2023 Finlandia Trophy - Ice Dance RD & FD

[Sylvia]

Rhythm Dance starting order/live (yay) results: https://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/2324/csfin2023/SEG007.htm

Time schedule by team (Saturday 12 noon-13.13 local/5:00-6:13 am Eastern time): https://www.figureskatingresults.fi...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf


ISU Bios are linked below:

StN.	Name	Nation
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Olexandra BORYSOVA / Aaron FREEMAN	POL
2	Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO	USA
3	Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN	CAN
4	Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN	USA
	Warm-Up Group 2
5	Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS	CAN
6	Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN	FIN
7	Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS	FRA
8	Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN
9	Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK	ESP

 

[Rukia]

There is 0 chance I'll be up for this live so best wishes to all the teams I love (which really is like most this field rip me)

 

[PRlady]

I hope this comp is very distracting. Never have I watched skating attempting to ignore sirens and booms.

 

[Hanna]

Wheeeeeee ice dance

 

[PRlady]

CarPom. That’s more like it. 4 on pattern and plus GOE on everything. I saw one tiny misstep at the end and otherwise looked great.
74.15, 9 higher than two weeks ago.

 

[PRlady]

Shit. Danadians fall on twizzles.

2 on pattern. They’re shaken.

That cost then a lot. Looks like Nik got stuck and Lolo tripped over him? No he actually got too close and hit her leg and she fell.

Will be a fun program when skated clean.

67.67

 

[PRlady]

Browns. Also twizzles a mess. Pattern only a 1. But despite tech issues the unison is there, they skated close together and look a lot more polished. Fun program but needs brighter costumes. I think Gage grew a bit.

Long review. 67.98. They are not happy.

 

[PRlady]

(Off watching Peals and Israelis.)

 

[PRlady]

Saw most of the Finns. What a fun program, their expression is just so good.

67.93, third by a smidge.

(Sorry I need break, TV showing dead bodies of civilians lying in streets of Sderot, border community to Gaza.)

 

[PRlady]

Finns 75.76 into first but very close to CarPom. FD will be interesting.

Olivia looks so lusciously trampy. They really look like a team with mileage, not brand new. 72.56 solid third.

 

[BlueRidge]

Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance

Result Details

Pl. Name Nation TSS = TES + PCS + CO PR SK Ded. - StN. 1​ Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 75.76​ 42.23​ 33.53​ 8.54​ 8.42​ 8.25​ 0.00​ #8​ 2​ Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 74.15​ 42.79​ 31.36​ 7.75​ 7.79​ 8.04​ 0.00​ #2​ 3​ Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP 72.56​ 40.98​ 31.58​ 8.04​ 8.00​ 7.71​ 0.00​ #9​ 4​ Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA 70.90​ 40.64​ 30.26​ 7.67​ 7.58​ 7.50​ 0.00​ #7​ 5​ Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA 67.98​ 36.55​ 31.43​ 8.00​ 7.88​ 7.75​ 0.00​ #4​ 6​ Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 67.93​ 36.89​ 31.04​ 8.00​ 7.88​ 7.46​ 0.00​ #6​ 7​ Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN CAN 67.67​ 34.04​ 34.63​ 8.88​ 8.58​ 8.58​ 1.00​ #3​ 8​ Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS CAN 61.09​ 34.93​ 26.16​ 6.67​ 6.54​ 6.46​ 0.00​ #5​ 9​ Olexandra BORYSOVA / Aaron FREEMAN POL 40.77​ 22.41​ 18.36​ 4.92​ 4.50​ 4.38​ 0.00​ #1​

 

[Wyliefan]

I admit it would have been my fantasy to have CPom so close to gold medal position and D/N very close to medal position, but I didn't actually expect it! The FD will be wild!

 

[PRlady]

Given home field advantage, I assume Finns will win but Car/Pom and Olivia/Tim look good for medals. Hope the Browns skate clean in FD, they definitely lost a few points on twizzles.

 

[BlueRidge]

I'm glad to see Dupayage and Nabais do well here. Not watching but for them in the FD!

Looks like CPom are really strong!

 

[Sylvia]

RD protocols: https://www.figureskatingresults.fi...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[Spikefan]

Flip 1/2 and 3/4 tomorrow and I would be thrilled. I did not expect Dupayage/Nabais to be so high but I love it.

 

[dancefan17]

Would love to see CarPom win, but anticipating Danadians and Browns will recover a bit tomorrow. Hoping CarPom continue to build their FD score and maintain a lead over them.

 

[Rukia]

Maybe the secret sauce is me not being able to watch cpom skate?? Hahaha. Although those pcs rankings are A CHOICE.

Edit: I got to see video of cpom, and I will say I can see some changes in that choreo step. I think they must have been told they had a separation that was too long, because they used to do some steps with like airplane arms facing each other, and now they make a point to touch in that part haha. They also made sure their steps were more distinct. Anyway, good performance for them, and a step in the right direction for sure.

 

[jlai]

Despite twizzles this is the step in the right direction for the Browns. They would have gotten over 70 without the mistake

 

[Sylvia]

Turkkila/Versluis:
Carreira/Ponomarenko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvUwIFD7clU
Smart/Dieck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kpua4x2ZZk
Dupayage/Nabais: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1w2OtxOhMY
Brown/Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAXro6PQ-zA
Orihara/Pirinen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxGntamz8GY
Fournier Beaudry/Soerensen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzmcwSK6tbw

 

[Karen-W]

Okay, so I did manage to stay awake and watch the 6 teams I cared about before the morphine kicked in.

CarPon were great!

FBSoer made me gasp when she went down in the twizzles, then I sort of nodded off

Didn't gasp when the Browns had their twizzle error but did nod off after that.

OriPir - struggling to stay awake and when I'm more functional I'll rewatch.

TurkVers - of course they took the lead today at home. I'm guessing they'll maintain it tomorrow, but I'd over to see CarPon pip ahead.

SmaDie - also a nice score improvement. Not sure it's big enough to medal over FBSoer. We'll see.

 

[Wyliefan]

Good to hear from you, @Karen-W. How are you?

 

[Karen-W]

Good to hear from you, @Karen-W. How are you?

Not as sleepy as earlier, thank God!

 

[PRlady]

Not as sleepy as earlier, thank God!

Thinking of you, we miss your posts!

 

[PRlady]

I like the Finnish tv commercials.

 

[marbri]

My worry about FB/S being in this warmup group was just realised as there is a near miss with the other CAN team.

 

[Wyliefan]

That was ... odd. The costumes didn't seem to fit the music, and he was dragging her all over the place.

 

[marbri]

What a beautiful program and skate from this young CAN team!

 

[PRlady]

Well that’s a bit cliched as an FD, I like their more original work. But with exception of last move they skated beautifully.

ETA: Lolo’s abs are a thing of wonder.

 

[Wyliefan]

Much better skated than the RD, of course. But add that to their list of lackluster FDs. They may be gunning for world champions this season, but that doesn't look like a world champion program. For one thing, it doesn't let Laurence shine the way she can.