2025 World Championships Pairs Short Program

[labgoat]

Sofiia is a UKR Warrior Princess

 

[Ares]

A strange fall from her at the beginning while doing linking steps/choreography quite well before the first element but then they knocked it out of the park

 

[auser]

Nice throw and unison in the ending spins from Sofiia and Artem.

 

[FlossieH]

That was nice from Holichenko and Darenskyi. It looks like they must have had more ice time recently. They had been really struggling earlier in the season because its power supply kept getting hit in attacks.

 

[nickp91]

It's so good to see that pairs really managed to get back to a higher quality in the last three years

 

[elektra blue]

I majored in English
Wrote poems for class
Learned how to pull them
Right out of my @ss

It's a little bit wild
Writing on the fly
But I wouldn't know
If I didn't try!

 

[moonvine]

So Tara and Johnny were saying the German pair is the favorite. I would disagree.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Made it home just in time for YunaSumi!
GANBA!!!

 

[YuBluByMe]

Go Japan!

 

[moonvine]

Every time I hear this song I look around for Nathan. Even if I’m in the grocery store or something.

 

[labgoat]

Wow nice 3T - oh no she sat down on it

 

[el henry]

Is this KMT doing the commentary?

After reading some the comments here, I was expecting Betty Boop. Her voice is fine and she obviously has a great deal of pairs knowledge to impart.

Good recovery for the Ukrainians, really sparkled. Cover of Hit the Road Jack

 

[Jumping_Bean]

It's so good to see that pairs really managed to get back to a higher quality in the last three years

Pairs has been developing wonderfully at all age levels, even in Novices & pre-Novices and in countries without strong pairs representation previously. Even though I have nothing to do with that at all, it does make me feel like a proud parent at times

 

[Doggygirl]

Nathan Chen music vibes...

 

[labgoat]

This young Japanese pair makes me happy even with the mistakes. It is so fun to watch them learn and grow. They have a freshness and sense of style that is uniquely them.

 

[elektra blue]

not the skate they wanted

 

[Seven Sisters]

Ooh I think that’s generous—her head did not look below his knee to me.
If it was, it was mighty close

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

5. Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI
SP: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John, Bernie Taupin; "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (From “Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania Trailer”) by Elton John, Bernie Taupin; "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" from Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Epic Version) by Alala, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, choreo by Cathy Reed

3Tw1 (falls on the landing after being set down)
3Lo<< (Yuna pops out, downgrades)
3STh (forwards, hangs on)
4Li4
BoDsB
StSq3
CCoSp3 (Yuna travels on cross foot and they lose a bit of synchronicity)

SP: 51.10 (4th)

I love this program - it is so dynamic and fits perfectly with this team. This is one team that doesn't need to work on their skating skills - they are so fast and have one of the best lifts in the event. The 3Tw is a brand-new element for them, so it alternates between terrifying and okay - today was somewhat terrifying. Regardless of what happened today with this team, as long as RikuRyu finish in the top 10, Japan will have two spots for pairs at the Olympics, which will be a great opportunity for these two. I think the sky is the limit for them, and they're going to have a great season next year. I love seeing Sumitada consoling his partner, too - they just have such a strong foundation and get better every time out.

 

[FlossieH]

I think that freak fall after the twist unnerved her. She settled after the lift, though.

 

[FlossieH]

Is this KMT doing the commentary?

After reading some the comments here, I was expecting Betty Boop. Her voice is fine and she obviously has a great deal of pairs knowledge to impart.

Good recovery for the Ukrainians, really sparkled. Cover of Hit the Road Jack

Yes, Kirsten Moor-Towers.

Edit: spelling looks wrong, but you know who I mean.