2021 Worlds: Pairs Short Program

[flanker]

Ouch, not good for Italians.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Aljona says Z/K should have scored more than americans, and that they got lowballed!

Thought the same, but I might be biased here.

 

[rollerblade]

I knew it! I knew the ladies drama will leak into the pairs bubble.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

This cover is a nope for me.

 

[ancientpeas]

BTW.. this is your reminder not to google Matteo.

 

[Colonel Green]

Italy is having the second-worst day for a country, after France.

 

[Supernovaimplosion]

I knew it! I knew the ladies drama will leak into the pairs bubble.

Don't jinx the last group!

 

[Anni234]

my goodness, I'm using headphones and am too far to turn the sound off, this is hurting my ears

 

[cheerknithanson]

BTW.. this is your reminder not to google Matteo.

????

 

[lariko]

Argh, I guess even pairs can’t be without heartbreaks today. Aww... that fall and doubled S...

 

[Seven Sisters]

Aljona says Z/K should have scored more than americans, and that they got lowballed!

I would love to be able to hear Aljona’s commentary—I’m sure it would be such an interesting take on things!

 

[ancientpeas]

????

you've been warned..

 

[Winnie_20]

Italy is having the second-worst day for a country, after France.

In this case the team kinda has itself to blame, though. Skating to something this horrid is just asking for trouble...

 

[Ichatdelune]

Not their best skate

 

[invisiblespiral]

Due to my hatred of their music, I skipped over D-M/G...

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

Oh no Nicole and Matteo
This season really hasn't been kind to them, I hope they rebound in the free and next season.

 

[SNAKSuyun]

If I see judges giving the Russian higher pcs than Sui/Han I'm gonna **** them. They are the supremacy of pairs figure skating. They define quality.

For some reason I feel like it's so much harder a lot of the time to be fully immersed in a pairs performance - I look at a lot of other pairs, even veterans and talented teams in final groups, and I just feel like they're skating first and emoting second. There's more hesitation, stiffening up/slowing down to prepare for elements, etc, that just take me out of the flow. (And before you say it's b/c of Chinese bias I don't get taken out of the immersion nearly as much in other disciplines - most elite singles and dance skaters for example don't have this problem for me, even those with less impressive SS.) One reason I find Sui/Han so good is because for me there's never a question that they're artists first. Even if they fall on all their elements they're committed to the performance and the emotions they want to convey (even if said emotions may not be every viewer's cup of tea).

 

[LadyB]

This cover is a nope for me.

Covers should be banned.

 

[sequinsgalore]

20 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)

Music: Let It Be ("Across the Universe" soundtrack) by Timothy T. Mitchum, Carol Woods

Both in pink/grey ombre jump suits

2S - she pop, he did 3S
3Tw3
3LoTh - fall
3Li3
StSq3
FiDs4
FCCoSp4

Rough skate for her, not what they are capable of

SP: 28.98+31.97-1.00 = 59.95, 7/20

 

[rollerblade]

Instead of capes, the Italians have bibs. Sorry elektra, their costumes are hideous.