2026 Olys Pairs FS PBP - Are We Not Entertained?

[Matryeshka]

Well I guess we thank the tech panel for missing the Japanese two foot and ur errors tonight.

Would it have mattered? Are you saying that the Japanese should not have won? Cause I'm fairly sure there were some calls that should have made for H/V and M/B as well. The positive GOE on the lift and the death spiral for the Georgians is a FAR worse crime IMO.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I am getting very nervous for women's event after all the excitement in these last two.

 

[kemc]

Well I guess we thank the tech panel for missing the Japanese two foot and ur errors tonight.

And Berulava’s footwork.

 

[Aussie Willy]

I am getting very nervous for women's event after all the excitement in these last two.

Who is going to be in fifth after the SP?

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

They won by 10 points, wouldn't have made a difference.

They won by 10 because of greatly exagerated PCS. Really, where is the program? How about positions compared to the Georgians? But on the night they were probably best.

 

[Matryeshka]

May Kaori be in fifth in the SP tomorrow, plxandthnx.

 

[CassAgain]

M/K pulling a reverse Chock and Bates getting the silver/gold.

 

[miffy]

Highlights replay just showed Minerva's pop. Rude!

Aww Thinking of poor Malinin too - I must have seen his errors at least 50 times on tv replay, social media, etc. Hopefully Minerva won't get that treatment. There were still some beautiful highlights

 

[Winnipeg]

I thought the Japanese did very well............

 

[floridaice]

Yeah, it’s looking like one of you may need to help wash out all that dippity-do.

I'm sure there will be LOTS of volunteers to help him with that task!

 

[skatfan]

Thrilled for Miura and Kihara, who flipped their usual nail the SP and bobble through the LP. What a magnificent performance! I know some folks hate their music but I loved it on them.

 

[allezfred]

Minerva’s wedgie is so high that it would’ve been illegal in most US states in the 1970s. Probably still scandalizes my mom.

Last week it would have scandalised a fair few people here. Funny how most of them are now silent.

 

[Amy L]

I'm so amazed by Ryuichi. He used to be the placeholder pair guy for JPN to do the team event but he and Riku found something special together.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Camera guy in white get his chance to shine.

 

[marbri]

For all the hair pulling about how close dance and men were to the team event I think it's got to be more exhausting for the pairs and women who skate both as that is a long break between both events and it must be exhausting to hang in there waiting for their event.

 

[miffy]

I think there are some mid level Russian dudes still around but Sikharulidze just started clamping down on country switching.

Gone are the days where they'll trade a man for a zamboni

 

[Theatregirl1122]

They won by 10 because of greatly exagerated PCS. Really, where is the program? How about positions compared to the Georgians? But on the night they were probably best.

LOL what?

 

[Amy L]

I'm sure there will be LOTS of volunteers to help him with that task!

The organizers have run out of condoms though

 

[Karen-W]

I agree, it wouldn't have mattered, had the tech panel not overlooked Riku's blatant two-footed & under-rotated 3s - and that actually makes it even more egregious that they didn't review it. It matters that they & the judges were so set on Miura/Kihara winning that they didn't do their job for something that was obvious in real-time to many observers both in the arena & at home.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Looks like a very happy podium for the pairs.

Not like the dance

 

[marbri]

I wanted Minerva and Nikita to have the silver

Now Luka will have no pressure to improve

Also loving everyone reactions, Ryuichi is (I have the feeling that Riku has the patience of a saint) everyone hugging, a lot of smiling, good for everyone

Why would he with the way they are being scored, especially on those lifts

 

[Amy L]

Camera guy in white get his chance to shine.

Jordan Cowan from On Ice Perspectives!

 

[CantALoop]

Minerva's face when she was told not to step on the podium yet

 

[ilovesalchows]

I am so happy for them. After their fabulous performances in the TE it really would have been a shame if they left without a gold.

 

[Kaz7714]

I am kind of happy with the podium. Pity that the mistakes always seem to creep in for H/V when they are first after the short. Still happy they have a medal .
The Japanese definitely deserved the win here.
Don't really like the Georgians but she is a rock star (and clearly very brave, these lifts ),so good for them I guess.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Jordan Cowan from On Ice Perspectives!

That is great to hear. His videos are great for bringing us the skaters programs.

 

[peibeck]

Would it have mattered? Are you saying that the Japanese should not have won? Cause I'm fairly sure there were some calls that should have made for H/V and M/B as well. The positive GOE on the lift and the death spiral for the Georgians is a FAR worse crime IMO.

I don't know, I wasn't aware it was a 9.5 point spread at the end given they were a ways back after the SP. And no, I'm not saying they didn't deserve the win. The Georgians lifts still achieved level 4, even if I (and you, and many here) find the GOE to high. But a two foot throw and an ur jump would have resulted in big deductions that didn't appear to happen.

Again, happy the Japanese team won. Meh about the Georgians, sad for Minerva and He-Man.

 

[marbri]

Jordan Cowan from On Ice Perspectives!

Controversial opinion incoming but I am so over his on ice work at these events. What even is the point, it adds nothing of value.

 

[Amy L]

Last week it would have scandalised a fair few people here. Funny how most of them are now silent.

My mom has been clutching her pearls all week but thankfully for the rest of the world she doesn't have an online presence.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

All three pairs seem to be happy, and so I am.