2026 Worlds Pairs FS PBP - Loathe Story

[honey]

Well that was fun!

Also, camera please stop zooming in on the lifts. You see shit when this happens. I promise now is not the time for your to be trying to fulfill your artistic angle desires.

 

[miffy]

I liked the twisty swinging move before the headbanger, the start of the choreo sequence. Not sure what to call that

 

[Lanie]

That was lots of fun

 

[Karen-W]

LMAO! They literally just matched their SB from the Olympics!

 

[MacMadame]

Did the skaters in the first group get flower crowns?

 

[Lanie]

Crashy twist

I’m still amazed at the improvements they’ve made the last few years

 

[marbri]

My big takeaway so far is how low the bar has become for sbs jumps when the commentators are praising them for landing unsynchronised jumps performed on separate continents...

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

The Brits are trying to make Parkman look like a good skate

 

[skatingcheckers]

I loved that from Hocke and Kunkel. It had spunk! The headbangers really scare me though. How does the woman stay safe and not hit the ice? Yikes!

It was great to see them so happy.

 

[Karen-W]

VLDigs - 3tw - eh; SBS 2t - eh; SBS 2a+2a+1a - eh; throw 3lo - stepped out on the landing; first lift - more "artistic" camera angles... combo spin - meh; FIDS - nice; choreo seq - alright; throw 3s - another step out; second lift - meh; last lift - fine.

Well, they're also going to drop like a rock.

 

[delayedaxel]

And back to music choices as usual, I guess.

 

[Jay42]

I like Vaipan-Law/Digby but I do generally prefer their short program

 

[annie_mg]

I loved that from Hocke and Kunkel. It had spunk! The headbangers really scare me though. How does the woman stay safe and not hit the ice? Yikes!

It was great to see them so happy.

I always think of Abitbol Bernardis when I see them, if any of you are old enough to remember them!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I just wonder which one of them will have the sense instead of answering "The crowd was great bla bla bla", screech and scream "Tomas, I love you!!!!"

 

[miffy]

Other than H/K this group was pretty tough

Looks like China will get 2 spots next year? Do they have a 2nd decent pair currently? (I've gone blank).

 

[delayedaxel]

I always think of Abitbol Bernardis when I see them, if any of you are old enough to remember them!

Especially her posture!

 

[miffy]

I always think of Abitbol Bernardis when I see them, if any of you are old enough to remember them!

I remember them and her cute dog going on the ice!

 

[victorskid]

After 3 of 5 groups we have the 2nd ice resurfacing.

The FS results so far:
1 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 128.76 66.57 62.19 7.64 7.86 7.79 0.00 #11
2 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 124.44 67.33 57.11 7.07 7.14 7.18 0.00 #5
3 Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 122.21 66.36 56.85 7.04 7.07 7.18 1.00 #7
4 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 118.68 61.09 57.59 7.21 7.25 7.11 0.00 #8
5 Katie McBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA 115.18 58.11 58.07 7.36 7.07 7.32 1.00 #10
6 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 113.88 61.34 52.54 6.57 6.57 6.54 0.00 #1
7 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 112.39 60.30 52.09 6.61 6.36 6.54 0.00 #2
8 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 109.99 52.96 57.03 7.36 7.04 6.96 0.00 #12
9 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 109.43 59.22 51.21 6.36 6.21 6.61 1.00 #4
10 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 108.03 52.33 55.70 7.04 6.96 6.86 0.00 #6
11 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 103.76 52.61 54.15 6.96 6.50 6.82 3.00 #9
12 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 102.16 51.35 50.81 6.50 6.32 6.21 0.00 #3


The overall results so far:

1 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 194.11 10 1
2 Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 184.90 14 3
3 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 184.56 16 2
4 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 182.27 13 4
5 Katie McBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA 179.60 11 5
6 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 176.33 9 8
7 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 170.61 19 7
8 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE 170.46 20 6
9 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 169.20 15 10
10 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 168.28 17 9
11 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 167.75 12 11
12 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 160.95 18 12

 

[Finnice]

I always think of Abitbol Bernardis when I see them, if any of you are old enough to remember them!

I saw them live several tines. And their puppy.

 

[ks1227]

I always think of Abitbol Bernardis when I see them, if any of you are old enough to remember them!

We old-timers definitely remember them!

 

[MacMadame]

That was a short ice cut. I thought I'd have more time.

 

[Reuven]

Well that was fun!

Also, camera please stop zooming in on the lifts. You see shit when this happens. I promise now is not the time for your to be trying to fulfill your artistic angle desires.

I’ve said it before, the Fred Astaire Rule. He demanded when filming dance, only show the entire body/bodies.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Akopova/Rakhmanin have a very nice twist!

 

[annie_mg]

The Armenians programme is a breath of fresh air among all the romance programmes (with the exception of the Germans) so far. They have good speed too. I'm impressed.

Edited to add: aaaaaand I jinxed them

 

[Citlali]

Oh noooo

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh, bummer!

 

[made_in_canada]

Oh no, aborted lift. What a shame, it's been a good performance.

 

[Jay42]

Oof that's going to drop them. Too bad they were doing so well before that.

 

[my little pony]

if your pair spin is anemic, dont do it last

 

[miffy]

Oh such a shame that lift didn't work! They were doing so well. I'm so impressed by how much they have improved through the season. They were totally looking like a top 10 team which I don't think anyone was expecting.