2018 GP Helsinki: Pairs' Pre-game Chat

[GS Forum Staff]

Entries as of 10/27/18

Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER	AUT
Laura BARQUERO / Aritz MAESTU	ESP
Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM	PRK
Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE	ITA
Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN
Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN	RUS
Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT	RUS
Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY	USA
Laura BARQUERO / Aritz MAESTU	ESP

 

[AlexRus]

Pairs in order of season best of this season.

1 Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS 196.15
2 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA 178.18
3 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT 176.09
4 Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN RUS 175.05
5 Deanna STELLATO / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY USA 174.91
6 Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM PRK 173.20
7 Laura BARQUERO / Aritz MAESTU ESP 152.94
8 Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 132.59

 

[3T3T]

This is Z/E’s to lose, it will be interesting to see how they score. Based on seasons best it’s very close between 2nd to 6th. It would be great to the Austrians on a GP podium.

 

[Hyena]

As usual I'm almost more interested in who fills out the podium: Della Monica/Guarise are a good choice but Ryom/Kim, Ziegler/Kiefer, and Pavliuchenko/Khodykin could grab a medal too. Even Stellato/Bartholomay have an outside shot.

 

[s_parks]

Interested to see how newbies Pavliuchenko/Khodykin do here. They really struggled at minsk recently, and still need a lot of work on movement and polish as new seniors. They've shown to be good at getting all their levels and having high difficulty elements, so we'll see.
Z/E really should win this, with DM/G and R/K likely to follow. But it's still a relatively open field for medals.

 

[somelikeitpink]

I am hoping so much for Z/K that they get the chance to grab a medal.

I'm very excited to see how they will do.