Milan Winter Olympics 2/6 - 2/22 2026

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

It is not only that he crossed the line backwards. How on earth did he recover from the bounce (you cannot call that a fall)?

[skatingfan]

What's crazy about this is he won this heat because the other skier went out of bounds.

[ti-amie]

Rodger Sherman‬
‪@rodger.bsky.social‬
· 5h
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE

then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"

and i was like.
oh!

"free/cheap/non-toxic youth sports" feels like one of those skeleton keys that would have knock-on effects accidentally fix 100 unrelated things about America

or, you know, even if it didn't, at least a bunch of kids would be able to have fun playing sports

[ponchi101]

Because the USA is certainly a pathetic producer of athletes.
They have their system. You have yours.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

I've been watching Short Track but I will watch her skate.

[dryrunguy]

Watch out for the 17-year-old Japanese girl who won the bronze in figure skating (Japan finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th). She jumps like a feather and skates with a decent amount of maturity.

[ti-amie]

I ended up watching the entire Women's Free Skate Program. There were some highlights but of course the highlight was the final group.

The seventeen year old Nakai Ami has a very promising future ahead of her. Her skating is a bit immature but given her age that's to be expected.

I felt Sakamoto Kaori's pain. Having to come after Liu had to shatter your confidence. There were flashes of her greatness but her speed decreased as she went on.

And then there was Alysa Liu. There are people who are able to compartmentalize to the point that pressure doesn't bother her. I was surprised that she chose Donna Summer's version of MacArthur Park but wow did she do it justice. She was almost floating over the ice and her speed didn't decrease at all during her program. As many of us know the original is a slow, sad song. Donna's is the opposite and the joy of being free to face whatever comes came across in Alysa's skate.

One other thing I noticed is that Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski's approach to commentary has matured. They don't talk through people's performances and a lot of the cattiness has disappeared. They are informed, read the notes they're given about skaters, and tried to find the positive most of the time.

I know a lot of people don't like them but the reasons for not liking them, in my opinion have mostly gone away. If only tennis could get rid of the announcer who apparently stopped watching tennis in the 70's and had no idea what is going on in the sport he's commenting on.




If you click on the link to You Tube you can see her performance.