Germany's Hase, Volodin claim pairs title at Skate America

So a wealth of experience for these two. They know exactly what they have to do to stay on top here. The pressure passed off a little bit for Minerva Fabian-Hasser, Nikita Volodymyr for Germany. That was a classy twist. She went up like a rocket. Little off axis on the triple toes, but it didn't matter. They both find the right foot. And they make the Salcos too. Magnificent landing of the throw triple flip. It's the throw. That's the reaction of a world champion, isn't it? What happened there? But they got enough in hand. And to be honest, quality of all the other elements, I think is going to stand them in good stead here. They are magnificent. There's no doubt about it. Minerva Fabian Haas, Nikita Volodin. Yeah, that mistake cost them around five points. The rest of the elements were so good in the program. Come here. That never happens. He always finds the right words. Michael Hood greeting them at the door. The caretaker here. There's the toe loops at the beginning of the program. And even when they're not quite over the right foot they find a way. You can see she's struggling a little bit there. The triple sows were looked at by the technical panel. Yeah, she made it. You can see she's a little bit over the toe. Not quite on the money today. She's such a fighter, but it's their first Grand Prix of the season. They'll be competing in the NHK Trophy, the final event in a week's time. Dimitri coaches them back in Berlin. She's scratching her head but they only need 1.19 to go into the lead and they're gonna comfortably do that. 1.28.08, so they'll take that. That's 149 in the Grand Prix finals last year, but it's safely enough and no harm done there. Yes. So a good start to the season, a good start to their Grand Prix campaign. And that's how the Pairs finishes up. Minerva Fabian Haas and Nikita Volodin for Germany, the world champions, win gold here. Alyssa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, what a great effort they gave. Second place and the silver medal. And, well, I said they stood a chance of a medal, and they did it. Katie McBeath and Balazs Nagy win the bronze. Fantastic stuff.