2025 World Team Trophy - Day 1

[tony]

No, I say they’re in a battle for fifth or sixth Place.

Okay.

 

[misskarne]

What do we call that? What's smaller than a bee's dick?

 

[Karen-W]

Is opening an umbrella indoors not considered bad luck in Japan?

And damn. That's another point I definitely wasn't expecting the USA to gain over Japan.

 

[Karen-W]

What do we call that? What's smaller than a bee's dick?

a flea's dick?

 

[MacMadame]

voiceovers (sort of)

 

[Karen-W]

voiceovers (sort of)

nah. but lip-synching, yes.

 

[misskarne]

Oh, I think that was the most I enjoyed that SP, because he looked like he really enjoyed that.

 

[tony]

+3 for a 3A with zero, absolutely zero flow or runout. But it's WTT and it doesn't matter.

Still his best competitive program by miles and miles.

 

[skatingguy]

Ilia MALININ
Coach: T. Malinina, R. Skorniakov, R. Arutiunian
Music: Running by NF

4F - 3-turns on the landing
3A
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
4Lz+3T
Flying Sit Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4

The raspberry looks like it's getting sloppier in the air - not as tight as it was in previous seasons.

 

[MacMadame]

nah. but lip-synching, yes.

We'll never get to BINGO at this rate.

 

[Karen-W]

+3 for a 3A with zero, absolutely zero flow or runout. But it's WTT and it doesn't matter.

Still his best competitive program by miles and miles.

I'm guessing some of the judges are at least as enamored as Chris is by how that 3A just comes from out of nowhere with absolutely no prep. It's really insane how easy the jump is for him, regardless of the flow or runout.

 

[misskarne]

1 and 3 for Team USA. Nice.

Of course give Jason five seconds after his program and he's already goofing it up in the KNC

 

[Wyliefan]

I like how this is the only competition Tatiana comes to.

 

[skatingguy]

It was a 3F

They keep over-calling the rotations, same with Memola.

It was a planned 4F, and the initial call, which I thought was correct was 3F, and then it changed to 4F. The data entry can be very uneven some days.

 

[skatingguy]

Men - Short Program

Result Details

Pl. Name Nation TSS = TES + PCS + CO PR SK Ded. - StN. Team Points Team 1​ Ilia MALININ USA 106.08​ 59.91​ 46.17​ 9.25​ 9.29​ 9.11​ 0.00​ #12​ 12​ Team United States of America​ 2​ Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 96.16​ 52.68​ 43.48​ 8.68​ 8.64​ 8.71​ 0.00​ #10​ 11​ Team France​ 3​ Jason BROWN USA 93.82​ 48.01​ 45.81​ 9.18​ 9.21​ 9.04​ 0.00​ #4​ 10​ Team United States of America​ 4​ Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 93.73​ 50.00​ 44.73​ 8.86​ 8.71​ 9.21​ 1.00​ #11​ 9​ Team Japan​ 5​ Shun SATO JPN 93.68​ 51.11​ 42.57​ 8.39​ 8.39​ 8.71​ 0.00​ #8​ 8​ Team Japan​ 6​ Kevin AYMOZ FRA 88.07​ 44.69​ 44.38​ 8.89​ 8.89​ 8.79​ 1.00​ #9​ 7​ Team France​ 7​ Daniel GRASSL ITA 87.07​ 47.52​ 39.55​ 7.68​ 7.96​ 8.04​ 0.00​ #5​ 6​ Team Italy​ 8​ Nika EGADZE GEO 84.76​ 46.47​ 38.29​ 7.64​ 7.54​ 7.75​ 0.00​ #6​ 5​ Team Georgia​ 9​ Roman SADOVSKY CAN 84.75​ 45.80​ 38.95​ 7.68​ 7.89​ 7.75​ 0.00​ #3​ 4​ Team Canada​ 10​ Aleksa RAKIC CAN 72.86​ 37.61​ 36.25​ 7.21​ 7.18​ 7.32​ 1.00​ #2​ 3​ Team Canada​ 11​ Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 69.20​ 31.26​ 37.94​ 7.57​ 7.61​ 7.54​ 0.00​ #7​ 2​ Team Italy​ 12​ Morisi KVITELASHVILI GEO 59.54​ 26.24​ 34.30​ 6.93​ 6.82​ 6.79​ 1.00​ #1​ 1​ Team Georgia​

 

[misskarne]

YMCA playing over replays of Jason being beautiful is...something.

 

[Karen-W]

We'll never get to BINGO at this rate.

We did forget to call the cutout on Ilia's costume!

 

[skatingguy]

Team Result

Rank Team Nation Total Points Men Women Pairs Ice Dance SP FS SP FS SP FS RD FD 1 Team United States of America USA 34 12 12 10 2 Team France FRA 27 11 9 7 3 Team Japan JPN 24 9 7 8 4 Team Italy ITA 18 6 10 2 5 Team Canada CAN 18 4 11 3 6 Team Georgia GEO 14 5 8 1

 

[MacMadame]

We did forget to call the cutout on Ilia's costume!

Because it's an insult to real cutouts.

 

[skatingguy]

ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating 2025 - Women - Short Program

Starting Order

StN. Name Nation Team Warm-Up Group 1 1 Alina URUSHADZE GEO Team Georgia 2 Sara-Maude DUPUIS CAN Team Canada 3 Lea SERNA FRA Team France 4 Anna PEZZETTA ITA Team Italy 5 Alysa LIU USA Team United States of America 6 Lorine SCHILD FRA Team France Warm-Up Group 2 7 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA Team Italy 8 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN Team Canada 9 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO Team Georgia 10 Mone CHIBA JPN Team Japan 11 Amber GLENN USA Team United States of America 12 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN Team Japan

 

[MacMadame]

After my laptop dying, the internet decided to go out.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Morning! Watched the 2nd group of men but am feeling slightly human now that coffee is involved.

 

[skatingguy]

Nikolaj MEMOLA
Coach: Olga Romanova
Music: Mission Impossible by Hans Zimmer

2F+COMBO
3A
Change Foot Camel Spin 3 (4 after review)
4Lz! - step out
Step Sequence 4 (3 after review)
Flying Sit Spin 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Just a struggle on the jumps today, and even the non-jump elements weren't sharp.

69.20 = 6th Place

@tony Memola got points (0.90) for the double flip - should that no be an invalid element in the short program? It was called 2F+COMBO.

 

[Wyliefan]

Sara-Maude Dubwuh. And that was from the announcer even before Chris got to it.

 

[tony]

@tony Memola got points (0.90) for the double flip - should that no be an invalid element in the short program? It was called 2F+COMBO.

Because they are assuming it to be the +COMBO, the 2F would’ve been legal with a 3T, for example. So he gets the minimal points there. If he would have done a 2F+2T, it would've been called 2F+2T* with the toe loop, the lesser-valued element, receiving no credit.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Did Chris just say “Barbarian Open”?

 

[MacMadame]

Did Chris just say “Barbarian Open”?

Why should today be any different. (Got Peacock back just in time!)

 

[tony]

Urushadze infinitely more interesting as a skater now, even if the jumps are nowhere to be found. She enjoyed this so much, and I actually did too.

 

[MacMadame]

So GEO brings two skaters back from retirement so they can get two last place finishes. Isn't that the same points they would have gotten if those skaters just didn't show up? Or do you have to field a full team to be here?

 

[tony]

So GEO brings two skaters back from retirement so they can get two last place finishes. Isn't that the same points they would have gotten if those skaters just didn't show up? Or do you have to field a full team to be here?

No. They get 0.

And these skaters get a nice payday for showing up and fielding a complete team, anyways.