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

Pure, unbridled joy!

If you don't know American figure skating Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu's backstory, this is a pretty good 2 minute summary.

lmaooooo

“I didn’t fall at the Olympics!” An icon

If anyone's never seen Kaori Sakamoto's Matrix free skate, you need to watch it! Not only the coolest choreo but the absolute coolest dress ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6KO... #figureskating

any MAGAs who are glad Amber missed the podium are about to learn Some Things about Alysa and she is going to enjoy their tears

#Olympics #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026 #IFigureSkating ⛸️ It takes a moment for Nakai Ami to process that she's won a medal - I think she saw the '9' next to the Free Skate - & she looks almost happier than Alysa Liu who wins Gold. Liu somehow manages to avoid turning on the waterworks...

AMBER FUCKING GLENN

oh you better believe I am already SEATED

Women's free skate thread part 2. I'm still overjoyed for Amber. She technically can medal, but there are at least 5 skaters who have scored high enough in the free this season to beat her and we've seen a lot of PBs here. #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

fyi the fan scoring tool on Jackie's site is really fun to play with! #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

Women's free skate thread part 1. Oh my god, it's almost over. May Dr. Tenley Albright bless the ice today (she's being interviewed right now) 🙏 #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

lord, I see what you have done for others

lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day

"Tutberidze is not allowed to have any formal involvement with Petrosian as a coach once the competition begins, but cameras cut to her stalking the bowels of the arena, like an It Follows creature haunting all of us who like our figure skating ethical." IMPECCABLE work @cschleicher.bsky.social

not enough people are having FUN out there anymore youtu.be/UcOx73Vw0Ms?...

the figure skating community has resumed making these jokes, which is a sign that nature is healing

A longtime Dallas figure skating coach says the community is in shock after a fellow coach was arrested.

Worth $7 billion, paying professional photojournalists less than minimum wage. tax billionaires out of existence

This feels like an ancient parable, demonstrating how immoral behavior breaks down societal trust

Practice notes (2/2) Petrosian: runthru (4T(ur,fall), 3Lz2T, 3S, 3Lo, 3Lz2A2A(q), 3F3T, 3F), 4T(ur?), 2T, 4T(ur?fall), 4T2T, 4T(ur), 4T(ur,fall), 4T(ur?fall), 4T(q?fall), 4T(ur?fall), 4T(ur?fall), 2T, 4T(ur?) bit.ly/45JzQJH #MilanoCortina2026

Detailed look at nbc’s bts production decisions as Ilia imploded, framed thru an ilia-focused lens. I admire what a difficult job that must have been to manage live but it continues to bug how shaidarov became a secondary storyline to his own gold medal awfulannouncing.com/nbc/ilia-mal...

TIL that Paul Poirier was the flower girl at Piper Gilles' wedding, and I could not possibly be more delighted by this knowledge. #figureskating

since olympic figure skating has been so stressful this year, here is a thread of soothing and beautiful figure skating performances! in no particular order and pulled from various sources, since many skating videos on youtube are geoblocked in the US

jesus christ, it's Ben Shroats, who apparently started coaching Amber Glenn when she was 9. I don't even know what to say right now. #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.

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