2026 Olys Team Event PBP Day 1 - There Is An I(AM) in Team

[ilovesalchows]

Lia letting her nerves get to her.

 

[Hanna]

PML at Pereira/Michaud's mirror spins. Oooops

 

[TAHbKA]

Had the Canadians changed their music yesterday because of the rights? I see no relation between their music and what they do on the ice. It's like they were skating to 3/4 all the season and suddenly are given a 4/4 have no idea how to match that extra bit

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Well, we've got the entire Canadian ice dance contingent in the KnC now!

Since Canada isn't going to medal, the Canaucks might as well win the KNC components mark.

 

[susieB129]

So snoozy.

 

[skatingguy]

Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud
Coach: A. Purkiss, N. Lemaire, M. Marinaro
Music: Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware

Triple Twist 4 - Lia stumbled on the exit
3T
Throw 3Lo
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 - loss of synchronization
Step Sequence 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 4

A little rocky in places for Lia in this performance.

68.24 = 1st Place

 

[honey]

That program needs to be clean for the magic to happen. And there were too many spots where that was messy and it broke the spell today.

 

[tony]

Amodio also alone in the Poland box of all countries (via Kurakova getting him a ticket here) looking miserable

This still should go into first, but what a mess on the spin from the start for her. Hard to tell on the angle but maybe she was getting too close to him and tried to fix it, which made the mess start

 

[Private Citizen]

Nervy skate for Pereira and Michaud. Got the jumps but error on the twist and big mistake on the spins. I’d have it behind Sui and Han.

 

[genevieve]

Trennt Michaud has no partner it would seem, lol.

Never has, never will. Makes it easier when the team changes

he might have wished not to have a partner today

 

[Karen-W]

Stumbly exit from the 3tw for Lia but good SBS 3T; bit forward on the landing of the throw; and she's all over the place on the SBS spins. Not their best, though no major errors. Given the way the scores have been going today, I'm guessing they'll hit 67-68.

 

[miffy]

Come on Ana and Luke!

 

[tony]

Like I suspected, the Chinese performance is going to help Canada's case to chase France into the Final. Even moreso if they stay ahead of the US.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Brenda just pronounced Anastasia in the weirdest way possible.

 

[genevieve]

well if you're going to be the 1st GBR pair in the Olys in 3 cycles, of course you get Christopher Dean to choreograph

 

[tony]

well if you're going to be the 1st GBR pair in the Olys in 3 cycles, of course you get Christopher Dean to choreograph

TREMENDOUSLY better than that other team who was there

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Please, just let us turn the light off

 

[Karen-W]

Like I suspected, the Chinese performance is going to help Canada's case to chase France into the Final. Even moreso if they stay ahead of the US.

Let's see what VLDigs do before we draw any conclusions. They're capable of placing ahead of or behind Les Kovs.

 

[Wyliefan]

The Canadian women are cheering and the men are looking grim. Maybe Zachary's grimness is contagious.

 

[Citlali]

Just woke up, in time for Lia and Trennt, they have definitely skated that better.

Also, the latin american announcers won't shut up!

 

[Wyliefan]

Oof.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Oooof. To reference Chris, she really got it all wrong on that throw.

 

[Private Citizen]

Damn! They did a beautiful throw 3s in warmup. The quality of their skating and their choreography is so much better than what we’ve seen.

 

[Karen-W]

Good 3tw for VLDigs; she pitched forward on the SBS 2a landing; and down she goes on the throw 3s... That will help the French.

ETA - spins were a bit of a mess too. This is probably going to be last.

 

[TAHbKA]

Can someone please sneak a pidgeon and send it to shit on the cameramen's head? so they can just drop everything and leave the camera behind the judges running and turn the hell off everything else???

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasia Vaipan-Law/Luke Digby
Coach: S. Briggs, D. Briggs, J. Briggs
Music: Lighthouse by Patrick Watson

Triple Twist 3
2A
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3S - fall
Back Inside Death Spiral 2
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 2V

Good skate aside from the fall on the throw. A few issues with levels on some elements will also hold back their score.

-1.00 = Falls
57.29 = 5th Place

 

[tony]

Love Vaipan Law and Digby, unfortunate throw and the death spiral exit looked sticky like she was supposed to do a full twist out but maybe just got stuck in place.

Still, such a better quality than the Kovalevs but the TES is too low to chase them down.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

TES lower than Poland.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

You know how, every once in a while, the pairs just come out and blow it away unexpectedly?

Today is not that.

 

[Sylvia]

Let's GO Ellie & Danny!