Sui and Han grab lead in Pairs

gsk8 · Feb 14, 2018

The Pairs event in Figure Skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics began with the Short Program on Wednesday morning with Wenjing Sui and Cong Han of China taking the lead, followed by Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov (OAR) and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (CAN).

Sui and Han were passionate, yet stellar, in their routine to “Hallelujah,” racking up positive grades of execution (GOE) on all of their elements. Their program featured perfect side-by-side triple toes, a throw triple flip, and level 4 on their twist, footwork and spins. The team earned a new personal best of 82.39 (44.49/37.90) points for a first-place finish.

“I was very emotional today,” admitted Sui, when asked about feeling pressure. “Even when I was putting on my make-up, I was already crying. I just felt very nervous. But after we got on the ice and finished our routine, I realized there’s all there is to it. Maybe we gave ourselves too much pressure, but as athletes and a representative of China, as long as you express yourself to your fullest, that’s all you can do.”

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What are your thoughts on the Pairs SP? Lots of GREAT skates today!

chopinskate · Feb 14, 2018

Let's wait till tomorrow for what I think might happen to hopefully not happen.

That is all.

Barb · Feb 14, 2018

OMG, I am totally obsessed with their performance, How is it possible that they exist? :love:

their performance is worth more than a miserable medal!

https://streamable.com/n14bx SP

gsk8 · Feb 14, 2018

Massot on Savchenko:

"I don't want her to come home with another bronze medal."

Interspectator · Feb 14, 2018

gsk8 said:
Massot on Savchenko:

"I don't want her to come home with another bronze medal."

Other than my favorites, of course, Sui and Han, this was my second favorite performance. I really, really want them to get a silver.
But my, oh, my, I was so floored by the high quality and beautiful performances by ALL the pairs. I wanted to give them all a medal collectively for showing the world how great Figure Skating can be. :love:

Vanessa and Morgan were my 3rd favorite of the day.

lyverbird1 · Feb 14, 2018

Congrats to Weijing and Cong - they were magnificent! But what I really want is to give Bruno a massive hug...

By the way, forgot to ask - Eurosport only showed the last two groups so I missed loads - what happened to the Kneirims? SBS jump trouble perhaps?

yume · Feb 14, 2018

That was the most competitive event that i've never seen. Even the last pairs weren't bad. The cut is cruel. Everyone should skate the free.

russianfan · Feb 14, 2018

https://vk.com/video-141682278_456239199
perfect synchronization

Alchamei · Feb 14, 2018

chopinskate said:
Let's wait till tomorrow for what I think might happen to hopefully not happen.

That is all.

Am I a bad figure skating fan when I really, REALLY, don't want one particular team to win? Or even to podium? With the cringiest free skate ever?

I'm just praying for Wenjing's Salchow and that the judges will come to their senses at least a liiiiitle bit...

NoNameFace · Feb 14, 2018

gsk8 said:
Massot on Savchenko:

"I don't want her to come home with another bronze medal."

This exactly kind of confirms my thoughts about their SP performance, the score and placement - I feel incredibly sorry for Bruno, but we ALL (including him in person) feel more for Aljona. Yes, they are a team and they are both responsible as a team of what happened, but even Bruno realizes that the scale is much bigger in Aljona's case - she's 5-time Olympian and in two last quads she won everything except Olympic Gold. He truly understands her drive, passion and competitive spirit in following something she wants so strongly, hence the remark.

After finishing pose Aljona asked him something which was probably, if he doubled his solo jump and he was pretty devastated, because he knows how it fares among all what we saw today. They do not have the hardest jumps, so they sure knew they had to go pristine clean to give themselves best chance. I really respect his honesty and compassion expressed in those few words - it's kind of touching and special to see him not thinking about his own possibility to medal at Olympics (after such sky-rocketed progress and success in past 2/3 seasons), but to focus on what he would not want for Aljona to happen. He gets this drive, poise, hunger - he works with her, after all.

