2026 Olympics: Pairs' Free Skate

[rollerblade]

Sorry, it's been a while. Forgot how to attach images with proper sizing on here.

 

[dorispulaski]

I guess it's a blueberry pierogi!

Blueberry Pierogi

Blueberry pierogi are a delicious sweet kind of pierogi filled with blueberries. These traditional pierogi are a must-try in summer!

www.everyday-delicious.com

 

[rollerblade]

The Polish team had that pierogi plush in the K&C, but the smiling version. And now I want one, and also the food.

 

[TontoK]

This event has the potential to be very exciting, with lots of movement in the standings.

Excepting the Germans, they're pretty close in points even down to 10th place or so, and they all have essentially the same elements. Someone lower in the ranks could skate an absolute clean blinder, and ride that to a medal. Or at least to a much higher placement.

 

[Spiralgraph]

^^^ Yep, that could happen. I'm afraid to predict the outcome. This event could be volatile. I'll keep my wishes short. That all the teams from North America skate their absolute best.

 

[Nathan13]

Does anyone else score along with the competitions? I keep detailed spreadsheets of every competition lol but I was surprised at the rankings I ended up with yesterday. I had Sui and Han in second somehow.

 

[Tutto]

Can I make a wish? Please less drama - I think we had just enough of that from men comp to last till 2030

 

[TontoK]

^^^ Yep, that could happen. I'm afraid to predict the outcome. This event could be volatile. I'll keep my wishes short. That all the teams from North America skate their absolute best.

My wish is that Minerva and Niki hold on to earn the win. I think they're a beautiful pair. I've been a fan of their brand of skating, particularly in the last year.

As you say, this could be volatile. Fingers crossed for everyone, but especially them.

 

[saine]

Lighting my candles for Lia/Trennt and Deanna/Max. I hope that they can have skaters that they're proud of. It'll be a good experience for Lia and Trennt to build on, and they can see they can get into that final group of skaters in the short. And Deanna and Max may not have had the short they wanted, but getting here in itself is a victory.

 

[Lyssa]

38 skaters from 14 ISU Members have been entered for the Olympic Games 2026

Ages of the skaters

Men
Older:
- Danny O’Shea USA - 35 years
- Maxime Deschamps CAN - 34 years & 1 month
- Pavel Kovalev FRA - 34 years & 1 month

Average Age: 28,5 years

Younger:
- Sumitada Moriguchi JPN - 24 years & 1 month
- Hektor Giotopoulos Moore AUS - 23 years & 7 months
- Luka Berulava GEO - 23 years & 2 months


Women
Older:
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek CAN - 42 years & 7 month
- Camille Kovalev FRA - 31 years & 2 months
- Wenjing Sui CHN - 30 years & 7 months
- Ioulia Chtchetinina POL - 30 years & 1 months

Average Age: 25,3 years

Younger:
- Anastasiia Metelkina GEO - 20 years & 11 months
- Yuna Nagaoka JPN - 20 years & 7 months
- Anastasia Golubeva AUS - 20 years & 1 month


Numbers of participation in Olympic Game
Medal - Top 5 - Top 10 - Top 16 – 17+

2014
Ryuichi Kihara JPN – 18 (with Takahashi)

2018
Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN – Silver Medal
Annika Hocke GER – 16 (with Blommaert)
Ryuichi Kihara JPN – 21 (with Suzaki)

2022
Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN – Gold Medal – Olympic Champions
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara JPN - 7
Luka Berulava GEO – 9 (with Safina)
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini ITA - 14
Minerva Fabienne Hase GER – 16 (with Seegert)

2026 - First Participation
Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin ARM
Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore AUS
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps CAN
Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud CAN
Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev FRA
Anastasiia Metelkina GEO
Nikita Volodin GER
Robert Kunkel GER
Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby GBR
Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko HUN
Sara Conti / Niccolo Macii ITA
Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi JPN
Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba NED
Ioulia Chtchetinina / Michal Wozniak POL
Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea USA
Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe USA

 

[CoyoteChris]

Can an Army Chaplain perform marriages? Asking for a friend...

 

[CoyoteChris]

Eh, that just means there weren't any big disasters.

I would not call it an especially well skated event. Nobody was spectacular. The top 5 in 2022 were all better than what was seen here.


Hase/Volodin were a bit overscored with their 80 but also something to remember is that the required lift in the SP this year is worth 2 points more than the required lift in 2022.

True. Apples and oranges in a number of ways. Maybe we always remember the good parts of the past in a golden light. I like Asian pairs.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Maybe Chinese airshow at Gala?

 

[skatedreamer]

Maybe Chinese airshow at Gala?

Holy crap on a cracker -- the height! This is one of the reasons I love pairs SO much.

It's also why watching pairs is bad for my blood pressure, but we won't talk about that...

 

[elektra blue]

are you ready for the fun?

 

[CoyoteChris]

Holy crap on a cracker -- the height! This is one of the reasons I love pairs SO much.

It's also why watching pairs is bad for my blood pressure, but we won't talk about that...

New heart stress test. Watching novice pairs! Pang and Tong and Zhang and Zhang were both at Spokane SA 2002. I became a convert then and there.

 

[Andrea82]

Officials

Function	Name	Nation
Referee​	Ms. SANCHO Saioa​	ESP
Technical Controller​	Ms. LYNCH Susan​	AUS
Technical Specialist​	Ms. FLEURY Veronique​	FRA
Technical Specialist​	Ms. GAYNOR Whitney​	USA
Judge No.1​	Ms. VAN GERWEN-MAAS Nicole​	NED
Judge No.2​	Ms. FINDLAY Ann​	GBR
Judge No.3​	Ms. KIMMINUS Kerstin​	GER
Judge No.4​	Ms. HEBEL-SZMAK Aniela​	POL
Judge No.5​	Ms. HOWARD Karen​	CAN
Judge No.6​	Ms. CHIGOGIDZE Salome​	GEO
Judge No.7​	Ms. NUMANOVA Saodat​	UZB
Judge No.8​	Ms. MORANDI Gloria​	ITA
Judge No.9​	Ms. CHEN Weiguang​	CHN
Data Operator​	Mr. AVOT Lionel​	ISU
Replay Operator​	Ms. FAGERSTROM Anne​	ISU

Compared to SP
In: Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Uzbekistan
Out: USA; Japan, Australia, Hungary

 

[CoyoteChris]

are you ready for the fun?

Is this fun?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Just 24 hours after we last saw them, the Pairs skaters are in action again.

Livestream for the Pairs FS is now on air.

The BBC don't tell us what they will be showing on each channel, or if it will include the skating. So I will hedge my bets and provide links to both broadcasts.

Here is the link for the BBC2 coverage on the iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rkfs

Here is the link for the BBC Red Button coverage on the iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rpn6

Here is the link for the "No Advert" coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/49a1141a-f5b3-5e40-b361-b604e6551b69

Here is the link to the TNT Sports 2 coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/e840f66e-330b-59d7-ad9e-c92a622db5b1

Here is the link to the TNT Sports Ultra UHD coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/1eefb545-0bfd-5fa0-8e45-de69cd713a90

All the other information you may need is in the OP of this thread.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Karoltyna]

I guess it's a blueberry pierogi!

Blueberry Pierogi

Blueberry pierogi are a delicious sweet kind of pierogi filled with blueberries. These traditional pierogi are a must-try in summer!

www.everyday-delicious.com

I'm hungry, I just drove 25 lm from my ice rink to make it on time and what I see instead of skating? Pierogi...