Euros 2024 Pairs Short - “We Want More Triples”

[Aceon6]

ISU stream is live.
Wedgie: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/ec2024/SEG005.htm

 

[skatingguy]

Pairs - Short Program

Starting Order

StN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Barbora KUCIANOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE 2 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 3 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL Warm-Up Group 2 4 Lydia SMART / Harry MATTICK GBR 5 Oceane PIEGAD / Denys STREKALIN FRA 6 Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR AUT Warm-Up Group 3 7 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 8 Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI FIN 9 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 10 Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD SWE Warm-Up Group 4 11 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 12 Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA 13 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 14 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN Warm-Up Group 5 15 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 16 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 17 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 18 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA

Qualification rule: The best 16 skaters after Short Program will advance to the next segment.​

 

[airgelaal]

 

[Amy L]

My husband has to get up for work at 4am this week so as a dutiful wife I decided to get up at the same time as him this morning. I might miss some of the first teams because now I actually have to help him get ready

 

[Aceon6]

Not loving Artem’s nightie shirt nor her black panties under her nightie.

 

[Amy L]

Chtchetinina trying to catch up with Allison Reed with the number of random passports she can collect.

 

[airgelaal]

Not loving Artem’s nightie shirt nor her black panties under her nightie.

These are old costumes from the 2021/2022 season

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I normally wouldn't be up early for the first flight of Euro pairs but I have insomnia so here I am. Is that Chris Howarth commentating on the ISU stream?

 

[skatingguy]

Barbora Kucianova/Martin Bidar
Coach: Ondrej Hotarek, Petr Bidar
Music: Burning by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

 

[Aceon6]

Beautiful start for KucBid. Their stroking matches really well, jumps were secure, even the spins weren’t bad. Should be a new SB by quite a bit.

 

[Amy L]

Already getting annoyed with switching between random close-ups of audience members and the far-away drone shots.

 

[Lizziebeth]

They look happy with that! Nice triple toes to inspire the other teams!

 

[skatingguy]

Barbora Kucianova/Martin Bidar
Coach: Ondrej Hotarek, Petr Bidar
Music: Burning by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2Tw 2
3T
Throw 3F
Hand/Hip Lift 3
Forward Inside Death Spiral 1
Fly Change Foot Combo Spin 4 - some timing errors
Step Sequence 2

Good start to the competition. This should set a high standard for the rest of the teams particularly with just 2 teams missing the free skate.

52.49 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Sofia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi
Coach: Ihor Marchenko
Music: Hit the Road Jack by 2Wei, Bri Bryant

 

[Marta24]

My favorite comp of the season finally starts
The KnC is pretty. So many flowers.

 

[Aceon6]

HolDar, fine, but the footwork was all sorts of messed up.

 

[airgelaal]

Russians are constantly bombing Dnipro. I can't imagine how they train.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Sofia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi
Coach: Ihor Marchenko
Music: Hit the Road Jack by 2Wei, Bri Bryant

Hol/Dar are so cute! Now, I'm a bit sorry that I'm skipping the pairs competition at worlds.

 

[skatingguy]

Sofia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi
Coach: Ihor Marchenko
Music: Hit the Road Jack by 2Wei, Bri Bryant

3Tw 2 - awkward catch
3S
Throw 3Lo - hung on
Hand/Hip Lift 4
Forward Inside Death Spiral 2
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

Solid skate, but some issues on the twist, footwork, and side-by-side spins. I would expect the GOE on the footwork to go negative once the judges have fully reviewed their scores do to the stumbles by both skaters.

52.95 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Ioulia Chtchetinina/Michal Wozniak
Coach: Nolan Seegert, Dimitri Savin
Music: Down by Marian Hill

 

[miffy]

ISU stream is live.
Wedgie: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/ec2024/SEG005.htm

Thank you for starting thread!

 

[Amy L]

Much improved Looks like Sofiia has finally gotten over her injury. Not very polished, but with all the training interruptions they have to deal with, it's not surprising.

Be happier, Artem, you're doing so well sweetie.

 

[Amy L]

They go from messy 3 toes to a two-footed throw and they're "back on track"?? Do better at commentary, bro.

 

[npavel]

thera are some way to low goe points in the elements in this group. When they are completely sync and get only 0.2 or so, I really don't see the point.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Martin is a rockstar, Barbor is kind of catching up. But there's something wrong about this pairing, I think they kind of have this very "new pair" vibe, not a lot of speed. But I enjoyed it. Low expectations are the key to success.

H/Darenski I also was pleasantly surprised, they are faster than the Czechs, but there's also something a bit unsettling about them. I think they are just not a very good match together and not amazing skaters separately.

Schetinina/Wozniak : never heard about him, while she has a Reed level collection of passports. They are easily the best looking couple so far (I mean skating wise), but I expected Yulia to be the leader of the team while actually he's quite good! I like them as a pair, good match, he seems to be a good partner - I didn't notice anything bad about his preparation; and she's charismatic enough.

 

[Frau Muller]

Who’s the commentator? British accent but not Mark H.

 

[skatingguy]

Ioulia Chtchetinina/Michal Wozniak
Coach: Nolan Seegert, Dimitri Savin
Music: Down by Marian Hill

3Tw 3
3T - her hand down
Throw 3F - two-foot landing
Hand/Hip Lift 4
Forward Inside Death Spiral 1 (3 after review)
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)

A couple of mistakes on the jump/throw elements, but another solid skate. Finished ahead of the music showing their newness as a team.

53.61 = 1st Place

 

[Citlali]

That was less scary than usual for the first group of european pairs

 

[miffy]

Who’s the commentator? British accent but not Mark H.

Mark is doing Dancing on Ice so we probably won’t be hearing him for a while

ETA: just turned feed on, it’s Chris Howarth, very experienced Eurosport commentator.

 

[once_upon]

They go from messy 3 toes to a two-footed throw and they're "back on track"?? Do better at commentary, bro.

Yeah, even I could see it was NOT