2023 Grand Prix de France Pairs Free Skate

[CrazyKittenLady]

That was a short competition.
I'll get food and twizzle over to my B-team men competing in Riga.

Have an awesome week everybody and see you in China for the next GP!

 

[Jumping_Bean]

With Kam/O'Shea withdrawing, I'm expecting scores to be lower overall anyway, so I'm not too broken up about my results

 

[withwings]

This should be a serious wake up call for Conti/Macii

Not even close!

They will do better, no doubt about that

 

[Sackie]

Lia has found a home in Pairs just like Meghan did. Wonder what they can score if they ever go completely clean.

 

[Baron Vladimir]

need to go to put my face on! i'll celebrate this amazing week of skating in full @balabam mode! see you next week and around. love you all

And i think I will follow your footsteps. See you all next week

 

[4everchan]

well my pairs predictions are mush

a lot of people got about the same 40 score

 

[skylark]

I guess i didn't get a chance to see all of this as they were not on my radar much... but i trust your word for it.

thank you!

 

[4everchan]

Lia has found a home in Pairs just like Meghan did. Wonder what they can score if they ever go completely clean.

I would say add another 5-6 points... 2-3 on the 2axel fall (goe and deduction) 1 points in goe for the salchow. and 1-2 points on the level lost on the first lift.

 

[slider11]

I would like Lia and Trennt to change that ending lift/pose. It's always late and seems awkward. I know the timing will improve but it could be simplified and be more effective.

 

[NanaPat]

CBC cut off before medal ceremony. What's with that?

I scurried over to the ISU channel. Can't get enough "Oh "

 

[withwings]

Thank you, all the pair teams, for working hard and enchanting world's psychological environment with joy of skating! for giving us an opportunity to turn away from mundane life....

 

[rain]

whoohooo! Much deserved GP gold for Pereira/Michaud!

I can never believe the people who say this team will never be more than middling, saying they don't stand out. I think Lia is a born star and we're starting to see it more and more in the programs as she gets comfortable. And he was really emoting in this LP as well. I think this program is great for them and really builds, and I love their expression. And they're just getting started.

 

[Sackie]

And once again the CAN judge gives the Can skaters the lowest marks. Even the ITA judge marked Lia and Trennt higher then the CAN judge and also higher then the ITA team.

 

[withwings]

So glad for Kovalevs to get a medal!! for Lia and Trennt, for Italians...for all of them!! either they achieved their goal here or no

 

[Andrea82]

I see the glittered podium is alive and kicking.

 

[withwings]

are flags real or....digital, or what?!? could someone from arena to tell me this, please

 

[NanaPat]

are flags real or....digital, or what?!? could someone from arena to tell me this, please

Based only on the stread: It looked to me like they had real flags for all the participating countries, in alphabetical order, and that was the flag they mostly showed during the anthem. At times I could see a glimpse of China next to it. At the end they showed a digital flag - maybe they had those for the medalists.

 

[withwings]

Lia has found a home in Pairs just like Meghan did. Wonder what they can score if they ever go completely clean.

whoohooo! Much deserved GP gold for Pereira/Michaud!

I can never believe the people who say this team will never be more than middling, saying they don't stand out. I think Lia is a born star and we're starting to see it more and more in the programs as she gets comfortable. And he was really emoting in this LP as well. I think this program is great for them and really builds, and I love their expression. And they're just getting started.

Slightly disagree. IMO Lia is much more complete skater than Meagan was/is

 

[4everchan]

Slightly disagree. IMO Lia is much more complete skater than Meagan was/is

I do not disagree Lia is more complete but let's give credit to Meagan where credit is due. Not many pairs women landed the jumps and throws she did. As a matter of fact, she is a pioneer in that realm.

 

[Axel Rose]

I feel like I watched a different skate. The scores were too high for what Lia and Trent put out there. I’m not saying they didn’t deserve to win given the rest of the competition. But the Italians and Canadians look like teams that would usually be ranked 6-10 in the world and future champs in 2-3 years, yet now they’re top 2 at GPs. The current overall state of pairs is discouraging.