2023 Grand Prix Final - Pairs FS: “Vampire Wars (Duel to the Death Spiral)”

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StN. Name Nation Rank Points Warm-Up Group 1 1 Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD CAN 6 61.78 2 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 5 61.91 3 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 4 65.51 Warm-Up Group 2 4 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 3 70.30 5 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 2 71.22 6 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 1 72.56

 

[Amy L]

 

[skatingguy]

If @Gris or @Ka3sha , or anyone else who is at the event could deliver a coffee to the data entry person before the start of the Pairs Free Skate I would really appreciate it.

 

[victorskid]

And we have Mark for this event

 

[Karen-W]

If @Gris or @Ka3sha , or anyone else who is at the event could deliver a coffee to the data entry person before the start of the Pairs Free Skate I would really appreciate it.

Oh, come on! Who doesn't want a repeat of the FSU fight over a 4a in the SP today? Who doesn't want fights to break out over Ice Dance technical rules in the senior RD thread?

 

[skatingguy]

And we have Mark for this event

Yeah, but also why not Mark for junior ice dance.

 

[skatingguy]

Oh, come on! Who doesn't want a repeat of the FSU fight over a 4a in the SP today? Who doesn't want fights to break out over Ice Dance technical rules all over the senior RD thread?

ME

The person trying to play-by-play who has to come with an explanation for the invalid element, or reassure that the error will be corrected before the score comes up.

 

[Gris]

Thanks for your hard work @skatingguy !

 

[Karen-W]

Lol - oh, Mark, you know as well as the rest of us that Rebecca's issues are generally with the SBS 3s, not the 2a sequence.

 

[skatingguy]

Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud
Coach: A. Purkiss, N. Lemaire, D. Schmidt, M. Marinaro
Music: Gladiator (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

 

[skatingguy]

Lol - oh, Mark, you know as well as the rest of us that Rebecca's issues are generally with the SBS 3s, not the 2a sequence.

She can't really do a double Axel either, so it's really both.

 

[Kateri]

Lol - oh, Mark, you know as well as the rest of us that Rebecca's issues are generally with the SBS 3s, not the 2a sequence.

You've seen her 2A, right? Porque no los dos?

 

[airgelaal]

I came for SBS 2S

 

[Ka3sha]

When did Trennt attend the Marinaro’s school of pairs skating?
I don’t remember him being that bad with lifts and throws.., but also it’s probably the first time I am watching him skate live

 

[Karen-W]

PerMich - much as I like their SP, I loathe their FS this season. Or, really, it's mostly his shirt for this program that I loathe.

Trennt's standing the SBS jumps up, but his landings are barely controlled.

Ooooo... that last lift fell apart about halfway through and she nearly came crashing down - managed a L1, but... eeesh.

 

[Amy L]

Tired? Injury? That was an awkward ending, I dunno, just gonna hang out here draped over this dude's shoulders for like 15 seconds.

 

[skatingguy]

Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud
Coach: A. Purkiss, N. Lemaire, D. Schmidt, M. Marinaro
Music: Gladiator (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

3Tw 3
3T+2A+1A+SEQ - Trennt singled the last jump
Throw 3Lo - she worked hard to save that landing - good knee bend
3S
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Sp 3
Choreo Sequence
Throw 3S
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Hand/Hip Lift 1 - came down early
Pair Combo Spin 4

They got through it, but it was a struggle. It's very clear that this team has hit their sophomore struggle phase. The timing on the side-by-side jumps has gone off between them, and this just looked like a series of elements set to music rather than a program, and a performance.

123.38 = 1st Place
185.16 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Tired? Injury? That was an awkward ending, I dunno, just gonna hang out here draped over this dude's shoulders for like 15 seconds.

If you were draped over Trennt Michaud's shoulders would you be in a hurry to move?

 

[Karen-W]

She can't really do a double Axel either, so it's really both.

You've seen her 2A, right? Porque no los dos?

Sure, but she has a slightly better completion percentage on the 2a than she does on the 3s.

When did Trennt attend the Marinaro’s school of pairs skating?
I don’t remember him being that bad with lifts and throws.., but also it’s probably the first time I am watching him skate live

So soon we forget his partnership with Evelyn Walsh... and the fact that WalMich trained with MTMar!

 

[skatingguy]

Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini
Coach: Rosanna Murante, Ondrej Hotarek
Music: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Blood for Dracula

 

[Karen-W]

Ha. Just realized no Ted for this segment!

 

[airgelaal]

I would never dare to be a vampire in China. Especially after 2019

 

[Kateri]

Sure, but she has a slightly better completion percentage on the 2a than she does on the 3s.

I think it's the fact that her 2A is so ugly, I blank on how often she manages to actually rotate it.

 

[skatingguy]

Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini
Coach: Rosanna Murante, Ondrej Hotarek
Music: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Blood for Dracula

3Tw 3
3Sq
2Aq+2A+1A+SEQ
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Sp 3
Choreo Sequence
Throw 3Lz
Throw 3Lo
Hand/Hip Lift 4
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Pair Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)

This program doesn't do anything for me, and her jump technique is so distracting I never connect to their skating.

126.94 = 1st Place
188.85 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

GhiAmbr - hey, she stood up the 3s! And the 2a+2a+1a seq! That's a change from her usual! Good skate for them today, though I'm never going to be a hard-core fan. Also, her lift positions are... mediocre.

 

[Amy L]

I would never dare to be a vampire in China. Especially after 2019

There was nothing even vaguely vampiric about that program! They could have been skating to any random dramatic piece of music. Or any music, they didn't act like they were listening to it anyways.

 

[Ka3sha]

They seem to be nice people, and that wasn’t awful on any level except her jumping technique, but it was really boring

 

[skatingguy]

Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko
Coach: Dmitri Savin, Fedor Klimov, Sofia Evdokimova
Music: My Perception of Love, Iron 2021

 

[Amy L]

Overall, I'd still rather see this than Cats

 

[airgelaal]

GhiAmbr - hey, she stood up the 3s! And the 2a+2a+1a seq! That's a change from her usual! Good skate for them today, though I'm never going to be a hard-core fan. Also, her lift positions are... mediocre.

I am disappointed

There was nothing even vaguely vampiric about that program! They could have been skating to any random dramatic piece of music. Or any music, they didn't act like they were listening to it anyways.

So they didn't dare either