Finlandia Trophy 2025 Women's SP-"Stairway to Hell-sinki"

[Braulio]

Poor Ryon, sobbing in the k&c

 

[FiveRinger]

Oh.. poor dear.. I can't tell if she's crying in pain or at the result. I feel bad for her.

 

[jenny12]

Oh no, I hate to see Rion crying like that. She’s such a lovely skater.Strange fall but she’s beautiful to watch.

 

[peibeck]

Was Schild a slutty Smurf at her first GP and I just mercifully repressed the memory?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I appreciate Lauren for taking a somewhat more dynamic piece of music, but also she absolutely couldn't keep up with it.

 

[Braulio]

That was good from Lorine

 

[Lizziebeth]

Stairway to heaven dressed as a Smurf??

 

[FiveRinger]

Not a fan

 

[Karen-W]

I fear Schild is to the women's SP what Gogolev was to the men's SP.

 

[skatingguy]

Lorine Schild
Coach: Milka Tahir
Music: Stairway to Heaven

3Lzq+3T
2A
Flying Camel Spin 4
3Lo
Change Foot Combo Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 4

Strong skate for Lorine. The body movement in the performance is slightly stilted, but she's improving the overall impression.

60.74 = 4th Place

 

[Sally1214]

Well, despite this thread title, Lorine is "finding a stairway to HEAVEN." And, for her, this skate today should make her quite happy. It wasn't perfect .... but she's still "finding" that stairway ....

 

[Karen-W]

Was Schild a slutty Smurf at her first GP and I just mercifully repressed the memory?

Yes.

 

[genevieve]

I don’t hate that cover of Stairway to Heaven. And it’s well edited, but if you know the song (and who doesn’t?!?) the snip of a line here and there is jarring.

And that costume has to GO

 

[slicekw]

This Stairway cover sounds like someone doing karaoke with the live version from The Song Remains The Same playing in their ear and trying to do Robert Plant exactly while the guitarist does an exact Robert Plant. Then it’s cut to absolute crap. Plus the odd outfit and hair that makes my slept-in French braid look good.
(ETA to get Led Zeppelin member names right)

Her skate was clean, which is admirable today. I like the middle of her outfit, but the skirt thingy is weird.

 

[Sally1214]

Dare I say it? Maddie, believe .....

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm rooting for Scar

 

[Colonel Green]

Maddie apparently scrounged up the money to pay the Mouse.

 

[beckab81]

Maddie looks so much more comfortable with this program than Black Swan, it’s night & day.

 

[Karen-W]

Schizas should have sucked it up and paid for TLK rights 6 months ago. This program just fits her better than anything she's had this entire Olympic cycle.

 

[skatingguy]

Madeline Schizas
Coach: Nancy Lemaire, Alison Purkiss
Music: The Lion King

3Lz+3T - step out
2A
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
3Lo
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 3

Better skate than at Skate Canada, but still struggling to skate a clean short program.

65.16 = 1st Place

 

[Hanna]

Appreciate Schizas selling to the nosebleed seats.

 

[Citlali]

Maddie

Much better with a program that actually suits her

 

[slicekw]

I gotta give it to Maddie, she wears the hell out of UT Orange.
Nice skate! Good to see her do a decent job.

 

[Sally1214]

YESSS!!! Way to go, Maddie! A little bobble on the combo but you FOUGHT and delivered that program with joy. I'm very happy for her.

So far, it's been a good day for

 

[MacMadame]

And that costume has to GO

She either needs to commit to a real unitard or wear a typical costume with a skirt and nude tights.

Maddie looks so much more comfortable with this program than Black Swan, it’s night & day.

She needs to keep it.

 

[Ms Bumblebee]

Oh.. poor dear.. I can't tell if she's crying in pain or at the result. I feel bad for her.

I believe in pain, it was a very loud thump

 

[Sally1214]

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She needs to keep it.

I agree.

 

[Karen-W]

We should take up a collection to pay for the chiffon and stoning/crystals necessary to complete Bradie's dress.

 

[Private Citizen]

This costume with one sleeve and glove is so distracting.

Combo was 3Lz!+3T< and in -3 territory for me. I'd have Schizas ahead still.

 

[FiveRinger]

I believe in pain, it was a very loud thump

I'm so sorry.... I hope she can skate tomorrow....

Meanwhile, Maddie just my favorite lady for a while now... Sorry fellow Americans, don't come at me with pitchforks... I enjoyed that performance. I love the orange dress!