2026 JGP Xi'an Pairs Short Program

[lariko]

Ah, I miss Canadian music already.

 

[LadyB]

Ooooh, I like the coaching team of this US pair . So, best of luck!

 

[flanker]

Ah, I miss Canadian music already.

Celine?

 

[Jeanie19]

Baylen/Nikolai. Nice outfits. Really nice program and skate.

 

[LadyB]

Chris K

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Baylen TAICH / Nikolai APTER (USA)
What a Wonderful World

2Tw1
2LoTh
2A Step
PCoSp4
StSq3
3Li3
FiDs

Score: 40.79

The costumes are kind of giving ice dance (didn't PapCiz have a similar colour scheme for their FD in 2021/22?), and the music choice kind of too.

 

[LadyB]

Super happy for Polina and Egor, see yous tomorrow!

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Lots of close scores in the midfield, I think we may see some movement in the Free Dance.

 

[lariko]

Celine?

Nah, ABBA, they decided to be decidedly non Canadian in the SP. I am not gonna see their free, I think.

 

[elektra blue]

it's good to be back guys, i've been missing you. see you tomorrow. love you all

 

[AlexBreeze]

Sh/K have their FiDs invalidated.

It's 65 without an element.

 

[lariko]

Sh/K have their FiDs invalidated.

It's 65 without an element.

What did they do to invalidate? Not sitting deep enough for the man? They were going on and on during test skates about doing complex entry and exit for level 4 versus number of rotations. Was that too risky of the woman doesn't go low enough? But I thought Shesheleva's position was low enough?

 

[AlexBreeze]

What did they do to invalidate? Not sitting deep enough for the man? They were going on and on during test skates about doing complex entry and exit for level 4 versus number of rotations. Was that too risky of the woman doesn't go low enough? But I thought Shesheleva's position was low enough?

Touching the ice with the free hand probably.

 

[lariko]

Touching the ice with the free hand probably.

Either that, or he established pivot too late. In either case, I am wondering if complex entry/exit is a trap that interferes with spiral execution despite on paper removing need for extra rotations.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Either that, or he established pivot too late. In either case, I am wondering if complex entry/exit is a trap that interferes with spiral execution despite on paper removing need for extra rotations.

Apparently touching the ice shouldn't invalidate it (just a low GOE).

Egor travelled a bit during the spiral (RusFed's comment).

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Egor travelled a bit during the spiral (RusFed's comment).

Yeah, saw a comment somewhere else about his toe pick moving shortly after the initial pick, and once you see it, it's quite obvious. It's not much, maybe 10 cm to the left (from the perspective of the camera), but it has to lead to the tech panel stopping any further evaluation of the death spiral and that means an invalid element, in this case (less than one rotation before the pick slipped).