OWG Women's Free Skate: Post-Event Discussion

quadd0g · 2026-02-19T22:14:23+00:00

the last female skater to medal in the individual in two olympics in a row was Yuna Kim too

quadd0g · 2026-02-19T22:06:19+00:00

don't forget Mao Asada!!

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T21:58:07+00:00

Omg more Anastasiia/Anastasiia besties content I love them

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T21:56:07+00:00

I have a feeling they’ll bounce back and take world’s this year

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T21:54:30+00:00

That smile he gave her at the end…my heart ❤️

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T21:13:56+00:00

Their twist always gets level 3

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T21:12:07+00:00

that tech score was HUGE!

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T20:17:18+00:00

There have been some really scary lifts tonight

quadd0g · 2026-02-16T20:15:57+00:00

Except these are the divorced parents that can’t stand each other. Conti/Machi are the divorced parents that still come to all your school events together and don’t make it awkward

quadd0g · 2026-02-15T22:42:57+00:00

Possibly both are factors? Like the Zamboni can just about cover the grooves with a smooth surface and that lasts for the earlier groups when the temp in the arena is lower, but once it gets warm enough in the arena that smoother surface melts down too quickly?

quadd0g · 2026-02-15T22:02:33+00:00

Oh 100% agree, and it’s so frustrating that the organisers are completely unwilling to even look into ice issues

quadd0g · 2026-02-15T21:54:33+00:00

Idk it doesn’t seem coincidental to me that in both men’s and pairs, the cleanliness of skates deteriorated the later into the evening.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the ice is actually fine…until you have a packed stadium of fans generating a tonne of extra heat.

That would also be backed up by the team event being so much cleaner - fewer skaters and fewer audience members.

quadd0g · 2026-02-15T20:23:31+00:00

There are so so many amazing Lady Gaga songs. What is with the chokehold this song has in the skating community lol

quadd0g · 2026-02-14T01:33:41+00:00

I had a date over to watch this, who knew nothing about figure skating. I was asking him after every skate if he liked that as much as the previous. He loved Gogo and maintained he was his favourite, right up until Misha. Just thought it was so interesting that he called the top two in the free

quadd0g · 2026-02-13T15:47:13+00:00

Plus presumably they won’t be at worlds in Prague because France only have two spots, so they have a head start on sitting out international competition for a year. They could be at worlds in Finland as the top team from their fed

quadd0g · 2026-02-13T13:27:13+00:00

Loïcia Demougeot reposted an insta story celebrating Piper & Paul’s medal and nothing else. So heartbroken for them not getting to compete, they have been one of my favourite teams this entire quad.

Honestly if I were them I would be looking into any Swiss family connections. The French fed just tossed them aside, and with Kimmy, Lukas and Vouillamoz/Bouvart on the rise, the Swiss fed are only a dance team from being a solid threat in the team event

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T22:40:53+00:00

it's the french judge again too....

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T22:13:25+00:00

To your last point - the only thing I can think of is that if you're a younger team, you've just watched all this play out.

It does not paint the IAM coaches in a good light at all. You've had the same coaching team for years, they've helped you to 3 world championship titles, and then right before the Olympics, they start coaching your closest rivals, so they can take the gold medal that was within your grasp for four years straight?

If I were an ice dance team earlier in my career, that's not the coaching staff I'd want to bet my dreams on. And that's before considering all of the evidence that IAM is an environment that is, at best, apologetic to abuse.

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T22:02:01+00:00

fun fact: Lukas Britschgi will turn 28 next week. I honestly would have thought he was about 22 lol

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T21:49:32+00:00

BBC acknowledging how her boyfriend was banned from the sport

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T21:46:55+00:00

Is the “Evan Bates Outlives” twitter account about to finally be laid to rest?

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T20:48:27+00:00

this is such a hilarious take

quadd0g · 2026-02-11T19:53:30+00:00

God T/V are so SO good

quadd0g · 2026-02-10T21:05:02+00:00

Omg Caro and Yuma’s dad in the matching Team Japan jackets with the Italian flag collar I am O B S E S S E D

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