2021-22 GPF: Pairs' qualifiers

[gsk8]

With the six Grand Prix events concluded, the standings for the Pairs' discipline going into the Final are as follows:

1. Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov (RUS) 30
2. Wenjing Sui and Cong Han (CHN) 30
3. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 28
4. Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii (RUS) 26
5. Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin (RUS) 26
6. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) 24

Substitutes:

1. Iuliia Artemeva and Mikhail Nazarychev (RUS) 24
2. Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier (USA) 20
3. Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc (USA) 20

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Riku and Ryuichi made it! I can't wait to see them skate in front of a home crowd!

 

[ladyjane]

Much as I love the Russian pairs, I am really very pleased to see the Chinese and Japanese (!) up there. Is it the first time for a Japanese pair to reach the Final? How proud they must be. And rightly so.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Much as I love the Russian pairs, I am really very pleased to see the Chinese and Japanese (!) up there. Is it the first time for a Japanese pair to reach the Final? How proud they must be. And rightly so.

Takahashi/Tran qualified in 2011, but no other team has since then

 

[Seven Sisters]

Had to check out who first alternate is—FSU rumor that Sui/Han might withdraw

 

[coldblueeyes]

Had to check out who first alternate is—FSU rumor that Sui/Han might withdraw

I don't think they'd need the mileage. Especially with their history regarding injuries, they might as well keep themselves in prime condition for Beijing.

 

[chuckm]

First alternate is yet another Russian team: Nazarova / Nazarychev.

 

[SnowWhite]

First alternate is yet another Russian team: Nazarova / Nazarychev.

Artemeva/Nazarychev

 

[hanca]

That would be a good experience for Artemeva/Nazarychev. As they just moved to seniors, getting into GPF can nicely boost their career.

 

[Tommy135]

SuiWenJing & Cong Han, I am so proud of you couple