2024 US Nats Pairs FS - Chaos in Columbus

[Spikefan]

This really does not inspire me to spend money going to a future Nationals. Dance and Pairs winners were a complete joke today.

 

[Jarrett]

We need stem cell injections and prayers for Spencer Howes shoulder!

Yea and a new sp or just go back to their old one.

 

[Amy L]

Maybe Katie McBeath should skate with him

I had to check her bio for her height. 155cm & 177cm we can do this.

 

[Yazmeen]

So, I have one question as a doctor: why did BI/Lilly decide to replace the original Jardiance actress with a new one?

Perhaps because the original actress was too busy pushing herself for a role on Broadway vs promoting the drug? Hey, seriously, she was promoting herself for everything she could get.

Inquiring medical minds want to know…

(Back to our regularly televised Kiss n Cry interviews).

 

[Badams]

I miss Alexa.

 

[thvu]

2/3

fixed it

I wasn't talking about Amber's win. The awful officiating put her at a disadvantage!

 

[Spikefan]

Well, each country gets one, assuming they can meet the mins.

I know but we don’t even deserve that with this BS.

 

[Karen-W]

I miss Alexa.

Ashley too.

I know they're off living their best lives but dang...

 

[peibeck]

It boggles the mind because... they aren't THAT good.

Chris Knierim is a 3 time national champion. I'm still mind boggled.

 

[PRlady]

It’s a good thing Josephine Lee is too young to go out and get drunk with Efimova.

Dance doesn’t bother me because those champions are clearly our best team with a sick day. McBeath had lousy luck. Amber Ambered but beat her rival fair and square.

But this is a total travesty.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I am rather in a daze. what did we just watch?

 

[Jammers]

What kind of a competition was this, I mean you could put Isabelle and Ryan on this podium and I would be fine

I can’t remember I’ve seen a pairs nationals competition with this many falls and errors.

This is what happens when you have only one team that competed remaining from just two years ago at Nationals.

 

[overedge]

The winners can't land a throw jump, and USFS let Sappenfield coach at the competition. Complete and utter

 

[thvu]

Chris Knierim is a 3 time national champion. I'm still mind boggled.

I mean, you just watched US Pairs without a Knierim. It's pretty bleak.

 

[Karen-W]

I know but we don’t even deserve that with this BS.

Eh. ChanHowe deserve a spot. The rest? Not so much yet. But next season EfiMit will be eligible to compete internationally and the international judges will certainly send a clear message about who is better. And it won't be KamOSh.

 

[Spikefan]

Eh. ChanHowe deserve a spot. The rest? Not so much yet. But next season EfiMit will be eligible to compete internationally and the international judges will certainly send a clear message about who is better. And it won't be KamOSh.

Valid point, ok we can have the one spot.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Correct me if I’m drunk, but does the USA have three spots at worlds in pairs this year?… Can we substitute one of them out for women?

 

[sk8nlizard]

Nagy has his release. He doesn’t have citizenship, does he?

I’m pretty sure he does. He grew up skating in NC I think.

 

[peibeck]

It's ok. Torgy will save the competition tomorrow and everything will be fine.

I'm here for this chaos. But I'm not gonna hold my breath....

 

[Matryeshka]

Well now 3 for 3 in terms of bad or flawed skates winning National titles.

I mean, it's Nationals. That happens more often than it doesn't. And this is the only discipline that I have real issues with. K/O should have been below P/F.

I was OK with ChoBates winning overall, I just think they should have been 3rd in the FD.

And honestly, pairs wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be. We've watched some of these pairs where they were waaaay more wobbly. This event was messy, but it wasn't scary.

 

[peibeck]

I mean, you just watched US Pairs without a Knierim. It's pretty bleak.

She landed the jumps. He (generally) didn't. I don't have rose colored glasses on about how great he supposedly was.

 

[PRlady]

Correct me if I’m drunk, but does the USA have three spots at worlds in pairs this year?… Can we substitute one of them out for women?

Don’t worry we won’t have three spots next year. Between the Italians, Germans, Canadians and Japanese (if they’re skating) we will be lucky to be 9th.

 

[livetoskate]

I’m pretty sure he does. He grew up skating in NC I think.

Yup! I remember seeing him skating at the Raleigh Iceplex all the time as a kid. Glad he is doing well in pairs.

 

[Sally1214]

Okay, so we just have the men's final to watch and we all know who is going to win that title. But, I really DO want to see Jason's (possibly) last US Nats performance and my son (from Ontario ... I'm in Nova Scotia) is very likely to make his weekly call to us during that time period. Would I be a TERRIBLE parent if I just turned my phone off so he'd leave a voicemail and then I'd call him back in an hour? Oh ... my consience ....

 

[Karen-W]

Don’t worry we won’t have three spots next year. Between the Italians, Germans, Canadians and Japanese (if they’re skating) we will be lucky to be 9th.

Lmao. If ChanHowe are healthy... 2 Italians, 2 Canadians, MiuKih and maybe 1 German team beat them. They'll probably be good for 7th at the worst, maybe higher. But we certainly won't have another team in the Top 10 with the 2 Germans, the Georgians, Hungarians, PengWang and GoluGM there as well. We're definitely dropping a pairs spot for Boston. And I'll be delighted when those two teams representing thr US are the two SCoB teams of ChanHowe and EfiMit.

 

[Spikefan]

Okay, so we just have the men's final to watch and we all know who is going to win that title.

The way things have gone I expect Ilia to bomb three-four jumps but still win because of his short lead.

 

[peibeck]

Don’t worry we won’t have three spots next year. Between the Italians, Germans, Canadians and Japanese (if they’re skating) we will be lucky to be 9th.

The Japanese are back on ice and landing triple throws in videos I've seen recently.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

I listened to Ashley and Adam on YouTube earlier and said to myself, "I'll go back to Tara."

After all, tomorrow is another day...

 

[Spikefan]

The Japanese are back on ice and landing triple throws in videos I've seen recently.

Do they have better programs?

 

[Jammers]

The way things have gone I expect Ilia to bomb three-four jumps but still win because of his short lead.

Well he did bomb the LP last year and actually got beat by Jason so he's going clean this year.