Pairs SP

[mycelticblessing]

Pairs SP warmup starting. Anyone watching?

 

[Tonichelle]

anyone able to do a play by play?

 

[TCTC84]

I'm not sure where to ask this, but is any of the NHK events today on daum or on any free streaming service?

Thanks alot

 

[mycelticblessing]

Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart

skating to Tosca

Spirals: not very pretty, but ok
Throw triple salchow: forward lean
SBS spins: out of sync towards the end

47.78

 

[Tonichelle]

thanks, mcb!

 

[mycelticblessing]

Laura Magitteri / Ondrej Hotarek

skating to Michael Jackson melodies
Double axels, SBS: good
Lifts: good
Throw salchow: step-out

45.10

Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov

Nice double axels, but timing problem.
good double twist
SBS spin completely out of sync
good throw triple loop

45.32

 

[mycelticblessing]

Welcome Tonichelle

Midori Ito and Katarina Witt are there. They just got introduced to the audience.

Warmup for Grp 2 starting.

 

[mycelticblessing]

Missed most of Kemp and King

Good throw jump
Good lifts and pair spin

49.36

Skating to music from Secret Garden

SBS triple toes: Good
Throw triple loop: good, very secure
good lifts and double twist.

57.60 shooting into the lead

 

[feraina]

Wow, Jessica & Bryce are really off today.

Jessica falls on the 3S (UR?), they have a bit of a crash collision on the twist landing, the lift ended so close to the boards that I was seriously worried that Jessica might bang her head, the throw was 2-footed, the spin was completely out of sync, and in the end pose Jessica nearly falls into Bryce. They somehow didn't look ready to me today.

score: 55.24
into second

 

[mycelticblessing]

Dube / Davison:

Not a great skate unfortunately.

SBS triple saclow, she falls
Throw triple jump: Double-footed

other than that, everything else was pretty good

55.24, 2nd place behind I/B

Pang/Tong:

fall on SBS triple toe by Pang.
Gorgeous throw triple loop

63.10

The commentator mentioned that D/D were looking worried about the ice and that the falls may have been caused by the tracings left behind by the previous skaters.

 

[feraina]

Wow Pang/Tong are off today too. The 3T was really low and under-rotated on her part (sort of between double and triple with awkward landing), and as she stumbles, he runs into her a bit. But the twist was good, as was the triple triple loop. I like this choreography for them, elegant but with energy (in contrast, I didn't like Jessica & Bryce's music at all). Her extension is really improving.

Score: 63.10 (SB), first place after SP.

 

[PolymerBob]

Acording to the ISU web page, Rena and John are in second place.

 

[tae04]

Wow for I&B, and John only did a 2toe actually from viewing the video.

 

[gold12345]

A 63 with a fall? lol. Okay.

 

[mycelticblessing]

^

Compared to what some of the other skaters got last week at the CoR splatfest, 63 isn't too ridiculous.

NHK is probably the worst pairs competition of the lot unfortunately. I miss Langlois and Hay

 

[saltypig]

SP Results

Pairs

Short Program

1. Pang Qing and Tong Jian, China, 63.10.

2. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, United States, 57.60.

3. Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison, Canada, 55.24.

4. Stacey Kemp and David King, Britain, 49.36.

5. Monica Pisotta and Michael Stewart, Canada, 47.78.

6. Maria Sergejeva and Ilya Glebov, Estonia, 45.32.

7. Laura Magitteri and Ondrej Hotarek, Italy, 45.10.

8. Meeran Trombley and Laureano Ibarra, United States, 44.40.

 

[Tinymavy15]

Good Job Inoue and Baldwin! Did they try the throw 3 axel?

 

[antmanb]

Good Job Inoue and Baldwin! Did they try the throw 3 axel?

I think, from the protocols they did the throw triple loop as their thrown jump.

Ant

 

[fiercemao]

All top pairs are pretty awful this year. None is consistent. I do hope P&T can skate a clean LP though since skating tango is style in pairs.

 

[skatingfan04]

Ouch. D/D really bit the dust. They're usuallu FS skaters, so let's hope they can pull up tomorrow. It'll really suck if they're not at the GP final.