2015 NHK Pairs Free Skate

[solar]

S/K are barely in second! That was a close score.

 

[rain]

Seems right to me. I'd have Yu/Jin in front too.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

Man, I said it'd be close, but didn't think THAT close.... wow... some heartbreaking close calls! But both make the GPF, so it's all good.

 

[eta]

So Seguin/Bilodeau will be at the finals right?

 

[solar]

S/K didn't look happy at all. Hopefully they can skate better at the GPF! I think their goal of this season was to qualify for the final, so I'm happy they accomplished that

 

[krbcan]

Over the last year, Meghan shows this wonderful confidence when she is on the ice

 

[lyndichee]

Nooooo come on fight D/R

 

[ruffledgrouse]

What's up with Meagan tonight? I thought Eric was the one who usually made mistakes

 

[Tastetherainbow]

Well, if Pairs is any indication of the rest of the event, brace yourselves for a splatfest...

 

[krbcan]

Oopsies!

 

[Matilda]

Ouch! So unlike Meghan to botch jumps. I hope she's not injured.

 

[Florencito]

J/C and B/D beat S/K in PCS ....
...

I wish they did but they don't. I guess that's the the tes you were looking at.

58.39 and 58.15 > 62.80

 

[wordsworthgirl]

S&K have improved by leaps and bounds, but tonight was an off performance for them- they were clearly fighting through it, not "in it", etc. As they came off the ice, coach said "that's OK, sometimes performances are hard, this was one." I'm proud of them for qualifying, and it certainly wasn't a disaster skate at all. They can do a lot better, and will!

and I have a crush on Chris too. But he and Alexa are so adorable together and perfect for each other that I can't crush too hard.

Alexa gave Dave Lease a shout-out in the K&C as well as one to her two cats!

 

[lyndichee]

Well, if Pairs is any indication of the rest of the event, brace yourselves for a splatfest...

nope nope nope nope I am hoping for Yuzuru to deliver the goods again don't jinx it.

Meagan just seems off, usually I find her chippy but she just seems somber.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Well, if Pairs is any indication of the rest of the event, brace yourselves for a splatfest...

No, pairs were kind of crappy in the short and we all saw how the men turned out after that eace:

 

[solar]

I wish they did but they don't. I guess that's the the tes you were looking at.

58.39 and 58.15 > 62.80

Whoops, my bad wishful thinking?

 

[krbcan]

nope nope nope nope I am hoping for Yuzuru to deliver the goods again don't jinx it.

Meagan just seems off, usually I find her chippy but she just seems somber.

Yep -- for some reason as the program continued, her demeanor has changed

 

[Tastetherainbow]

While S/K did screw up the quad twist, Chris actually managed to land both of his SBS jumps on his feet, so I'll say that they definitely did better here.

EDIT: Even with so many errors D/R are close to 70 TES! Can you imagine if they go clean???

 

[sequinsgalore]

Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN)

Music: Hometown Glory by Adele

Dark blue costumes

3Tw
3Lz
4STh - fall
3LzTh - free leg touchdown
FCCoSp3p
5RLi - ok, slight wonky steps
3T+COMBO - she hand down/stepout, he did 3T+2T+2T
5ALi
ChSq
PCoSp3p
3Li
FiDs

Not their best by far, but solid enough for gold

FS: 65.65+67.03-1.00 = 131.68, 202.72, 1/8

 

[Mista Ekko]

Well, They won it, But this wasn't Meagan and Eric's competition.

Still, Hometown Glory is a terrific FS, And Meagan really is improving with projection, Good job.

They have my favourite Choreographic sequence