2021 Worlds Pregame Chat: Pairs

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Entries as of 3/22/21

No.	Name	Nation
1	Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER	AUT	1
2	Bogdana LUKASHEVICH / Alexander STEPANOV	BLR	2
3	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO	CAN	3
4	Evelyn WALSH / Trennt MICHAUD	CAN	3
	Lori-Ann MATTE / Thierry FERLAND	CAN	3	S
5	Cheng PENG / Yang JIN	CHN	4
6	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	4
7	Lana PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA KORDEIRU	CRO	5
8	Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR	CZE	6
9	Cleo HAMON / Denys STREKALIN	FRA	7
10	Coline KERIVEN / Noel-Antoine PIERRE	FRA	7
11	Anastasiia METELKINA / Daniil PARKMAN	GEO	8
12	Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL	GER	9
13	Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI	GBR	10
14	Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Mark MAGYAR	HUN	11
15	Anna VERNIKOV / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI	ISR	12
16	Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE	ITA	13
17	Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI	ITA	13
	Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII	ITA	13	S
18	Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA	JPN	14
19	Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA	NED	15
20	Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII	FSR	16
21	Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV	FSR	16
22	Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV	FSR	16
	Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN	FSR	16	S
23	Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC	USA	17
24	Alexa KNIERIM / Brandon FRAZIER	USA	17
	Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE	USA	17	S
	Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV	USA	17	S
	Olivia SERAFINI / Mervin TRAN	USA	17	S

 

[ladyjane]

It's the first time ever that a Dutch Pair is taking part in a WC. I'm pretty excited about that, whatever the eventual outcome (I obviously hope they make the top 16, although that might be a tad too optimistic). And there are so many great pairs to watch. I'm going to have to do a lot of thinking for the prediction game, that's for sure!

 

[LadyB]

I'm so super excited for Worlds, it's unreal! Pairs are of course the event I'm most looking forward to! Apart from my beloved Team Russia, there are lots of others I can't wait to see, like all the Mozer affiliates, as well as Ziegler/Kiefer, Walsh/Michaud, DellaMonica/Guarise, and Evgeny Krasnopolsky, who I hope will never retire! Most of all, I wanna see what shape the Chinese pairs are in and I'm glad for Daniil Parkman that he found a new partner to represent Georgia.
Ooh, it's gonna be nerve-wreckingly beautiful!

 

[zeddy]

S/H, please give us the best "blues" and the best "rain, in your black eyes"! We all wish to see two perfect and clean programs. Wish everything going well! Please stand the SBS 3S!

 

[Sk8FraSch]

It's the first time ever that a Dutch Pair is taking part in a WC. I'm pretty excited about that, whatever the eventual outcome (I obviously hope they make the top 16, although that might be a tad too optimistic). And there are so many great pairs to watch. I'm going to have to do a lot of thinking for the prediction game, that's for sure!

I still dont get why the Schultens didnt go in 1995&1996.

 

[ladyjane]

I never got that either...there were no minimum TES at the time,

 

[AlexRus]

Pairs in order of Personal Best.
* - unofficial (non-ISU) best, only if no ISU best.

No Name Nation Score
1 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 234.84
2 Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII FSR 234.58
3 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV FSR 228.47
4 Cheng PENG / Yang JIN CHN 216.90
5 Alexa KNIERIM / Brandon FRAZIER USA 214.77*
6 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO CAN 211.05
7 Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV FSR 210.18
8 Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC USA 205.58
9 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA 205.14
10 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT 187.01
11 Anastasiia METELKINA / Daniil PARKMAN GEO 181.98*
12 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 179.94
13 Evelyn WALSH / Trennt MICHAUD CAN 177.58
14 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 167.15
15 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 163.74
16 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Mark MAGYAR HUN 158.87
17 Bogdana LUKASHEVICH / Alexander STEPANOV BLR 157.96*
18 Cleo HAMON / Denys STREKALIN FRA 156.35
19 Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI GBR 153.70
20 Coline KERIVEN / Noel-Antoine PIERRE FRA 153.00
21 Lana PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA KORDEIRU CRO 153.99
22 Anna VERNIKOV / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR 150.44
23 Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR CZE 143.03
24 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 137.73*

Withdrawn:
22 Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 152.10
26 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 136.90*

 

[skylark]

I'm so super excited for Worlds, it's unreal! Pairs are of course the event I'm most looking forward to! ....
Ooh, it's gonna be nerve-wreckingly beautiful!

