Kat Long

It’s airing on NBC and USA, with replays on Peacock

BY A KITTEN’S WHISKER 🇺🇸🥇

Oh my god it’s going to be so close

I gasped audibly when Ilia missed that landing on the quad lutz, deep breaths kat

Gogolev from Canada wasn’t bad, a bit dull especially when you remember the great Canadian guys like Browning, Stojko, Chan

Nice one from Mateo Rizzo, his performance of this long program was so good at Europeans a few weeks ago, plus I love the space theme 🪐

She is also not fond of Alysia Liu’s “lemur hair”

Not a great performance from Georgia’s Nika Egadze, which is too bad for him but I don’t feel all that sorry for his creepy coach, iykyk

My partner is taking a metaphorical drink every time Johnny says “grade of execution”

No pressure Ilia Malinin, maybe you want to add one more quad

Kaori Sakamoto is running/skating away with this

Oof that was a nervous performance from Amber Glenn, she found her groove but it started out pretty shaky

Even her costume is reminiscent of the Jaws movie poster with lil red sequined bite marks 🦈🥹

I’m in love with Lara Naki Gutmann’s Long program to “Jaws.” JAWS!! There are only two notes!

Ok this long program from Anastasia Gubanova is to the Ghost soundtrack? Ughhh this is where Tara and Johnny and I are going to agree to disagree

I actually liked her Lion King short program better, this performance was a little too tightly wound

Love this music/costume combo on Madeleine Schizas but that fall was unfortunate … Good comeback on the next jumps though

So psyched for the women’s team final ⛸️

Phenomenal performance but blah costumes, sorry Japan, 5/10

You can tell you’re witnessing something great when Tara and Johnny stop talking

The Japanese pair was brilliant, gorgeous unison, and a few moments toward the end when they separated and came together—which seems like an old fashioned move not often performed these days in pairs (I loved it)

The Georgian pair’s first half was really nice despite technical mistakes, but the second half’s music went into cheese territory. Pretty outfits though 8/10

No such luck, plus boring costumes gets a 5/10

Watching the Italian team of Conti and Macii hoping for a glimpse of the Barbara Fusar-Poli death stare

Canadian pairs team Pereira and Michaud … Gladiator soundtrack is kinda tired and I didn’t think the performance had much energy, but 7/10 on the costumes

Costume score: 10/10

Wobbly on some of the landings but technically clean except for Kam’s triple

Ok I’m watching the Olympics’ figure skating team event finals ⛸️, spoilers ahead … loved Kam/O’Shea’s performance, incredible heart and spirit, and gorgeous lifts

To quote “All the President’s Men” …

“Nothing’s riding on this except the first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country.”

Also my first thought!