World Juniors 2025 - Pairs SP

[Aceon6]

While I hate disaster movies, we need one to get the Slovaks into the free.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

In case it hasn't been suggested before, try using Google Chrome as a browser when watching YouTube. I only ever watch YT with it now as its become unbearable with the ads lately...
ETA: it won't get rid of them entirely but it does reduce them.

I am using Chrome - it does seem better than when I was watching YouTube on my Dad’s Apple TV box yesterday.

 

[Primorskaya]

Emo slo-mo Procol Harum is a special kind of torture I didn't know I had to fear.
But they're a lovely team.

 

[Karen-W]

AKLL - 3tw - okay; SBS 2a - nice; lift - he's definitely still recovering from injury - used both hands throughout the lift; throw 3s - nice; annnnnd another commercial; SBS spins - looked good the part I saw; step seq - nice & kept up with the temp of a song from my youth, lol; BODS - nice.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I'm getting zero ads with Firefox+adblock

Oh I might try that. I have many, many browsers.

 

[Colonel Green]

You can see the rust, but that was a nice start.

 

[Sally1214]

YAY, Martina and Charly. Lift issue and in/out of synchro during the spin combo BUT we're still proud of you.

 

[Primorskaya]

While I hate disaster movies, we need one to get the Slovaks into the free.

Well it's Pairs. Junior Pairs...

 

[Colonel Green]

Chinese pair twist (good), and Chinese pair jumps (bad).

 

[beckab81]

I’ve been watching but also working, so couldn’t join the chatter here. Can someone explain what the Canadians costumes had to do with their music???? I’m so confused by it!

 

[Karen-W]

ZhaHua - 3tw - quite nice; SBS 2a - he two-footed & stepped out; SBS spins - bit out of synch; BODS - decent; throw 3s - okay - huge but she put her free foot down fast; lift - excellent; step seq - good. Not their best skate today, but probably good enough for the lead for now.

ETA - apparently not - into second by .02!

 

[Aceon6]

Heading out for errands. Have fun and see you for the last few groups of the menzzzz

 

[Sally1214]

Axel step-out aside, that was a really good skate by Zhang/Huang. Loved their flow and power. Good job. Nice costumes too.

 

[victorskid]

I'm glad I have YouTube Premium as I watch a lot of YouTube stuff on my smart TV in addition to the skating [including some live streams from rescues ].

We are now having the "unscheduled" 2nd ice resurfacing after 3 of 5 groups
The standings so far:

1​ Q​ Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 57.40​ 32.02​ 25.38​ 6.29​ 6.25​ 6.54​ 0.00​ #5​ 2​ Q​ Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 57.38​ 32.20​ 25.18​ 6.39​ 6.11​ 6.43​ 0.00​ #12​ 3​ Q​ Martina ARIANO KENT / Charly LALIBERTE LAURENT CAN 55.81​ 30.96​ 24.85​ 6.29​ 6.18​ 6.21​ 0.00​ #11​ 4​ Q​ Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI 54.82​ 30.03​ 24.79​ 6.14​ 6.25​ 6.25​ 0.00​ #3​ 5​ Q​ Naomi WILLIAMS / Lachlan LEWER USA 50.95​ 28.49​ 23.46​ 5.93​ 5.89​ 5.82​ 1.00​ #10​ 6​ Q​ Sae SHIMIZU / Lucas Tsuyoshi HONDA JPN 49.33​ 26.11​ 24.22​ 6.21​ 5.89​ 6.11​ 1.00​ #9​ 7​ Q​ Polina POLMAN / Gabriel RENOLDI ITA 48.28​ 27.16​ 21.12​ 5.29​ 5.29​ 5.29​ 0.00​ #8​ 8​ Q​ Megan YUDIN / Patrizio Romano ROSSI LOPEZ ESP 46.23​ 25.95​ 20.28​ 5.04​ 5.07​ 5.14​ 0.00​ #2​ 9​ ​ Laura HECKOVA / Alex VALKY SVK 45.95​ 25.24​ 20.71​ 5.18​ 5.21​ 5.18​ 0.00​ #6​ 10​ ​ Reagan MOSS / Jakub GALBAVY USA 45.52​ 23.62​ 22.90​ 5.82​ 5.54​ 5.86​ 1.00​ #7​ 11​ ​ Zarah WOOD / Alex LAPSKY GBR 43.23​ 24.15​ 19.08​ 4.89​ 4.82​ 4.64​ 0.00​ #4​ 12​ ​ Lily WILBERFORCE / Mozes Jozsef BEREI HUN 40.23​ 21.23​ 19.00​ 4.79​ 4.68​ 4.82​ 0.00​ #1​

