GPdF 2025 PBP - Pairs FS: “A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Plus (GOE)”

[Karen-W]

ShiNagy - 3tw - good; SBS 3s - down Audrey goes; SBS 3t+2a+2a - okay then they landed those; throw 3lo - both hands down; first lift - decent; throw 3s - swingy leg on the landing but she stayed upright; DS - and they totally botched the exit; pairs spin - eh; second lift - solid; last lift - fine; choreo seq - fine.

I still can't believe they think this is an Olympic caliber program.

That's better than last month, but it's still not enough to warrant that SkAm TBD spot, though I have little faith TPTB at the USFS won't find a way to rationalize giving it to them nonetheless.

 

[Kateri]

Hmmmm. ShiNag can put out a decent skate. Maybe that’s what USFS saw at the fake comp.

I'm so sorry that US pairs has you in a position where that seemed like a decent skate.

 

[Hedwig]

who came up with this music and the fading out for endless 20 seconds at the end?

 

[Aceon6]

I'm so sorry that US pairs has you in a position where that seemed like a decent skate.

Sad, isn’t it.

 

[peibeck]

I imagine Duhamel gnashing her teeth at Audrey's errors.

The last 90 seconds of the program were nice though, but overall "meh." Needs to be clean to be anything special.

 

[Karen-W]

LMAO - that still wouldn't have been enough to secure the 3rd spot at Skate to Milano.

 

[Private Citizen]

I'm so sorry that US pairs has you in a position where that seemed like a decent skate.

Two jump elements landed is (sadly) above par.

 

[victorskid]

After the 1st of 2 groups - the FS results so far:
1 Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY USA 111.51 56.52 55.99 7.00 6.86 7.11 1.00 #4
2 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 101.62 50.70 52.92 6.75 6.36 6.71 2.00 #3
3 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 94.01 47.73 47.28 5.96 5.79 5.96 1.00 #2
4 Megan WESSENBERG / Denys STREKALIN FRA 88.80 45.79 43.01 5.36 5.32 5.43 0.00 #1

Overall results so far;
1 Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY USA 173.30 5 1
2 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 160.62 6 2
3 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 148.10 7 3
4 Megan WESSENBERG / Denys STREKALIN FRA 139.21 8 4


I made it home in time to see the 2nd pair.

 

[Kateri]

Screwed up the death spiral again, too!

 

[Lizziebeth]

Katie Macbeth has entered the rink, according to Chris!

 

[tony]

That score would have in fact beaten Kovalevs in Skate to Milano and likely gotten the Olympic spot. For people that insist on comparative stats in every competition following.

 

[Kateri]

Screwed up the death spiral again, too!

(I will allow that they screwed it up differently this time.)

 

[peibeck]

Never heard his voice before, I did not expect Balazs to sound so American. I thought he grew up in Europe.

 

[Lizziebeth]

Never heard his voice before, I did not expect Balazs to sound so American. I thought he grew up in Europe.

I think he came to US as a kid with his parents but went back to Europe later. Explains his American accent and his citizenship.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Poor Balazs. At least he has some Hungarians to hang out with. Oh wait…

 

[tony]

Never heard his voice before, I did not expect Balazs to sound so American. I thought he grew up in Europe.

Moved to the US when he was 2, went back to Hungary at some point, but back to the US before he finished high school. No accent.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

USFS pushing S/N reminds me of the huge push they gave Cain/LeDuc when they first teamed up.

Didn't they facilitate both partnerships?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Is it too early for Christmas cookies?

 

[Elisheba]

Tbf to shin/nagy, the Kovalevs skated way better than usual at the qualifier.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Deanna with a look on her face after someone getting in her space only women over 40 can master.

 

[Karen-W]

That score would have in fact beaten Kovalevs in Skate to Milano and likely gotten the Olympic spot. For people that insist on comparative stats in every competition following.

Well, but who knows if that 4th spot is actually going to come open or not. It should, but who knows that the UZB fed is trying to do behind the scenes to keep that spot.

 

[skatingguy]

Katie McBeath/Daniil Parkman
Rank after SP: 4
Coach: J. Meno, T. Sand, B. Frazier
Music: Caruso

Triple Twist 3
3T+1A+2A+SEQ - Daniil singled the 2nd jump, Katie stepped out of the 3rd jump
1S - Katie singled
Throw 3Lo
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Spiral 1 (B after review)
Pair Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)
Throw 3F - tight landing, just kept the free leg off the ice
Reverse Lasso Lift 3 (4 after review)
Choreo Sequence
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4

I think this music over powers them. Technically it was pretty good other than the side-by-side jumps.

114.77 = 4th Place
178.08 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko
Rank after SP: 3
Coach: D. Savin, F. Klimov, S. Evdokimova
Music: Without You by Ursine Vulpine

Triple Twist 4
3T+SEQ+A* - Alexi stepped out
Throw 3F
3S
Reverse Lasso Lift 3
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Spiral 2
Throw 3Lo
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Choreo Sequence
Pair Combo Spin 4

I get that this team is trying to improve the artistry, but this just doesn't feel like an authentic performance. Maybe it will grow as the season goes on, and when they skate it a bit sharper.

122.61 = 3rd Place
192.76 = 3rd Place

 

[peibeck]

USFS pushing S/N reminds me of the huge push they gave Cain/LeDuc when they first teamed up.

Didn't they facilitate both partnerships?

Another team that took forever to gel. But at least Ashley could rotate her jumps. Sigh.

 

[tony]

Well, but who knows if that 4th spot is actually going to come open or not. It should, but who knows that the UZB fed is trying to do behind the scenes to keep that spot.

As I've mentioned repeatedly.

 

[skatingguy]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps
Rank after SP: 2
Coach: J. Picard, S. Winter, J. Marcotte, S. Yvars
Music: Poeta en el Mar, Amor Dulce Muerte

Single Twist 3 (2 after review)
3T+2A+2Aq - Maxim struggling on 3 jumps, Deanna on the 3rd jump
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
2S
Forward Outside Death Spiral 3 (4 after review)
Pair Combo Spin 4
Throw 3Lo - tight landing, no flow/speed
Choreo Sequence
Throw 3S
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4

Not sure what happened with the twist for them to only do a single. The program has promise, and I can see that it could be very impactful when skated fully.

123.40 = 2nd Place
197.66 = 2nd Place

 

[peibeck]

Is it too early for Christmas cookies?

No, because they'll be stale by Christmas!!!

 

[ilovesalchows]

Super chic French Grandma is who I want to be in 20 years.

 

[skatingguy]

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Rank after SP: 1
Coach: Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel
Music: Gladiator (soundtrack)

Triple Twist 3
3Tq+1A+1A+SEQ - Riku singled both Axels
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3F
Back Outside Death Spiral 4
Pair Combo Spin 4
3S
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3Lo
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Choreo Sequence

A powerful program, and music that allowed them to fill the ice.

139.71 = 1st Place
197.66 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

His second jumping pass was a 1A fairly certain, protocol needs to be changed. And I would question rotation on the third jump (2A) for both.