TEAM OLYMPIA (CZE) | Free Skating Helsinki 2025 | #WorldSynchro

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May 11, 2025
And there they are, the team from Czechia, lining in 11th place.
This is Team Olympia.
Going into this, they're a couple of places higher than they finished at the World Championships last year.
Using the MiABA. Should be fun.
Beautiful position in the group lift.
And a nice strong arch in the back.
You have the nuances in the music as well.
It was a really nice shape in those C's before that PI.
Looking for the athletes to maintain edges.
That we were looking for yesterday in the no-hold elements.
So we want to see those ankles over those edges on every one of those turns.
Really great pose shape. That's the first time I've seen a really strong pose shape on a glassing intersection tonight.
Very creative.
Really, really good, wasn't it? Strong, strong finish.
And to be honest, they started off very, very strong and kept the momentum going all the way through.
Technically some good elements there.
They were pushing on the levels all the time.
And I was impressed with their skating skills.
Really nice deep inside rocker through the no-hold element.
Showing some good skills. Well done.
Team Olympia. Could they get a personal best here?
Yeah, I was really impressed with their intersection.
I thought they did a really nice job with the shapes in them.
Rotational unison and rotational speed.
That was really well done.
Lots of speed carried throughout the program.
I didn't feel pockets where it slowed down too much.
And sometimes, you know, when you're, again, working with a free program and there's ten elements,
you see a loss of speed between elements.
You see the team gear up and get going because they need to execute something difficult
and then it sort of tapers out in between and I didn't feel that with this team.
Really, really good. Looking down as well.
Those intersections both getting level fours.
That's good news for them.
Taking a look at their move element, their first element.
Really well done with the music.
Really strong positions from the lifted skaters here.
If I was being super picky, I'd love for the lifts to rotate in unison
because I think it would have been extremely impactful.
But either way, I thought they did a very nice job.
This was another standout moment for them as well.
I also thought they had really nice rotational speed in these twizzles.
This was another standout for me.
There was a small bump in there, only between two skaters, but the post shape was so important.
You really want to see a nice, strong shape going in and a nice, strong shape coming out.
And I thought they did that very well.
And creative ending with their creative lift.
Yeah, so many highlights. They did a super job there.
Well, this team's season's best score is 110.59.
They got that in the Dresden Cup.
And they're going to beat that here.
It's 111.62, so things definitely on the up and up for Team Olympia.
And they will go into the lead.
That's really their allotted slot, but a fantastic score for them.
And they will be thrilled with that.
That is a season's best score for them by some way, by 11 points.
That is the best place to have that happen.
Yes, it absolutely is.