Ditto. 100% And I cannot wait!

I'm especially looking forward to Mishina/Galliamov, Cain-Gribble/Leduc, Ziegler/Kiefer, Miura/Kihara, Walsh/Michaud, Tarasova/Morozov, Moore-Towers/Marinaro, Ghilardi/Ambrosini, Sui/Han and Peng/Jin.

There are so many unknowns and variables

 

[Seven Sisters]

I’m still convinced that Peng & Jin should have had the bronze at the last Worlds, and would be delighted to see them avenge that result by medalling here.

 

[Alegria]

Ukrainian pair Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI got positive test results, so no championship for them

 

[saturdaysun]

I’m still convinced that Peng & Jin should have had the bronze at the last Worlds, and would be delighted to see them avenge that result by medalling here.

Completely agree, they were 100% robbed in 2019. They should be World medalists by now.

 

[MGstyle]

According to their ISU bio, B/K will unveil a new SP in Stockholm
Music is from OST from Howl's Moving Castle, one of Miyazaki's brilliant animes. The tune, "Merry Go-round of Life" has the base rythm of waltz, with several changes of moods - I am quite excited about this and can't wait to see this

 

[AlexRus]

All the three Russian pairs I've seen several times alive and all the other their competitions by livestream.

As for me the order is:
1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV (they progressed a lot)
2. Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII (very nice ad strong young pair)
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
After them (seen by video)
4. Alexa KNIERIM / Brandon FRAZIER (really stronger that Alexa-Chris and Haven-Brandon)
5. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN CHN
And unknown is the level of Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN, they did not compete this season.

All others are as for me not so strong as top 5 mentioned above.

 

[Andrea82]

Technical Panel

Technical Controller: Vera Tauchmanova (Czech Republic)
Technical Specialist: Troy Goldstein (USA)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Sarakis Tewanian (Poland)

Referee: Yukiko Okabe (Japan, ISU Single & Pair Technical Committe member)

 

[Dreamer57]

According to their ISU bio, B/K will unveil a new SP in Stockholm
Music is from OST from Howl's Moving Castle, one of Miyazaki's brilliant animes. The tune, "Merry Go-round of Life" has the base rythm of waltz, with several changes of moods - I am quite excited about this and can't wait to see this

Such a lovely piece of music! Hope they do a great short program to it

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I was hoping B/K had changed their FS, not the program of theirs I actually kinda liked...

 

[rollerblade]

Why are there no video clips of pairs practice? I see a lot of pictures, but no videos.

Wonder if that's just a practice dress.

 

[readernick]

Why are there no video clips of pairs practice? I see a lot of pictures, but no videos.

Wonder if that's just a practice dress.

This. I want to see the pairs. There are so many that haven't competed this year.

 

[readernick]

I’m still convinced that Peng & Jin should have had the bronze at the last Worlds, and would be delighted to see them avenge that result by medalling here.

Yes, I agree. They were definitely the third best pair at that event. But, it is going to be hard to get a medal this year. I wish them the best!

 

[AlexRus]

According to their ISU bio, B/K will unveil a new SP in Stockholm
Music is from OST from Howl's Moving Castle, one of Miyazaki's brilliant animes. The tune, "Merry Go-round of Life" has the base rythm of waltz, with several changes of moods - I am quite excited about this and can't wait to see this

Not only ISU Bio, their coach Moskvina also told so - that new music is more lyrical and it is better.