 

[Karen-W]

I don't think the YT ad issue is avoidable (short of paying for YT Premium). This was a problem last fall during the JGP and during the JGPF. Interestingly, I don't get random, obnoxious ads when I've watched other live events on YT (like some of the political podcasters I follow who went live for special events in the last 7-8 months), so I think this is really an issue of the ISU's YT account settings.

 

[Sally1214]

I’ve been watching but also working, so couldn’t join the chatter here. Can someone explain what the Canadians costumes had to do with their music???? I’m so confused by it!

We Canadian fans don't worry about little things like that.

 

[Sally1214]

Okay, so NOW I can rewind to watch UKR and SUI couples I missed.

 

[Desperado]

Still behind, but I’m watching the live skating on play back through an old Apple TV and I never get ads.

 

[Primorskaya]

OMG the Canadian guy is called Thrasher like the skateboarding magazine I used to read. I'm jealous.

 

[Karen-W]

You know, Ted, Kieran Thrasher has been a pairs figure skater for like 4 years now, so this whole "he was a hockey player" storyline is getting damn old.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, dear God... DesThra are choreographed by Julie Marcotte. So much for thinking we'd get through the SP with no dreadful programs from her. I mean, we still have the trashy MetBeru jazzercize SP, but whatever.

 

[JoannaLouise]

I legit can't tell if Ted is being sarcastic when he says that MetBeru are "seasoned"

 

[Primorskaya]

I'm still not over the blatant outfit thieving from Met/Ber Especially to make such a low-rent version of it.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I still want Desrochers and Thrasher to skate to some thrash metal.

 

[Sally1214]

You know, Ted, Kieran Thrasher has been a pairs figure skater for like 4 years now, so this whole "he was a hockey player" storyline is getting damn old.

But .... but ....Karen, you have to realize that hockey is HUUUUGE in Canada. So, if you were once a HOCKEY player, you have embedded yourself in the bone marrow of the spine of the nation. Not to mention that "Thrasher" is an AWESOME name for a hockey player but you gotta be a tough "enforcer" to live up to the name.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, FFS, Ted... A number of these teams - four in fact, are actually SENIOR teams and have very little business being here.

 

[Karen-W]

But .... but ....Karen, you have to realize that hockey is HUUUUGE in Canada. So, if you were once a HOCKEY player, you have embedded yourself in the bone marrow of the spine of the nation. Not to mention that "Thrasher" is an AWESOME name for a hockey player but you gotta be a tough "enforcer" to live up to the name.

Oh, I get it, but it's been four years now. It was novel for maybe the first two seasons, but now? It's like THRASHING a dead horse.

 

[Karen-W]

CohVoch - 3tw - crashy; SBS 2a - he put his free foot down fast; throw 2s - pitched a bit forward but otherwise fine; lift - decent; BODS - okay, I guess; step seq - this "Bad Romance" cover is something else (is it from the musical? - just checked, it is, and it's still terrible); SBS spins - not great synch - first position was far apart then much closer together for the 2nd.

ETA - I'd have them below both HeckVal & MossGal. We'll see if their later starting position helps them.

ETA2 - I was right! Only one more team needs to crash & burn in order for MossGal to make the FS.

 

[Primorskaya]

Funny how most of the elements aren't especially Junior -at least no worse than some stuff we saw in Seniors last two/three seasons- but one thing that happens time and again is that after landing a jump or throw there's one looooong second before they go "Oh yeah damn I need to extend my leg now".

 

[Karen-W]

DesThra - 3tw - really nice; SBS 2a - she put her foot down fast; lift - very solid; throw 3s - low landing & she turned out super-fast; SBS spins - okay if far apart; this music is better than most Julie Marcotte selections, but still rather blah; step seq - nice waltz hold for all of a hot second; BODS - not bad at all.