figure ranting

Hello and hearty welcome to you. This is where I post hastily made gifs of old figure skating programs and rant about the new stuff. [irritablefan's side blog]

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Kaori Sakamoto finishing the final skate of her competitive career, winning her Fourth World Title || ISU World Championships 2026

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the world is healing :')

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Did what happened in '98 happen again where good and safe beat risky?

I'm not quite sure what happened... Nobody played it safe :D I suppose "the men were menning" really holds true:

10/10, an action thriller with great plot twists and glimpses of wonderful skating. Parental guidance and tissues recommended. (Also I love that you remember '98 because every time someone refers to Hanyu or Virtue/Moir as "the old generations of skaters" I feel like I should go shopping for a coffin)

[edgecallskating]

Yuma Kagiyama is an absolute sweetheart and Shun Sato is having the best day of his life.

[eggplantsalad]

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (CAN): Vincent (Starry Starry Night) » 2026 Winter Olympics - Ice Dance Individual Event

[planetquest]

i wouldnt really consider myself a figure skating fan its more of a hostage situation

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Programs to the Dune soundtrack at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships

Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP)

Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

Niina Petrokina (EST)

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)

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insane jumps plus i like the drama and the cool flippity flip by the end

but that program has no actual skating transition steps. fight me

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87.54 pcs for adam is an insult honestly

[lutzloopcombo]

ice dance could be such an amazing discipline unfortunately everything about it sucks

[figureskatingpenguin]

Kaori Sakamoto (JPN): All That Jazz | 2025 World Championships, FS

Kaori Sakamoto enters the World podium for a fourth consecutive year! She adds a silver medal to her three championship titles 🥇🥇🥇🥈

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is alysa the better skater? no. but was she better tonight? also no.

but can i be mad at a program with this much joy? also no

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wakaba higuchi you've won both step sequences at this event

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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025 THAT PROGRAM TO THAT MUSIC GOT A PERFECT 10 FOR COMPOSITION

[edgecallskating]

Cleared my skin, watered my crops, etc etc.

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Wakaba Higuchi (JPN): Dune | 2025 World Championships, SP

featuring the best step sequence of the competition!

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emerging from the depths of offline existence to rage about the GOEs for "fully rotated" jumps of American skaters, who's with me?