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Let's discuss Pairs Skating as it progresses throughout the season to the Olympics and Worlds in 2026.
Road to Milano: Pairs' Figure Skating
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see it if you can! I can't stop hyperventilating!
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My medal contenders for Milan would be Miura/Kihara, Hase/Volodin, Conti/Macii, Metelkina/Berulava and Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps. Pavlova/Sviatchenko, Kam/O'Shea and Efimova/Mitrofanov could also make a leap. Can't wait to see it all play out live at the venue. I think I don't need to say what I'd like the outcome to be...like I said in the NHK pairs free skate thread, the highest free skate score in the GP series goes to Deanna and Max at this point, I would not write them off.
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My observations so far after the fourth event is that pairs is wide open for the olympics, worlds and GP finals. No one is owning it. The early season faves were the Japanese. Some of us assumed when Sui and Han announced they were coming back they would ascend to the top. Max and Deanna looked liked they were sliding down with the GEorgians, Italians, Germans all looking to fight for the podium ahead of them. I wondered if the second Italian team would rise. But what we have seen is to some Sui and Han not looking good, reling o reputatio or generous judging to the point of even lookign over one completely missed/wrong element at their first event. Honestly they could work hard and get it togethr but those lifts look scarey. I still don't know why they really came back. We may never know as what people say versus really mean is often very opposite. I still don't underst and the Japanese who have a second team looking pretty good. I thought the wolrd champs would dominate this quadrennial. They have two world titles but hardly dominant. I thought there was an Australian team but they just seem to be hit with one problem after another. So we have the GErmans and Georgians to add to the mix. Artistically not that strong but they are getting more and more consistent and they ae great technicians. And just when you think it is over for the elderly Canadian team they show a glimmer of hope they aren't finished. The Americans look like an outside shout for a medal a tthe big events but part of theproblem is they do not have one dominate and eligibile team. There are like 3 or 4 good teams EM look like they are favoured by the judges but each team has a major achilles. Kam and O Shea, Spencer and Howe, and well sometimes it is hard to remember whois who, who has citizenship issues,. They need to distinguish themselves. Also you h ave watch what happens to the HUngarians and second Italian team they all could add to the mix.
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The main issue for the Australians is her citizenship. She can't leave the country right now. But they hope she gets it this month and as of today they are still entered for Warsaw Cup in 2 weeks.
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I'm curious to see how Hase/Volodin will look in Finland next week.
In pairs I'm quite sure that the medalists will have been at the final. Not sure if Sui/Han can get there. That they're going to be there I have no doubt, they scored higher than Zhang/Huang at CoC and if their skates are not a desaster they'll surely win nationals.
In pairs I'm quite sure that the medalists will have been at the final. Not sure if Sui/Han can get there. That they're going to be there I have no doubt, they scored higher than Zhang/Huang at CoC and if their skates are not a desaster they'll surely win nationals.
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I'm still in the Sui Han camp. I think by the time the Olys roll around they will have put the time in and regained their impressive style and panache! I thought their second time out was markedly better than their first time and they will keep improving. As much as I would like to see a US team on the podium, I really think that's a long shot.
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It be interesting to see who the u.s. sends
None arw medal contenders but 3 teams could make 4-6 .
The contenders are Japan Muira and Kihara, Canada Dellato sudek and deschamps. Italy conti and maci Germany Hase and Voldin Hocke and her partner, Georgia team.
None arw medal contenders but 3 teams could make 4-6 .
The contenders are Japan Muira and Kihara, Canada Dellato sudek and deschamps. Italy conti and maci Germany Hase and Voldin Hocke and her partner, Georgia team.
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Agreed. The Hungarians are a bit of a question mark to me but the other 5 finalists are the top contenders for me as well.
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The nerves seem to be getting to the top teams. I honestly can't remember so many major mistakes from the elite teams as we have seen so far this season - a twist 'cancelled' mid-air, lifts - ditto, fall out of DS, fall out of combo spin. When I watched Minerva & Nikita standing in the middle of the rink with time to spare, gazing at each other after the DS attempt, I thought - wait, that reminds me of something - ahh, yes, Anastassia & Luca standing in the similar manner after the lift which did not happen for them. (imho they should be prepared in such a scenario to fill the void with some choreo movements - as to be honest it did look ridiculous and disruptive to the flow of the program AND should have been penalised harshly on PCS side too)
I do not dare to think of Milano - where the pressure would multiply.
I do not dare to think of Milano - where the pressure would multiply.
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The final will be a good "test event" I think. The only ones that haven't made such a major mistake were RikuRyu (I think, correct me if I'm wrong). But we have also seen clean programs with high scores from all teams.
