This was an interesting pairs competition, with a lot of teams making their Grand Prix debut (5 or the 8). It was also interesting because the results weren’t in lock step. There was movement in the placings from second to seventh between the short and free programs. There weren’t a lot of clean performances but that’s maybe a bit much to ask, especially of pairs and especially with new rules, this early in the season. (The theme of the short was “Not the performance they were looking for” and the free wasn’t that much better.) Still, there were some interesting developments for many of the teams as their season unfolds.
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