Thomalla/Kunkel. Solid program as well! First triple twist and throw of the competition! She's only 13 and is so tiny, but hopefully she won't hit a massive growth spurt like Prolss did.
Thankfully there are only 16 pairs in this competition, because every single one of them deserve to be in the FS. What a delight so far
I'm starting to really worry for Narumi Takahashi's future.
Not only did she finish last with her newest partner in Senior Nationals this year (and 24 points behind the other all-Japanese partnership), but here is a promising Junior Pairs partnership (who are both Japanese!) that will be old enough for Seniors next season.
Given that Miura / Ichihashi's score from Junior Nationals is only 11 points below Takahashi / Shibata's in Senior Nationals, they could realistically overtake them.
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