Lutz Get Down to Business

We are here (emotionally, not physically) in Sochi for the Rostelecom Cup!

In the Women’s event, we have Mariah Bell in the conversation for an American Olympic spot, the battle of the Ekaterinas (Ryabova and Kurakova), and Kamila with her deserved five million world records.

In the Pairs event, we have a plea for Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro to work with a sports psychologist, a very confident and innovative Pavliuchenko and Khodykin, and surprise appearances by Jimmy Ma, both in the Kiss & Cry, and in our comparisons to his very-in-character Black Swan program.

And we discussed the Women and Pairs picks for the Grand Prix Final, only to then announce that the Grand Prix Final this year has been canceled. Big sad (but understandable, as we want to stop the spread of omicron as much as possible).

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:31) - News & a discussion about cheese

(06:37) - PAIRS

(06:46) - Miriam Ziegler & Severin Kiefer

(09:15) - Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise

(13:10) - Ioulia Chtchetinina & Mark Magyar

(16:08) - Kirsten Moore-Towers & Michael Marinaro

(20:18) - Audrey Lu & Misha Mitrofanov

(26:12) - Iasmina Kadyrova & Ivan Balchenko

(31:48) - Daria Pavliuchenko & Denis Khodykin

(37:11) - Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov

(43:17) - WOMEN

(43:22) - Olga Mikutina

(46:12) - Eva-Lotta Kiibus

(49:52) - Ekaterina Ryabova

(52:33) - Ekaterina Kurakova

(54:08) - MATSUIKE Rino

(57:38) - Viktoria Safonova

(59:57) - Madeline Schizas

(1:03:59) - Loena Hendrickx

(1:06:00) - Mariah Bell

(1:11:22) - Maiia Khromykh

(1:14:16) - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

(1:17:27) - Kamila Valieva

(1:22:31) - Kiss & Cry segment

(1:29:16) - Outro

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Well well well, it’s another Men’s event and thankfully no one had to say the words “1st to 7th and 7th to 1st” as the chaos was taken down a notch.

In the Men’s event, we eagerly got our lightsabers out again to bop along to Adam Siao Him Fa’s step sequence, breathed a sigh of relief for and with Kevin Aymoz, and smiled and laughed with Michael Buble for Kagiyama Yuma’s second Grand Prix circuit gold medal.

In Ice Dance, our favorite teenage heartthrob-filled RD from Stepanova and Bukin did not disappoint, and neither did the programs from our top two teams, as there was a battle between those top three medal spots.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:24) - News

(02:04) - IDF: ICE DANCE

(03:14) - Jennifer Janse van Rensburg & Benjamin Steffan

(05:06) - Loïcia Demougeot & Theo le Mercier

(05:54) - Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevičius

(09:03) - Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis

(11:35) - Annabelle Morozov & Andrei Bagin

(13:33) - Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko

(16:10) - Evgeniia Loparëva & Geoffrey Brissaud

(17:39) - Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin

(21:44) - Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier

(24:24) - Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron

(29:03) - IDF: MEN

(29:36) - Gabriele Frangipani

(32:25) - Romain Ponsart

(34:14 ) - Artur Danielian

(36:13) - Kevin Aymoz

(38:33) - Adam Siao Him Fa

(40:25) - Andrei Mozalëv

(42:50) - Keegan Messing

(44:59) - Dmitri Aliev

(46:58) - Deniss Vasiljevs

(48:32) - Jason Brown

(50:21) - SATO Shun

(52:13) - KAGIYAMA Yuma

(55:04) - Kiss & Cry segment

(59:05) - Outro

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We were out for NHK last week due to a family emergency but have a quick recap for you before we jump into the Women and Pairs events at Internationaux de France.

In the Women’s event, we SCREAMED and ascended to another dimension after Higuchi Wakaba’s Lion King Free Skate, pleaded with Mariah Bell to bring back Britney, and put some makeup-safe chunky glitter in our Etsy carts so we can be more like Aliona Kostornaia.

In the Pairs event, we continued to attend HSLOT in France with Vanessa James and Eric Radford (but still question the superstition of using Falling as your program music), and request more vigorous wing flapping from Boikova and Kozlovskii.

