Grand Prix of Espoo 2023 -Pairs SP - Let’s hope not for Espoor

[SHARPIE]

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

Wedgie Data

 

[victorskid]

And we are back live watching the ice being resurfaced

 

[skatingguy]

I'm not sure that the Pairs event can provide the palate cleanser we need after the men's short program.

 

[airgelaal]

We need SBS 2S

 

[skatingguy]

Peng, Cheng/Wang, Lei
Coach: Yang Ding
Music: The Storm Driven Sea

 

[JoannaLouise]

Nice sbs 3t to start!

(Happy for them, but sad that @airgelaal will be disappointed )

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

She was so cute jumping up and down. Very happy for them

 

[airgelaal]

Nice sbs 3t to start!

(Happy for them, but sad that @airgelaal will be disappointed )

I believe they won't disappoint me tomorrow

 

[Wyliefan]

Aw, she's so excited!

 

[skatingguy]

Peng, Cheng/Wang, Lei
Coach: Yang Ding
Music: The Storm Driven Sea

3T
3Tw 2
Throw 3Lo
Forward Inside Death Sp 4
Ch Combo Spin 3
Step Sequence 4
3 Lift 4

Okay, that was a good start. That split lift position is awkward enough for most pairs, and yet they felt the need to do so with a bent leg position. It's unfortunate because it's the last element, and she's capable of such nice positions.

65.25 = 1st Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Peng/Wang! My “Great Hope Pair” of this season. Back to Pairs greatness again?

 

[Sally1214]

Great kickoff to the pairs event. Peng/Wang look really happy with that skate and well they should be. Well done!

 

[skatingguy]

Vaanaen, Milania/Clerici, Filippo
Coach: Luca Dematte, Ondrej Hotarek, Rosanna Murante
Music: Bad to the Bone by 2Wei, Bri Bryant

 

[rfisher]

Curious that Peng is only getting a level 2 on the twist. He's not getting her very high and she's not getting a fast rotation. The SBS spins were very nice, however.

 

[Wyliefan]

Sucky element, good element, sucky element, good element ...

 

[skatingguy]

Vaanaen, Milania/Clerici, Filippo
Coach: Luca Dematte, Ondrej Hotarek, Rosanna Murante
Music: Bad to the Bone by 2Wei, Bri Bryant

3Tw 2 - catch a bit on the shoulder
3T
Throw 3Lo - fall
3 Lift 4
Ch Combo Spin - no level given - no value - he missed the catch-foot position
Step Sequence 2
Forward Inside Death Sp 4

New team, and new team issues in this performance.

48.56 = 2nd Place

 

[skatingguy]

Hase, Minerva Fabienne/Volodin, Nikita
Coach: Dmitri Savin, Knut Schubert, Rico Rex
Music: Stay by Rihanna, Mikky Ekko

 

[Sally1214]

Some ups and downs for Melania & Filippo. Not quite as "Bad to the Bone" as they would have liked. Melania looked great in that outfit though.

 

[beckab81]

The lift & twist from H/V were fantastic, I'm really liking this new partnership.

 

[skatingguy]

Hase, Minerva Fabienne/Volodin, Nikita
Coach: Dmitri Savin, Knut Schubert, Rico Rex
Music: Stay by Rihanna, Mikky Ekko

3Tw 3
3S
Throw 3Lo - fall
3 Lift 4
Forward Inside Death Sp 4
Ch Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 3

Aside from the fall on the throw, this was a really good performance. The quality of the elements after such a short time together is really remarkable.

63.59 = 2nd Place

 

[Frau Muller]

H/V of Germany - Both so artistic…their lines!

 

[marbri]

Some really nice elements from the Germans. That music, however, is better for an exhibition as it does nothing to highlight any of your elements.

 

[Colonel Green]

Those first two elements were so, so good.

 

[skatingguy]

Kam, Ellie/O’Shrea, Danny
Coach: Drew Meekins
Music: East of Eden by Lee Holdridge

 

[Sally1214]

Aw...shame about the fall. Otherwise, a nice skate from Minerva and Nikita. At least, we aren't discussing her color of underpants this year.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I missed the announcement of the team skating but heard East of Eden so I knew it was a US team.

There are some warhorses that tend to be country specific

 

[Colonel Green]

Not a good day for throws so far.

 

[Wyliefan]

All these landed jumps! Is that what sacrificing the men got us?

 

[Frau Muller]

K/O…no…

 

[skatingguy]

Kam, Ellie/O’Shrea, Danny
Coach: Drew Meekins
Music: East of Eden by Lee Holdridge

3Tw 2 - poor catch
3Sq - her landing was very tight
Throw 3S - fall
Ch Combo Spin 2
Step Sequence 2
3 Lift 4
Forward Inside Death Sp 4

The elements where they stay on the ice - footwork, spins, death spiral - are very nice. A struggle with anything where she leaves the ice.

55.99 = 3rd Place