I am in minority probably, but I do think she even had a right to react harsher, bolder - yet she merely has shown disappointment about this situation as a whole, not put the overall blame and fault on Bruno, despite that his mistake was the biggest bullet. This really shows that her class, experience are on par with her skill, drive and capabilities. Queen no matter of what will happen tomorrow, at least for me.

Lester · Feb 14, 2018

I wonder if Aljona doesn't get the gold this time, will she stick around for another Olympics.

Jaana · Feb 14, 2018

I think many skaters would be happy about any Olympic medal, what ever the colour! Maybe I´m wrong, but the previous time, did not both Savchenko and Szolkowy make a mistake in the freeskate?

Sui & Han were really amazing and so were Tarasova & Morozov!

Alchamei · Feb 14, 2018

Jaana said:
I think many skaters would be happy about any Olympic medal, what ever the colour! Maybe I´m wrong, but the previous time, did not both Savchenko and Szolkowy make a mistake in the freeskate?

Sui & Han were really amazing and so were Tarasova & Morozov!

If I remember correctly, Robin didn't manage to do the triple jump sequence correctly and Aliona fell on thrown Triple Axel.

Jaana · Feb 14, 2018

Alchamei said:
If I remember correctly, Robin didn't manage to do the triple jump sequence correctly and Aliona fell on thrown Triple Axel.

Thanks!

SimplyLex · Feb 14, 2018

NoNameFace said:
Queen no matter of what will happen tomorrow, at least for me.

Same here. She is already a legend. And if she goes out tomorrow, and attempts all those ridiculously hard elements, it will be epic no matter if she lands them or not. Her drive and determination, the way she refuses to give up is truly admirable.

And I think they're a great team. He understands this about her and she probably understands that she cannot demand more from him than he is capable of delivering.

Mista Ekko · Feb 14, 2018

Jaana said:
I think many skaters would be happy about any Olympic medal, what ever the colour! Maybe I´m wrong, but the previous time, did not both Savchenko and Szolkowy make a mistake in the freeskate?

Her making a mistake or not really wasn't the cause of the heartache in Sochi,
It's that no matter what her and Robin would've done or how much she broke her body
The judges were never gonna allow her to be in the same score class as V\T
during the olympic year, Even though she's been the best in the world for a very long time

Plus i bet feeling like no one in the arena really cares about you probably doesn't help... ?

Corwin · Feb 14, 2018

"Trankov didn't agree with the points of Duhamel and Radford"

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bramweld · Feb 14, 2018

Sui and Han are a class above. This performance is better than most if not all the dances I've seen this OGs. I have been watching them on repeat. I CAN'T SAY I'VE DONE THAT FOR ANY SD OR FD WE'VE SEEN THUS FAR. They dance together, not just skate together with such, connection, verve and vitality, especially when on. I could have easily also put Duhammel above T/M for these reasons as well. D/R have really improved in everything they do this season. The long will be a nail biter. I hope I will not fall asleep this time.

CanadianSkaterGuy · Feb 14, 2018

Corwin said:
"Trankov didn't agree with the points of Duhamel and Radford"

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As someone who constantly got +GOE for two-footed throws or huge PCS even with errors, he's one to talk. :rolleye:

This was a brilliant pairs SP! Arguably the most competitive one ever. Stellar performances from the top 9 teams. Bronze will be an incredible battle but even gold and silver will be up for grabs. Should be an awesome freeskate!

matmuh · Feb 14, 2018

i know we are all worried about Wenjing's SBS but remember GPF and Cong's jump mistakes? we should pray for them equally :biggrin:

plus her 3S has been the best this season since i started following FS so i am hopeful, good luck in LP and getting the gold! :love:

Sui and Han grab lead in Pairs

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Barb

gsk8

Interspectator

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yume

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russianfan

Match Penalty

Alchamei

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GS given name - Beatrice

Lester

Piper and Paul are made of magic dust and unicorns

Jaana

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matmuh

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