W H A T

I don't think it works that way.

Amber Glenn 🇺🇲⛸️ is my whole attitude for 2026. 🔥

Alysa Liu hasn't fallen in competition since September 2024, which I think was Skate St. Moritz, literally her first program since unretiring. That is bananas.

Nika Egadze wasn't technically invited to the gala this time because he was 10th, but his Deadpool program is worth a watch. I don't know how he skates in that mask!

i love that "who is niina going to murder" is a genuine question we get to ask

The Agony in the Garden, by Eugène Delacroix, 1827, 📸 by @ElsaGarrison

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931 or 1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao

I don't follow figure skating, so I couldn't figure out why I started sobbing while watching Alysa Liu's gold medal-winning performance. Then it dawned on me: I was watching a young woman be free.

Junbauer....what a beautiful one to close out his Olympics. #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

At the figure skating gala & the pairs silver medalists from Georgia just performed to a medley of Mortal Kombat & True by the Spandeau Ballet. She wanted Valentine’s plans, he suggested video games, then eventually caved to romance & then chucked hearts into the crowd. Folks, it ruled so hard.

if only our whole country were like our figure skaters

Oh my god every program should have cameos from other skaters being killed by a femme fatale #FigureSkating

This is even funnier out of context

Killing all the male figure skaters. So fun

Sitting here trying to watch the figure skating gala on Peacock and thinking about how the video transmission FROM THE SURFACE OF THE FUCKING MOON IN 1969 managed to be a more reliable feed.

Yuma Kagiyama dropping a delayed sigle axel, as legends do. #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

omg I just now realized Ilia’s transgression was … popping 😭 “If you pop that [jump] one more time…”

Mikahil Shaidorov Kung Fu Panda I am WEEPING. #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

He looked so excited when he was crouching behind the boards waiting to be murdered. I wonder if Niina has to draw names out of a hat at this point?

The European champion beats up the Olympic gold medalist as the pairs silver medalist eggs him on. How can you not love figure skating.

I love athletic theater kids (figure skaters) #olympics

I think the ISU needs to add a GOE bullet for "Jumping in a Panda Suit". #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

RIP Ilia (and Junhwan and Tim). Actually, how many of these guys has she murdered in the past year? Guillaume, Nika, Luka, Adam, Sasha…

If you enjoy this sort of thing, Stars on Ice kicks off in the US and Canada in April, and there are similar shows in other countries too!

Not explaining the figure skating gala, just sending the lads screenshots occasionally.

me after the Olympic free dance:

for the figure skating exhibition gala at the olympics i think there are only two genres of performance: I Am The Prettiest Princess (gender neutral) and Fuck It We Ball

"We have Tessa Virtue's Moulin Rouge dress at home" #figureskating #milanocortina2026

I don’t think NBC showed this bit

😭 #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

Just watched the men’s figure skating gold medalist land a triple jump while dressed as Po from Kung Fu Panda and also get put in the Giant Swing by a skater dressed as Sub Zero so I think I love figure skating now.

The Olympics figure skating gala being Eurovision On Ice is delightful

The Olympics figure skating gala is great, because one moment you’ve got a Japanese icon practically floating on the ice, and the next you’ve got Kung Fu Panda getting his ass kicked by Deadpool and Sub-Zero.

Pretty much!

I don't usually watch the gala, but I make an exception for the Olympics -- and to see who Niina Petrokina will murder #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

"I actually wouldn't tell my younger self a thing, because she's gonna figure out herself. I wouldn't want to change anything." listen, I need Alysa Liu to record a series of mindfulness meditations. I will pay good money.

he keeps his many coats in the men’s locker room, you’re welcome

for anyone craving more Alysa Liu content @yuekaxu.bsky.social has been on a tear of figure skating blogs that are simply beautiful to read and learn from defector.com/alysa-liu-is...

message to me in four years when it's olympics time again: JUST DON'T HOPE FOR ANYTHING. DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS. JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT WHATEVER HAPPENS. okay hopefully that will help

Goddamn this is good. “Alysa Liu is the eighth American woman to win the individual gold medal and the first to do so unintentionally.”

FINALLY i got to write about figure skatings www.cbc.ca/arts/holding...

talked my editors into letting me write about figure skating! and music! congrats disco queen OGM Alysa Liu, champion of my heart Kaori Sakamoto, and everyone else who isn't named Eteri Tutberidze! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/20/a...

‘The Minions in the film speak a kind of mock Esperanto, a language both universal and almost impenetrable. The language of figure skating is made of elements that viewers can enjoy without fully understanding.’ @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social on the Winter Olympics. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

Soothe your Olympic figure skating hangover with a bubbly women's free skate recap. Come savour Alysa Liu's dazzling performance and pour one out for the great Kaori Sakamoto. #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️ elzyg.com/blog/2026-Ol...

Who is Niina going to murder this time? Adam skates right after her, so maybe not him. B E N O I T in three different coats? Guillaume again? I bet Misha would have fun with it. Ilia?

looking back at all the early alysa liu hype about how she was the future of US figure skating and emphasizing her quads and how lovely it is to know that that take was both incredibly true and incredibly wrong in the best of ways.

I love how this photo makes it seem at first glance like she fielded an entire synchronized skating team plus alternates

Good morning to us all, skyline, in this new era of Figure Skating