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Mai Mihara: “Skating has always been a part of my life, and though there were many ups and downs – maybe more downs than ups – the happiness I felt was always strong, and I think my competitive career... Mai Mihara, who announced her retirement at the end of last season, reflects on her 18-year skating career, her struggles with illness, the support she received, and her hopes for the future as a prof...

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A two-time Olympic champion who also fills the Tokyo Dome on his own. Yuzu really stands alone 🫡🫡

#YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦

it's actually kind of insane how all of figure skating world tried to gaslight us into thinking anybody skating at the time was anywhere near yuzuru's level actually

looking back and watching them again that's some big lol

IMO this kind of shit just differentiates the kiddies who are stanning skaters like pop stars vs actual fans of the sport who understand the nuance of the skills. It’s the four year fan who only roots for their country but updated to modern internet stan culture where stan goggles make them blind

so fstwt has swung back to "if you like Japanese skaters you're a weeb"

but Japanese skaters legitimately have the best skating skills and the best ice coverage and knees because of how figure skating is taught and trained in Japan.

Yeah, we all love Alysa.

But her scores?

FS was typically American: upper body, head & neck locked in "safe" position almost the entire program i.e. much lower difficulty than other skaters.

Arms lacked elegance. Weak choreo. Footwork, edges, speed were nothing special.

And yet, THAT PCS?! 🙄

alysa's combo got the same call as kaori's and mone's.

adelia's jumps got no calls.

alysa has no edge call.

isu doing this stuff is why i find it very hard to sympathise with us skaters even when they're good people.

Valieva was just the unlucky one that got CAUGHT.
IMO the whole team should have been disqualified.

As far as I'm concerned, the 2022 Olympic Women's podium was:
🥇 Kaori Sakamoto
🥈 Wakaba Higuchi
🥉 Young You

Tutberidze's team "doctor" at the time (Shvetsky) couldn't possibly have had anything to do with it either, could he? Despite his history of doping offences, and his attempts to patent one of his doping methods.

Couldn't be the "vitamins" they give to ALL their skaters either, eh?

M/k heading towards the k&c after their winning free skate. Ryuichi is already crying, Riku looks determined.

Again the sea of flags from Japan. What can they produce? Lying in 5th place, surely a medal is within their grasp if they can skate anywhere near their top form. 😭😭😭😭
#MilanoCortina2026
#FigureSkating

Jean-Luc Baker on Instagram: "It’s always been you." 13K likes, 829 comments - jeanlucbaker on February 14, 2026: "It’s always been you.".

Jean-Luc Baker proposed to Olivia Smart and she said yes! 🥹 #figureskating #milanocortina2026

big ones: Ban quads for juniors.

Tech to judge actual rotations in the air for jumps, BV reduction to be applied automatically.

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Beautiful portrait of Wakaba, by kassouya_official on Instagram...

#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉 ⛸️

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He not only managed to deliver under all that pressure - he did it without the support of the judges or his own federation. Actually they actively worked against him.

Some of his own teammates on occasion too...

I bet I can guess which skater he thinks should have been left off the Beijing team, to make room for him...

While everyone is still thinking about men’s skating, here’s the best short program of the year that unfortunately wasn’t at the Olympics. Kazuki Tomono’s That’s It (I’m Crazy!) is a masterpiece of fun and artistry.
#MilanoCortina2026
#figureskating

Yeah… nobody's touching double Oly gold for at least the next 100 years. Yuzuru Hanyu, the GOAT, the living legend 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

#YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦
#olympics #olimpiadi

To all the people shocked that Mikhail Shaidorov won the Olympic Mens #figureSkating gold medal: he won silver at the world championships last year.

It is not that much of a surprise. Outside of the media hype, I mean.

#olympics

Congrats Shun! So proud, so very very proud 🥹

To me, this🥉for this corrupt ISU competition for this supposedly beautiful ⛸️ sport is nothing compared to your humility and steadfast character you’ve displayed. You are a ✨star✨ and an inspiration!

おめでとう 🎊🙌🏻🥳

#佐藤駿 #ShunSato #MilanoCortina2026

a woman in a red dress is making a surprised face with her mouth open . ALT: a woman in a red dress is making a surprised face with her mouth open .

nb c, img graphics and advertising department with their pre-made congratulatory propaganda materials for their favorite murrican backflip boi ⛸️🚽💸🤡

Yuma clapping and giggling while presenting us a sobbing Shun is absolutely sending me. I love them.
#MilanoCortina2026
#figureskating

The men’s Olympic podium holding up there medals while shun takes a selfie of them.

I never dreamed we could have such a beautiful podium. This is everything.😭😭😭
#MilanoCortina2026
#figureskating

I haven't watched it yet, but apparently the men just Menned like never before?!

How delicious is the schadenfreude, exactly? When murican plans go down the toilet, in just a few short minutes? After the YEARS of progaganda, corrupt judging & phony scoring they spent, to create a new "champion"?

I sincerely hope every team currently training at IAM or thinking about joining them is taking this day to reflect on their choices. Them dropping Bock and Lilah and Lewis like hot potatoes for FBC after building them up the entire quad, yeah this could be you.

Controversial French team winning gold is awful for figure skating, abuse survivors | Opinion What a slap in the face this result is to Chock and Bates, who have been the heart and soul of the American team, columnist Christine Brennan writes.

What an awful message the sport of figure skating just sent to sexual abuse survivors and victims, and parents who want their children to participate in a safe sport.

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Gabriella Papadakis says she lost NBC Olympic job over book Olympic ice dance champion Gabriella Papadakis says she lost her commentary role with NBC at the upcoming Winter Olympics because of her former skating partner's response to revelations in her new boo...

NBC Sports has two men who were busted for sexual harassment, Mike Tirico and Shaun White, all over the Olympics, but fired Gabriella Papadakis over calling out her ex-partner as abusive. He just won gold, btw. 🙄

France’s extremely talented and extremely controversial ice dancers, explained The duo is favored to win Olympic gold on Wednesday, amid increasingly dark allegations.

for those of you who don’t know, the French team is made up of an emotional abuser and a woman who actively defends her rapist boyfriend

they are dreadful and nobody should celebrate this medal

France's Viral Ice Dancing Team Has A Dark Backstory | Defector Blink and you might not have caught it. On Monday, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry took to the rink and staked their claim to the ice dancing gold medal. Dancing to Madonna’s “Vogue,” ...

For @defector.com, I wrote about the dark backstory behind France’s viral ice dancing team — which currently is in first place and could win gold.

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I AM FUCKING SAYING. It is criminal that Kamila took all the fallout for that mess and Eteri walked away with no consequences. She should’ve been banned from the sport for life. #figureskating #olympics

We need to talk about Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron. This article mentions multiple sexual assault cases and links to articles with graphic descriptions of assault. Please take care when…

I've seen a lot of people watching the figure skating at the Olympics and a lot of praise for the French ice dancers with the cool Vogue programme. I thought it was important to add some (pretty unpleasant) context to their Olympic narrative.
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