2026 Europeans - Pairs Free Skate - "Don’t Drop Me Now"

[rfisher]

Throw timing was excellent by the Hungarians

Her runout was perfect.

 

[Colonel Green]

They are thrilled to bring a medal home to Moscow Budapest.

 

[Sally1214]

Medal for the Hungarians. Good for them.

 

[tangerine dream]

Why is it so anxious in here??

 

[Vagabond]

Russia Hungary medals for the first time in years decades.

 

[terisa]

Why is it so anxious in here??

Pairs ALWAYS makes me anxious...

 

[Sally1214]

Why did we just get a shot of a hall backstage??

 

[Colonel Green]

Uh, are you okay, camera director?

 

[Wyliefan]

Well, I know we complain about camera angles all the time, but that one took the cake!

 

[Citlali]

Even the camera refuses to watch Minerva fall

 

[danafan]

What the heck was that camera work during the throw?

 

[beepbeep]

Why did we just get a shot of a hall backstage??

During a throw jump in which she fell nonetheless

 

[tangerine dream]

Pairs ALWAYS makes me anxious...

Me too. It's my least favorite discipline, I'd say at any given time there are maybe 1-2 pairs I really enjoy watching. H/V are basically it for me at this time.

Oof, that's the worst I've seen them skate in awhile. And that's why I never uber pairs.

 

[rfisher]

Sloppy sequence. Hungarians should move to silver at least. It depends on how much the panel dings them for the mistakes. It would be a real shock if Germany 2 beat Germany 1.

 

[terisa]

Why did we just get a shot of a hall backstage??

Because Peacock fired the guy who line produced US Nationals, and his assistant they promoted is just as incompetent?

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh shoot!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Sigh, my goddess Minerva still has Olympic season jitters.

 

[miffy]

Oh gosh poor Minerva Gutting to fall right at the end, I hope she's ok.

 

[Colonel Green]

Disaster at the very last moment.

Seems like she's okay, at least.

 

[Citlali]

The lift

 

[Wyliefan]

That was one nervy skate.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

As far as pairs LPs go, this was one.

 

[Hedwig]

H/V
3twist
3toe he three turn out of it 2a2a step out
sbs 3sal
fall throw loop :sad:
throw 3 sal wonderful
oh, he dropped her on the exit of the last lift - they had the silver in their hands for sure until that moment - now it might not even be silver, let alone gold....

 

[Nadin]

Oh dear, what a disastrous skate for them.

 

[skatingguy]

Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin
Rank after SP: 2
Coach: D. Savin, K. Schubert, S. Brandao, R. Rex
Music: Memoryhouse by Max Richter

Triple Twist 4
3T+2A+2A+SEQ - Nikita with a 3-turn between the 1st & 2nd jumps
3S
Throw 3Lo - fall (producer tried not to show it)
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Spiral 3
Pair Combo Spin 4
Throw 3S
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Choreo Sequence
Hand-to-Hip Lift 2 - fall on the exit

This team has a lot of work to do over the next month if they are going to medal, let alone win, the Olympics.

-2.00 = Falls
129.06 = 2nd Place
203.87 = 1st Place

 

[Sally1214]

Freakish fall at the end ...

 

[Karen-W]

MiNiki - 3tw - gorgeous; SBS 3s+2a+2a - 3-turns from him on the 3t; messy on the 1st 2A, but stayed up; SBS 3s - good; throw 3lo - well, we saw floor for a second and her picking herself up off the ice from the fall; first lift - good; BODS - good; combo spin - fine; throw 3s - she wasn't not going to land that, lol; second lift - strong; choreo seq - eh; last lift - soooo slow and she falls on the dismount.

Well... That should go behind PavSvia, without a doubt. And I think anyone betting on them for the Oly podium should reconsider that bet...

 

[BittyBug]

These two have been a bit off all season.

 

[Spikefan]

And the thread title wins again.

 

[Private Citizen]

That last lift had problems galore even before the fall. TBH Hocke and Kunkel should probably be ahead of them given three big mistakes. He's very lucky he didn't put his foot down after the 3T or H&K would definitely be ahead.