so yuzuru hanyu, snubbed at his third olympics after unavoidable issues and injury, starts skating his favourite old programmes to reconnect with his love for skating. eventually keeps doing more due to the support of fans, getting to relive the best of his career on olympic ice
ok but come to think of it, yuzu essentially said that competitions have killed the art of skating dead, so heโs retiring from competing bc he wants to be able to grow as a skater ๐
kamila valieva with a fall on a jump NINE POINTS AHEAD of skaters with the SAME JUMPS who skate better than her,,, with this overscoring why did they even bother with doping!!!!!!!
ppl saying โheโs still a legend no matter whatโ like yuzuโs peak is in the past โ heโs literally still at the top of his game, the stars didnโt align for this event but in top condition at this current moment heโs still absolutely at the top of the field
just read yuzuโs thesis and he EXPLICITLY calls out poor jump technique in detail, plus mentions that the lack of consistent judging has led coaches to encourage poor techniques โ and yall think he isnโt mad about corrupt judging
unlike sochi, this isnโt just a single robbery of a medal from the rightful winner. this is corruption and underscoring on EVERY level, destroying athletes psyche and undermining years of hard work from CLEAN athletes โ to prop up political agendas
#figureskatingisdead
once again, having sympathy for kami (the 15 year old victim of her coaching team) does NOT mean we canโt be furious that kamila valieva (the athlete & entity used as a tool to achieve their goals) is being allowed to participate in competition after testing positive for doping
look if they can have those insane cameras to check if a tennis ball is 0.00001mm over the line, they 100% can use cameras to check if a skaterโs jump is pre- or under-rotated. the technology already exists, ISU just wants to prop up their corruption
having the under-16 doping rule and then allowing 15 year olds to compete in senior level olympic sports is why we have this problem, time to raise the minimum age ๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก
on one hand iโm intellectually aware that itโs impossible for yuzuru hanyu to keep skating forever for the rest of my life. on the other hand i canโt envision a world where heโs not skating, like what will i do, iโll just have to dig myself a hole and live in denial forever
kamiโs new record just feels so empty, like breaking a record should come after a skate of your LIFE, with all these hyper-inflated scores thereโs no sense of accomplishment anymore
i just noticed that at the start of the programme, aliona and georgyโs arms form the shape of a loaded bowโand then she starts by skating straight through his arms like an arrow
yuzuโs accomplishment with rondo rlly changed the game for me, now every time i see a skater do consecutive crossovers i start tapping my foot like NOT GOOD ENOUGH, DO BETTER
everyone should stop jumping quads forever actually. go back to triples everyone. stop getting injured. go focus on your skating skills and choreography
literally WHAT does eteri have over every single person of authority in the entire skating world. ONE positive test and EVERYTHING is spilling out. EVERYBODY KNEW. THE SIGNS WERE CLEAR ALL ALONG. what the HELL does this woman have that all these people are falling at her feet???
โzhenya was abused by eteri and she is amazing for her strength throughout and for coming forward with thisโ
and
โevgenia medvedeva the competitive skater was the vehicle through which eteri began her corrupt domination of the sportโ
are statements that can coexist.
repeating something that iโve heard before: once you take out the Russians/Americans from a competition, podiums & figure skating in general go back to representing the kind of sport we all love?
every day yuzu shows up and reminds us that he would still be destroying the menโs competitive field if competing under the ISU wasnโt so completely pointless
bad days happen in sports and his goals stretch beyond the olympics, stop trying to write him off based on his THIRD olympics where he never even thought about winning until he got there,,,,
anna is overscored compared to aliona, who is still overscored when compared to waka, who is deeply unfairly underscored. can everybody stop arguing about this now
seriously tho everything got worse when skaters started doing more quads, a lot of shit sucked but at least the sport was mostly adults who did skating, not teenagers breaking their hips trying to pull stunts for government approval
people calling kostobots delusional donโt get it. i am AWARE that all the evidence points to her career being over. i have ZERO expectations. but i WILL keep delulu posting about aliona kostornaia 2026 ogm. get on my level
uhm i just think that bing dwen dwen should apologise to wenjing. and thank her. if sui wenjing pushed me over itโs 100% my fault, she is perfect she would never do anything wrong
everyone should stop jumping quads forever actually. go back to triples everyone. stop getting injured. go focus on your skating skills and choreography
the under-16 doping laws mean eteri and her team should be held responsible instead of kami; i have ZERO faith in the system here โ but we can only hope that causing ROC to lose the team gold medal will damage eteriโs reputation enough for her to see some consequences
didnโt get this on video, but eteri did the holding-hands-breathe-in-and-relax-together ritual with aliona before she skated, why does eteri seem to like aliona and yet sheโs underscored, I DONT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING
sasha and aliona should team up to train each other tbh. aliona can learn rotation speed from sasha, sasha can learn better skating skills and performance, together they can becomeโฆ.The Ultimate Skater.
(and both go to olys like they deserve ๐)
lol if kamilaโs next drug test comes back negative,,,, are they just gonna clear her and pretend all of this never happened?? pretend we didnโt find out about THREE heart medications and coach abuse and dozens of injured teenage skaters??
MATURITY!!! the older u get the better u understand your body, understand the music, u have more time to hone your craft, the more practice hours inโฆ.this is what we are losing when we pretend that younger athletes are at the peak of their abilities just bc they can jump ๐ญ
proposal to improve figure skating:
1) require all judges to publish their scoring rubric for each skater - make them indicate each bullet point awarded
2) allow skaters to appeal rotation/edge calls
3) implement hawkeye cameras to zoom in and show appeals on the big screen
zhenya announcing her retirement from competition is sad, but itโs only the start of what weโll see from her. ๐(i made myself cry with this edit please)
โจlong live โจ
ngl i know nothing about pairs so idc how good or bad aliona & georgy are but seeing that skate just made me emotional like SHEโS REALLY HERE ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
yall rlly โcriticisingโ alysa for being rude and snappy on their own ig when theyโre a literal teenager in an incredibly shit situation and this is the only way weโve seen them vent โ pls remember skaters are human beings who are allowed to have emotions, and young ppl deserve-
ok but if nathan ends up getting adelina-ed because of this itโs entirely usfsโs fault, even locals who donโt watch fs have eyes and can see that programme didnโt deserve a wr, it just ASTONISHES me how feds dig their own skatersโ graves like this
i honestly wonder how aliona is managing to improve her technical elements like fixing her lutz edge, prerotation, and edge quality, when nobody else in sambo is fixing a damn thing ๐ค like is she just doing it on her own or what