Lombardia Women & Pairs Review: Sumiyoshi Shines, Nakai Rises, Conti/Macii Dominate
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The Women’s and Pairs events closed out Lombardia Trophy 2025 in style — with standout performances, surprises, and plenty to analyze. This is the final part of my four-part Lombardia Trophy series, wrapping up all the action from Bergamo.
On the women’s side, Ami Nakai (JPN) and Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) battled for the top, with strong showings from Sarah Everhardt (USA), Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA), Alysa Liu (USA), Seoyoung Kim (KOR), Olivia Lisko (FIN), Rino Matsuike (JPN), Ekaterina Kurakova (POL), Josefin Taljegard (SWE) and more.
The pairs event brought home-ice power with Sara Conti & Niccolò Macii (ITA) and Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini (ITA), alongside sharp performances from Anna Valesi & Martin Bidar (CZE), Irma Caldara & Riccardo Maglio (ITA), Sofiia Holichenko & Artem Darenskyi (UKR) and others.
In this episode, I dive into both the short program and free skate for the women, plus the overall PCS leaderboards, before turning to pairs for a full breakdown. Along the way, I also discuss the recent USFS article on Shin & Nagy, and what these results mean as we head into the season.
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