2025 World Championships Pairs Short Program

[yuumagical]

The team I love most is the team from Japan
I'm starting to get nervous for them, man

 

[labgoat]

Lia fell on the throw, but really great otherwise

too bad, but she's a fighter she'll get the one in the free

 

[moonvine]

There’s Alexa! She says she misses skating. Reckon she had time to birth her baby and come back for the Olympics?

 

[auser]

Wow...we are already at the last group. Where has the day gone?

 

[jorge2912]

Tom would like it. I don't but I like her. She's just a gritty pair girl. What bird in your picture Jorge? It's lovely.

Is a Loica , i taken the photo closer Los Andes mountain range, is native of Chile and are more visible in winter

 

[moonvine]

The team I love most is the team from Japan
I'm starting to get nervous for them, man

I’m going to have to start making poems.

 

[moonvine]

Wow...we are already at the last group. Where has the day gone?

Gary says it’s been a long night of waiting at the bus stop.

 

[jorge2912]

Go Riku and Ryuichi

 

[labgoat]

Awesome power and intense choreo for Riku & Ryuchi. Love the classic death spiral too!
My favorites!

 

[FlossieH]

Great skate from Miura and Kihara.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

20. Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA
SP: "Paint It Black" by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne

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SP: 76.57 (1st) Q SB
calling the toe under was a little harsh, I'd probably have given it a q, but still a very good score

I love this program - it is so dynamic and exciting, and this team blends performance, skating skills, and transitions with athleticism so well. Riku and Ryuichi are so fast, and they've done so well to improve their twist and get the rotation for their SBS jumps called clean. This short will be very hard to beat - it's near-impossible for me to find fault with it. That represents the best of pairs skating.

 

[museksk8r]

Riku and Ryuichi, that was sublime and they are here to challenge for gold! Terrific!!

 

[readernick]

First time this team has had programs that I like. Can anyone beat this? They are far better performers than the the Germans in imho... Might have an UR on the 3T? That would open the door.

 

[saine]

The gauntlet has been thrown.

 

[Doggygirl]

Miura/Kihara: OMG that lift is EVERYTHING!!!! That was an awesome performance start to finish!

 

[Ares]

Miura/Kihara were fabulous. So much abandon everywhere.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Kihara really bringing it there. She’s slightly more tentative, but he is fierce

 

[moonvine]

Wonder if Tara and Johnny still think the Germans are the top team. Well I guess the Germans haven’t skated yet.

 

[auser]

Wonderfully executed program from Riku and Ryuichi. Speedy and dazzling.

 

[labgoat]

The sharpness, precision, intensity and difficulty of this program is exactly what the technical short program is supposed to be.