2026 Worlds Pairs FS PBP - Loathe Story

[annie_mg]

I'm ecstatic for H/V. Finally!!!!! Now i just hope they don't retire because this is just the beginning.

 

[Vagabond]

Because many of them are too young to have discovered Meatloaf, but I have hope for next season !

I could do without the endless "Meatloaf again?" jokes.

 

[kwanfan1818]

One small bronze, one small silver, and World bronze for Perreira/Michaud!

 

[tony]

I have some amazing videos from the competition tonight, from the front row. Tried to make them extra artistic today with no heads in the way

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[petro]

In the arena Verner asked them “is this just the start, the middle or the finish of your journey?” and Nikita said they don’t know yet but they alluded to middle and no one said finish haha so hopefully that means they’re more likely to continue but who knows.

 

[Sally1214]

And, here we are already half way through these post-Olympic World Championships. So, it's on to RD and Women's FS tomorrow. Looking forward to it. See you here for all the fun. Bye for now.

 

[marbri]

I could do without the endless "Meatloaf again?" jokes.

I guess you could put me on ignore then

 

[delayedaxel]

In the arena Verner asked them “is this just the start, the middle or the finish of your journey?” and Nikita said they don’t know yet but they alluded to middle and no one said finish haha so hopefully that means they’re more likely to continue but who knows.

Oh Nikita, you'll never know...

 

[Amy L]

In the arena Verner asked them “is this just the start, the middle or the finish of your journey?” and Nikita said they don’t know yet but they alluded to middle and no one said finish haha so hopefully that means they’re more likely to continue but who knows.

With all the extensive German tutoring he went through to fast track his citizenship you'd think he'd get his use out of it!

 

[annie_mg]

Someone should do a gif of all of Minerva's little dance moves together.

 

[Karen-W]

All I gotta say is the German NOC better fund any and all of MiNiki's expenses over the next four years if that keeps them in!

 

[Karen-W]

Pyrotechnics behind them at the conclusion of the German anthem! Outstanding Prague organizers!

 

[Spikefan]

That pyro around all that hair product scares me. (I know it was not as close as it looked.)

 

[mtnskater]

Big congratulations to Hase & Volodin. Loved this pair for a long time now. Happy they could deliver here when the door was open. Such a classy pair!

Also thrilled for Lia & Trent. And loved their reaction to their skate and the scores.

Glad Efimova & Mitrofanov skated very well despite the jumps. Loved that program for them.

And for the Japanese team to redeem themselves from the Olympics.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

We need more Meatloaf.....

I can't think of a single context in which this phrase would make sense

 

[Badams]

I'm really happy for the Canadian team! What an amazing season they had!

 

[Alilou]

Because many of them are too young to have discovered Meatloaf, but I have hope for next season !

OMG I've just been relistening (for the umpteenth time) to the entire Bat Out of Hell album wishing someone, anyone would skate to it, any of it. It's so iconic and brilliant. Paradise by the dashboard lights! A whole new generation should be introduced to Meatloaf and that album.

 

[Sylvia]

Thank You @victorskid for posting results/scores/links to protocols!

Final FS results:
1 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 148.55 75.53 73.02 9.14 9.14 9.07 0.00 #20
2 Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD CAN 140.57 71.73 68.84 8.50 8.64 8.64 0.00 #18
3 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 139.58 73.42 66.16 8.21 8.14 8.43 0.00 #16
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 138.96 70.17 69.79 8.75 8.64 8.75 1.00 #19
5 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA 135.22 70.03 66.19 8.29 8.25 8.25 1.00 #14
6 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 135.16 71.02 65.14 8.11 8.11 8.18 1.00 #17
7 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 128.76 66.57 62.19 7.64 7.86 7.79 0.00 #11
8 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 124.44 67.33 57.11 7.07 7.14 7.18 0.00 #5
9 Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM 123.34 63.75 59.59 7.46 7.32 7.54 0.00 #13
10 Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 122.21 66.36 56.85 7.04 7.07 7.18 1.00 #7
11 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 118.68 61.09 57.59 7.21 7.25 7.11 0.00 #8
12 Katie McBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA 115.18 58.11 58.07 7.36 7.07 7.32 1.00 #10
13 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 113.88 61.34 52.54 6.57 6.57 6.54 0.00 #1
14 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 112.39 60.30 52.09 6.61 6.36 6.54 0.00 #2
15 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 109.99 52.96 57.03 7.36 7.04 6.96 0.00 #12
16 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 109.43 59.22 51.21 6.36 6.21 6.61 1.00 #4
17 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 108.03 52.33 55.70 7.04 6.96 6.86 0.00 #6
18 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 103.76 52.61 54.15 6.96 6.50 6.82 3.00 #9
19 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 102.16 51.35 50.81 6.50 6.32 6.21 0.00 #3
20 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 100.89 48.31 55.58 7.14 6.54 7.14 3.00 #15