P.S. Excuse some background noise going on - we had some audio issues, crazy weather, and construction happening right next to Claudia’s place!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:34 - Quick recap of what we missed at NHK Trophy

03:28 - Daria Usachëva injury

05:47 - IDF: PAIRS

06:50 - Coline Keriven & Noel-Antoine Pierre

09:08 - Camille Kovalëv & Pavel Kovalëv

11:40 - Ioulia Chtchetinina & Mark Magyar

16:31 - Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini

18:24 - Vanessa James & Eric Radford

22:45 - Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier

25:47 - Iuliia Artemeva & Mikhail Nazarychev

29:32 - Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitri Kozlovskii

34:32 - IDF: WOMEN

35:17 - Starr Andrews

37:11 - Lea Serna

39:59 - LEE Haein

42:30 - YOKOI Yuhana

45:10 - PARK Yeongjeong

47:56 - Ekaterina Ryabova

50:24 - Mariah Bell

55:02 - Karen Chen

58:06 - Kseniia Sinitsyna

1:00:03 - HIGUCHI Wakaba

1:02:05 - Alëna Kostornaia

1:08:45 - Anna Shcherbakova

1:14:06 - Kiss & Cry segment (Alysa Liu coaching change, Warsaw Cup)

1:18:08 - Outro

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No matter the location, whether the Grand Prix is in Italy or China, this week’s cohort of skaters, yet again, delivered some questionable rhythm dances and chaotic performances, leaving Claudia and Joce once again, emotionally scarred. 

The Ice Dance event saw the much anticipated return of Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron, who whacked and vogued their way to the top of the podium. Chinese team, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu brought some blue suede shoes to the stage with their RD, while Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin took us through a tour of the boy-bands, fulfilling skating-Tik-Tok’s king, Ivan’s dreams.

The Men’s event was potentially hijacked by some aliens, with vague comments on their condition from Dmitri Aliev, jumps that were wild and yeeted into the atmosphere from the Italian men, and Jin Boyang and Kagiyama Yuma deciding that they would go from first to seventh and seventh to first. Definitely some UFOs (Unexpected Figure-skating Outcomes) seen this week.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:05) - News (so many withdrawals! :( again! )

(03:43) - ICE DANCE

(04:41) - Carolina Moscheni & Francesco Fioretti

(06:08) - CHEN Hong & SUN Zhuoming

(08:20) - Katharina Mueller & Tim Dieck

(11:08) - Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus

(12:53) - Evgenia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud

(16:00) - Caroline Green & Michael Parsons

(20:44) - WANG Shiyue & LIU Xinyu

(24:41) - Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin

(30:48) - Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue

(33:59) - Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron

(39:24) - MEN

(40:13) - Paul Fentz

(41:30) - Gabriele Frangipani

(45:44) - CHEN Yudong

(47:57) - Dmitri Aliev

(51:25) - Pëtr Gumennik

(54:56) - JIN Boyang

(1:00:03) - TOMONO Kazuki

(1:04:19) - CHA Junhwan

(1:07:34) - Deniss Vasiljevs

(1:10:48) - Daniel Grassl

(1:15:56) - Mikhail Kolyada

(1:21:25) - KAGIYAMA Yuma

(1:26:00) - Outro

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This leg of the Grand Prix circuit was saved from disaster by the wonderful Italian federation, who seemed to have had the funds to invite the likes of Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa to the Women & Pairs events this past weekend. 

In our Pairs event, we saw the start of Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise’s last competitive season, but their legacy and unitards are in good hands with the up and coming Italian teams. We also saw and shared the joy of the Chinese pairs team, Peng & Jin, whilst also crying heartfelt tears for Sui & Han’s comments about the meaning behind their FS.

In the Women’s event, we cry about the disappointing skates from the oh so talented Korean women, and also shed more tears at the amazing skates the Japanese women laid down. We celebrate the return of Anna Shcherbakova and her quad flip, as well as wish Loena Hendrickx a Happy Birthday, though she had her present all covered with her amazing, history-making skates at this event.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:12) - News (so many withdrawals! :( )

