Grand Prix of Espoo 2023 Pairs FS: “(D)Espairs”

[miffy]

Wedgie Data

ISU feed

Starting Order

StN. Name Nation Rank Points Warm-Up Group 1 1 Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI FIN 8 48.56 2 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 7 55.45 3 Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA 6 55.99 4 Brooke McINTOSH / Benjamin MIMAR CAN 5 56.61 Warm-Up Group 2 5 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 4 61.53 6 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 3 63.59 7 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 2 65.00 8 Cheng PENG / Lei WANG CHN 1 65.25

 

[Wyliefan]

@miffy Could you please put "Pairs LP" somewhere in the thread title? Thanks!

 

[victorskid]

The ISU stream is live and the trumpets are sounding

 

[miffy]

@miffy Could you please put "Pairs LP" somewhere in the thread title? Thanks!

This is what happens when I don’t copy and paste. We were better off in 2003 last time

 

[Wyliefan]

This is what happens when I don’t copy and paste. We were better off in 2003 last time

No biggie! Just thought I'd ask. Thanks for fixing it.

 

[airgelaal]

I want to see a lot of SBS 2S

 

[miffy]

No biggie! Just thought I'd ask. Thanks for fixing it.

Thank you. I’m just at my inability to do something so simple

 

[skatingguy]

Vaananen, Milania/Clerici, Filippo
Coach: Luca Dematte, Ondrej Hotarek, Rosanna Murante
Music: Young and Beautiful, Help

 

[Wyliefan]

Thank you. I’m just at my inability to do something so simple

I spelled my own name wrong on a credit card application a few weeks ago, if that's any consolation.

 

[airgelaal]

Do their costumes symbolize the Finnish flag?

 

[Aceon6]

Do their costumes symbolize the Finnish flag?

Maybe, but that intense blue is amazeballs for skating.

 

[Sarah]

I tuned in just in time to think that this music would have fit in nicely with the first group of the junior women’s free at Midwestern sectionals.

 

[Frau Muller]

Finland pair - The colors are right!

 

[skatingguy]

Vaananen, Milania/Clerici, Filippo
Coach: Luca Dematte, Ondrej Hotarek,Rosanna Murante
Music: Young and Beautiful, Help

3Tw 3
3S - he stepped out
3T+SEQ - he fell
Throw 2F - planned as such
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Sp 3
Choreo Sequence
Throw 3Lo - fall
Hand/Hip Lift 4
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Pair Combo Spin 2

So I guess rent an Italian is the new thing in Pairs - might have to exchange him for one that can land his jumps. j/k A bit of a rough outing, but everyone has to start somewhere.

94.13 = 1st Place
142.69 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Kovalev, Camille/Kovalev, Pavel
Coach: Laurent Depouilly
Music: No Time to Die

 

[JoannaLouise]

Whoops, James Bond almost took out the villain right there in the opening pose!

 

[airgelaal]

SBS 2S

 

[Wyliefan]

Kao and Pavel need to skate a gala duet in their FS outfits.

 

[airgelaal]

Disaster

 

[Lizziebeth]

Mark mentions that the Kovalevs are married. At least it probably means that they can't break up and find other partners

 

[peibeck]

It's too early in the A.M. to give me heart failure with scary lifts like that.

 

[skatingguy]

Kovalev, Camille/Kovalev, Pavel
Coach: Laurent Depouilly
Music: No Time to Die

3Tw 2
2S @airgelaal
3T+2T - was supposed to include an Axel jump - a little confusion over whether to do it or not
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Sp 3
Pair Combo Spin 3V
Throw 3F - two foot landing
Choreo Sequence
Reverse Lasso Lift - missed the timing, lift came down
Throw 3S
Hand/Hip Lift 4

This wasn't terrible, but the Kovalevs definitely have French consistency.

97.09 = 1st Place
152.54 = 1st Place

 

[marbri]

I like Mark but I am beyond over him constantly referencing this team as the husband and wife, the married couple. Does it really matter in 2023 in a bloody sport whether the partners are romantically involved or not and is it relevant to your commentary?

Just turning into a massive pet peeve for me.

 

[skatingguy]

Kam, Ellie/O'Shea, Danny
Coach: Drew Meekins
Music: Nocturnal Animals by Abel Korzeniowski

 

[Sally1214]

That skate looked like really hard work for the Kovalevs. This could cause the "married couple" some mental distress.

 

[Wyliefan]

It's too early in the A.M. to give me heart failure with scary lifts like that.

At least she just slid down gently out of it, thank God. Could have been so much worse.

 

[airgelaal]

Mark mentions that the Kovalevs are married. At least it probably means that they can't break up and find other partners

Why not? This didn’t stop Alexa from finding a new partner

 

[Lizziebeth]

Why not? This didn’t stop Alexa from finding a new partner

I think Alexa had a much easier time in finding a partner

 

[airgelaal]

Why make a mistakes on SBS 3S when you can do SBS 2S?

 

[Wyliefan]

Ban all breathing, gasping, and choking sounds from skating music. They freak me out. (Except Darth Vader breathing -- that usually sounds pretty cool.)