2025 Cup of China Pairs Free Skate

[yuumagical]

Nooo, don't keep the microphone so close to your mouth, we can hear you breathing!

 

[Ares]

I really like watching Metelkina/Berulava, some of their elements, the speed etc. are breathtaking but I agree that they could use better packaging

 

[labgoat]

gp is short, my mood is low and i'm going to catch up with dance see you around. love you all

I will join you for dance

 

[flanker]

Sliusarenko should tear himself in two, one pair in China, two (correction- - three) his pairs in Magnitogorsk. Just now Osokina/Gritsaenko

 

[4everchan]

Sui and Han have a VERY LONG way to go to be in any shape for an Olympic podium place in Milan. There were so many uncomfortable, insecure moments in this competition. Is there enough time for them? They are unlikely to make the GPF, so I don’t see that there’s enough time to get back in political favor with international judges and they certainly didn’t achieve the positive momentum they were probably hoping from this event on home ice.

not making GPF might be a good thing for them. They can stay at home and train if Cong can physically take that much of a training load.

I don't think Sui would settle down for like a 5th place at the games... I sort of have the feeling that if things are not improving quickly enough, they may not go. But of course, this is not how it works

 

[Weathergal]

I will join you for dance

Same!

 

[museksk8r]

I am so tired of Conti/Macii’s FS music choice! If I never heard this music again in skating, I would be pleased. It’s so generically bland!

 

[Weathergal]

I am so tired of Conti/Macii’s FS music choice! If I never heard this music again in skating, I would be pleased. It’s so generically bland!

I agree! As I mentioned with McBeath / Parkman, I really think the version Denis Ten used would be so much better. I couldn't tell if Conti / Macii just used different cuts of what M / B used or if it was a different singer, but it seemed a smidge better but not really a fan of either pair's music.

 

[museksk8r]

These lackluster pairs programs are really making me lament that Mishina/Galliamov are not allowed to compete. The pairs discipline is the only one that really makes the absence of Russians noticeable. They are head and shoulders the best over the rest of the field in the world.

 

[Isk]

Georgian kid speaking Russian, I guess she can's speak Georgian.

I am so tired of Conti/Macii’s FS music choice! If I never heard this music again in skating, I would be pleased. It’s so generically bland!

Their previous music choices weren't very exciting either.

 

[labgoat]

Same!

meet me in the free dance thread. I am watching the warm-up

 

[Weathergal]

My favorite SPs were Sui / Han's and Conti / Macii's; my favorite FSs were Ghilardi / Ambrosini's and Zhang / Huang's.

 

[4everchan]

I scored 65 in pairs... but yeah... it is not going to make up for the whopping 15 I scored in men.

 

[Ziotic]

Isn’t a fall a mandatory -5?

 

[Seven Sisters]

What I love about these Sara & Niccolo is the heart and soul they bring to their skating. There is a lovely drama and honesty to their choreography that leaves a strong impression even with mistakes.

I remember watching Italians pairs back in the 70s & 80s and they always finished way down in the pack. Italy is very lucky to have two such lovely pair teams for their home Olympics. They should be thriving by then.

100% agree. There is really no other pair team that brings such soulfulness and feeling to the ice.

 

[museksk8r]

It’s really too bad that Rebecca and Filippo struggle so much with the jumps. I feel they have the best packaging, choreography, and programs in the world.

 

[museksk8r]

Yikes, the Georgians really had to work today, but that really showed tremendous strength on his part to keep his missed footwork on that lift from being an absolute disaster. It’s unlike them to have so many technical mistakes, but maybe they are starting to feel the pressure that they legitimately can be medal threats in Milan.

 

[Ziotic]

not making GPF might be a good thing for them. They can stay at home and train if Cong can physically take that much of a training load.

I don't think Sui would settle down for like a 5th place at the games... I sort of have the feeling that if things are not improving quickly enough, they may not go. But of course, this is not how it works

They could still win their next assignment.

I just looked and their biggest competition is C/M. I don’t think the Americans or Hungarians will overtake them.

So really just depends on how they skate

 

[ajingmarg]

I'll repeat what I said yesterday: they're good but not overwhelmingly so. The throws were great, but the lifts all looked very shaky to me and the jumps...

They have only had the programs for 3 weeks. What do you expect?

 

[Blades of Passion]

After the nice SP's, I was brought back to reality with the terrible rules that reward ugly +2Axel+2Axel sequences and ugly catch-foot death spirals where the woman is WAY too high up. Even besides that the programs just weren't very interesting.