The Ice Dance event at Lombardia Trophy 2025 delivered drama, artistry, and some surprising results — and I’m breaking it all down. This is the first of my four part series on the Lombardia Trophy - so stay tuned for more coverage all week!
Winners Eva Pate & Logan Bye (USA) edged out Katerina Mrazkova & Daniel Mrazek (CZE), with bronze going to Katarina Wolfkostin & Dimitry Tsarevski (USA). In this in-depth episode, I dive into how the rhythm dance and free dance played out, how the judges judged, how the dancers danced, and how I saw it all.
Beyond the scores, I share thoughts on the state of skating social media — why the bullying and negativity need to stop — and explore the diminishing returns of skating skills in dance, why moving the body matters, and what these results mean heading into the season and the Nebelhorn Olympic Qualifier in China.
We discuss performances from Natacha Lagouge & Arnaud Caffa, Victoria Manni & Carlo Roethlisberger, Mariia Ignateva & Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko, Marie Dupayage & Thomas Nabais, Charise Matthaei & Max Liebers, Maria Kazakova & Vladislav Kasinskij, Mariia Pinchuk & Mykyta Pogorielov, Louise Bordet & Martin Chardain, Zoe Larson & Andrii Kapran, Zofia Grzegorzewska & Oleg Muratov, and Giulia Isabella Paolino & Andrea Tuba.
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