2024 Grand Prix de France Women's Short Program

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Benoit is officially going in choreographer jail (and not just because of Adam Siao Him Fa's programs this season *cue ominous foreshadowing music*). It's Swan Lake, but she's going to the theatre! It's The Handmaid's Tale, but she died in a train crash and is now trying to see her family one last time!

Nina seems to be having the same problem that she had at the GP Final last season - those flat landings where she doesn't really sink into the ice, which really hurt her GOE scores and lead to UR calls. Her spins and performance are still gorgeous though.

 

[LazyFuzai]

If she is not the most consistent anymore then what's left for her?

 

[elektra blue]

poor Nina this is such a good program

 

[Jeanie19]

Nina. Really pretty dress. Good program. One mistake but still a good skate.

 

[FlossieH]

Nina - have you studied Swan Lake? Your skating is lovely, but you haven't got the characterisation yet. You've completely missed how to use your arms.

 

[Vemvane]

Nina might have had a shaky start to the skate, but the end was fantastic, credit to her tenacity and commitment to her performance. She has lovely spins, which show her flexibility to advantage.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Someone posted on X that Amber's score was apparently the highest score of any American woman EVER!

 

[Minz]

Grand Prix de France - Angers, France | November 1-3, 2024

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#10

Nina Pinzarrone | BELGIUM

Age: 17 | Coaches: Ans Bocklandt, Dmitri Ovchinnikov
Music: Swan Lake by Petr I. Tchaikovski; choreo by Benoît Richaud

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1. 3 Lutz + 3 Toe q (step)
2. 2 Axel
3. Flying Camel Spin 4
4. 3 Loop x
5. Step Sequence 4
6. Change Combo Spin 4
7. Layback Spin 4

TES: 32.31
PCS: 30.41
Deductions: 0.00

Total Segment Score: 62.72

 

[Ichatdelune]

Lovely camera work, I really appreciated it when the skater was out of focus during a spin as the camera slowly shifted towards an unsuspecting audience member

 

[Minz]

What is this cover???!!!!!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

What is this cover???!!!!!

 

[4everchan]

 

[Ichatdelune]

I am nervous enough without ABBA from the nine circles of hell so I've pressed the mute button, much better

 

[LazyFuzai]

Well that wasn't great,but music is really good.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

I apologise to Nastya, but this program makes me want to check myself into a convent without Internet access. The cover is god-awful, and I am not a fan of the choreo where she goes up to the judges by the boards. She skates the program very well, but she did check out after the lutz fall, which has been a real problem for her in seasons past and I wish she could learn to park her disappointment until after the program finishes.

 

[elektra blue]

Nastya has not luck at the GP

 

[FlossieH]

I was just thinking that Nastia's programme had improved since I saw her at Lombardia, then she fell.

 

[4everchan]

I apologise to Nastya, but this program makes me want to check myself into a convent without Internet access. The cover is god-awful, and I am not a fan of the choreo where she goes up to the judges by the boards. She skates the program very well, but she did check out after the lutz fall, which has been a real problem for her in seasons past and I wish she could learn to park her disappointment until after the program finishes.

I thought she checked out right from the beginning... it's not a very interesting program. I don't like it

 

[Jeanie19]

Anastasiia. Pretty black dress. Good program. Shame about the fall, but still a decent skate.

 

[dorispulaski]

What is this cover???!!!!!

Money Money Money by ABBA performed by Christian Reindl