2022 Olympics Team Event Day3: Pairs Free Skate

[s_parks]

Jeez, I'm really questioning the decision to have M/G do both segments...would not want to skate both if I were a top contender for the main event.

 

[NAOTMAA]

I don't want you to eat your socks, And it COULD happen, But only If Karen Chen comes in dead last to Kaori's 2nd,
And Chock and Bates come in third behind the Russians and Canadians, Any other scenarios and the US wins,
Either by points or on a tie breaker since Japan has no 1st places yet

Actually Japan won yesterday's men's event but the U.S. has two so they beat them there

 

[Seven Sisters]

Canada should send Lajoie and Lagha and mix things up

I vote for FB/S! Now that they changed their FD music, they have my full support

 

[CoyoteChris]

Good news is that dance is next. And we're definitely better in dance.

After Karen and Vince and Alexa, I dont want to jinx anyone....

 

[ffloweer]

A pretty great first group, and a weird last group. I really hope M/G are ok! Everyone was a little off in the second group, it made for some unexpected results. I hope they can all show us better skates in the individual event.

 

[saturdaysun]

Please see my post in the IJS reform thread, with at least 1 major error there should be no PCS marks over 9, M/G (whom I do like) have 4 of 5 over 9

It looks like under current rules they shoudl not be getting above 8.75 in PE and TN, yet they're both over 9. Whey even bother having rules and judges at all???

 

[Jasira]

Jeez, I'm really questioning the decision to have M/G do both segments...would not want to skate both if I were a top contender for the main event.

There wouldn´t have been any harm for Russia, if T/M or B/K have skated in pairs. I hope that decision won´t hurt M/G in the individual event.

 

[*~RussianBleux~*]

They had a mishap in one of the lifts. It was going well, but had to exit early and messily.

Oh my God!!! Thank God everyone is ok.

 

[anonymoose_au]

he was a pairs skater.. he is very knowledgeable seriously... you don't have to agree with him. That death spiral position is not making many friends you know

Still he doesn't have to be a complete a-hole, it's nasty and there's no reason for it.

Every other commentator mentioned how difficult it is to do. How dare he trash P/J for doing the hardest content they can.

And I don't care to make friends with those who think that sort of commentary is amusing or acceptable.

 

[moonkat]

I knew it would be extremely close!

After Karen and Vince and Alexa, I dont want to jinx anyone....

as long as japan is getting a 6 in dance

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

M/G were underwhelming and exceedingly slow. Their program is boring, and they experienced a fall which should have dropped their score more than it did. They also don't deserve the PCS they got. J/R were underscored. M/K were so-so. K/F faltered, and they can't afford the types of mistakes Alexa made.

I would have preferred seeing Ash/Timothy in the fp. With what I saw here tonight, A&T at their best could have come in second, at least. What a complete downer.

 

[4everchan]

Still he doesn't have to be a complete a-hole, it's nasty and there's no reason for it.

Every other commentator mentioned how difficult it is to do. How dare he trash P/J for doing the hardest content they can.

And I don't care to make friends with those who think that sort of commentary is amusing or acceptable.

he also mentioned how hard it is... as i said in the original post. He said it is extremely difficult, and very rarely used.

 

[draqq]

Jeez, I'm really questioning the decision to have M/G do both segments...would not want to skate both if I were a top contender for the main event.

Same here. They were beaten by Sui/Han in the short and then had struggles and a fall on a lift. Their momentum has effectively been stalled now, providing a huge window for Sui/Han to step through with the gold.

 

[museksk8r]

When they got from the ice, he was holding his arm. I hope it´s nothing serious. He already has this injury on his left wrist.

I am so thankful the individual pairs event is the last of the individual events to give them more recovery time.

 

[xesmeraude]

Omg, I didn’t read anything here and saw the M/G fall spoiler-free and was shocked. Hoping they are healthy and doesn’t shake them up for individual event.

So math-wise, as long as USA beats Japan by 2 spots in Ice Dance, Karen can come in 4th and still USA gets silver?

 

[Mista Ekko]

Actually Japan won yesterday's men's event but the U.S. has two so they beat them there

Oh right, Forgot about that one

 

[chooey]

Oh boy, I´m so sad right now. I never saw anything like that from M/G. I really hope they are ok. But Sasha looked totally in shock in the kiss and cry.

I watched the replay and he looked a bit off today. His jumps, spins, and spirals are not like usual

 

[Jasira]

Same here. They were beaten by Sui/Han in the short and then had struggles and a fall on a lift. Their momentum has effectively been stalled now, providing a huge window for Sui/Han to step through with the gold.

Well the SP was actually a good result for them. They were only 0.2 points behind S/H. At the world championships it were 4 points.

 

[Axel Rose]

Jeez, I'm really questioning the decision to have M/G do both segments...would not want to skate both if I were a top contender for the main event.

I thought it was a good decision. The pairs event is last and given their past results, they deserve to skate both segments if they want to.

But now with the fall, I wonder if it will shake their confidence. His especially. She was acting playfully that she made an error (the commentator on my stream said it was his error) and looks like she will be fine mentally, but he looked discouraged, a bit in shock.

Time to sprinkle that Moskvina magic.

 

[Blades of Passion]

That was just about the ugliest death spiral ever. No team should be given a move that ridiculous, especially a lovely pair like Peng/Jin.