Earth without Art is just 'Eh'

A former ballerina who loves to skate and watch others skate

[aro-narcissus]

Starting a collection

[charlesoberonn]

♫ It's fun to stay at the ♫

[eggplantsalad]

he had it coming!

Niina Petrokina (EST) performs to Cell Block Tango at the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Exhibition Gala (featuring Ilia Malinin, Junhwan Cha, and Tim Dieck)

[cheryls-blossomed]

I cannot begin to stress how important Alysa Liu is to a sport like figure skating. This is a sport that is rife with abuse and that has silenced women and has forced them to do as they’re told in order to win medals. This is a sport where authoritative figures exercise an immense amount of control over athletes from their childhoods.

Alysa left the sport because of burn out. Because of what she went through. When she came back, she said that she’d skate to whatever music that she wanted. That she’d be in charge of her training schedule. That she’d be able to take a very active role in choreographing her programs and choosing her costumes. Her entire comeback has been about her taking authority over her career. She is in charge of her own career, as it should be. As it should always be.

And she is now the Olympic Champion. Her trajectory is proof that an athlete taking control of their training, of their joy, and of their competitive career is absolutely paramount to success in sport.

[zabbet]

just the very best moment! all his embarrassed smiles to camera - here I am, sitting in the winner's chair, absolutely not going to win, don't worry, I know I'm not going to win, I know a whole stream of people are waiting to take my chair, all they have to do is not fall down, ha ha ha, you're all waiting for your golden haired boy to come and not fall down and have a golden medal that you all think he deserves, smiling and waving, don't worry about me, I'm fine with my NO PRIZES, I mean my bronze medal, I mean my SILVER MEDAL, I mean.... he ended up 8th???? 8th???? OH GOD, that's mad, that means.... I think... does that mean... OH.

[kaoris3loop]

"Mikhail went from 5th to 1st because everyone else imploded" NO, Misha was always a top contender for a medal! Always! Everyone expected him to be in at least the top 6 or maybe even silver or bronze. He is a technical skater just like Ilia (like really close fr) but without the spotlight, the big fed, the Olympian parents or the ego

He's an underdog, but his win does NOT come just because of the poor performances of others. He is very much an innovator in technical elements in this sport, first man to ever do 3A+eu+4S, something not even Ilia does....

[golongbyjoannanewsom]

'valentine's day' whatever who cares 'first day of mikhail shaidorov reigning olympic champion' now THAT'S something to celebrate

[venusiancarbondioxide]

also, my olympicpost of the day: i am not kidding when i say that the men's figure skating podium is one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport. i struggle to think of something comparable. maybe when mikhail shaidorov's own coach won the olympics in 1994, but perhaps not even then. it's not just that ilia malinin didn't make the podium--it's that mikhail shaidorov won. no one on planet earth was predicting that. very few people even expected him to podium! i'll be frank--if you asked me to guess who would be the olympic gold medalist, i'd've named at least five different men before i got to shaidorov. but when it mattered, he was one of the only guys to keep it together. and he was scored fairly, too--his artistry needs improvement for sure, and his scores reflect that! and now he'll have the reputation and funding to get some help in those aspects because he just won the fucking olympics. this is a guy who started training in a shopping mall ice rink because there were so few training options in kazakhstan--he is now the olympic champion. this is the second time in history kazakhstan has won a medal for olympic figure skating, and the second time in history kazakhstan has had an olympic gold at the winter olympics in any sport. also, between what he just did and the legacy of denis ten--the first man to get an olympic medal for kazakhstan--i think we're going to see a huge expansion of figure skating over there in a few years. not next year, but in the 2034 olympics? 2038? there's going to be a bunch of young, talented skaters from kazakhstan whose main inspirations are ten and shaidorov. this is just massive.

also, like, i'll be frank: i wanted malinin to lose. i think he's been overscored and the quad god/skating to the sound of his own voice stuff was making me roll my eyes so hard that i was straining muscles in my face. however, i didn't expect a meltdown on that level. i think that losing here will ultimately be good for him and his career, but i genuinely hope he's okay after that. the reposts suggest that someone who cares about him needs to take his phone, get him on a plane back to the states, and get him to a sports psychologist.

[haunted-mindset]

IM SO PROUD. KAZAKHSTANS FIRST SKATER I EIGHT YEARS. 1ST PLACE. I DON'T FUCKING BELIVE IT. 😭😭😭😭🎉🎉🎉🎉

[sawyer-aik]

MIKHAIL SHAIDOROVVVVVVVVV

[aeria-c]

SHUN SATO!!! THOSE TEARS! I feel him so much, he skated perfection in the team event (and was fucking underscored), and now an individual bronze!!! Also Mikhail Shaidorov the man that you are, Olympic Champion!! And Yuma despite a disastrous (for him) free skate, with his nth silver.

[raininyourblackeyes]

SMALL FED SKATER GOLD YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME EVEN IF THE PROGRAM IS BAD AND HIS PCS ARE NOTHING

[sakamotwokaori]

junhwan cha ☆ rain, in your black eyes @ the 2026 milano cortina olympics

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Kaori Sakamoto (JPN): Time to Say Goodbye » 2026 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating Team Event

[chanrizard]

credit

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team japan figure skaters in paris » » »

[welcometothewarren]

if anyone needs me i'll be frothing at the mouth thinking about the origin of language and interspecies communication. happy wednesday.

[welcometothewarren]

how did we learn this? who taught us this? is it coincidental? is it observational? is it that something in the source of these sixteen languages stems from the same animal instinct that causes each of these species to call out to their own kind? I Am Going To Lose It.

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[petitmimosa]

Did you have to go this hard Yuzu? Really?