2025 GPF Pairs FS - Wedgius Maximus

[victorskid]

[Posted at the request of @SHARPIE with the title provided ]

Start Order/Results:
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 6 71.07
2 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 5 71.68
3 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 4 72.84

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 3 75.04
5 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 2 77.22
6 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 1 77.32



ISU Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8wV9goPAw

Planned Program Content, etc. can be found in the Media section on this page: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-grand-prix-final-2025/

JUDGING PANEL
Referee Ms. Mami MAEDA ISU
Technical Controller Mr. Fabio BIANCHETTI ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Maylin WENDE ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Laurene COLLIN-KNOBLAUCH ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Angelika ULLM GER
Judge No.2 Ms. Salome CHIGOGIDZE GEO
Judge No.3 Ms. Tarja RISTANEN FIN
Judge No.4 Mr. Attila SOOS HUN
Judge No.5 Ms. Yu WANG CHN
Judge No.6 Ms. Yuko OGAWA JPN
Judge No.7 Ms. Cynthia BENSON CAN
Judge No.8 Mr. Walter TOIGO ITA
Judge No.9 Mr. Kevin ROSENSTEIN USA

Data Operator Ms. Ranko HIRAI ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Samanta KOVALKOVA ISU

 

[victorskid]

We are live for event 4 of Day 2.

After awarding the first two Junior medals, we have the first medal event in the senior category. According to the schedule, the actual victory ceremony will be held after the Sr Women Short Program.

 

[MINAM]

Well, I'm here.

Warm up now.

ETA: Thanks victorskid.

TV Asahi showing Miura/Kihara doing a lift backstage.

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[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I join the choir of people who demand to have a the cool Japanese drummers for every competition, probably with local instruments instead. At least until they bring bagpipes for Sheffield.

Btw, what do they say before the competition? I hear "ice, lice, action", which sounds more like a shampoo commercial.

 

[Karen-W]

Awake and present for the senior events today! Nice to see the arena is fuller today than it was yesterday. Doesn't look fully sold out yet, but much better than Day 1.

 

[MINAM]

I join the choir of people who demand to have a the cool Japanese drummers for every competition, probably with local instruments instead. At least until they bring bagpipes for Sheffield.

Btw, what do they say before the competition? I hear "ice, lice, action", which sounds more like a shampoo commercial.

Don't ask me. I do know that they do a countdown before the warmup. I'm pretty sure they don't say "lice" though.

 

[tony]

LOL how did they do the EXACT same thing on both Axel and waltz jump?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm sure FODS can be made beautiful. I'm also sure no pair ever managed to do it yet

 

[MINAM]

1 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 6 71.07

3 twist
3tl and a 2ax both messy
Lift
3sal He doubled it (I think?) Entry was messy too.
Cautious and slow
3 throw held on.
Throw 3sal fall

No spark.

 

[tony]

I'm sure FODS can be made beautiful. I'm also sure no pair ever managed to do it yet

Maybe not since 1969. 4m23s if it doesn't link directly.

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[Karen-W]

SDDes - 3tw - alright - seemed slow on the entrance; SBS 3t+2a+A - rough landings; first lift - okay; SBS 3s - he doubled; FODS - ugly as ever; combo spin - fine; throw 3lo - two-footed landing; choreo seq - whatever; throw 3s - fall; second lift - fine; last lift - also okay.

That was... Yeah, Ted's got it right... It was a struggle.

 

[skatingguy]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps
Rank after SP: 6
Coach: Josee Picard, Shawn Winter, Stephane Yvars
Music: Poeta en el Mar, Amor Dulce Muerte

Triple Twist 4
3T+2A+A*+SEQ - messy landings
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
2S - Deanna stepped out, Max doubled
Forward Outside Death Spiral 3
Pair Combo Spin 4
Throw 3Lo - touch down of the free leg
Choreo Sequence
Throw 3S - fall
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4

Things didn't work well today - too many errors piling up to really sell the program.

-1.00 = Falls
123.29 = 1st Place
194.36 = 1st Place

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

SD/DS are very quickly losing my attention.

Excellent lifts, best or second best in the competition. The program is kind of good, but the slow part reaaaaally drags. They use about 70% of the length of the rink....

Idk, I liked them a lot in the SP, kind of lost it for the LP. Also, their jumps are on the different tectonic plates

 

[Lizziebeth]

This music is nice but I think they need something with more energy

 

[tony]

You'd think the cameramen would learn that camera in the corner where they jump isn't going to fit any pair in the screen completely except MAYBE the Georgians and they would switch views. SOS Japanese team, we might not see either one in view.

 

[MINAM]

2 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 5 71.68
3 tl 2ax 2ax nice landing
3sal in synch
Throw 3loop
Oh, much much better than the Canadians.
Throw 3sal Yes!
Nice speed and flow.
Much better than the SP.

She's nodding with satisfaction.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Happy GPF day two for those who celebrate. Bad day for SD/D. Awesome day for Hase/Volodin. Also 35 notifications when I logged in! I must have posted a lot on GPF day one!

 

[tony]

Brilliant. They can let loose even more and I hope they will at the Olympics because it shouldn't be beaten.

 

[Karen-W]

MiNiki - 3tw - effortless; SBS 3t+2a+2a - beautiful; SBS 3s - great; throw 3lo - gorgeous; first lift - nice; BODS - fine; combo spin - nice; throw 3s - solid; second lift - nice; choreo seq - done; last lift - good.

All of it is very nice, but it is just so generic.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Minerva wants an Olympic medal.

Yeah, this is Sawchenko rehashed, and yes, it's frontloaded, and yes, it has less choreo than Fear/Gibson. And yet, it is going to be tough to beat.

 

[Wyliefan]

Beautifully done.

 

[Lizziebeth]

Very careful performance, but I can understand that after the unexpected jump pop yesterday.

I love this team.

 

[skatingguy]

Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin
Rank after SP: 5
Coach: D. Savin, K. Schubert, S. Brandado, R. Rex
Music: Memoryhouse by Max Richter

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

That's the performance they've been searching for all season.

149.57 = 1st Place
221.25 = 1st Place

 

[MINAM]

Oh, Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN look radiant.
She squeals in delight.

 

[Kateri]

Love Miniki, but I'd still like to see them doing more between the elements. But, guess the judges are saying they don't need to, so...

 

[MINAM]

3 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 4 72.84

3 twist
3tl 2ax 2ax good flow
Hand down on Throw 3lutz
3sal she a bit wobbly
Throw 3loop
Sometimes feel like he's dragging her around....

The program doesn't have the ooomph factor to me. They skated well. Looked tired in the end.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Wow, Pav/Svi really on today. And almost expressive.

 

[tony]

I really like this tram so much. They have improved their connection and their skating to the music so much in the last 2 seasons. They used to never miss when they first got together and I know I posted probably 5 times that they were going to jump right up into the top tier.. didn't happen but now it absolutely should.

Better skaters than SD/D at this point, no contest.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Pavlova/Sviatchenko are the Petrova/Tikhonov of this cycle. Nice, clean, reliable. Also boring as hell.

Given that they skated roughly the same thing as Minerva/Nikita, the comparison is very obvious. P/S are slower, use less ice, the posture and lines are worse.

Lovely throws, though.

 

[Karen-W]

PavSvia - 3tw - good; SBS 3t+2a+2a - gorgeous; throw 3lz - pitched forward on the landing; SBS 3s - solid; first lift - good; second lift - alright; BODS - fine; throw 3lo - good; last lift - nice; choreo seq - fine; combo spin - why end on an element that has no speed & just kills the program energy?

All in all this was solid, though workmanlike.