2025 GPF Pairs FS - Wedgius Maximus

[skatingguy]

Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko
Rank after SP: 4
Coach: D. Savin, F. Klimov, S. Evdokimova
Music: Without You by Ursine Vulpine

Triple Twist 3
3T+2A+2A+SEQ
Throw 3F - piked forward
3S
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Spiral 3 (2 after review)
Throw 3Lo
Hand-to-Hip Lift 3
Choreo Sequence
Pair Combo Spin 4 (4V after review)

Continuing to push themselves artistically, and building the quality of their technical elements.

135.49 = 2nd Place
208.33 = 2nd Place

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Benoit smiled and it freaked me out!

 

[Karen-W]

Ahhh, I see we have the leader's seat back for this competition. I think we should prepare ourselves for that feature at the Olympics, folks.

 

[tony]

3Li level 3, PCoSp at the end got level 4 with a V. BoDs level 2. 3Tw level 3.

 

[MINAM]

Those drums must sound like thunder when you pass near by.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

More lyrical snots, great

 

[Wyliefan]

"Over two points adrift of the leaders" -- I've never heard it put like that before.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Sawchenko is calling, she wants her Olympic LPs back. Ah, and she called the police too

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Just once, I want to someone to answer Met/Ber's telephone call.

 

[Wyliefan]

It's so funny how they completely ignore the ringing phone!

 

[tony]

That death spiral once again bordering on getting no points.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

This LP feels like it was choreographed by Tutberidze, with all the stupid gimmicks and excessive dramatic posing.

I really should like this team, and yet I'm mostly annoyed. They are not as clean as H/V, less matched, but faster and cover more ice. The jumps were bigger but also further apart. Luckily Luca stepped out on the salcow, so they makes the judgement easier.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

That death spiral once again bordering on getting no points.

I wish they'd do an easier one that actually looked good.

 

[MINAM]

4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 3 75.04

3sal 2ax 2ax Her landing is tilting a bit
3tl He messed the landing
Throw 3 flip
Lifts
Throw 3loop
Spins were a be questionable
Then angle of the camera showing the lifts are scaring me

Preferred the Germans.

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava
Rank after SP: 3
Coach: P Sliusarenko, E. Zakroev
Music: Le discours d’Arthur, Keeping Me Alive

Triple Twist 4
3S+2A+2A+SEQ
3T - Luka stepped out
Throw 3F
Axel Lasso Lift 4 (2 after review) - the takeoff was slightly off balance, and took some to stabilize
Throw 3Lo
Back Outside Death Spiral 1
Pair Combo Spin 4 (4V after review)
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Choreo Sequence

A better free skate than we've seen from this team for a couple months, but still a bit messy, and unfinished compared to their short programs.

136.49 = 2nd Place
211.53 = 2nd Place

 

[Wyliefan]

That first lift was a little nerve-racking. Glad they survived it!

 

[Lilia A]

I'd put them behind the Hungarians but what the hell do I know.

 

[Karen-W]

MetBeru - 3tw - very soft; SBS 3s+2a+2a - too far apart for my liking, but done; SBS 3t - fast down on the free leg for him; throw 3f - beautiful; first lift - good Lord, the look on his face - they're lucky it didn't come down; throw 3lo - not sure about her free leg - may have scraped the ice; BODS - fine; combo spin - decent; lol @ this obvious rest break; second lift - better than the first one; last lift - he really has the most petrified look on his face during the lifts; choreo seq - why did they even bother?

This should definitely drop them behind the Germans. Maybe even behind the Hungarians...

 

[tony]

For sure going behind the Germans.

5ALi down to level 2. PCoSp4 got a V also. Everything else I think the levels held, including the BoDs at level 1.

 

[Karen-W]

Not sure I agree with them being ahead of the Hungarians in the FS...

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Sarochka and Kolen'ka.

Caruso, great

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Nicolo needs to neaten up his look. The beard is scragley and it looks like a bad hair day.

 

[MINAM]

I really wish the announcer calling Miura/Kihara "RikuRyu" It's annoying. THey have names.

5 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 2 77.22

That 3sal was gorgeous.
I don't find this program appealing.

Crowd loving it.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Sigh. There are more teams that I want to medal at the Big Os than there are podium spots available.

 

[tony]

I'm really shocked at how much I'm loving them in this competition, even with this LP that always seems to be some similar variation of feeling.

Should be able to (narrowly, I'd assume) hold on to the lead and no complaints with that.

 

[Lilia A]

I don't like Caruso, but I liked the performance.

 

[skatingguy]

Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii
Rank after SP: 2
Coach: Barbara Luoni
Music: Caruso, Occhi Verdi

Triple Twist 4
3T+2A+2A+SEQ
Axel Lasso Lift 4
3S
Throw 3Lo
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Spiral 3
Pair Combo Spin 4
Throw 3S
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Choreo Sequence

A beautiful performance, and hopefully it will be repeated in a couple months on home ice.

146.06 = 2nd Place
223.28 = 1st Place

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I really hate this music. They were fire in the sp, they really should have had something more upbeat, they do it well.

Probably the best jumps in the terms of distance and sync, but I wouldn't want my life to depends on the finished rotation. Neat death spiral into pair spin. Probably the worst lifts or the top pairs, but then again, I'm shocked he can lift anything heavier than a fork.

I like them, I wouldn't mind them getting an Olympic medal. I'm not impressed by this lp. But at least it's not Sawchenko 2.0

 

[Karen-W]

ConMac - 3tw - beautiful; SBS 3t+2a+2a - bit sketchy on the landing of the last one for her, but good otherwise; first lift - solid; SBS 3s - gorgeous; throw 3lo - excellent; second lift - decent; BODS - very nice and right into the combo spin - probably one of my fave transitions from one element to the next this season; throw 3s - swish; last lift - beautiful; choreo seq - best one yet.

Absolutely fabulous program. They're really setting themselves up for an Olympic medal, maybe two if things go right in the TE.

 

[tony]

All levels held from initial calls, L4 everything except L3 death spiral.