2026 Olys Pairs SP PBP - Veni, Vidi, Wedgie

[ilovesalchows]

Is there really no former Pairs skater out there who could provide expert commentary for Pairs events? Not one?

Be careful or Peter Carruthers will come out of retirement

 

[OrioleBeagle]

Is there really no former Pairs skater out there who could provide expert commentary for Pairs events? Not one?

Peter Caruthers, Paul Wylie and Sandra Bezic

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

OK well maybe they will advance….

 

[miffy]

Les Kovs just don't match. Their skating, their lines, even their costumes

 

[overedge]

Brenda Irving on CBC is describing what the tracker box is for, in terms that non-skating fans can understand. Well done

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm pretty sure that Les Kovs picked "Eternal Love" as their SP after reading my comments on FSU

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Les Kovs just don't match. Their skating, their lines, even their costumes

Bezic: "they work separately and together"

 

[Karen-W]

Everyone ready for Sui/Han to get their Q for the FS?

Les Kovs - 3tw - decent; SBS 3t - he stepped out on his; lift - nice enough; throw 3f - small but landed; BIDS - alright; SBS spins - actually pretty decent; step seq - fine.

Well, that was better than I expected from them too and will easily beat the Aussies.

 

[MacMadame]

OK well maybe they will advance….

There are a lot of good teams here. So good teams won't advance.

 

[MsZem]

That was surprisingly creditable from Les Kovs.

Her dress looks like something Pechalat would have worn back in the day.

 

[skategal]

Les Kovs kept their best skating for today!

 

[rfisher]

Sigh. So many exceptional Olympic pair skating memories. It was inevitable that there would come a time....

 

[once_upon]

Probiotic Pepsi?? People are just putting all sorts of words together now.

A gimmick if I ever heard one - those little microbes are dead as soon as they hit the Pepsi carbonation

 

[Matryeshka]

If the fluff you are seeing is about Four Nations then yes, they pre-planned those in a group text message before the game. Happened 2-3 times in that game.

I don't know what any of that means. Are you saying this was planned WITH Canada? If so, that just makes it weirder. This is why I only watch sports with glitter and questionable judging. Le sigh. This makes me long for the days of Abitbol/Bernadis. The Kovalevs have that workman-like quality that's present in a lot of second-tier US pairs skaters. This whole routine would be right at home in Midwestern Sectionals.

Wait, G/C are no more? I was wondering why they weren't here cause I knew they made it through the Oly qualifier.

 

[peibeck]

Not my cup of tea, but that's one of the better routines I've seen Les Kovs do.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

That was surprisingly creditable from Les Kovs.

Her dress looks like something Pechalat would have worn back in the day.

At home, while doing the dishes.

 

[skatingguy]

Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev
Coach: B. Massot
Music: Une vie d'amour

Triple Twist 2
3T - Pavel with a step out
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3F
Back Inside Death Spiral 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 3

Good skate for them today. Unusual for Pavel to have an issue with the side-by-side jump.

Q SP: 64.65 = 3rd Place

 

[slicekw]

That was a suspiciously long short.

 

[MacMadame]

I hate this music and her dress. I'd hate his costume too but it's too generic to invoke any strong emotion.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Les Kovs just don't match. Their skating, their lines, even their costumes

And possibly not even their home addresses

 

[Allen]

I see I'm not missing much on the venue feed.

People are texting me complaining about Johnny and Tara and I'm like, I have no clue, I am on the venue feed.

 

[beckab81]

I actually like Les Kov's program this season (I'm a sucker for skating in hold, please ISU give us a waltz RD????), and they seem to be getting back to the form they had a few years ago.

 

[dupa]

Les Kovs just don't match. Their skating, their lines, even their costumes

I know, but I always wish them well. I kinda lurve them

 

[Karen-W]

I'm so incredibly nervous for Emily & Spencer.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I'd hate his costume too but it's too generic to invoke any strong emotion.

Anything that presents as parking valet gets thumbs down from me lol.

 

[Sally1214]

Awww .... look at the snuggles and bum-patting as the Kovalevs leave the ice. Now THAT is true love, surely?

 

[Allen]

And possibly not even their home addresses

Is the house lavender or green?

 

[skatingguy]

Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe
Coach: A. Letov
Music: Nyah by CH2

First Olympic appearance. Two World Championships participation(s) with a best result of 5th in Pair Skating in 2023. Won Pair Skating silver in 2023 and Pair Skating silver in 2022 at the Four Continents Championships. Grand Prix Final: 1 x 6th.

Short Program
PB: 71.17
SB: 71.17

 

[overedge]

"They wove a pretty picture" OMG is this the 1970s??

 

[Finnice]

Nice to see Massot, whom so many just considered as a tool to Aliona. Hope he will one day succes as well as a coach.