The short program of the Lithuanian representatives who avoided more significant mistakes – the foxtrot and quixstep dance according to the Broadway musical “Bandtsant” – was evaluated with 71.29 points.
Until two years ago, the duo lacked a personal record of 2.12 points.
Among the 31 pairs who appeared on the ice, A. Reed and S. Ambrulevičius took the 15th place. 20 duets will continue their performance in the free program on Saturday.
19 of them will win tickets to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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So far, the 26-year-old American and the two-year-old Lithuanian managed to rise to the highest in the planet’s championships in 2019, when they finished in the 17th position.
In the free program, the couple will dance to Aurora’s Churchyard, It All Happened Quiet and Soft Universe.
The best program of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FSR) Victoria Sinicina and Nikita Katsalapov was rated the best on Friday – 88.15 points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtOsbuxAnlk
The current European champions and planet vice-champions lined up behind Americans. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue (86.05) came in second, Madison Chock and Evan Bates (85.15).
New world champions will be crowned in Stockholm as a French couple Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron decided to skip the match on the grounds of a mixed pandemic preparation.
We remind you that in women’s competitions Lithuanian Elizabeth Kropa finished the show after the short program with the last 37th (41.31 points) left.
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