2025 GPF Pairs SP - “N A G O Y A”

[SHARPIE]

NATION

1

Maria PAVLOVA

Alexei SVIATCHENKO
HUN​

2

Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK

Maxime DESCHAMPS
CAN​

3

Anastasiia METELKINA

Luka BERULAVA
GEO​

4

Minerva Fabienne HASE

Nikita VOLODIN
GER​

5

Sara CONTI

Niccolo MACII
ITA​

6

Riku MIURA

Ryuichi KIHARA
JPN​

 

[victorskid]

The Start Order/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/gpf2025/SEG005.htm
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN
2 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN
3 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER
5 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA
6 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN


ISU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKPLD5zuYao

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

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

 

[victorskid]

After 3 Junior events and a little longer break between events, we get the first of the Senior events on the first day of competition.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I want the Photoshop that Berulava has

 

[MacMadame]

I'm here. It's 5am at my mom's and shedoesn't have Peacock so I'm watching on my laptop. I will probably not type much because of that.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Well.
We have Japanese drums. We have Carolina Kostner. Why those two things are still not together for the exhibition at least?

 

[tony]

Berulava and Josee Picard having a good laugh before the skater intros wasn't on my things that'll happen this week sheet.

 

[victorskid]

An OOPS with the introduction screens - showing the Men's SP names & photos rather than the Pairs

 

[Bunny Hop]

Okay, now it says Pairs Short in the stadium and not Men's.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm here. It's 5am at my mom's and shedoesn't have Peacock so I'm watching on my laptop. I will probably not type much because of that.

That's a shame you can't log into your Peacock account at your mom's house. It's 2am for me but I'm also somewhat sleepy since I developed a toothache around 10:30pm last night and barely managed to get any sleep as a result of that.

 

[MacMadame]

I'm sleepy because I traveled all day.

I wonder if they have a smart tv? They aren't very smart about these things so they coulld and not realize it.

 

[Bunny Hop]

9pm here. Happy to watch the Pairs but I'll have to catch up on the rest tomorrow as I have an early start.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Apart from being very slightly annoying, there's really not much between Pavlova/Sviatchenko and the top pairs.

 

[tony]

I think out of all skaters I'm most excited the Hungarians made it into this event. So improved, quite possibly the best choreography of any pairs short program we will see today, too. Really really really good. Step sequence is

 

[skatingguy]

Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko
Coach: D. Savin, F. Klimov, S. Evdokimova
Music: Earth Song by Michael Jackson

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

Very solid skate which we expect from this team, and continuing to display their improved skating skills, and presentation.

72.84 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

And we're off!

PavSvia - 3tw - really nice; throw 3lz - flawless; SBS 3t - he was a bit forward on the landing but good otherwise; lift - nice; BODS - decent; can someone explain to me how they wound up with PapCiz's 2022 RD costumes? Kidding, they're not, but very similar, lol. Step seq - alright; SBS spins - synch wasn't bad but it wasn't fabulous. All in all, good, solid program.

 

[Bunny Hop]

That was good from the Hungarians. Neat and tidy. I like the simple costumes as well.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

PavSviat are lacking very few things, but it's noticeable live.

Not as fast, not so much ice coverage, slightly off on the positions ....

 

[tony]

I see even Japan is being forced into kiss and cry interviews. Go away.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I am liking Dudek and whatshisface.
Obviously, there are some errors, but what the "Hungarians" are lacking, they have in buckets

 

[skatingguy]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps
Coach: Josee Picard, Shawn Winter, Stephane Yvars
Music: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

Triple Twist 4
3T - Max stepped out
Throw 3Lo - two-footed
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 3

That was a bit of a disaster.

71.07 = 2nd Place

 

[tony]

I'm a resident Deanna Stellato die hard, but the Hungarians should be ahead by miles.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps - Those couple of errors at the start may be costly. It improved as it went on though. Still not sure about the back flip although it's got smoother.

 

[Karen-W]

SDDes - I feel like his costume is the Temu version of Ilia's 1st SP costume for the season. 3tw - good; SBS 3t - stepout for him & her landing was also a bit tight; throw 3lo - that landing was super-low looked 2-footed to me though the GOE doesn't reflect that; SBS spins - alright; step seq - I still find that assisted backflip pointless, but whatever; lift - fine; BODS - exit looked a bit clunky. Sorry, Mark, disagree that this is an Olympic moment-worthy program. Not their best effort either.

 

[MacMadame]

It should not be that close in the scores!

 

[tony]

LOL at his semi one rotation spin out after he threw her.

This program will win the Olympic short, I still think so if they are absolutely clean. This has not been their typical perfection on the technical elements so far, though. Tight 3S landing, further apart than usual, his throw issue (won't mean much), the twist was not quite as big as usual, spins slightly off, etc.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm looking hard to find any flaws with MetBeru, but really can't. A bit off in places, not a fan of the death spiral, a bit wobbly on the flying camel ... I mean... That's not a lot.

Hate the music.

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava
Coach: P. Sliusarenko, E. Zakroev
Music: Bolero (Excerpt) by Milos Karadaglic

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

Solid, but not as sharp as we have seen this program earlier in the season.

75.04 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

MetBeru - SBS 3s - decent, though he turned out of the landing fast; 3tw - fine; throw 3f - fine, but not their best; BODS - strange knee down from her on the exit, but otherwise good; SBS spins - spacing changed between positions, but good synch; lift - alright; step seq - fine. Everything felt a bit mistimed between them; definitely not their best SP of the season, but it will lead.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Not perfect from the Georgians but the issues were minor. It's a great program.