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

[Sally1214]

I really like Kam/O'Shea. Shame about the fall on the throw ... that had to hurt!! LOVE their costumes.

 

[Lizziebeth]

what is it with the close ups during the replays. Show their feet!!!

 

[victorskid]

SP results after the first of 2 groups

1​	Cheng PENG / Lei WANG	CHN	65.25​	35.62​		29.63​	7.46​	7.36​	7.46​	0.00​	#1​
2​	Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN	GER	63.59​	34.47​		30.12​	7.57​	7.50​	7.57​	1.00​	#3​
3​	Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA	USA	55.99​	27.93​		29.06​	7.39​	7.21​	7.25​	1.00​	#4​
4​	Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI	FIN	48.56​	24.38​		25.18​	6.36​	6.21​	6.36​	1.00​	#2​

 

[Primorskaya]

what is it with the close ups during the replays. Show their feet!!!

We might be stuck with an "artistic" camera person like at GPF...

 

[Sally1214]

Okay, so the Kovalevs are still married. Good to know. Now, GO, BROOKE & BEN!!

 

[skatingguy]

McIntosh, Brooke/Mimar, Benjamin
Coach: Andrew Evans, Dmitri Savin, Bruno Marcotte
Music: Oh! Darling by The Beatles

 

[Kateri]

Oh shit, Beatles? I had to miss the first group, so I better catch up quick before the stream vanishes!

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

It's early in the morning so I need a math check. Is she really 18? She seems so much younger. She comes across as more Junior skater moved up to Senior

 

[Colonel Green]

At last, another team lands the throw, but had to fall on the jump before to do it.

 

[Wyliefan]

"I'll never do you no harm" is a good lyric to be lifted by.

 

[skatingguy]

McIntosh, Brooke/Mimar, Benjamin
Coach: Andrew Evans, Dmitri Savin, Bruno Marcotte
Music: Oh! Darling by The Beatles

3Tw 4
3Tq - he fell
Throw 3Lo
Step Sequence 3
3 Lift 4
Forward Inside Death Sp 3
Ch Combo Spin 4 - some timing issues

Good skate - too bad about his toeloop - seems like they're building their confidence after some struggles at the end of last season.

56.61 = 3rd Place

 

[Desperado]

Oh shit, Beatles? I had to miss the first group, so I better catch up quick before the stream vanishes!

ISU streams don’t vanish, don’t worry.

 

[Primorskaya]

I got confused and thought I was watching ice dance there, looked like a twizzle sequence!
I wasn't missing that gynaecological lift position but they look safe doing it and they're quite pleasant to watch, if a bit stiff.

 

[Colonel Green]

This is the best program Brooke has ever had.

 

[Wyliefan]

My dad wandered in earlier when Kam was standing on O'Shea's legs, and he winced so hard you could almost hear it. We get so used to this stuff, we forget not everyone is.

 

[skatingguy]

Pavlova, Maria/Sviatchenko
Coach: Dmitri Savin, Fedor Klimov, Sofia Evdokimova
Music: Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

 

[Desperado]

Brooke is projecting more and I like her presence now. I always love her dress colour, but the wedgie situation could definitely be improved.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh Ben, why did you have to fall. ☹ That throw 3lp was a beauty though.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Really nice throw 3lo!

Brooke isn't really a natural performer, but I do see her making some progress at bringing more personality to this program.

 

[Kateri]

ISU streams don’t vanish, don’t worry.

They do when people skate to Beatles songs!

 

[thvu]

That was as much a struggle for us to watch as it was for Mimar to skate.

 

[her grace]

"I'll never do you no harm" is a good lyric to be lifted by.

Wouldn’t the double negative make it mean that he will harm her?

 

[Colonel Green]

The first part of this program is inexcusably lame.

 

[Desperado]

They do when people skate to Beatles songs!

I forgot about that, but I think it just get muted as I usually watch most of the ISU streams on replay.

 

[Wyliefan]

This music is too quiet and whispery for skating.

 

[Kateri]

I forgot about that, but I think it just get muted as I usually watch most of the ISU streams on replay.

I lost access to the whole archived live stream last time that Beatles short programme played, but I guess I could watch the rest in the single vids.

 

[Primorskaya]

Are they slow as molasses stuck in the mud or is it me?
The lack of synch on those spins is artistic in itself.

I can hear Mark trying to think of something good to say

 

[skatingguy]

Pavlova, Maria/Sviatchenko
Coach: Dmitri Savin, Fedor Klimov, Sofia Evdokimova
Music: Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

3Tw 4
3T
Throw 3F - didn't check the landing - 3-turn exit
3 Lift 4
Step Sequence 3
Forward Inside Death Sp 4
Ch Combo Spin 4 - timing issues

This is a strange program. They start with a slow cover while they're skating fast, and then when they get to the slower step sequence they use the much faster original version. Freddie Mercury's voice is underused.

61.53 = 3rd Place

 

[Frau Muller]

Hungarians did NOT bite the dust! Well done.

 

[skatingguy]

Kovalev, Camille/Kovalev, Pavel
Coach: Laurent Depouilly
Music: The Feeling Begins, Prince of Persia