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Veronika, Czech Republic, Mouth painter, Dreamer, Weird sense of humor, C1-4 Quadriplegic I studied Korean studies, so you can find some posts about Korean language and grammar, but this blog is mainly full of posts about: Super Junior. Donghae. VIXX Leo. Park Hyo Shin. My other favorite idols. K-Pop. Asia and especially Korea. Figure Skating, Sport. Music. Movies. Books. TV Shows. Art. Food & Drink. My favorite places. Personal nonsense. Feel free to follow me and talk to me!

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I just got a call from my korean friend who I met during my study stay in Seoul and I completely forgot that he was the only one calling me 'noona' and when I heard him to call me noona again I wanted to scream like some excited teenage girl. It was so nice to hear him again.

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There's so much I want to say about the women's figure skating competition at the Olympics, but I'll just say one thing.

KAORI SAKAMOTO IS BRONZE! and I want to forget the rest.

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Beijing Olympic Games 2022

Team Japan (ft Nathan Chen)

🥈 Yuma Kagiyama

🥉 Shoma Uno

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Shoma Uno and Yuzuru Hanyu with the Olympic rings @ Olympics 2022 FS

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I am super happy for Shoma, but ofc still gutted for Yuzu especially those atrocious PCS

But today I decide to celebrate the happy moments!

This for example - Team Japan taking 2,3,4 at the Olympics! What nation can achieve that?

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☆ 2022 Olympic Bronze Medalist Shoma Uno ☆

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Personal recap Olympics 2022 - Men SP

Now that I collected myself a bit I think I'll be able to write a personal recap. I am not unbiased, I have my obvious favorites and you don't need to agree with me like at all. Also beware it is long, so actually anyone reading this deserves a virtual cookie 🥠!

Let's start with the positive things...the overall quality of the SP was extremely high. We have seen many clean skates. I think many skaters brought out there best.

Shoma my love you did so well! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

This is a gorgeous program - like Zhenya Medvedeva said "he is the embodiment of music" and the costume is just soooo good. If one should win that damn fckd up ISU award it should be this costume. I am incredibly proud of the journey he has taken to come here again. It wasn't easy, but I was with you through it all even at IdF live, so let me bow to you no matter what happens in the free you go down a fighter. Mistake? What mistake 😅 No joke aside the mistake was costly, but ofc it could have been deducted more. His 105.90 score is incredibly good for a mistake on the combo, otherwise I am sure he would have placed before Yuma. Why was his SP score just as high as the Team Event one? Because this time he got all the levels to be 4. He was seen drilling his spins just as the last skater on ice in the morning practice it did pay off. His reactions were damn cute, he was obviously surprised to receive a new personal best. Here is that reaction 🥰🥰🥰

The other skater I truly enjoyed today was Junhwan Cha. This program is made for him. So happy for his personal best. One of my favorite short programs this season. ❤️

I was also extremely happy for Keegan Messing. After his journey with covid and not being sure if you are able to compete, with little practice and he delivered like nothing happened. Admirable! I love his unusual style full of emotions but at the same time so raw and pure! He is definitely not elegant, but very charming. 😊

The French 🇫🇷 guys were also a personal highlight of mine! Kevin Aymoz with such a cool Prince SP so full of character. He should be among the ppl receiving 10s for performance, sadly he was restricted due to his group being early. Adam Siao Him Fa made an error with the fall, still his Star Wars program is so iconic and the lightsaber sound step sequence is 🔥 🔥 🔥 He is definitely one to watch out for the future.

Matteo Rizzo also had a beautiful clean SP. The program just represents Matteo Rizzo. Soft, elegant.

Though not perfect Boyang Jin still was good compared to his usual self. The 4Lz3T was huge! 🔥🔥 🔥 It's sad he isn't in the condition to fight for medals anymore but I just hope he has an amazing free in front of his homecrowd.

I also think this time I enoyed Yuma Kagiyama 's program a lot more than during the season. His jump elements are super smooth. He is definitely one to be able to compete for the future titles. I think the 2nd place is ok considering he was clean and Shoma wasn't, but still I don't think he has to pushed in PCS to such heights. He just isn't there performance wise. On TV it's more diguisable, but let's say he lacks the star presence on the ice. At least he was smiling more during his programs and he is 18 years old and the scoring isn't his fault. So well done Yuma! 👏👏👏👏 I am curious if he can really have an equally good free as in the team event. Most of the season he had one good segment and one bad, but I actually think the free is his strong point. If he can reproduce that a medal should be granted.

