2026 Olys Team Event PBP Day 3 - When Your Bum Hits the Ice and Your Legs In the Sky - That's Errore!

[beepbeep]

Oh, come on, Italy, just home cook, for once, I’m begging you.

 

[Desperado]

Bravo to the person who gave Luka a flattering haircut.

 

[skateycat]

His haircut looks crisp! He must have seen Nika's hair and said Nope!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Just once - someone has to answer that phone!

 

[Bill Trenary]

OMG not that damn phone and alarms...WHY

 

[MacMadame]

Yeah, but then they would have to skate both again to have an overall winner, or just choose not to have one, which would be wild.

True. But I'm into chaos these days.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Do we think someone will finally answer the phone in the individual free?

 

[CassAgain]

OMG this program is so trash. I kind of love it. The kittens raced to the window to check out the sirens.

 

[my little pony]

that is the ugliest death spiral position I have ever seen and im 100 years old

 

[tony]

Metelkina is so good. Just wow. The ease into the landing of her jumps.

Every team has been super slow so far though. And I hate this dumb extended break in the choreo.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I do better with commentators, so I'm really missing Belinda on the venue feed. Listening to Johnny is killing me.

 

[tangerine dream]

This team is SO good and SO boring.

 

[made_in_canada]

that is the ugliest death spiral position I have ever seen and im 100 years old

Bezic calls it "curious"

 

[LilJen]

My beagle mix looked at me, very confused, on hearing the siren. Heaven forbid someone put a doorbell sound in a program. All three of my dogs would be going nuts.

 

[my little pony]

wow this is the longest smoke break, I kind of wish we had the sperm etch a sketch to time that

 

[Theatregirl1122]

MetBru skating like they want a medal for Georgia.

 

[Private Citizen]

Georgians getting the big elements done. His jumps were wonky, lift footwork wonkier, and the death spiral wonkiest. TES through the roof despite a couple of stumbles at the end including in that choreo sequence. Overall impression of sloppiness today but no hope this goes anywhere but first for now.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

That lift was tetchy going up.

 

[beckab81]

Death spiral is still ugly, his footwork during lifts is terrifying and she had an oopsie on the slide at the end, but that was a phenomenal technical skate.

 

[MacMadame]

Bobble on the slide. We need to get rid of these stupid sliding movements.

 

[AYS]

Who the heck told M/B that death spiral variation was a good idea? Other than the, amazing skate.

 

[peibeck]

For an otherwise strong team, the Georgians spin is so lame.

Their throws today were Chinese pair level flying in power and distance though.

 

[Karen-W]

Luka just held on to that last 2a in their SBS 3s+2a+2a sequence; and pitched forward again on the SBS 3t - there's some definite nerves today. And there's the phone ringing & the siren wailing... Gorgeous throw 3f. Made it through their first lift. Throw 3lo - yeah, textbook - and right into the ugly grab-leg BODS - only called a L1. He made it through the lifts and then she had a stumble in the choreo seq. If that stumble turns into the difference between 1st & 2nd in this FS for them...

 

[CassAgain]

Someday she’s going to come down from a lift with his arm ripped off and stuck to her hip.

 

[her grace]

She is brave to let him lift her, some of his footwork was downright terrifying

 

[skatingguy]

Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava
Coach: P. Sliusarenko, E. Zakroev
Music: Le discours d’Arthur, Keeping Me Alive

Triple Twist 3
3S+2A+2A+SEQ
3T - Luka a bit pitched forward
Throw 3F
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3Lo
Back Outside Death Spiral 1
Pair Combo Spin 4
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Hand-to-Hand Lift 4
Choreo Sequence - fall

Again very solid, but Luka was slightly shaky at moments, and struggling with his footwork in the lifts, and his balance on the side-by-side jumps.

-1.00 = Falls
139.70 = 1st Place

 

[MsZem]

I'm still questioning whether prioritizing the skating over Heated Rivalry is the correct decision.

 

[Aceon6]

Not as crisp as usual. I wondering if she was telling him to shape up during their extended time out.

 

[BittyBug]

Metelkia and Berulava laid it down. Great segment so far.

 

[LilJen]

that is the ugliest death spiral position I have ever seen and im 100 years old

Ban the FO death spiral. Muerte to the FO DS!