2025-26 US Pairs Discussion - Milano-Bound By Way of Beijing & St. Louis

[Rukia]

OMG! Not ANOTHER Moulin Rouge program this year. Why, why why??? Is Tessa completely unaware of the plethora of programs using this music this season?? Do they die on the ice at the end too???

Tessa only got Moulin Rouge in retirement. Scott got custody of the rest and is passing them down to his children (cpom).

 

[Karen-W]

And Barclay/Bartholomay are now listed as WD from the Pairs final. So, really, Fitzpatrick/Bearinger need to get their CTES and that's about the only level of intrigue surrounding the Sr Pairs field for Nats.

ETA - FitzBear blew right past their previous SP TES by 7 points and now have earned the Nationals CTES mins!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

And Barclay/Bartholomay are now listed as WD from the Pairs final. So, really, Fitzpatrick/Bearinger need to get their CTES and that's about the only level of intrigue surrounding the Sr Pairs field for Nats.

ETA - FitzBear blew right past their previous SP TES by 7 points and now have earned the Nationals CTES mins!

Watching it right now

 

[Karen-W]

Watching it right now

It was a pretty decent program apart from Keyton doubling his 3s.

 

[ChillSkate]

And Barclay/Bartholomay are now listed as WD from the Pairs final.

Is this the same Bartolomay that skated with Deanna Stellato and Katie McBeath?

 

[Karen-W]

Is this the same Bartolomay that skated with Deanna Stellato and Katie McBeath?

Yup.

 

[Sylvia]

Oct. 1, 2025:

Did a search and it looks like she’s Canadian and hasn’t been skating for awhile.

Why You Shouldn’t Wait for a Second Chance

Charlene Bailey started figure skating at age seven. She spent the majority of her adolescence on the ice. When she wasn’t skating, she was thinking about skating. She remembers drawing sketches of…

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That article lined above was published in January 2016. I recall seeing Charlene Bailey in a few Skate Ontario livestreams in recent years and knew of her as a skating coach and costume designer. After they competed at the Boston Open NQS in early October, Charlene posted an Instagram story photo with Nate Bartholomay that she captioned: "SURPRISE! we have one foot in the grave and we've been skating! that 3rd full free program ever hits different after 2.5 mos. of skating together at 36 [Nate] and 37"
I wanted to see Bailey/Bartholomay at the U.S. Pairs Final so was that they withdrew before the SP.

ETA - FitzBear blew right past their previous SP TES by 7 points and now have earned the Nationals CTES mins!

Linzy Fitzpatrick/Keyton Bearinger scored 30.69 TES in their U.S. Pairs Final SP tonight and, combined with their 42.96 TES in their FS at CS John Nicks Pairs Challenge back in early September, adds up to 73.65 - so they have attained the minimum CTES of 67 for 2026 Nationals.