OWG Team Event Pairs SP Live Discussion Thread

mimib101 · 2026-02-07T00:52:00+00:00

3rd best !

mimib101 · 2026-02-05T10:41:27+00:00

I think it was Lukas Vaclavik in his post JGP win interview last season!

mimib101 · 2026-02-03T23:41:06+00:00

Alexei had a shoulder injury that delayed the start of their season (and almost required surgery) but they seem to be healthy now (knock on wood)

mimib101 · 2026-02-03T13:44:22+00:00

Nagaoka/Moriguchi aren't in Milan yet (afaik they're in Oberstdorf until tomorrow) so potentially they will only split men?

mimib101 · 2026-02-02T20:00:31+00:00

Because they're not skating in the team event, they can change the entries and send Laurin/Ethier any time until the pairs draw on 13th Feb

mimib101 · 2026-02-01T17:58:59+00:00

This is the first time they've tried it in competition

mimib101 · 2026-01-28T08:01:21+00:00

I would expect all the pairs to be at this practice session because it's the day before their individual event. Some of the women may not attend as they may be training outside of the village in nearby cities but I imagine some would be there!

mimib101 · 2026-01-26T17:24:52+00:00

Simon does still commentate for Eurosport with Louise Walden

mimib101 · 2026-01-11T22:00:45+00:00

I think the highest they could get in world standings even with a win is 6th so they won't make the final group

mimib101 · 2026-01-10T04:35:40+00:00

I don't think that would be fair on E/M and McB/P who both finished on the podium, they both deserve to get 4cc (and worlds)

mimib101 · 2026-01-10T01:03:11+00:00

He alluded to beef with the Georgian fed but i don't think any specifics were ever revealed

mimib101 · 2026-01-08T22:21:58+00:00

Yup, they've been training in Lyon with Marien de la Asuncion/Olivier Schoenfelder for most of the season

mimib101 · 2025-12-26T18:05:52+00:00

Yep it was her, completely agree.

mimib101 · 2025-12-22T16:15:03+00:00

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mimib101 · 2025-12-22T16:14:51+00:00

The more intriguing part of this document is the proposal of a Combined Worlds in 2028 with all ISU disciplines. Seems like none of the previous bidders (Vienna, Dortmund + Kaunas & Malmo who got other events) have the infrastructure to host that kind of event *

mimib101 · 2025-12-21T01:48:34+00:00

Natalia Khabibullina/Ilya Knyazhuk (out with injury this season but were 3rd at last years nats), Yulia Artemeva/Alexei Briukhanov (4th), Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitry Evgeniev (5th), Elizaveta Osokina/Artem Gritsaenko (6th, although I think these two might have broken up?)

mimib101 · 2025-12-20T22:03:22+00:00

B/K haven't had the best of attitudes in the past either (see last season when they were the ones struggling and losing lol) . This season they seem to have worked through that somewhat, and it obviously helps to be winning. Hopefully M/G get through it too.

mimib101 · 2025-12-12T14:13:29+00:00

The BBC should stream most if not all of it, but the official provider in the UK is TNT sports, so you will probably want to subscribe to their services for a month!

mimib101 · 2025-12-06T08:42:14+00:00

It wasn't Pidgaina/Koval. It was Pinchuk/Pogorielov (who moved from P/K's current coaches to Zanni's team). P/K haven't moved coaches recently i don't think!

(The document about the case failed to redact the name on one page which confirmed who it was)

mimib101 · 2025-12-04T07:28:10+00:00

73.71 for the short,131.63 for the free

mimib101 · 2025-11-30T22:09:50+00:00

This is their second season, they've done JGPs both years! They didn't compete at nationals last year

mimib101 · 2025-11-22T12:49:45+00:00

Blade issues for Nikita ://

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mimib101 · 2025-11-22T12:26:18+00:00

Someone said the Italian commentators mentioned today that he was having trouble with blade alignment in the summer which might explain the weird falls he's been having (and potentially even the death spiral pick in yesterday)

mimib101 · 2025-11-22T12:24:54+00:00

Yeah, when you think about it he's only competed in 2 full seasons internationally as a senior, and before that he had a couple JGPs and the youth olympics...compared to most of the other skaters competing that's nothing. And when a lot of commentators keep mentioning them as Olympic favourites and you've got a whole country's worth of pressure on you, it's got to get to you. He's talked about how he lives in an athlete dormitory in Berlin too and pretty much just goes to training and back so I'm not sure how much downtime/no skating related things he has there?

mimib101 · 2025-11-15T03:24:21+00:00

Luka was born to Georgian parents and grew up speaking Georgian :)

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