Older fs fans to fans who joined after Pyeongchang: it’s usually not this good
Older fs fans to fans who joined after Beijing: it’s usually not THIS bad
The fact that there will be 4 different generations of Team Japan skaters at Worlds… the young blood (Yuma, Mana, Kao, Riku), the established ones (Shoma, Kaori, Wakaba), the veterans (Kana, Ryuichi) and the holy relic (Daisuke)
Nathan on Yuzuru: I can’t call him a rival. He's a symbol of figure skating. He's always been a step forward in this sport. It's really rare to see a skater who has maintained his level for generations. He hasn’t reached his peak yet. His continued growth is unbelievable.
Vincent’s video is 💔 he’s barely holding it together… the “of all people it happened to me” and “crushing loneliness” lines are crushing. I know fs twitter isn’t fond of him, and he has given enough reasons in the past, but this is devastating
Anyway… going to de-stress watching the rightful Olympic silver medalist Satoko Miyahara, who didn’t need a cocktail of substances to deliver this program
A penny for every time someone calls Vincent “entitled” for being frustrated with how his Olympics went 🙄 he spent 10 days in a room and he wanted to walk *outside* with his friends and make some good memories
Wakaba should have received the same +3.54 GOE Kamila usually gets for her 3A, instead she got +1.71. She gets height, distance, speed, and she doesn’t rely on forcing her upper body to rotate. If u can’t reward an effortless 3A like this, what are u doing
This is the most insane men's competition in what feels like ages lmfaooo blonde wunderkind quad axels his way to a title, the reigning Olympic silver medalist comes back on top after a full year away with injury and mad Frenchman comes from 19th place and backflips on the podium
The jokes abt Nathan being white will never be funny and here’s why. I think some folks weren’t around in January 2018 when he and Vincent were named to the Pyeongchang Olympic team and their inclusion in it was constantly questioned by white Americans who harassed them online
Post-Olympic Worlds can be a hot mess indeed but also a place for great redemption skates. Mao and Dai won in 2010, Tatsuki came 0,3 points short of winning in 2014, Yulia medalled, Mao won again, Nathan won in 2018 and Misha medalled, and then WAKABA.
Shoma: Nathan came to me in the middle of the group number practice and told me “congratulations, champion”. I was very happy to be told that in a non public environment, where no one else could see 😭
Can’t believe Vincent got through the cesspool that was US Nationals and tested positive a day before his event at the Olympics… too cruel, almost like a bad joke
Yuma: I was so surprised when I saw the score! I wanted to break 200 so that was good. The 4Lo wasn’t perfect even in practice, but I could land it to some extent so I wasn’t too worried. I don’t understand why it got +GOE though. I want to do a better 4Lo in the individual
lol Romanian commentators are especially mad that Kamila was allowed to compete because this nation has war flashbacks to the time Andreea Răducan was immediately stripped of her OGM for taking cold medicine
Really watching Daisuke Takahashi receiving his first championship medal in ice dance after 20 years as a singles skater and 4 years of retirement, total insanity
Real talk, not taking anything away from Kamila's talent bc she's obviously talented, but it's very obvious how Daniil's programs are all about method acting while Wakaba is a natural, you know? Wakaba was feeling that song in her heart
Remember when the main complaint during this era was that ladies skating had hit a ceiling with the technical content and that it stopped “developing”? If what we have today is development, then I would like to apologize to these 3 women
To have overcome the disappointment of not qualifying for Pyeongchang, worked very hard to master the 3A even though it costed her consistency at first... she did it. Wakaba landed her best 3A at the Olympics TWICE. And I'm crying
Satoko: Do you want to try and say something in Japanese?
Haein: It’s my first time in Japan and I’m very happy! (to Satoko) You are the best figure skater!
Satoko: You too!
Tatsuki Machida: I actually think Yuzuru’s 4A is very close. If he remains injury free for the next 2 months, I believe he can rotate it at the Olympics. I would also make the base value higher, because there’s not enough merit for it as it is”
I like Hamada's response to the Russian media asking if she would like Rika to become the female Hanyu. "He is a great athlete, our whole country is proud of him, but he has his own way. I hope that Kihira will have her own, not comparable with anyone."
Shoma and Yuma were asked about what they were talking in the green room watching Nathan, and they’re like “we were just following the TES box and watching the speed with which points were added on top of each other and saying holy shit repeatedly”
Rika Hongo’s Riverdance FS fit her like a glove. With choreo from Kenji Miyamoto and a gorgeous green dress, she was one of the highlights of the 2015 GP season
Yuzuru and Satoko were asked to give Yuma advice as both of them managed to win World medals in their first time representing Japan, and while Yuzuru gave a detailed, philosophical pep talk about not lying to your own feelings, Satoko says "I've nothing to say lol have fun" 😂
It’s a good thing the era of two step sequences / program in singles skating coincided with the peak of Daisuke Takahashi’s career, because no one else in men’s singles could skate and sell two back to back step sequences as well as he did
Nathan has some strong feelings about what happened to Vincent, bless his heart. Calling the decision to kick him out of the closing ceremony “ridiculous”. My favorite part is calling him “this kid” when he’s only 1 year younger than Nathan himself and they grew up together 😂
Doesn’t the ISU feel bad about this because they should… just look at them. Hearts as empty as the medal boxes. Justice for Madi Chock’s hotness. For Karen saving US spots at every pre Olympic Worlds. For Vincent getting kicked out of his competition and closing ceremony.
Now that The Ice is over, wishing these two kids a happy college life from here on!! It has been a lot of fun following them across all stages of their overlapping careers
Most hilarious Olympic team kiss & cry reaction lmao Yuzu is literally disgusted the whole time… important to note that he was offended that the judges didn’t put Tatsuki ahead of Plush lol
Dai hasn’t competed at a World Championship in 9 years. His last Worlds wasn’t his best competition, but he helped secure the spots and also skated one of the best step sequences of his career
Satoko shared that Liza comforted her when she finished 19th at Worlds last year. They met in the dressing room after the free, and Liza hugged her and told her “If you stay positive and give your best, there will also be good things ahead”. ♥️