2024 NHK Trophy Pairs FS PBP - Fall By Me

[tony]

Posted in a new separate thread in the GPF forum, but even with a bronze here, Kam & O'Shea will make the final in every single scenario except Ghilardi & Ambrosini beating Stellato & Deschamps for gold next week.

 

[MacMadame]

DavSmo???

No, I know them. It's hard not to.

Some other random team I never heard of until they switched. They might even be a dance team. With all the crap that's been going on in skating, I try to enjoy the performances but not think about skating too much otherwise.

 

[genevieve]

Unpopular opinion: I don't hate the Georgians' free program

 

[MacMadame]

No, I know them. It's hard not to.

Some other random team I never heard of until they switched. They might even be a dance team. With all the crap that's been going on in skating, I try to enjoy the performances but not think about skating too much otherwise.

Also, I have no issues with a solo skater changing countries to find a good partner. Finding a good partner is hard so sometimes that's the best option. I think that's different than these teams (and singles skaters) who suddenly became Georgian immediately after the ban on Russian skaters was announced, especially if they had no prior ties there.

 

[Karen-W]

Also, I have no issues with a solo skater changing countries to find a good partner. Finding a good partner is hard so sometimes that's the best option. I think that's different than these teams (and singles skaters) who suddenly became Georgian immediately after the ban on Russian skaters was announced, especially if they had no prior ties there.

Honestly, at the junior level, this could apply to the Georgian skaters, but the only senior skaters this applies to, with regard to switching from Russia to Georgia is DavSmo. Both Metelkina & Berulava were skating for Georgia pre-ban - I don't think Berulava has ever represented any country but Georgia, tbh. Egadze was actually born in Tblisi, Gubanova switched in 2021 and Urushadze (who hasn't competed yet this season) switched well before then.

And, really, if a skater makes a switch as a junior, I give that a lot less side-eye than the senior skaters switching. Who knows how they would have fared in their country of origin at that young an age?

 

[MacMadame]

And, really, if a skater makes a switch as a junior, I give that a lot less side-eye than the senior skaters switching. Who knows how they would have fared in their country of origin at that young an age?

Agreed.

 

[Sylvia]

Pairs
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 213.05 2 1
2 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 209.45 1 2
3 Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA 197.44 3 3
4 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 188.54 4 4
5 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 178.37 6 5
6 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 174.45 7 6
7 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 172.47 5 7
8 Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD USA 140.63 8 8

FS protocols: https://www.isuresults.com/results/...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA	GEO	142.77​	75.43​		67.34​	8.36​	8.43​	8.43​	0.00​	#7​
2​	Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN	137.55​	67.76​		69.79​	8.75​	8.64​	8.75​	0.00​	#8​
3​	Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA	USA	128.29​	65.36​		64.93​	8.21​	7.93​	8.18​	2.00​	#6​
4​	Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL	GER	121.17​	60.61​		60.56​	7.61​	7.46​	7.61​	0.00​	#5​
5​	Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA	NED	119.47​	62.36​		57.11​	7.25​	7.00​	7.14​	0.00​	#3​
6​	Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY	GBR	116.28​	58.96​		57.32​	7.18​	7.18​	7.11​	0.00​	#2​
7​	Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI	JPN	112.15​	55.97​		56.18​	7.18​	6.82​	7.04​	0.00​	#4​
8​	Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD	USA	91.68​	43.32​		50.36​	6.43​	6.18​	6.25​	2.00​	#1​

 

[Hedwig]

I cannot find the link to the competition in youtube. Can anyone help me please?

 

[Hedwig]

ah there seems to be a geo block - sorry, if that was discussed in the thread, I tried to remain unspoiled while looking for the video (not entirely successful...)

 

[mtnskater]

Wow wild ride in the pairs free!

The Georgians win…..ugggh! Not a fan. The short program was so tacky and campy I just couldn’t. Not to mention if I were a judge I would have given a negative GOE for that hideous position on the back outside death spiral. If you can’t do a laid out position..no credit or greatly reduced! (And I would have done the same for Deanna’s even though I love her.) But I digress. The free wasn’t much better. Still kind of weird and tacky. The hood at the end WTH??? I just don’t really feel any heart or soul from these two while skating. But technically solid.

Riku and Ryuichi still shaky and messy. Thought they scored a bit too high for what they put out. I liked both of their programs, especially the short. The free music definitely had me pining for Nathan Chen one of my all time favorites. I wish he would stop grabbing her chest and zipping her jacket in the K&C. Makes me a bit uncomfortable. Maybe just verbally ask her to zip it?

Danny and Ellie. Now we have an American pair who can consistently land two different side by side triples. Yay! The bad news are their throws are inconsistent. But of all the pairs here I like Ellie and Danny’s performance and choreography the best. They really have promise to contend for higher placement if and when they get it all together. Congrats on the bronze. Hope they make GPF!?

Germans were enjoyable but ground to a halt or slow a lot. I sure like Annike. She has some charisma and very charming. Both of their program music choices were a little meh.

So great to see a pair from Great Britain skating pairs at such a high level!

 

[kwanfan1818]

At least part of Berulava’s family is Georgian, and IIRC, his parents lived there before he was born.