Final overall results:
1 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 228.33 1 1
2 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 218.41 2 4
3 Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD CAN 216.09 3 2
4 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 209.13 5 3
5 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 205.08 4 6
6 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA 202.51 7 5
7 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 194.11 10 7
8 Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM 190.46 8 9
9 Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 184.90 14 10
10 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 184.56 16 8
11 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 182.27 13 11
12 Katie McBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA 179.60 11 12
13 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 176.33 9 15
14 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 170.61 19 14
15 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 170.46 20 13
16 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 169.91 6 20
17 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 169.20 15 17
18 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 168.28 17 16
19 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 167.75 12 18
20 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 160.95 18 19

Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...-----FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSk ater.pdf

Mixed zone photos & quotes posted on social media (in FS skate order):

Valesi/Bidar: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWW2Rh7DHj6/ & https://x.com/adivinesport/status/2037233295835217973
Izzo/Maierhofer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWW3DQZjDCt/ & https://x.com/adivinesport/status/2037231085571236184
Vouillamoz/Bouvart: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWW7IHbjGFK/ & https://x.com/adivinesport/status/2037240091144507889
Zhang/Huang: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWW_4YyDN1L/
Chtchetinina/Wozniak: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXBuiLDIkt/
Laurin/Ethier: https://x.com/adivinesport/status/2037250018378473956
McBeath/Parkman: https://x.com/adivinesport/status/2037251477811716550
Hocke/Kunkel: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXNdMYjMdy/
Vaipan-Law/Digby: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXGOYNjIAl/
Akopova/Rakhmanin: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXFCv7DAJ4/
Efimova/Mitrofanov: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXLk4xjGkY/
"This crowd in Prague took Emily & Spencer in their hands and lifted them through that program. They wouldn't let them let go. Amazing.": https://x.com/adivinesport/status/2037260954136953322

More links will be edited in later.

ETA:

Chan/Howe (8 posts): https://x.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/2037351255517905092
Nagaoka/Moriguchi: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXPYpwDKZl/
Pereira/Michaud: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXX2iEDBf1/
Metelkina/Berulava: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXZGKEjMgy/
Hase/Volodin: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXaPZcjNtV/
Top 3 at presser (4 photos): https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXWxVNjO_p/

 

[Skate Talker]

The 2 Canadian teams skated the reverse each other - Pereira/Michaud were 2nd in the Free and 3rd overall while Laurin/Ethier were 3rd last in the Free and 2nd last overall (of those who skated the Free)

Does GEM put individual replays up after the event finishes? I know ISU does but, of course, Canadians are BANNED from watching this Worlds there!

I haven't found anything on GEM, but CBC sports has been putting up 2 individual videos per segment so far. I'll post those links in the Streaming thread shortly. They should probably also be up on CBC Sport's YouTube page.

 

[kwanette]

Congrats to the podium..Yuna and Sumi won my heart!

 

[allezfred]

So technically Nagaoka/Moriguchi are World (small) medallists. Who’s on crack now?

 

[Sylvia]

Pairs medalists' press conference video (uploaded by Ice Skating International Online): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0n7qmARnvo

 

[Ka3sha]

Blame Savin & Klimov. All of their teams have dreadfully boring free skates, especially this season.

