Worlds 2024 Pairs SP: ‘Poutine on the Twist’

[Amy L]

When I think I'm old, I remember that Deanna is older than me. Deanna, skate longer!

I am older than Deanna Though I did appreciate that Zoe Jones skated for as long as she did because she was the last competitive skater that was older than me.

 

[Hanna]

Yay Italian exes!

They are exes now? I am so out of the loop.

 

[marbri]

What a great competition today!

 

[Amy L]

Russian pairs? Who needs them...

There were plenty of Russian pair skaters here! Even Eteri was here for cryin out loud.

 

[Wyliefan]

That was a well-skated pairs event, and that's not something you can say every time! I hope Beccari/Guarise can move up some in the free, but even as it is, the Italians are on track to earn that third spot. Fingers crossed.

 

[overedge]

I am older than Deanna Though I did appreciate that Zoe Jones skated for as long as she did because she was the last competitive skater that was older than me.

Zoe Jones is a total role model for all skaters. She retired from elite skating, kept competing in adult events, and then went back to elite skating. So inspiring (and also a very nice person).

 

[Hanna]

That's their FS, isn't it?

No, that's Cinema Paradiso. The SP was Cavalleria Rusticana earlier this season but I guess they changed it.

 

[Amy L]

I'm correct in my top 5 so far. But I'm a jinx so RIP pairs skating.

 

[slicekw]

As usual, I found Mark Hanretty adorable to listen to. I like Tonia Kwiatkowski paired up with him, as I always found her to be great for just knowing what skaters are doing. I only caught the last 1/3, but fun. Glad it was a pretty clean skate!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Watching the last group back in replay. I’m working now. Wow has pairs ever been so good in the last 15 years ever?

PAIRSSSS IS AMAAZINGGGGGGG

 

[Amy L]

No, that's Cinema Paradiso. The SP was Cavalleria Rusticana earlier this season but I guess they changed it.

Now Mark can't say that the SP music was what Niccolo's grandfather danced to at his wedding. His self-budding sea fern of a grandfather.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I think I would have conti and Macci in second

 

[Sylvia]

Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Q​	Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS	CAN	77.48​	42.05​		35.43​	8.89​	8.96​	8.79​	0.00​	#23​
2​	Q​	Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN	73.53​	39.30​		34.23​	8.64​	8.46​	8.64​	0.00​	#22​
3​	Q​	Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII	ITA	72.88​	39.24​		33.64​	8.43​	8.50​	8.36​	0.00​	#24​
4​	Q​	Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN	GER	72.10​	39.21​		32.89​	8.14​	8.29​	8.29​	0.00​	#14​
5​	Q​	Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA	GEO	72.02​	40.05​		31.97​	8.04​	8.04​	7.96​	0.00​	#10​
6​	Q​	Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO	HUN	68.01​	37.70​		30.31​	7.61​	7.50​	7.68​	0.00​	#19​
7​	Q​	Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL	GER	67.64​	36.49​		31.15​	7.75​	7.96​	7.71​	0.00​	#21​
8​	Q​	Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE	ITA	66.12​	35.11​		31.01​	7.79​	7.71​	7.82​	0.00​	#17​
9​	Q​	Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD	CAN	64.83​	34.39​		30.44​	7.64​	7.64​	7.61​	0.00​	#15​
10​	Q​	Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA	USA	64.44​	34.85​		30.59​	7.75​	7.61​	7.64​	1.00​	#11​
11​	Q​	Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE	AUS	63.35​	34.22​		29.13​	7.36​	7.11​	7.43​	0.00​	#16​
12​	Q​	Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE	USA	62.86​	32.22​		30.64​	7.61​	7.68​	7.75​	0.00​	#18​
13​	Q​	Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ	USA	61.64​	33.42​		29.22​	7.43​	7.25​	7.29​	1.00​	#20​
14​	Q​	Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER	CAN	60.18​	31.77​		28.41​	7.04​	7.21​	7.11​	0.00​	#12​
15​	Q​	Cheng PENG / Lei WANG	CHN	59.50​	31.01​		28.49​	7.21​	7.00​	7.21​	0.00​	#8​
16​	Q​	Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI	UKR	59.34​	33.64​		25.70​	6.39​	6.50​	6.43​	0.00​	#3​
17​	Q​	Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA	NED	59.07​	33.69​		26.38​	6.54​	6.50​	6.79​	1.00​	#13​
18​	Q​	Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK	POL	56.24​	31.15​		25.09​	6.29​	6.25​	6.32​	0.00​	#2​
19​	Q​	Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI	FIN	55.40​	30.65​		24.75​	6.14​	6.14​	6.32​	0.00​	#6​
20​	Q​	Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY	GBR	54.69​	28.75​		25.94​	6.54​	6.39​	6.57​	0.00​	#9​
21​	​	Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN	PHI	49.70​	27.39​		23.31​	5.89​	5.82​	5.82​	1.00​	#5​
22​	​	Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR	AUT	49.54​	26.84​		23.70​	5.96​	5.82​	6.04​	1.00​	#4​
23​	​	Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD	SWE	49.05​	26.87​		23.18​	5.96​	5.68​	5.79​	1.00​	#7​
24​	​	Federica SIMIOLI / Alessandro ZARBO	CZE	46.84​	25.42​		22.42​	5.68​	5.50​	5.68​	1.00​	#1​

