2025 NHK Trophy Pairs FS PBP - Rough Story

[peibeck]

Ooooofffff, Emily's sbs jumps. The real ghost in this program.

 

[PRlady]

That music makes me miss the sophistication of Ami Nakai’s long program.

 

[Karen-W]

Another solid score. Please, someone tell me that the USFS is going to have some sense knocked into them over the weekend and swap out ShiNagy for ChanHowe at SkAm...

 

[Skaterbob]

I don't see Trump fast tracking citizenship for a pair skaters with just double solo jumps. :|

 

[MacMadame]

I remember when Love Story first came out and my mom tried to drop me and a friend off to see it but they wouldn't let us buy tickets because it was rated R and we were only 13. How quaint that all seems now compared to what it takes to get an R rating today.

 

[tony]

Love Story and yet no connection between the two yet again. I really feel like I'm watching something completely different sometimes reading and hearing about how they skate so well together, including Ted Barton giving them the G&G comparison fuel last year. SOS missing rotations yet again.

Both programs this year are meh and I really don't think they could be any more disconnected to each other if they tried. Doesn't mean the foundations aren't strong, because they are, but it's always a business-type skate for them.

 

[skatfan]

Not much newly wed energy in this

 

[Jay42]

I liked Efim/Mit's programs more last season. This seasons are both kind of boring.

 

[myhoneyhoney]

I see hints of Vocalise….
The back of her dress matches Katia’s dress

 

[Skaterbob]

I liked Efim/Mit's programs more last season. This seasons are both kind of boring.

Yea but i think if they hit they will work but the solo jumps kind of just let the wind out.

 

[susieB129]

If you're a married couple skating "Love Story" as a tribute to G/G, you better make me believe you're in love. And that's not happening. (This isn't a comment on the legitimacy of their relationship, just that I have a hard time believing they're even good friends.)

 

[peibeck]

Sbs doubles aside, every position Efimova hits is beyond gorgeous.

 

[Karen-W]

EfiMit - 3tw - decent; SBS 3s+2a - she doubled the Sal; SBS 3t - and she doubled again; throw 3lo - really nice; first lift - really nice & creative exit; pairs spin - decent; second lift - solid; throw 3s - gorgeous; last lift - nice; FODS - really nice; choreo seq - bit of a throwaway, TBH.

Just gonna say - people better snark as hard on this music as they do on ChanHowe's "Ghost", lol.

Also, TES is below ChanHowe as it drops off the screen. I really hope that puts to rest the notion that EfiMit are vastly superior to ChanHowe. It's pretty clear that international panels will reward BOTH teams when they can manage to skate clean.

 

[Skaterbob]

Not much newly wed energy in this

They got married over a 1.5 years ago. The honeymoon is over.

 

[skatingguy]

Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov
Rank after SP: 5
Coach: Olga Ganicheva, Alexei Letov
Music: Love Story by Francis Lai

Triple Twist 3 (2 after review)
2S+2A+SEQ - Alisa doubled, Axel two-footed
2T - Alisa doubled
Throw 3Lo
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Pair Combo Spin 4
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3S
Hand-to-Hand Lift 4
Forward Outside Death Spiral 4 (3 after review)
Choreo Sequence

Similar to Chan/Howe with jump issues for Alisa. Overall they have a nice quality on the ice, but Chan/Howe have a slight edge with the GOE from the judges.

123.79 = 1st Place
193.00 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

They got married over a 1.5 years ago. The honeymoon is over.

At Skate America last year, they were as cold as could be toward each other in the practices. There was no honeymoon.

 

[Karen-W]

Not much newly wed energy in this

Well, seeing as they've been married nearly 2 years...

I liked Efim/Mit's programs more last season. This seasons are both kind of boring.

Same.

 

[Karen-W]

At Skate America last year, they were as cold as could be toward each other in the practices. There was no honeymoon.

Well, by SkAm last year, they'd already been married 8 months... But, yeah... They just are not a couple interested in ANY type of PDAs, lol.

 

[Hedwig]

I woke up early enough to watch this nearly live - have caught up now. so sorry about D/T that was a struggle. MOstly excited about the baby Japanese team. I hope they hold it together today, they are so exciting!

 

[Karen-W]

Wenjing Sui's giving us a bubble braid instead of her hair loose like it was at CoC.

 

[PRlady]

That music sucked even worse. Emulate the Dutch and skate to Led Zeppelin, people.

EfiMit still get higher PCS but the doubled jumps were the same (and every other U.S. team, has Plazas EVER landed a triple?)

So to sleep.

 

[JoannaLouise]

What a great jump sequence! They were in sync, and the whole sequence had flow from start to finish.

 

[tony]

One of the BEST jump sequences, totally agree with Mark maybe the best we saw all year.

Lifts should get massive GOE. They just bomb around the ice.

 

[Lilia A]

Lifts cover so much ice that they nearly hit the boards.

 

[Skaterbob]

That triple loop/2a/2a was beautiful.

 

[peibeck]

Nagaoka/Moriguchi need more cooking time, but so much potential here.

These costumes are A+ gorgeous.

 

[Jay42]

Did they end ahead of their music?

 

[tony]

I find most of their skating to be already better than Miura/Kihara. Certainly got a little winded toward the end, the lift looked a little rough getting into and holding the split position, and the choreo seq kinda bobbled BUT I just love them.

 

[skatingguy]

Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Rank after SP: 4
Coach: M. Hamada, D. Savin, F. Klimov, C. Reed
Music: Tree of Life Suite by R. Cacciapaglia

Triple Twist 3
3Lo+2A+2A+SEQ
2T - Yuna doubled
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3Lo - two-footed
Pair Combo Spin 4
Throw 3S - two-footed, step out
Reverse Lasso Lift 3
Back Outside Death Spiral 3
Hand-to-Hand Lift 4
Choreo Sequence

It feels like a truly great performance is just a little out of reach at the moment, but getting closer, and closer.

130.59 = 1st Place
202.11 = 1st Place

 

[Braulio]

67 TES with mistakes, wow!