I'm going to be pissed.

 

[skatingguy]

The data entry person needs to get it together. It's very distracting trying to figure out what the heck happened doing play-by-play while also trying to take in the performance.

 

[Gris]

Well Darya is not impressed by the score at all.

 

[Karen-W]

I wouldn't be surprised if the costumes were made in the 80s too

Nah, they went to Mathieu Caron - he shared a pic of their costumes on his IG recently, lol.

 

[Ka3sha]

They definitely have the potential and the skills, but I didn’t like the program and would have had the Isr team in 1st today

 

[skatingguy]

Leah Neset (18)/Artem Markelov (20)
Coach: Elena Dostatni
Music: Still Loving You, I Hate Myself for Loving You

 

[Karen-W]

Best junior RD of the season is, hands down, NesMark. Loved that.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

So the bit of blue cloth on his sleeve is supposed to match her eye shadow? I don`t understand.

 

[skatingguy]

Leah Neset (18)/Artem Markelov (20)
Coach: Elena Dostatni
Music: Still Loving You, I Hate Myself for Loving You

1RF3+kpYYYY (level 4 after review)
2RF4+kpYYYY
Straight Line Lift 4
SqTwW4+SqTwM4
MiStW3+MiStM2

Nice use of music to match the 'standing' lyrics with her standing on him while he's in the spread eagle. This program has come a long way since the Junior Grand Prix, and they skated full out. Watch for Elena Dostatni also doing the mid-line steps with them top right frame.

72.48 = 1st Place

 

[swissskate]

Leah Neset (18)/Artem Markelov (20)
Coach: Elena Dostatni
Music: Still Loving You, I Hate Myself for Loving You

If Elena Dostatni coaches competitors, can her husband Andrzej Dostatni be forbidden to be technical controller or specialist at competitions? That would be great

 

[Kateri]

N/M by far the best today.

 

[Ka3sha]

Loved that from the Americans. Easily the best combination of skills and choreo here.


Hmm, I promised snarky comments, but surprisingly have only nice things to say about most of the teams lol

 

[kwanfan1818]

I prefer Grimm/Savitskiy's refinement, but Neset/Markelov made that rink look tiny.

 

[Gris]

The 2nd part really brought out the energy.

 

[airgelaal]

Will all pairs move to seniors next year?

 

[skatingguy]

If Elena Dostatni coaches competitors, can her husband Andrzej Dostatni be forbidden to be technical controller or specialist at competitions? That would be great

The conflicts of interest in ice dance are mind boggling.

 

[skatingguy]

I prefer Grimm/Savitskiy's refinement, but Neset/Markelov made that rink look tiny.

The ice coverage on the pattern was really noticeable - almost ran out of room.

 

[victorskid]

RD results

1​	Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV	USA	72.48​	41.09​		31.39​	7.96​	7.96​	7.68​	0.00​	#6​
2​	Elizabeth TKACHENKO / Alexei KILIAKOV	ISR	68.14​	37.97​		30.17​	7.57​	7.61​	7.50​	0.00​	#4​
3​	Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY	GER	66.49​	36.99​		29.50​	7.39​	7.36​	7.43​	0.00​	#5​
4​	Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX	FRA	61.60​	33.92​		27.68​	7.04​	6.89​	6.89​	0.00​	#1​
5​	Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV	UKR	60.20​	32.22​		27.98​	7.07​	7.04​	6.93​	0.00​	#3​
6​	Yahli PEDERSEN / Jeffrey CHEN	USA	54.30​	28.70​		26.60​	6.82​	6.50​	6.68​	1.00​	#2​

Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...OR----QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[skatingguy]

duplicate

 

[airgelaal]

The judges clearly divided 2 warm-ups

 

[skatingguy]

The judges clearly divided 2 warm-ups

In this case the quality of the skating between the two groups also divided them.

 

[Karen-W]

The judges clearly divided 2 warm-ups

In this case the quality of the skating between the two groups also divided them.

Precisely. The scores from the JGP indicated a wide gap between the top 3 and the bottom three. I didn't expect that to be any different here.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ted has got to learn to say something about the x's in the tracker in real time, even if it's just "This was probably entered wrong because (whatever)," or "They lost this element because (whatever)." Or something. We can see the issue, so the commentator needs to address it.

 

[Colonel Green]

Fradji/Fourneaux - this is a “two random songs” program, neither the best nor the worst of its breed, but the French teams can do better than this in terms of distinctiveness.

Pedersen/Chen - we’ll see if they can avoid the random falls this time. … Nope, worst one yet. Katarina’s parting hex must have been strong indeed.

Pinchuk/Pogorielov - fun program, but sloppy at points.

Tkachenko/Kiliakov - loudest costumes of the event, but the performance doesn’t live up to that. Good tech, though.

Grimm/Savitskiy - tech panel nonsense right out of the gate. I didn’t care for this program when I first saw it, but it’s grown on me. Darya clearly unimpressed with their score.

Neset/Markelov - these two don’t leave a big impression on me, but that was well done and they’re clearly dominating this season.