 

[Sally1214]

Late with my reactions because hubby was here watching the final 3 couples with me. But, WOOOOWWWW!!!! I'm over the moon for Deanna and Max!! They simply could NOT have skated that any better! Their reactions, along with those of their coaches and the AUDIENCE at the end was phenomenal. A moment they will NEVER forget.

Riku and Ryuichi were WAY better than I was expecting, given his prolonged back injury this season. Their SPEED was even blasting through the computer screen (and it's often hard to tell the difference in speed when you're not seeing it live). They were very happy with their marks too and well they should be.

And, Sara and Niccolo also were awesome .... and, also, elated with their score. What a DIFFICULT spot for them to draw in the skating order. Good for them to hold it all together and skate so well.

WHAT A FABULOUS START TO WORLDS this pairs SP has been.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Just realized that Stellato means “starry” and Deanna embodied her name in this comp!

 

[jenny12]

Can’t be said enough what an inspiration Deanna is to me! Brilliant at any age

 

[~tapdancer~]

What a glorious pairs event! To see so many clean skates and honestly, every pair can be proud of what they did even with a few mistakes here and there. I loved them all. So very happy for Deanna and Max, the pressure must have been enormous. Chan and Howe can be celebrated for their comeback, not perfect but so nice to see them back. I was also proud of K/O and P/F, despite a mistake both teams were beautiful. One of my faves P/M, from Canada also had a gorgeous skate today and I am looking forward to their FS.

 

[PRlady]

The Japanese program should be way behind the Italians and Germans in composition. But their undeniable skating skills keep them up there.

I want H/V to medal because they’re the most elegant skaters out there but I’m done with any arrangement of the top four.

 

[overedge]

Protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Q​	Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS	CAN	77.48​	42.05​		35.43​	8.89​	8.96​	8.79​	0.00​	#23​
2​	Q​	Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN	73.53​	39.30​		34.23​	8.64​	8.46​	8.64​	0.00​	#22​
3​	Q​	Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII	ITA	72.88​	39.24​		33.64​	8.43​	8.50​	8.36​	0.00​	#24​
4​	Q​	Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN	GER	72.10​	39.21​		32.89​	8.14​	8.29​	8.29​	0.00​	#14​
5​	Q​	Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA	GEO	72.02​	40.05​		31.97​	8.04​	8.04​	7.96​	0.00​	#10​
6​	Q​	Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO	HUN	68.01​	37.70​		30.31​	7.61​	7.50​	7.68​	0.00​	#19​
7​	Q​	Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL	GER	67.64​	36.49​		31.15​	7.75​	7.96​	7.71​	0.00​	#21​
8​	Q​	Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE	ITA	66.12​	35.11​		31.01​	7.79​	7.71​	7.82​	0.00​	#17​
9​	Q​	Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD	CAN	64.83​	34.39​		30.44​	7.64​	7.64​	7.61​	0.00​	#15​
10​	Q​	Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA	USA	64.44​	34.85​		30.59​	7.75​	7.61​	7.64​	1.00​	#11​
11​	Q​	Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE	AUS	63.35​	34.22​		29.13​	7.36​	7.11​	7.43​	0.00​	#16​
12​	Q​	Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE	USA	62.86​	32.22​		30.64​	7.61​	7.68​	7.75​	0.00​	#18​
13​	Q​	Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ	USA	61.64​	33.42​		29.22​	7.43​	7.25​	7.29​	1.00​	#20​
14​	Q​	Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER	CAN	60.18​	31.77​		28.41​	7.04​	7.21​	7.11​	0.00​	#12​
15​	Q​	Cheng PENG / Lei WANG	CHN	59.50​	31.01​		28.49​	7.21​	7.00​	7.21​	0.00​	#8​
16​	Q​	Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI	UKR	59.34​	33.64​		25.70​	6.39​	6.50​	6.43​	0.00​	#3​
17​	Q​	Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA	NED	59.07​	33.69​		26.38​	6.54​	6.50​	6.79​	1.00​	#13​
18​	Q​	Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK	POL	56.24​	31.15​		25.09​	6.29​	6.25​	6.32​	0.00​	#2​
19​	Q​	Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI	FIN	55.40​	30.65​		24.75​	6.14​	6.14​	6.32​	0.00​	#6​
20​	Q​	Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY	GBR	54.69​	28.75​		25.94​	6.54​	6.39​	6.57​	0.00​	#9​
21​	​	Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN	PHI	49.70​	27.39​		23.31​	5.89​	5.82​	5.82​	1.00​	#5​
22​	​	Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR	AUT	49.54​	26.84​		23.70​	5.96​	5.82​	6.04​	1.00​	#4​
23​	​	Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD	SWE	49.05​	26.87​		23.18​	5.96​	5.68​	5.79​	1.00​	#7​
24​	​	Federica SIMIOLI / Alessandro ZARBO	CZE	46.84​	25.42​		22.42​	5.68​	5.50​	5.68​	1.00​	#1​

