2016 Europeans Pairs Free Skate

[Alchamei]

This is a disaster.

 

[blue_idealist]

Oh wow, another lift disaster, even on the second attempt.

 

[NicolettaL]

In their twist there is enough space for even 5th turn I guess. And seriously this drawing is a emotions killer

 

[paircheck]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[gibbynka]

Oh this is so sad with the lifts

 

[sequinsgalore]

16 Mari VARTMANN / Ruben BLOMMAERT (GER)

Music: Somewhere (from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein

White lace dress, pink ribbon / white shirt, pink undone bowtie, black pants

3Tw - bit low catch
3STh
3T+3T+SEQ
5RLi
3LoTh - twofoot, stepout
2S - she doubled, he fell on 3S
FCCoSp3p - unison off
5ALi
ChSq
FiDs
PCoSp3p
3Li* - aborted, retried, aborted again

Another lift problems (and messy middle part)

FS: 50.19+59.21-1.00 = 108.40, 171.30, 8/16

 

[sneakers]

Tarasova / Morozov should have won silver

this is such a comedy

look at their TES with those invalid lifts

 

[Lota]

:hopelessness: :hopelessness: :hopelessness:

 

[silverfoxes]

Happy the judges give them almost as high PCS as VT: If russians can get away with their programs since like ever, why not Aliona !

A/R don't "get away" with anything though...what does that even mean?

I think Aliona would have killed him if it hadn't taken them so long to be able to compete...she doesn't have time to replace another partner

 

[Mista Ekko]

I think the concept of balance is a bit overrated, to be quite honest. If the program is enjoyable from start to finish and it goes well with the music, and not just a series of elements one after the other, I don't see why it would be unbalanced.

But in the last minute it is in fact just that,
I think even they would say.

Throws are still killer though

 

[moriel]

Happy the judges give them almost as high PCS as VT: If russians can get away with their programs since like ever, why not Aliona !

Actually, I don't find the germans' LP lacking choreo if you compare it to most of the top teams (not SK).

Actually they pretty much skate from element to element, unlike the said V/T and, for example, K/S.
So this was quite an overscore in PCs - compared to A/R for example, that performed like 10x times more

 

[DannyCurry]

-Massot : "S***, I didn't deliver."
-Savchenko : "Come on, don't lose it in the k&c in front of the cameras. I will give you ONE more chance to show you're really strong before I dump you".

 

[Sugarpova]

do we count untied bowties?

Oh Lennon interview

 

[Florencito]

Mess :hopelessness:

 

[sneakers]

After this, S/M are definitely one of the teams to watch - they have huge scoring potential and their elements are huge to say at least

Euros will be exciting in the future with V/T vs S/M vs S/K
and throw in also T/M and M/C

 

[atsumiri]

S/M's PCS is a joke ...... :disagree:

 

[gravy]

Flashback to 2013 Worlds where Aliona doubled her 2S and Robin fell on his 3S. German pairs and the salchow. :dev2:

 

[Mirunna]

Tarasova / Morozov should have won silver

this is such a comedy

look at their TES with those invalid lifts

No they should not, considering it was so close only thanks to an invalidated lift call for S/M. Just IMO

 

[EdgeCall]

Well, this was not a very uplifting competition ...

 

[sneakers]

S/M's PCS is a joke ...... :disagree:

not even V/T got those PCS marks during their debut :shocked:
maybe the PCS was just an emergency brake to buffer the score in this competition

we'll see how they will score in Worlds