2025 GPF Pairs SP - “N A G O Y A”

[Karen-W]

Awwww! Love their reaction to their score!

 

[rfisher]

If you want to win, you come to compete. Fair scoring.

 

[tony]

Far apart isn't the way to describe it. They should be at -1 GOE at best even when she rotates the SBS. She didn't today.

Throw 3F should not be positive GOE either. Zero runout and her free leg was all over the place trying to stabilize.

This will in no way go below the Hungarians but it 100000% should.

 

[rfisher]

I guess the Japanese consider side-by-side to mean each is on one side of the rink.

 

[Karen-W]

MiuKih - bracing myself for ridiculously high GOEs and score regardless of how they skate because it's Japan... 3tw - bit over his shoulder on the landing but fine othewise; SBS 3t - sooooo far apart she could have been in Tokyo & questionable rotation; lift - excellent as always; throw 3lz - pitched forward on the landing; SBS spins - good unison & distance; step seq - quite dynamic; BODS - good.

I expect that will lead, though I'd have ConMac in first, but that's probably a matter of personal preference.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Wasn't a fan of this program last season, still am not. The power they had last worlds somewhat was missing here, plus I'd urr that jump from Riku.

I realize they are better skaters, but I'd have them behind C/M, and possibly M/B.

 

[skatingguy]

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Coach: Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel
Music: Paint It Black

Triple Twist 3
3T< - Riku's landing was tight
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3Lz
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 4

It was a little shaky at times, and Riku's toeloop did not look rotated.

77.32 = 1st Place

 

[MacMadame]

This is still my favorite Pairs SP program this season.

 

[Bunny Hop]

I don't know. Something was missing for me with the Japanese team. Was there an actual missed element or just something being heavily reviewed? It was fine, but I think the Italians were better.

 

[Karen-W]

Mark just confirmed that Riku was given a < on the 3S - good for the tech panel for being fearless on that call.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Bebebe

 

[tony]

I don't know. Something was missing for me with the Japanese team. Was there an actual missed element or just something being heavily reviewed? It was fine, but I think the Italians were better.

They didn't give the step sequence a level initially so the TES was way behind.

 

[victorskid]

Pairs SP results:
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 77.32 41.33 35.99 8.89 8.96 9.21 0.00 #6
2 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 77.22 42.03 35.19 8.82 8.89 8.75 0.00 #5
3 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 75.04 41.07 33.97 8.50 8.43 8.61 0.00 #3
4 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 72.84 40.78 32.06 8.00 8.07 8.04 0.00 #1
5 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 71.68 37.63 34.05 8.57 8.46 8.57 0.00 #4
6 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 71.07 38.06 33.01 8.25 8.36 8.21 0.00 #2


Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[Lilia A]

I love the Japanese but, ehhhh the scores.

 

[Karen-W]

LMAO. That score.

 

[rfisher]

Well, the scoring was fair and then it wasn't.

 

[tony]

Na, can't get behind these scores at all.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Mmmm. I think the Italians were better, but I'm fine with the rest of the standings.

 

[MacMadame]

Mmmm. I think the Italians were better, but I'm fine with the rest of the standings.

I'd swap 5 and 6 as well.

 

[Bunny Hop]

They didn't give the step sequence a level initially so the TES was way behind.

Thank you! I didn't think I'd fallen asleep in the middle of the program.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

OK I set the alarm and watched from bed. The fact that MiuKih just won that is giving me shades of ice dance judging here.

And as much as I want the Germans to be Olympic champions, I think they should be in last place here.

Not happy with the judging, and I have no horse in this race.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I'd swap 5 and 6 as well.

As always, you and I are the moral standard of this group.

 

[Karen-W]

As always, you and I are the moral standard of this group.

For once, the three of us are in moral standard agreement.

 

[MINAM]

Watching M&K's SP. Paint it black. Nice speed but the program looked rushed to me.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

All of a sudden, I’m not having much confidence for ice dance judging.

(Unless, of course ZingKol win.)

 

[MacMadame]

Watching M&K's SP. Paint it black. Nice speed but the program looked rushed to me.

It always does IMO. I think they need to work on that for the OOOOs

 

[4rkidz]

All of the pairs seemed a bit tight, presentation and artistry wise I’m still with Deanna and Max as the lifts and program is so good. The Georgians are technically great but I find them boring. The Hungarians I really liked them and they are growing on me and find them more exciting to watch than the Georgians, I agree perhaps the best choreography of all the pairs. Germans are lucky not to be last, it is an Olympic podium potential short but has to be clean. The Italians looked great, except the lift looked a little unsteady, a clean short at the Olympics will put these guys on the podium with their home crowd, emotion etc., which I think would be amazing! The Japanese team are great except for those side by side jumps, far apart and UR. But they brought great emotion to their performance. Pairs is so close this year, it is a crap shoot.
I would have Italians in first and Germans in last. But depends on who skates clean.

 

[PRlady]

Watched on replay without reading your PBP and got to the same place: the Italians should be leading. Pairs really is the least predictable discipline in Milan, any of these teams could medal.

 

[SidelineSkater]

Not happy with the judging, and I have no horse in this race.

No horse in the race, but what about members of the harem?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

No horse in the race, but what about members of the harem?

Guiltyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy