Finlandia Trophy 2025 Pairs SP-"Hard Flop Hallelujah"

[Hanna]

The Polish seemed so into their performance, love to see that.

 

[Karen-W]

ChtWoz - 3tw - nice; SBS 3t - sooooo far apart but done; throw 3f - fall - throw never had a chance; SBS spins - decent enough - today's bar is low; lift - excellent; BODS - good; step seq - alright - Mark notes they're missing some of the turns and yeah, there's just a bit of sloppiness to it.

I'm glad they kept this SP - I hope they can skate it cleanly in Milano-Cortina - I'll take either the TE or the Pairs SP.

 

[skatingguy]

Ioulia Chtchetinina/Michal Wozniak
Coach: Nolan Seegert, Dmitri Savin
Music: Moderation by Florence and The Machine

Triple Twist
3Tq
Throw 3F - fall
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 2
Step Sequence 3

Some strong elements, but the fall on the throw, and a few minor issues in a couple other elements will leave them well back in this competition.

-1.00 = Falls
56.55 = 3rd Place

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm so glad they kept this program, I love Yellow Brick Road.

Speed is about double compared to the Chinese.

The level of this team could be insane if only they were more consistent. I sometimes think he could probably find a better partner but not today, she was radiant.

Better - maybe, shorter - statistically improbable.

They are amazing, but this program I felt was like a cardio exercise, just running around in circles. I want them to get the A material, they are capable of greatness.

 

[thvu]

It felt like Chtchetinina & Wozniak are just going through the motions. Really not a fan of this short program, the music is too big for them.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

The announcers just totally gave up on the attempts to pronounce "Schetinina"

 

[Sally1214]

Ioulia and Michal -not their best skate today. She seemed just a tad off in several of their elements. Nice lift though. Not sure why their death spiral got only level 2 but I seldom do know why, so there's that.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Is "Cloak and Dagger" a reference to Efi/Mit's strategy for speeding up her citizenship process?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm indifferent about Efimova/Mitrofanov and Like Schetinina/Wozniak, but it's a ridiculous how much more polished the Americans are.

 

[thvu]

Efimova & Mitrofanov are such soulless skaters.

 

[Karen-W]

EfiMit - 3tw - good; SBS 3t - hand down & step out; throw 3lo - very nice; lift - good; BODS - really nice; step seq - Misha's become so dramatic; SBS spins - good but wound up hitting their closing positions just a bit behind the music.

 

[skatingguy]

Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov
Coach: Olga Ganicheva, Alexei Letov
Music: Cloak and Dagger by Eternal Eclipse

Triple Twist 2 (3 after review)
3Tq - Alisa low landing, hand down
Throw 3Lo
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 4
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Pretty strong performance this time out. Aside from the side-by-side they have the strongest elements so far in the competition.

70.19 = 1st Place

 

[Hanna]

Someone yells out Hyvä Alisa before the start.

Yay good spins!

Like the intensity of the choreo and steps.

 

[alj5]

I had no idea that Alisa & Misha were married to each other. Their ISU bio says it happened last year. https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00120677.htm

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

So the polished Americans overtook the unpolished Polish

 

[Sally1214]

Alisa and Misha - what a great sbs spin combo. And death spiral a level 4 ... yeah ... I was watching closely Oh, and they get over 70 points. Happy smiles.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

The announcer is totally overdoing this Italian pronounciation of Ghilardi/Ambrosini. I can just imagine him doing the motions and going "mamma mia pizza pasta" in the process.

 

[genevieve]

Announcer says Danny “oh, shi-…” like he’s trying to avoid a fine

 

[ChillSkate]

Ellie has landed TWO throws on warm up so far

 

[Miezekatze]

Weirdly Finlandia is the first GP that’s geoblocked in Germany, I don’t see the logic in it (can’t be that it’s the only one televised here somewhere cause a friend watched some of NHK Trophy on Eurosport, which I could still stream on Youtube without VPN).

 

[Karen-W]

I had no idea that Alisa & Misha were married to each other. Their ISU bio says it happened last year. https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00120677.htm

SCoB has a whole new page on their website about it as of earlier this month.

 

[MacMadame]

I would stick a fork in my ears if I had to listen to this music every day.

 

[Citlali]

Lia and Trennt

 

[Karen-W]

PerMich - 3tw - good; SBS 3t - excellent; I'm sleepy and this music is not conducive to my remaining awake; throw 3lo - nice; lift - also good; SBS spins - bit out of synch but pretty decent; step seq - slow; BODS - good. They don't want to let EfiMit into the last group for the FS, lol.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

PerMich are competent but I don't vibe.

 

[skatingguy]

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

Triple Twist 3 (2 after review)
3T
Throw 3Lo
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
Step Sequence 4 (3 after review)
Back Inside Death Spiral 4

Beautiful skate with just a synchronization issue on the first half of the combination spin.

70.13 = 2nd Place

 

[genevieve]

Nice from Trennt/Michaud [sic ]! Nice connection that I have not seen when watching online

 

[ChillSkate]

Lia has very impressive facial expressions in person - she really performs all the way to the rafters. Excellent skate for Lia and Trennnt!

 

[Sally1214]

YESSSS!!!! Way to go, Lia and Trennt!! I loved everything about that.

 

[Firedancer]

I really like this program for them. Great skate today