2024 European Championships Pairs Free Skate

[LadyB]

I still find this programme for them gorgeous.

 

[elektra blue]

that's more like it!

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Yay

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Not bad at all, but my predictions game expected more

 

[EdgeCall]

Little rough takeoff, but then they gained speed. Very nicely done.

Maybe it't just the hall acoustics but (vocals aside) this version of Cinema Paradiso doesn't sound very favourable to me.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Ach. I forgot it was this version of "Wicked Game"

Mmmm. Not sure whether Martin actually caught Barbora on the opening throw or whether she landed herself.

The sequence of jumps was good.

Barbora fell on Triple Salchow. Martin's was good, though.

Throw Triple Flip looked good to me, but Chris thought it was double landed.

Didn't have the best shot to see Barbora in the Throw Triple Salchow. Too far away from the camera.

I've just talked about the jumps and throws, but everything else they did was lovely.

They didn't really look very happy coming off the ice.

They smiled while showing off their jackets after we came back from the replays. But otherwise, they look very nervous.

Into 2nd in the FS, and 1st overall.

No, they're not happy. Particularly Martin. They force smiles for the photo with Daddy Březina and Ondřej Hotárek.

Come on. It's a new absolute PB for the Free Skate, and you've maintained your lead overall (and you'll net gain a position compared to the SP because of the withdrawal of my other kids).

WELL DONE BARBORA AND MARTIN!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[LadyB]

True, but they are the defending champions. Redemption alone wouldn't satisfy them, methinks.

Forgot about that yesterday briefly...

 

[ana]

Sara/Niccolo much better than yesterday.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

I was robbed of my chair by my cat, so I've had to relocate

 

[Jumping_Bean]

As she should be, no?

 

[elektra blue]

they're kind of surviving...

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

That lift almost got away from him

 

[bartlebooth]

All the lifts were scary, especially the last one, but they did a fairly good job!

 

[Budapest2006]

Hi everyone, I'm sorry if I'm a little bit off-topic, do Kovalev/Kovalev still bring points for France for next year's european quotas with their withdrawal ? I only found the case of a top 10 placing in sp, but not for a 15th place.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Not their worst Free, probably not their best, but also not too far away from it. They struggle with consistency and stamina, and that usually comes out a bit in their Free.

Nice to see them get two good twists done in one competition though, that used to be their weakest program by far

 

[norwegianfairytale]

@TT_Fin here is the clip from what happen in the warm up, that was actually very scary, I did not watch so closely

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Hi everyone, I'm sorry if I'm a little bit off-topic, do Kovalev/Kovalev still bring points for France for next year's european quotas with their withdrawal ? I only found the case of a top 10 placing in sp, but not for a 15th place.

Sadly not, otherwise France would keep 2 quotas for next year

 

[Zora]

That's quite a huge audience, considering it's Thursday, pairs event and Europeans

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I thought the Barbora skating her was the same Barbora skating in the womens SP today

Don't worry, I've made that mistake more than a few times when looking at entry lists since I found out Barbora and Martin were partnering up. And I've adopted them!

Nothing against Kucianova but I preferred Bidar with his former partner. They were perfect together.

Which one? He's had a few since splitting with original partner Anna Duskova.

Assuming it is Liza Zhuk, yeah, I liked them. But, logistics became a problem last season because of outside events.

At least with Barbora, they are from the same town. They're a pair of Budweisers.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[elektra blue]

bite this program!