2025 World Championships Women's Free Skate

[Ruthypegs]

Here to cheer on Kristen Spours before turning in for the night. I really admire her determination*. Hope she has a good skate.

*In a BBC documentary "Freeze", she talked about a suffering a spinal injury. She was offered surgery, but was told that it could mean the end of her skating, so she opted to try to keep skating and try to heal purely through physio.

 

[Andrea82]

Officials

Function	Name	Nation
Referee	Mr. Marco BUTTARELLI	ITA
Technical Controller	Ms. Cynthia BENSON	CAN
Technical Specialist	Mr. Konstantin KOSTIN	LAT
Technical Specialist	Ms. Sari HAKOLA	FIN
Judge No.1	Ms. Katarina HENRIKSSON	SWE
Judge No.2	Mr. Miroslav MISUREC	CZE
Judge No.3	Mr. Massimo ORLANDINI	ITA
Judge No.4	Ms. Prisca BINZ-MOSER	SUI
Judge No.5	Ms. Ritsuko HORIUCHI	JPN
Judge No.6	Ms. Francoise de RAPPARD	BEL
Judge No.7	Mr. Robert ROSENBLUTH	USA
Judge No.8	Ms. Aniela HEBEL-SZMAK	POL
Judge No.9	Ms. Florence VUYLSTEKER	FRA

Compared to SP
In: Sweden, Belgium, USA and Poland
Out: Israel, Slovakia, Norway and Romania

 

[EdgeCall]

Allright, here I am, trying to stay awake.

 

[TT_Fin]

It is midnight here and I usually go to bed in time but after having a busy day a bit mentally hard duties did not get in sleep. So I willl watch the first group and hope Fs calms my nerves.

 

[auser]

It's starting!

I haven't been able to catch up on the Short Program (I can't believe I forgot the dates!), but looking forward to the competition today!

Thank you. I forgot to reopen the stream.

 

[auser]

Guys wtf, I'm about to to walk into the arena, I cannot believe I'm about to watch the ladies FS at a world championship. Dream come true.

So happy for you! Hope you have a great time.

 

[moonvine]

Guys wtf, I'm about to to walk into the arena, I cannot believe I'm about to watch the ladies FS at a world championship. Dream come true.

Hope this is a happier occasion than mine was.

 

[EdgeCall]

Redemption skates please for Katya, Livia, Linnea ... well, actually the entire group, methinks.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Hello! I'm excited for this event - I hope everyone skates clean and goes home happy! I'll be doing PBPs

 

[elektra blue]

go Meda!!!

 

[Weathergal]

I'm going to be a mess tonight. My boys will be playing their NCAA tourney opener, supposed to start at 8:30pm EST, while the last two groups are going.

Who are your boys?

 

[moonvine]

It’s crazy how exhausting this is.

 

[Janice4th]

Did anyone else see the interview with Alysa Liu where she said she didn’t get nervous? That’s a gift.

 

[elbkup]

Here to cheer on Kristen Spours before turning in for the night. I really admire her determination*. Hope she has a good skate.

*In a BBC documentary "Freeze", she talked about a suffering a spinal injury. She was offered surgery, but was told that it could mean the end of her skating, so she opted to try to keep skating and try to heal purely through physio.

KMT just commented she is confident and ready.. she looks good!

 

[sworddance21]

Meda is lovely.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

1 Meda VARIAKOJYTE
FS: "Van Gogh;" "Voila" by Barbara Pravi; choreo by Julia Teplih, Saulius Ambrulevicius

2A
3Lz!+1Eu+3S (turns out)
3Lz!
3F
FCSp4
ChSq1 +0.07
1Lo (almost looked intentional as a pop)
2A+2T
3Sq+2T (steps out, two-footed on landing)
LSp2
StSq3
CCoSp4

SP: 50.98 (24th)
FS: 88.83 (1st)
TOT: 139.81 (1st)

Like in the short program, this was a cautious but neat skate from Meda - she did what she had to to get the jumps done. The jumps are nice when done well, and she has good spins as well. Moving forwards, carrying more speed throughout the program will help her improve her PCS and jump GOE, but she should be happy with this long program and her Worlds experience.

 

[elektra blue]

decent world debut

 

[EdgeCall]

One annoying pop and a few lesser troubles, but overall decent job.

 

[TT_Fin]

We don't have commentators in our local channel at this time (it is already Saturday eastern Eurooean time) so I hear only the music and arena announcements. I think this in enough to get me sleepy. Let's see if I can make it so long I can see Linnea.

 

[elektra blue]

go Livia, end this year on a high note