#pair skaters

[meetmeontheicerink]

Attention everyone Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek continue to be the cutest pair skaters I’ve ever seen! They have so much personality and expression and bring tons of energy and excitement to every program they skate. They just pulled off a personal best free skate score of 142.09

[unintended-escape]

I won't translate everything, but main things he said were: They will start training in April, but mostly for shows. They want to put up a not too difficult short program and use it for shows, and they have an idea about the music, which they wanted to use for a long time already. They think that it's quite unlikely that they would be in shape to compete in Pyeongchang, so they are now thinking about where and when they would announce their retirement. And interesting point is that they don't think they'll continue working with Nina Mozer. I loved the realism and team spirit with which Max was talking - he said that although of course they are still good with Nina and apparently she still considers them her pair, they think that coming back to that rink would be really unfair to all the competing top pairs. Nina has three promising teams and taking VT back would mean she'd have to sideline Zabijako/Enbert. They don't want to ruin the balance that's in that rink now. So they are looking for a choreographer and a coach for their show programs. About Stolbova/Klimov, he said that he thinks they need to take it steady and he knows that they have the ability to "shoot" when they are the underdogs when it counts the most.

[meetmeontheicerink]

Ondrej Hotarek and Valentina Marchei just performed one of the most energetic and engaging short programs so far!! They’re technically skilled and the program is so fun to watch. As of right now they are in 4th with a score of 74.50

[meetmeontheicerink]

Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot gave an incredible free skate performance breaking their own world record with 159.31 and one of the most emotional endings I've ever seen!!