2025 Skate America Pairs Free - Slay Something (I'm Giving Up On You)

[Theatregirl1122]

I’m surprised we don’t hear the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack more.

I had been thinking the same!

 

[Karen-W]

AkoRakh - 3tw - nice; SBS 3t - she flipped out on the landing; throw 3f - huge air; SBS 3s+2a - messy landing on the 2a from her; first lift - not loving the lift exit position; second lift - he just grabs her by the leg on that entrance, slow exit; throw 3s - massive double-foot & forward landing; FODS - alright; choreo seq - not much there; last lift - another clunky exit; combo spin - oh good lord - he wiped out in the middle of it!

Well, that will definitely drop them behind both LaurEth & ChanHowe. Overall, they were rather slow and they need more amplitude & confidence in those lifts, IMO.

 

[Braulio]

Program was bad, then the spin error

 

[skatingguy]

Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin
Rank after SP: 4
Coach: Fedor Klimov, Dmitri Savin
Music: Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman

Triple Twist 2 (3 after review)
3T - Karina with a large step out
Throw 3Lz
3S+2Aq+SEQ - Karina steps out
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Throw 3S - two-footed, turned out
Forward Outside Death Spiral 3
Choreo Sequence
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Pair Combo Spin* B (no value awarded after review) - Nikita fell

This team was a bit of a discovery at the Skate to Milano in Beijing, and I would suggest going to watch that skate to get a sense of what they are capable.

-1.00 = Falls
106.24 = 4th Place
170.98 = 3rd Place

 

[Belsornia]

Akopova/Rakhmananin looked exhausted from the start, unsurprisingly.

I’m looking forward to seeing them at Euros.

 

[Sally1214]

Awww ... what a shame. A disastrous ending for Karina and Nikita.

 

[rfisher]

Akopova/Rakhmanin are skating a Volosozhar/Trankov programme?

Well Klimov and Trankov are buddies.

 

[Kateri]

Poor things. I hope they're happy to compete, even if the life of the last-minute alternate is a hard one!

 

[peibeck]

Akapova/Rakhamin are giving me a sad jarred butter chicken version of this Indian pop music bop. Oof and then crashing out of the final move.

Well... at least their SP was great.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

That was rough. Glad for them to get the opportunity to skate here, but sad it didn’t happen under better circumstances.

 

[Karen-W]

Aww shame about the spin, but I don't think they would have held 4th place anyway. Sweet to see their reaction towards each other at the end, I feel bad for being rude about his hair now.

Don't feel bad about being rude about his hair - it's sooooo bad it's distracting, lol. I couldn't stop staring at it yesterday in the SP.

 

[Braulio]

Team medal dynamics coming into play?

Poor italians

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

"Some people think it's not the most pleasant position" says Ted of the FODS. Because it's true, Ted.

 

[beckab81]

Akopova/Rakhmanin are skating a Volosozhar/Trankov programme?

That’s as good an explanation for his hair as any.

 

[tony]

Give the Canadians a medal

 

[TAHbKA]

Think the most common comment about the Ger skate will be `I HATE this song!'

 

[beckab81]

So H/K SHOULD be able to hang onto bronze here… right?

 

[Citlali]

3sal is a step too far for love

 

[NinjaTurtles]

I would do anything for love! Can’t you tell by the heart on my back?

 

[Spikefan]

Give the Canadians a medal

And there it is.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh no .... lift failure.

 

[rfisher]

That’s as good an explanation for his hair as any.

Oh, Trankov is over his hair experimental stage. Thank goodness. It looks good now.

I used to care about Hocke and cheer her on hoping for a great partner. But I won't do that anymore. Germany has a much better team.

 

[TAHbKA]

Give the Canadians a medal

think it just happened

 

[Allen]

When she fell on the jump, I sang out "I would do anything for love, but I'll still go splat!" It scared my cat lol.

 

[Kasey]

Wow, rough for the Germans too

 

[Kateri]

So H/K SHOULD be able to hang onto bronze here… right?

Did you jinx them on purpose?

 

[Private Citizen]

Laurin and Ethier are going to medal.... This is barely better than Flores and Wang.

 

[Colonel Green]

Incoming surprise Laurin/Ethier medal.

 

[MacMadame]

Maybe it's a good thing my feed keeps buffering...

 

[tony]

Laurin and Ethier are going to medal.... This is barely better than Flores and Wang.

No, this should be last in the free IMO by quite a bit. Minimal choreography and all lifts were terrible that actually went up.