Overview

• They opened their partnership competitively on Sept. 23 at Karuizawa’s Kazakoshi Park Ice Arena in Nagano Prefecture.
• They skated the rhythm dance to “Got the Groove.”
• Coverage noted clean, synchronized twizzles and other coordinated movements in the program.
• Both skaters said they were nervous, felt the twizzles went well, and pointed to lift technique as an area to fix.
• The Chris Reed Cup honors the late three-time Olympian and has run since 2022, with Hokkaido Shimbun describing this edition as a non-official competition.