H/V and P/S both had outsider choreographers this season, and both long programs were done by Benoit.
Benoit also choreographed the Georgians phone call LP

For Savin’s teams, their “home” choreographer is Sofia Evdokimova, but she had only choreographed for the Armenians

 

[Ka3sha]

Long Program’s results were made for me

Really happy for Minerva and Nikita, hope they continue for the next Oly cycle and get all the money German NOC have.

Have loved Yuna and Sumi since the first time I saw them and especially since last year’s 4 Conts. The raw potential they have is amazing, and kudos to Savin/team for helping them to show it.
Hopefully, way more to come in the next 4 year

Lia and Trennt
Didn’t believe they could keep up with the pressure, but so happy to be wrong

 

[Jammers]

Well no 3 spots for the US and to be honest we don't need that many spots especially if there are any more breakups or retirements among the top teams which will leave little depth. P/M on the other hand have really come on in the last couple of months and might make it a easy decision for S/D to retire since they have now firmly established themselves as Canadian Pair team number one and are much younger ands will only get better.

 

[Dobre]

I would like to thank Annika Hocke for smiling through the majority of that program. A great many teams could do with a dose of her enthusiasm.

 

[peibeck]

Well no 3 spots for the US and to be honest we don't need that many spots especially if there are any more breakups or retirements among the top teams which will leave little depth.

Please let Chan/Howe go this route. What a bookend free skate to their Nationals SP disaster. I realize they didn't have a lot of notice about competing, but they could have just declined and the US made a wiser decision in just giving up a spot.

The Japanese pair of Yuna and Sumitada were my favorite in both programs. Their speed and dynamic performance level was brilliant even last year at Worlds where they didn't even make the free skate. Hopefully this gives them the confidence to be more consistent, they had a strong season until Milan, so this was a great rebound. And while the top 5 were all strong technically, none really moved me emotionally. I miss when pairs could be super athletic and great storytellers at the same time.

 

[PRlady]

Please let Chan/Howe go this route. What a bookend free skate to their Nationals SP disaster. I realize they didn't have a lot of notice about competing, but they could have just declined and the US made a wiser decision in just giving up a spot.

The Japanese pair of Yuna and Sumitada were my favorite in both programs. Their speed and dynamic performance level was brilliant even last year at Worlds where they didn't even make the free skate. Hopefully this gives them the confidence to be more consistent, they had a strong season until Milan, so this was a great rebound. And while the top 5 were all strong technically, none really moved me emotionally. I miss when pairs could be super athletic and great storytellers at the same time.

Needless to say, I agree with you about Chan/Howe. As for their not having much notice, read the interviews with Sarah and Jacob in their respective threads; they did very well on little notice (although thanks to Bradie, Sarah at least knew she could be called upon.)

And I think there were never a lot of pairs who could storytell, one or two a generation. It’s a big reason I prefer dance, pairs is athletically challenging and artistically barely there for all but a few top teams.

 

[MacMadame]

I think anyone who is an alternative for the Worlds after an Olympics should be ready to go at a moment's notice. There are a lot of withdrawals for those Worlds.

Do we know for sure that Chan/Howe weren't training during this time or are people assuming?

 

[Karen-W]

I think anyone who is an alternative for the Worlds after an Olympics should be ready to go at a moment's notice. There are a lot of withdrawals for those Worlds.

Do we know for sure that Chan/Howe weren't training during this time or are people assuming?

They said after the SP they hadn't been really training but they had been skating & staying active. They performed their SP at Ice Chips the 1st weekend of March & are obviously preparing for SOI.

It doesn't sound like ANY of the alternates had much information/contact from the USFS before they were notified they were going to Prague. Even Sarah sounded like she didn't realize Bradie had declined the 1st Alt spot until Alysa withdrew. Clearly, Sarah had the most time to prepare, and Jacob at least was just coming off of Jr Worlds 3 weeks ago. The only alternates who I think have been training with any expectation of going to Prague are GreenP because it was obvious as could be that ChoBat's last competition would be Milano.

Dropping to 2 pairs next season isn't ideal buy it isn't the worst thing in the world for the US. I'd rather it be the 1st season of the new cycle than the 3rd like we had this past Olympic cycle.

Also, all the ChanHowe detractors are just going to have to suck it for at least one more season. See their post-FS comments shared in the US Pairs thread.