Lombardia Trophy 2024 - Women's SP & FS

[jlai]

Gubanova did great!

 

[Karen-W]

Gubanova - I don't know this music - is it from a soundtrack?

Balder by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis, Power-Haus
Freya by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis, Power-Haus

Dress kind of looks like a galactic night sky and then there is a drapey piece of white chiffon going across the front just below her collarbone and over the other shoulder and across her back to meet the bodice again in the middle. This is very interesting music - not at all her usual, quiet style - I like it. Someone else will have to comment on her tech.

 

[Kateri]

Enjoyed that from Gubanova! Her jumps look bigger, but no idea what was going on with the loop, there.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Wow, I don`t remember such low scores in a Challenger. Finally, Gubanova gives a decent one.

 

[Wyliefan]

Sarah may not have much in the way of facial expression yet, but she's using her arms really well.

 

[Wyliefan]

Wow, wow, wow. That is one spectacular Firebird program, and some very powerful skating. If she can get some expression into that, it'll blow the roof off.

 

[Karen-W]

Everhardt - I know she's skating to Firebird - red dress with an illusion neckline but a red collar and gloves, lots of gold stones and crystals on the bodice and collar, the skirt has some black on the underskirt. Good first three jumping passes, though I think the 2nd & 3rd ones may get reviewed. This program choreo is definitely a bit more paint-by-the numbers than her SP, IMO. She is quite the jumping machine though. Wow. Once she gets some more confidence, I expect she'll relax and become more expressive. But, I'm THIS close to becoming an uber.

 

[sk9tingfan]

Sarah wuz robbed on SKAM assignment...

 

[jlai]

I can't help but think of Gracie's firebird during the program, but this was very good too and I enjoyed it.

 

[Lana K]

Good effort from Sarah. That felt a bit rushed throughout for me? But it’s still very early in the season though.

 

[jlai]

Sarah wuz robbed on SKAM assignment...

Isn't she going to Finlandia and likely to get a second gp?

 

[Wyliefan]

Well, that score brought a big smile!

 

[Karen-W]

And she improves her SB! Crossing my fingers she winds up with a 2nd GP!

 

[jlai]

Oh so that's why she dyed her hair, lol. Roxie hart

 

[Karen-W]

Sarah wuz robbed on SKAM assignment...

No, she wasn't. The USFS has to make sure they get both Sarah and Elyce out there on the GP and since Sarah got Finlandia, it was only right to give Elyce SkAm.

Isn't she going to Finlandia and likely to get a second gp?

Yes.

 

[Wyliefan]

Kaori seems a bit halfhearted with this choreography, but she's probably just still getting comfortable with it. Very good speed.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh so that's why she dyed her hair, lol. Roxie hart

She could have portrayed Velma Kelly and kept her hair color. In fact, Velma does all the singing here, so it would have made sense.

 

[jlai]

Kaori may lose the tech, but I loved that from her.

 

[Karen-W]

Kaori - black dress with opera gloves. Hmmmm... Some of this choreo seems a bit of an artistic stretch for Kaori. I feel like she can grow into it and it could be a massive crowd-pleaser by Worlds, but right now... I'm not entirely sold on it. And she falls on her last jump. Better here than at her GPs where the fields are deeper and will be coming for her, lol.

 

[Lana K]

Okay, I wasn’t convinced at first, but I loved that from Kaori. No clue how All That Jazz even remotely works for her style of skating and somehow it (mostly) did.

 

[Wyliefan]

Yes, I like the program, but I'm not quite feeling it from her yet. I expect she'll get it there. She's a pro.

 

[Karen-W]

She could have portrayed Velma Kelly and kept her hair color. In fact, Velma does all the singing here, so it would have made sense.

That's what I was thinking!

I do think the blonde hair maybe stands out and breaks up the all-black of her costume and accentuates the gold accents/stoning on it. I don't hate it with this program.

 

[Wyliefan]

Behind Sarah. Whoa.

 

[jlai]

Got dinged on tech as I suspected she would. Sarah in the lead!

 

[Frau Muller]

Sarah medals at her first international CS event!!!

 

[Karen-W]

Sarah's just takin' all the GPF qualifiers she's faced so far this season out, one-by-one-by-one!

 

[Private Citizen]

Wow, Sarah Everhardt dethrones the World Champ after already beating the world silver medalist this season.

 

[jlai]

Can Amber hold on to the lead? Will see.

eta Depending on review, Amber might have done enough.

 

[Wyliefan]

For Amber, that wasn't bad. Two mistakes, but she didn't melt down this time. Really nice step sequence with a big smile.

 

[umronnie]

Amber, WOW. That was just... wow.

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