2026 Olympics: Free Dance

[ramurphy2005]

Deduction? Was a lift too long?

That's my best guess before we see the protocols.

 

[labgoat]

Julia & Mattias show us how complex dancing in hold can be.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Deduction? Was a lift too long?

Yeah that is what my commentators said. The combination lift

 

[bartlebooth]

Matthias has good language skills, he can speak almost native level French (his father is from Switzerland), Swedish, he has attended to Swedish speaking school system here in Finland and of course he speaks fluent Finnish and I suppose he has skills in English, too. This was told in some interview once.

I'm green with envy. Let's organise a language show off between him and Alisa Efimova.

 

[freedomlover]

Posture and carriage matter so much

 

[Artemisa]

Sorry but seeing someone skate to the perfum makes me a little mad .. whne Gummenik couldn't

 

[freedomlover]

those were perfectly timed twizzles

 

[Paulipau]

Yea I don't know for me Christina is just not very good, he is always just a bit deeper on the edge, just a bit sharper with the movement. I hope she can improve.

 

[museksk8r]

Anthony almost slips, yikes!

 

[labgoat]

Sorry but seeing someone skate to the perfum makes me a little mad .. whne Gummenik couldn't

I am confused how this is possible?

 

[freedomlover]

that was very good!

 

[Sabsi]

What a lovely performance from Christina & Anthony, and that dress is just
It’s wonderful to see them on Olympic ice.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

11. Christina CARREIRA & Anthony PONOMARENKO USA
FD: “The Girl With The Plums" (from "Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer"); "Strictly Taboo" by Audiomachine, La Belle Époque, Deceit And Betrayal by Audiomachine, La Belle Époque; "Meeting Laura" (from "Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer"); choreo by Scott Moir, Madison Hubbell, Adrian Diaz, Marie-France Dubreuil

OFTW3+OFTM3
DSp4
SlLi4
ChSt1 +2.49
SyTwW4+SyTwM4
CiStW3+CiStM2
CuLi4
RoLi4
ChAJ1 +2.49
ChSl1 +2.70

RD: 78.15 (11th)
FD: 119.47 (1st) SB
TOT: 197.62 (1st) SB

This program is so much better than the Notre Dame program they had earlier in the season, and Christina and Anthony look like a completely different team with this material compared to the previous program and even somewhat with their RD. The musicality of the twizzles and the transitions in this program are fantastic, the elements all flow together wonderfully. Their step sequences were a teensy bit flat tonight but otherwise this was wonderfully skated, I loved the intensity from Anthony.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Ooh some fine twizzles

Anthony does need to step to Christina's level though, look my man once you used to be the 'better one' why have you not had a glow-up like Christina

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Sorry but seeing someone skate to the perfum makes me a little mad .. whne Gummenik couldn't

AND IN MATCHING COSTUMES TOO!!!

 

[cocteautwin]

That was very cinematic from CPom, well done

 

[bramweld]

The scores were too close to distinguish between D/S and the Finish Team.

 

[Jeanie19]

Christina/Anthony. Good outfits for a wonderful program. Really good skate.

 

[museksk8r]

I would like their interpretation to tell more of the story. If I didn’t know what this music and story was about, I wouldn’t have easily been able to tell from the interpretation. They need to commit more to the character. He gave face at the end, but I was missing that during the dance.

 

[tulosai]

That was nice but a little flat for me tonight. Can't quite put my finger on why.