2026 Europeans - Pairs Short Program - "The Full Moonie"

[Karen-W]

ChtWoz - 3tw - nice; SBS 3t - and down she goes; throw 3s - pitched so far forward both hands hit the ice hard to stay up; SBS spins - decent; lift - really nice air position for her; BODS - quite lovely; step seq - she always smiles & sells her way through the program, no matter how many elements went wrong to start. I'd put this behind the Icelandic team also, but early PCS may hurt GunZza.

 

[lyneyuki]

Vou/Bou - They are all over the place, very wide movements, which is nice if it works.
I wonder if they are fast, or just look fast. I'm kinda liking it?

They are very fast, saw them at Skate Canada in Saskatoon. DD and I were impressed!

 

[Sally1214]

Come to think of it, "Moderation" is an excellent choice to skate to. You know how we are always going on about how the skaters should interpret the music better. Well, they could say that "we did that death spiral/twist/jump/footwork (take your pick) in moderation." It works.

 

[Karen-W]

WOW! Behind GunZza!!!! Barely, but that's all that matters. One more team needs to skate poorly for the Icelandic team to make it into the penultimate group.

 

[miffy]

Come on Ana & Luke!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Anastasia and Luke look like christmas tree decorations.
At least if we're talking about my new year tree.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Why are V-L/D so rushed? And why, if they are stealing Sawchenko's program anyway, they couldn't put the throw 3 seconds later to have it on the musical accent?

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

What are the chances of V-L/D upgrading to triple SBS jumps in the SP? Great job in any case!

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasia Vaipan-Law/Luke Digby
Coach: Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs
Music: Lighthouse by Patrick Watson

Triple Twist 3
2A
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3S
Back Inside Death Spiral 3
Step Sequence 3 (2 after review)
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

A great skate, and they used the energy that the crowd was giving them.

63.98 = 1st Place

 

[Citlali]

Anastasia and Luke

 

[Karen-W]

VLDigs - 3tw - very nice; SBS 2a - good; lift - nicely done; throw 3s - huge & really great; BODS - nice; step seq - goes along well with this plodding music but it's all so bland; SBS spins - pretty decent unison. I'd give them the lead over VouBou.

 

[Hedwig]

VL/D
3twist
sbs 2axel great quality
throw 3 sal - yesss!
so happy for them!
what a skate to have before a home audience!

Anastasia nearly took out some audience members with her last kick out of the spin - she nearly overpowered it

 

[my little pony]

yay for the home team, all green

 

[rfisher]

Good for them to skate clean at home.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm not @TAHbKA to seriously consider posture of skaters, much as Eurovision singers hitting the notes, as the reason for how this thing is judged; but Luke really is not doing himself or his posture any favors with the elbow sleeves.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

yay for the home team, all green

You mean the costumes?

 

[miffy]

Yay Great home skate for Ana and Luke, I'm happy now. Boo to the haters

 

[Sally1214]

Well done!! Just look at those flags waving for Anastasia and Luke! Good for them. And .... I love her dress too.

 

[miffy]

I'm not @TAHbKA to seriously consider posture of skaters, much as Eurovision singers hitting the notes, as the reason for how this thing is judged; but Luke really is not doing himself or his posture any favors with the elbow sleeves.

I still love you but you're such a meanie

 

[floridaice]

Yes and the result is killing me.

I hate it when CC does not have the correct spelling of the participant's names programed in -- Tour de France & other cycling events are examples. It's been done for skating, but just random entries when lyrics are picked up is really crazy.

 

[Karen-W]

"Shooting into the lead!" Chris doesn't know we haven't played bingo all season.

 

[miffy]

"Shooting into the lead!" Chris doesn't know we haven't played bingo all season.

I'm still holding onto my hat.

 

[Hedwig]

H/K
3twist
wow! sbs 3sal - she wobbly and maybe short, but landed!
throw 3flip
good for them!

 

[Karen-W]

HocKun - 3tw - nice; SBS 3s - stayed up; throw 3f - big air; lift - done; BODS - decent; SBS spins - not even trying to be in unison until the last position; step seq - fine. Well, that will snag the lead, though I'm always underwhelmed by them.

 

[Vagabond]

I hate it when CC does not have the correct spelling of the participant's names programed in -- Tour de France & other cycling events are examples. It's been done for skating, but just random entries when lyrics are picked up is really crazy.

But then we wouldn't get serendipitous transcriptions like "All that love Andy" for Arlet Levandi.

 

[skatingguy]

Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel
Coach: Ondrej Hotarek, Luca Dematte, Nolan Seegert
Music: Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga

Triple Twist 3
3S< - Annika under-rotated
Throw 3F
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 3

Strong performance, but still the issue with the side-by-side jumps that has plagued them for a number of seasons.

65.47 = 1st Place

 

[Sally1214]

Aww ... I loved that program. Does Annika ever skate in anything but a unitard? She looks fabulous in them and this is another beauiful one. The joy on her face throughout parts of that made me smile. She really sold it and I was buying.

 

[victorskid]

Going into the 5th and last group the SP results so far:

1 Q Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 65.47 36.06 29.41 7.36 7.46 7.29 0.00 #13
2 Q Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 63.98 34.94 29.04 7.29 7.36 7.18 0.00 #12
3 Q Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 62.78 36.38 26.40 6.57 6.71 6.57 0.00 #8
4 Q Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 58.25 31.38 26.87 6.86 6.71 6.64 0.00 #9
5 Q Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR / Manuel PIAZZA ISL 57.45 32.80 24.65 6.14 6.25 6.14 0.00 #1
6 Q Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 56.93 31.79 26.14 6.54 6.61 6.50 1.00 #11
7 Q Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 54.65 30.23 24.42 6.14 6.04 6.18 0.00 #4
8 Q Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 53.80 29.44 24.36 6.07 6.07 6.18 0.00 #3
9 Q Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 53.66 30.26 24.40 6.07 6.21 6.07 1.00 #6
10 Q Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 53.29 30.01 24.28 6.21 6.11 5.93 1.00 #5
11 Q Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 46.57 24.54 24.03 6.00 5.89 6.18 2.00 #10
12 Q Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 42.32 22.28 22.04 5.61 5.39 5.57 2.00 #7
WD Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM #2

 

[Elisheba]

I'm still holding onto my hat.

I am waiting for cats amongst the pigeons.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

"Shooting into the lead!" Chris doesn't know we haven't played bingo all season.

Was I the only one who misheard it as "shitting into the lead"?