2025 Cup of China Pairs SP PBP - Haban-Error

[genevieve]

Starting Order

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN CHN
2 Jiaxuan ZHANG/Yihang HUANG CHN
3 Lucrezia BECCARI/Matteo GUARISE ITA
4 Katie MCBEATH/Daniil PARKMAN USA

Warm-Up Group 2
5 Annika HOCKE/Robert KUNKEL GER
6 Rebecca GHILARDI/Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
7 Anastasiia METELKINA/Luka BERULAVA GEO
8 Sara CONTI/Niccolo MACII ITA

ISU Stream

 

[skatingguy]

Biographies

Music Selection

Planned Program Content

 

[Colonel Green]

Ack, the ISU YouTube thumbnail, those garish costumes…

 

[Karen-W]

Well, as I said, I'm awake and here for the Pairs SP! I definitely needed the sleep, though I did keep waking up from time to time and saw snippets & pieces of different skaters during both the Women's & Men's SPs. But, now, time to see what SuiHan's SBS jumps look like, lol.

 

[Sally1214]

Will be interesting to see what Sui/Han can do. Although, I don't think I can be swayed from hoping for Olympic gold for either Japan or Germany this year. I've moved on .... but still curious to see what lies ahead here.

 

[Elisheba]

I've never been so excited for the first pair at Cup of China.

 

[Karen-W]

Cong Han needs some gold on his costume to match Wenjing's.

 

[Lizziebeth]

the tech box is back for pairs lol

 

[tony]

Not bad, but lots of work to do. I liked the nuances in the choreography but still feel, knowing what they've done in the past, that it can be elevated by a whole lot as well.

 

[thvu]

You can see how undertrained Sui & Han are. The transitions weren't smooth. The exit out of the lift was slow and cautious. And Sui having jump issues is nothing new.

 

[Karen-W]

SuiHan - and she's the one who goes down on the SBS 3t! 3tw - huge; throw 3lz - fabulous; SBS spins - pretty decent synch, though it got off a bit here & there throughout; lift - not as smooth on the exit as it could be but good otherwise; BIDS - quite nice; step seq - this is where it's clear they've only been back training together a short amount of time, but still quite good.

That cover of Habanera was really awful, though, btw, and should be burned. Can't believe Lori Nichol gave them that.

 

[skatingguy]

Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
Coach: Hongbo Zhao, Wei Zhang, Jinlin Guan
Music: Habanera

3T - Wenjing fell
Triple Twist 4
Throw 3Lz
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 3
Step Sequence 3 (4 after review)

Not bad for a first event in almost 4 years. I thought it was his jumps we were supposed to be worried about, or was that just a misdirect.

-1.00 = Falls
72.45 = 1st Place

 

[peibeck]

Not used to Sui with long hair. Her 3t looked under. Not their former speed, but not terrible after 3 years being away...

 

[Desperado]

Do we know what CFSA did to get Sui/Han back? They had chronic injuries IIRC.

 

[Elisheba]

Well I've heard worse music today than tango Carmen.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

???

Do we know what CFDA did to get Sui/Han back? They had chronic injuries IIRC.

 

[skategal]

Wow that throw from Zhang/Huang was amazing...

 

[thvu]

Wow that throw from Zhang/Huang was amazing...

And really undermarked by the judges. How is that only +3 from most?

 

[skatingguy]

Jiaxuan Zhang/Yihang Huang
Coach: Yang Ding, Jiayuan Du
Music: Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine

Triple Twist 3
3T
Throw 3F
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)
Step Sequence 3
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 3

Pretty solid, and very comparable to where they were at the Olympic qualifier last month.

68.96 = 2nd Place

 

[peibeck]

Zhang/Huang: the sbs spins miles apart but otherwise better than S/H. His blade got REALLY close to her head in the death spiral though.

 

[Karen-W]

ZhaHua - 3tw - nice; SBS 3t - excellent; throw 3f - just wow; SBS spins - slooooow, far apart & not well-synched; step seq - oh, in-synch cartwheels on ice, alright then; lift - good; BIDS - really cool entrance by her where she does a handstand on his boot into it. They're not quite as refined or dynamic as SuiHan, so I expect PCS to be lower & for them to be behind SuiHan overall.

 

[Sally1214]

Wow ..... in slow motion, that throw flip looks huuuuuge!!

 

[tony]

One thing I'm really confused about is how the lift is being considered a group 5 type for Sui/Han. IMO it's clearly a press lift (group 4) as performed today and should be called as such - a 0-value element.

 

[peibeck]

Meh, S/H were way overscored in PCS.

 

[Sally1214]

Don't agree with Zhang/Huang being behind Sui/Han .... AT ALL. Oh well (sigh) ....

 

[thvu]

That was a rough performance even beyond the falls on the sbs 3toe and throw 3loop. Generally sloppy, especially during the step sequence. And the sbs spins to end were so far apart, got out of sync, and he travelled.

 

[Sally1214]

Rough outing for the Italians. On the bright side, I like her dress.

 

[skatingguy]

Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise
Coach: Luca Dematte, Rosanna Murante
Music: Run by Ludovico Einaudi

Triple Twist 3 (2 after review)
3T< - Lucrezia fell, Matteo turned out
Throw 3Lo - fall
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 2
Step Sequence 3
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Coming back from injury is always difficult, and doing in an Olympic season when your entry to the is far from certain is even more difficult.

-2.00 = Falls
55.67 = 3rd Place

 

[Karen-W]

BecGuar - did they get rid of their Riverdance SP? It would appear so. Alrighty then. 3tw - such a light landing; SBS 3t - she went down & he had a fast turn on his landing; throw 3lo - and down she goes; yikes - this is a disaster; lift - nice; BIDS - very elegant; step seq - meh; SBS spins - again, far apart & the spacing was inconsistent through different positions. Not a good day for them.

 

[peibeck]

Beccari/Guarise: lovely twist but the rest a hot mess. Matteo's pants get all the GOE though.