2025 Skate America Pairs Short Program
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2. Valentina PLAZAS & Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA 
SP: "Never Enough" from "The Greatest Showman" by Kelly Clarkson, Alex Lacamoire, Benji Pasek
3Tw4
3T< (Max steps out, Valentina falls)
3LoTh (steps out)
5RLi4
CCoSp4
StSq3
BiDs3
SP: 56.85 (2nd)
I'm so happy to see Valentina and Max back skating! They have lovely choreographic touches and attention to the music, and their lift is really wonderful in this program. I like a lot of their transitions, especially the lunge into the spins. Like always, it's the SBS jumps and throws that give them trouble, and they made some costly mistakes in this short.
SP: "Never Enough" from "The Greatest Showman" by Kelly Clarkson, Alex Lacamoire, Benji Pasek
3Tw4
3T< (Max steps out, Valentina falls)
3LoTh (steps out)
5RLi4
CCoSp4
StSq3
BiDs3
SP: 56.85 (2nd)
I'm so happy to see Valentina and Max back skating! They have lovely choreographic touches and attention to the music, and their lift is really wonderful in this program. I like a lot of their transitions, especially the lunge into the spins. Like always, it's the SBS jumps and throws that give them trouble, and they made some costly mistakes in this short.
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I'll just use the commercials as time to get stuff done around the apartment. LOL
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Her costume is quite nice, he left his at home. And Never Enough is one of those sings I really don't recommend as repeating those two words over and ever risks giving the judges ideas (and it's a little staid but at least Clarkson can pronounce the word me)
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I'm watching pairs just for curiosity and you welcome me with "Never Enough" seriously?
So they aren't interfering with the skating?
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What is sad is that it is one of the better versions of the song I have heard...
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God, I hate the way this sport is covered/ not covered, and how poorly fans and skaters are treated. What is this everlasting mess! I'd rather have no announcer, no Tara and no commercials than this cruddy shizz!
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When they brought out the commercials I went right over to Youtube and I'm in the Netherlands currently
Yes.
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3. Olivia FLORES & Luke WANG USA
SP: "Run To You" by Whitney Houston
3Tw3 (slightly tight catch)
3S (Olivia falls)
3LoTh
5RLi4 (a little awkward on the turns, not a lot of ice coverage)
CCoSp4
StSq2
BiDs3
SP: 55.83 (3rd)
Olivia and Luke look like a different team compared earlier at John Nicks, they've always been a team very dependent on peaking but this is a big transformation. Their pairs elements look so much more confident and they bring a lovely youthful excitement and vibrance to this event. They still have a lot of work to do, especially on the twist and Luke's footwork in the lifts, but this was a solid GP debut. They had a fall on the lift during practice this morning so I'm guessing that was why it was a little more hesitant here.
SP: "Run To You" by Whitney Houston
3Tw3 (slightly tight catch)
3S (Olivia falls)
3LoTh
5RLi4 (a little awkward on the turns, not a lot of ice coverage)
CCoSp4
StSq2
BiDs3
SP: 55.83 (3rd)
Olivia and Luke look like a different team compared earlier at John Nicks, they've always been a team very dependent on peaking but this is a big transformation. Their pairs elements look so much more confident and they bring a lovely youthful excitement and vibrance to this event. They still have a lot of work to do, especially on the twist and Luke's footwork in the lifts, but this was a solid GP debut. They had a fall on the lift during practice this morning so I'm guessing that was why it was a little more hesitant here.
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He did it for 10 or so years in JGP. He sounds stressed though
