2018 GP Helsinki Pairs Free Skate

[NoNameFace]

Matteo, a sight for sore eyes

 

[s_parks]

Oh lord..that terrible Gatsby program is going to win a medal.

LOL. Love P/K, hate that lp. I'll consider it part of their growing pains...

 

[rachno2]

SBS are cursed this year

 

[Colonel Green]

Oh lord..that terrible Gatsby program is going to win a medal.

A silver medal, at this rate.

 

[flanker]

Ouch, seems that Italians were unable to carry their position of the leaders

 

[cathlen]

I picked Italians for the winners, but it seems they don't want it....

 

[Mrs. P]

OH goodness, do I need to drink more to keep the curse away from the ladies.

 

[Hyena]

Della Monica/Guarise do well with powerful music but I lost them in the middle there.

(Mostly I just want to go back and watch Jason Brown now. Can't believe this program was four years ago for him.)

 

[sequinsgalore]

7 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)

Music: Tristan and Isolde by Maxime Rodriguez

Blue, pink ombre dress / brown, blue ombre shirt, dark pants

2S+COMBO - both pops, she did 2S+2T, he did 3S<<+SEQ+2T*
3Tw3 - bit low
3LoTh - hand down
FiDs3
2T - she pop, he did 3T
5RLi3
ChSq
3STh - hangs on
5ALi3
4Li4
PCoSp4

Messy skate, gold is now wide open

FS: 54.86+63.73-1.00 = 117.59 (SB), 185.77 (SB), 1/7

 

[ancientpeas]

:hopelessness:

 

[Mrs. P]

Della Monica/Guarise do well with powerful music but I lost them in the middle there.

(Mostly I just want to go back and watch Jason Brown now. Can't believe this program was four years ago for him.)

Same. That was prime JB, right there. It feels like he lived a whole career since then, LOL.

 

[draqq]

Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)

- Only a 2S from Della Monica, also a 3S<< from Guarise, +2T doesn't look like it will count at all (-4)
- Very strong catch in the 3Twist (+2)
- Both hands-down on the throw 3Lo (-2)
- Strong and smooth death spiral (+3)
- Only a 2T from Della Monica (-2)
- Good ice coverage on the reverse lasso lift (+3)
- Nice shapes and spirals in the choreo sequence (+2)
- A skiddy landing on the throw 3S (-1)
- Very strong rotation in the second lift (+3/+4)
- Nice one-armed handholds in the last lift (+3)
- Fairly good speed through the combo spin (+3)

Yikes, not a good outing for this pair today. Honestly, they were just slow across the ice, much slower than I'm used to seeing. Those sbs jumps were just all over the place and the throws were not secure this time around. This program just doesn't look great on them, it just doesn't look ready.

 

[gold12345]

I love how fans always worry about jumps, but it's often the spins or, in Pairs case, the lifts that can make big difference.

Yup. The lifts are huge point getters, and very costly when they don't go well.

 

[WeakAnkles]

D-M/G just looked like their timing was totally off kilter. Ouch.

Yes, it did make me think of how good Jason't program to this was.

ETA: And they get a SB with that. There are no words....

 

[Baron Vladimir]

That was close

 

[NoNameFace]

I kind of wonder if they will go back to last season's FS...

 

[kevinVchicago]

Oh lord..that terrible Gatsby program is going to win a medal.

[emoji23]

 

[flanker]

Sorry but this is completely unfair!

 

[cathlen]

What the hell? Russians should be first!

 

[Spirals for Miles]

No way
This was not good enough for the lead