From the protocols you would get the idea that Deanna and Max's program was all technique and minimal interpretation/performance. Not at all. They deserved higher PCS.

 

[tony]

From the protocols you would get the idea that Deanna and Max's program was all technique and minimal interpretation/performance. Not at all. They deserved higher PCS.

How does one come to the conclusion that they thought it was all technical when the PCS are nearly at 9?

 

[Frau Muller]

Due to work schedule, I’ll be watching most of this tonight, after the Women SPs. Very happy with the results…and hope that S-D/D can hang on to 1st. I’d love to see H/V pull up to a medal. Saddened by the Chinese being only 15th…must have fallen or flubbed in some other way.

 

[~tapdancer~]

Sounds like Voulez-Vous got replaced by Black Betty, unless I fell asleep and missed it...

Yes! I was a hard-core ABBA fan and that was not Voulez-Vous. It was Black Betty.

 

[Private Citizen]

Happy for Stellato but disappointed to see the judges trying to give them a win on the short program alone. Unpopular opinion: I’d have had Conti and Macii first and the top five within a point or two of each other.

 

[Karen-W]

Happy for Stellato but disappointed to see the judges trying to give them a win on the short program alone. Unpopular opinion: I’d have had Conti and Macii first and the top five within a point or two of each other.

I think SDDes score was as excessively high this year as MiuKih's SP score last year was. I don't know that I'd have ConMac in 1st but I'd have had them closer to SDDes and 2nd overall.

 

[TAHbKA]

Think the judges are signing that the gold stays in Canada,Japan takes the silver, the bronze is for grabbing and Hungary has no chance even if all the teams above skate like Zambonies. I tend to almost agree - would give Japan a chance for gold and kick Georgia out of the medal contenders.

 

[Karen-W]

Think the judges are signing that the gold stays in Canada,Japan takes the silver, the bronze is for grabbing and Hungary has no chance even if all the teams above skate like Zambonies. I tend to almost agree - would give Japan a chance for gold and kick Georgia out of the medal contenders.

PCS tells me that Georgia has no chance at a medal if the others are clean. They need help from at least two teams ahead of them.

 

[her grace]

I don't know what's worse, MiuKih skating to Switchfoot or that it's the String Quartet version of Switchfoot.

Didn’t a Canadian pair skate to instrumental Switchfoot several years ago—maybe Kirkland/Radford?

 

[caseyedwards]

How does one come to the conclusion that they thought it was all technical when the PCS are nearly at 9?

9 is the new 5

 

[Skate Talker]

Didn’t a Canadian pair skate to instrumental Switchfoot several years ago—maybe Kirkland/Radford?

lol if it was Kirkland/Radford that would be more like several decades than several years.

 

[Jay42]

Didn’t a Canadian pair skate to instrumental Switchfoot several years ago—maybe Kirkland/Radford?

Quite honestly I have no idea. I don't remember Kirkland/Radford being a team. If they were in the mid-2000's I kind of wasn't paying a lot of attention outside of ice dance and the top women/Joannie Rochette for at least one Olympic cycle.