(03:46) - PAIRS

(04:00) - Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel

(06:45) - Sara Conte & Niccolo Macii

(08:50) - Alina Pepeleva & Roman Pleshkov

(10:20) - Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini

(13:29) - Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise

(17:37) - Yulia Artemeva & Mikhail Nazarychev

(22:05) - PENG Cheng & JIN Yang

(27:45) - SUI Wenjing & HAN Cong

(31:48) - WOMEN

(32:40) - Lucrezia Beccari

(34:01) - Lara Naki Gutmann

(35:25) - Nicole Schott

(37:30) - ZHU Yi

(39:23) - LIM Eunsoo

(43:35) - Sofia Samodurova 

(49:30) - KIM Yelim

(51:09) - MIYAHARA Satoko

(53:53) - MIHARA Mai

(56:18) - Loena Hendrickx

(59:50) - Maiia Khromykh

(1:02:52) - Anna Shcherbakova

(1:07:21) - Outro

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It is the second senior Grand Prix event of the season and we are already exhausted, and the men’s continued chaos does not help one bit. Fortunately in this Skate Canada Men and Ice Dance episode, there were some relieving and joyful moments as well.

In the Ice Dance event, we pleaded with Zach Lagha to sell his Rio beak masks, continued to be both 3000 and 8 and 2000 and late with another Boom Boom Pow program, and gave bold predictions about Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier on the Olympic podium.

In the Men’s event, we were worried about Keegan Messing (although very much appreciated the photos of Lane and Wyatt in the K&C), and surprised by the sudden appearance of Avril Lavigne in the Matrix. We also breathed a collective sigh of relief for Nathan Chen (but not for Raf).

Timestamps

(00:00) - Intro

(01:15) - ICE DANCE

(01:55) - Haley Sales & Nikolas Wamsteeker

(04:55) - Elizaveta Shanaeva & Devid Naryzhnyy

(08:55) - Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko

(10:52) - Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson

(15:08) - Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha

(19:29) - Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin

(26:23) - Caroline Green & Michael Parsons

(29:05) - Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz

(31:00) - Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri

(32:46) - Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier

(36:38) - MEN

(37:20) - Roman Sadovsky

(39:20) - Tomoki Hiwatashi

(41:51) - TANAKA Keiji

(44:35) - Conrad Orzel

(47:16) - Alexander Samarin

(51:03) - YAMAMOTO Sota

(53:29) - Morisi Kvitelashvili

(56:22) - Keegan Messing

(1:01:10) - Makar Ignatov

(1:04:32) - Evgeni Semenenko

(1:06:46) - Jason Brown

(1:09:29) - Nathan Chen

(1:14:49) - Situation with Rafael Artyunyan

(1:16:22) - Outro

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Welcome to our Skate Canada recap episodes! The Women and Pairs events were, well, eventful, although not quite as hair raising as Men (but we’ll get to them soon).

The Pairs event was basically the Vancouver stop on Harry Styles’ Love on Tour (well, kinda), but with the most unfortunate song lyric choice. We also celebrated with Ashley Cain-Gribble and Tim LeDuc for their bronze medal win, and canceled SBS 3S with Sui Wenjing and Han Cong (and prayed that at least one person would say his name right).

In the Ladies event, we watched yet another Bolero program, although what a beautiful one it was from Kamila Valieva. We also SCREAMED for Higuchi Wakaba’s Lion King program while also cursing JSF for many reasons on her behalf.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(05:07) - PAIRS

(06:00) - Zoe Jones & Chris Boyadji

(08:50) - Lori-Ann Matte & Thierry Ferland

(11:47) - Kirsten Moore-Towers & Michael Marinaro

(19:41) - Minerva Fabienne Hase & Nolan Seegert

(24:06) - Vanessa James & Eric Radford

(29:39) - Ashley Cain-Gribble & Tim LeDuc

(34:50) - Daria Pavliuchenko & Denis Khodykin

(41:34) - SUI Wenjing & HAN Cong

(46:24) - WOMEN

(46:46) - Alison Schumacher

(49:26) - Emily Bausback

(51:37) - Karen Chen

(55:20) - KAWABE Mana

(58:18) - Madeline Schizas

(1:01:48) - LEE Hae-in

(1:04:49) - HIGUCHI Wakaba

(1:10:40) - Alysa Liu

(1:14:21) - MIHARA Mai

(1:19:47) - Aliona Kostornaia

(1:30:28) - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

(1:34:51) - Kamila Valieva

(1:43:05) - Outro

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The women’s event at Skate America didn’t quite have the chaos of the men’s event, but there was still much to talk about. We discussed Cruella lore and the implications of Alexandra Trusova’s dogs’ names on her dress, cried happy tears over the appreciation of Satoko Miyahara’s artistry (and lamented the judges’ cruel lowballing), wished we were in Vegas to take photos with Amber Glenn and rainbow flags, and mistook Keanu Reeves for Liam Neeson but appreciated Kaori Sakamoto’s new programs nonetheless.

