2023 NHK Trophy Pairs Free Skate

[LadyB]

GP Finalists looks like

Stellato/Deschamps 30 points
Hase/Volodin 28
Pereira/Michaud 28
Conti/Macii 26
Hocke/Kunkel 24
Ghilardi/Ambrosini 24

Alternate 1: Pavlova/Viatchenko 24 points
Alternate 2: Beccari/Guairse 24
Alternate 3: Peng/Wang 20

Oh yeah, I'll keep forgetting P/M - just because I haven't seen all the international comps. Ah well, P/S have lots of time.
At least, one Russian skater in one Klimov Team in the first group

 

[4everchan]

Two of these teams scored above 200, the rest above 190 this season. Definitely will be very interesting how this will play out.
Calling it now, sbs jumps will be the deciding factor.

in this group, PM have the best SBS jumps but could lose points on lifts.

 

[4everchan]

Oh yeah, I'll keep forgetting P/M - just because I haven't seen all the international comps. Ah well, P/S have lots of time.
At least, one Russian skater in one Klimov Team in the first group

trennt is very hard to forget if you want my take on this.

 

[LadyB]

trennt is very hard to forget if you want my take on this.

Taste is individual. He's a lovely lad, I've met him and even spoke to him and still...

 

[4everchan]

Taste is individual. He's a lovely lad, I've met him and even spoke to him and still...

i guess i am just very generous and inclusive.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Interesting the pairs are getting their Victory ceremony right away! The dancers had to wait until after the women's free.

The winners still get a Trophy right?

 

[EdgeCall]

The kimonos are a treat for the eyes.

 

[LadyB]

i guess i am just very generous and inclusive.

When it comes to skaters I also feel very generous and inclusive and ready to open my...'heart'...to many, sadly he's not even on my subs bench.
Good news: He's all yours.

 

[anonymoose_au]

O...
M...
G...

Forget the medals and the trophies.

THEY GET DOMOKUNS!!!! I want a Domokun!

 

[anonymoose_au]

A Mexican Wave!

Japanese fans are the best.

They should all get Domokuns too

 

[Dreamer57]

Can I award G/GM a pewter medal?
Their score would have been high enough to win Skate America!

Congratulations to MiNiki on two GP wins in a row!!

 

[withwings]

GP Finalists looks like

Stellato/Deschamps 30 points
Hase/Volodin 28
Pereira/Michaud 28
Conti/Macii 26
Hocke/Kunkel 24
Ghilardi/Ambrosini 24

Alternate 1: Pavlova/Viatchenko 24 points
Alternate 2: Beccari/Guairse 24
Alternate 3: Peng/Wang 20

Is not Hase Voodin having 30 points, not 28??

 

[withwings]

These costumes really aren't it. Not only do they not match each other, but they also kind of look cheap? Like, I just feel that if I touched the fabric. it would be that kind of cheap-feeling fabric my mother would always tell me not to purchase because it wouldn't hold up well with wear

Though maybe it's also the colour that makes me think that, or the kind of juvenile feel about it.

perhaps they interpreted The Umbrellas of Cherbourg... literally / and ...creatively... he "run to the date" choosing what is the best in his closet and she did the same...so costumes obviously are not matched...in that case I give them 10 out of 10