2024 Skate America Pairs FS

[lariko]

US will get a great outing in this GP stage with 2 on the podium in 2 disciplines at least.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

6. Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA
A Necessary End by Saltillo, choreo by Sergei Plishkin, Ivan Malafeev

3Tw4 (so high)
3S+2A+SEQ (Luka steps out of the second 2A, Anatasiia opts to not try the third while he does and steps out again)
3T (hand down for Anatasiia)
3FTh
5ALi4 (really amazing upside-down position and exit)
3LoTh
FiDs* (he slips in pivot and has to put a hand down, they drop the whole spiral)
PCoSp4
5RLi3
4Li4
ChSq1 +1.25 (rotational dance lift, spiral from Anastasiia while Luka stays in a pose on the ice)

SP: 68.64 (3rd)
FS: 122.79 (2nd)
TOT: 191.43 (2nd)
soooo close wow, congrats to Elisa and Misha!

Anastasiia has so much taping on her arms... if I recall correctly, she had a lot of injury issues at the end of her partnership with Daniil Parkman so I hope she's okay. This wasn't their strongest skate, mainly due to the SBS jump issues and that weird mistake with the death spiral. This team has so much speed and I think this program could be really effective with a clean skate, especially because those lifts are spectacular, but the mistakes kind of took the wind out of the sails with this one.

 

[4everchan]

Oh my god, what is happening with the spirals?

they are dead

 

[jgg220]

georgians trying to show they are versatile skaters.

They failed on a surprising amount of elements. If that's not versatility, I don't know what it.

 

[FlossieH]

How is their TES almost as high as Efimova/Mitrofanov when there were so many technical errors?

 

[Idiote]

So the program is about death coming to take an elderly man but in the end she decides not to, but somehow he's sad and she's grieving ? Did I get that right ?

Shame about the mistakes, they still have great qualities and it's early in the season.

 

[Dawn825]

I hate whatever story they're trying to to tell, with the shaking and the jump roping...

 

[cocteautwin]

They win the worst costumes and program award. The throws were nice though.

 

[lariko]

they are dead

... both forward and backward...

 

[4everchan]

How is their TES almost as high as Efimova/Mitrofanov when there were so many technical errors?

magic.

 

[Ares]

Efimova's got the hood

 

[Karoltyna]

For some reason they don't impress me. Maybe they are too junior?

 

[jgg220]

A surprise hood reveal/descent into madness has always been my favorite ending pose. I reenact it regularly when I'm at the grocery store.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Wrong pair ;-)

I was confused too. Misha M I’ve always found to have beautiful DS technique

 

[lariko]

Ah, Eteri's stone-cold gaze. Just what we need.

 

[elektra blue]

i might do that make up next time i go out even though i'm not fond of silver eye shadow

 

[4everchan]

For some reason they don't impress me. Maybe they are too junior?

i heard they will compete a junior worlds again this year

 

[FlossieH]

Efimova's got the hood

I think you mean Metelkina, not Efimova?

 

[FlossieH]

Eteri won't even look at them.

 

[TT_Fin]

ET score.