In the pairs event, we continued our search for clean side by side jumps, questioned the booking rates of Chris Martin and Coldplay, celebrated with Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, and watched yet another Malagueña program while simultaneously praising that at least it’s not another Bolero.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(02:47) - PAIRS

(02:55) - Evelyn Walsh & Trent Michaud

(06:22) - Chelsea Liu & Danny O’Shea

(09:43) - Alina Pepeleva & Roman Pleshkov

(13:00) - Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson

(16:00) - Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier

(20:42) - Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii Kozlovskii

(25:33) - MIURA Riku & KIHARA Ryuichi

(29:17) - Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov

(33:55) - Ramble about GP season as a whole

(34:43) - LADIES/WOMEN

(35:08) - Audrey Shin

(37:46) - YOKOI Yuhana

(41:05) - Starr Andrews

(43:48) - Ekaterina Kurakova

(46:00) - KIM Yelim

(48:55) - MIYAHARA Satoko

(53:03) - Amber Glenn

(56:03) - Kseniia Sinitsyna

(1:01:13) - SAKAMOTO Kaori

(1:07:15) - YOU Young

(1:09:25) - Daria Usachëva

(1:14:28) - Alexandra Trusova

(1:22:40) - Outro

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Would it really be a men’s event if chaos did not abound? We will never know the answer to that as at Skate America, we again did not see peace. 

We talked about how everyone should lay off Nathan Chen and how we love happy and confident Vincent Zhou and the benefits of skating to a program with your name as the title. We also questioned who Joce’s clubbing buddy is now that Uno Shoma is skating to Vivaldi and Bolero, and cried for and with Kevin Aymoz while joining the audience for a standing ovation.

In the dance event, we pondered the placement of Yehor Yehorov’s worm-ing on the ice, dated ourselves by revealing how old we were when Boom Boom Pow topped the charts, and learned the true meaning of Too Darn Hot with Evan Bates’ highly insulated free dance costume.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:07) - ICE DANCE

(02:38) - Molly Cesanek & Yehor Yehorov

(05:06) - Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus

(06:04) - Natalia Kaliszek & Maksym Spodyriev

(06:37) - KOMATSUBARA Misato & Tim Koleto

(09:28) - Annabelle Morozov & Andrei Bagin

(13:11) - Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz

(16:00) - Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sørensen

(17:55) - Madison Chock & Evan Bates

(23:19) - Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue

(26:06) - MEN

(26:23) - Kevin Aymoz

(28:52) - Artur Danielian

(30:27) - Adam Siao Him Fa

(33:27) - Nam Nguyen

(36:15) - Daniel Grassl

(39:19) - Michal Brezina

(40:50) - Jimmy Ma

(44:09) - SATO Shun

(46:44) - Nathan Chen

(54:28) - UNO Shoma

(58:03) - Vincent Zhou

(1:02:46) - Outro

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We wrap our first season of the Lutz Get Down to Business Podcast with this episode - the pod’s very own End of Season Awards ‘show’! Claudia and Joce take turns guessing the other’s top selections from each discipline, covering programs, costumes, gala programs, funniest moments, and more. We also chat about the season as a whole, shout out some memorable moments, and give our profuse thanks to all those who tuned in this season - we appreciate every little bit of support that we’ve gotten!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(02:15) - News

(09:19) - Awards: Fave men’s programs

(16:23) - Awards: Fave ladies’ programs

(20:03) - Awards: Fave pairs’ programs

(22:35) - Awards: Fave ice dance programs

(25:49) - Awards: Fave costumes

(30:44) - Awards: Fave gala program

(33:34) - Awards: Fave up-and-comers

(38:13) - Awards: Most shocking moment this season

(39:27) - Awards: Funniest moment this season

(40:58) - Awards: Best non-skating achievement from skaters

(42:42) - Awards: Top moments of the season

(46:17) - Season summary chat & random shoutouts

(49:42) - Kiss & Cry: book recommendation

(52:04) - Kiss & Cry chat

(57:59) - Outro & thanks xx

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