Nathan Chen...what can I say about Nathan? His BV is huge, it easily puts him ahead of the field. But is this SP really 113 points worth??? Absolutely not. I like the concept of the SP ok, but it's boring. We all know that PCS aren't rightly awarded at all (I mean 5 skaters scoring around 47 PCS is ridiculous) but c'mon he already has the TES why do you need to make Nathan look like he can do no wrong. He doesn't have a kneebend, his basic skating is rather scratchy. If transitions etc apparently don't matter then at least look at the basic skating. I knew after the Team event that a clean Nathan skate would give him a new WR, because that's the trajectory of his scores and Olympics love their records for clout. The scoring isn't his fault and he mentioned again how he sees Yuzu as the greatest skater, but the scoring doesn't make me enjoy him like at all. The guy isn't bad, he even deserves to win. (I am not delusional to say Yuzu deserves 1st place with mistakes and Nathan does none and still shouldn't win, that's not how it works, the overall impression does matter. It also would be hard to explain for casual viewers and let's be real most judges score like casual viewers with little knowledge. That's what the sport has become. Is it good? No, but it's not Nathan's fault, that saga started long ago.) It's just fans would believe more in scoring if some of the scoring wasn't so blatantly over the top for some.

Morisi Kvitelashvili - uhm...no comment...this clownery is not even worth talking about...you can't even tell his jumps apart...I like the song he used that's all nice I can say

Jason Brown....well...even if I might soon have an aggressiv anon calling me a hater again...I don't understand Jason's scores. I know so many love this program but I don't and that's ok you don't have to like programs to like the skater and I do like Jason's style of skating, he can sell a program...but hello 97 with triples? Just no way. His 3A is not good and is also rather staged, yet he got more than 2 GOEs just 0,5 apart from Yuzu's GOEs jumped from a counter??? You kidding me? And well I can't help it but I know ppl love to say but he deserves highest PCS but honestly most skaters would have more time for their program and transitions if they would jump triples. I know PCS should have nothing to do with jumps, but how come everyone else's PCS is related to their high TES and then their is Jason and rules suddenly apply???? And sorry frankly if he wouldn't be American he wouldn't receive those scores...I do love his positivity as a person and I love the story of him returning to the Olympics, but I just can't really enjoy him either I can't help it.

Yuzu broke my heart 💔💔💔💔

I think I cannot really say much more. I don't think his score was unfair, but I do think in relation to Jason and especially Morisi or Semenenko it's not right. He shouldn't be 8th place. And he should still be in last group. Apart from the 1S he was superb like always. I love love love this step sequence! ❤️ The mistake can't be helped and it's unfortunate it happened to Yuzu. 😭😭😭😭 I am so sad for him. Apparently I cannot have both Shoma and Yuzu good since 2018 😭😭😭😭Yuzu was extremely unlucky today. With the starting number and the scoring of the last group, getting stuck in the hole, most skater having a really good day when he has the worst mistake also is unlucky...the odds weren't in his favor. 😢 Now Yuzu it's time for a miracle! The battle gotten harder but he won't go down without a fight! I believe in you. ❤️

(Just some sidenote to some ppl saying there shouldn't have been such a hole in the ice. Yes it's unfortunate the hole was so massive, but there wasn't ice resurfacing after Yuzu, so everyone after him who didn't do the mistake had the same conditions of the ice and also skated with that hole. It's sad that it happened but in this case there is no conspiracy against Yuzu.)

Some more heartbreaks to notice:

I grieve the uncles today. To be at your 4th games and then having a lackluster is a sad Olympic end to two good careers. 😥 Michal Brezina and Alexei Bychenko haven't announced their retirement yet, but I doubt they will do another 4 years, they would be 35 and 38 years old, that's not gonna happen.

Andrei Mozalev - out of the Russian pack I like him the best. He is special in a way. He ofc has much to improve in presence etc but his basic skating is good, he has a unique style about him that I like. I can't even pinpoint why but I have a soft spot for Andrei. It was such a bad skate. 😢

Last but not least Roman Sadovsky. Just even more heartbroken for Roman than for Yuzu. 3 chances 3 bad skates. Oh boy. I am soooooo sorry. 💔💔💔💔💔 And I really blame this on Skate Canada. They never let him experience big stages. Also the burden for Team Event was too heavy. To see him receive hate is really what upset me.

Press con had some nice moments, here have a happy picture!

Thank y'all for reading! I hope everyone can have a satisfying skate!

[jageun-byeol]

I couldn't agree more. Seriously, we have the same perspective.

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Shoma Uno || 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics SP (Oboe Concerto)

Bonus:

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Shoma Uno @ Olympics 2022 - Short Program

Bonus: Reaction to his new Personal Best score

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#rip

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When I recently made fun of my nephew who cried after his favorite hockey team lost, I still had no idea what awaited me in figure skating. I never thought I'd be so affected by a sport, but damn.

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I swear this used to be a blog mostly about kpop, but figure skating is so cool!

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4S beauty 💜

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Yuzuru Hanyu @ Olympics 2022 - Yuzu's first practice 07/02/22

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kaori sakamoto ✩ no more fight left in me, tris ✩ 2022 beijing winter olympics figure skating team event: womens free skate