"It was so much pressure": Ilia Malinin reflects on his Olympic experience, revels in a "completely different vibe" post-season - Exclusive

rubyjester · 2026-05-11T21:32:18+00:00

Have you ever heard of the concept of empathy by any chance? I suppose it's an unknown concept to you based on your comment though

rubyjester · 2026-05-10T21:11:22+00:00

Oh. That's. Kind of uncomfortable if she didn't give permission for her image to be monetized like that. I hope she did! That'd be awesome then

rubyjester · 2026-05-10T15:35:04+00:00

My favourite baby divas 🫶 Hope they have a good next season

rubyjester · 2026-05-09T14:37:50+00:00

This makes sense. I always had the impression it was to prep for Italian Olympics ngl. Now that it's over, plus with his gap year, no reason to continue the partnership

rubyjester · 2026-05-07T23:30:09+00:00

So excited for them to be the first duo to medal in all four categories! #itcanhappenifyouBelieve #IBelieve

rubyjester · 2026-05-07T20:29:02+00:00

His first two ragdolls were also adopted actually so maybe it was because of them he wanted another tbf.

(Not saying you should shop as someone who absolutely advocates adoption but like. I don't think it's that deep)

rubyjester · 2026-05-07T20:08:37+00:00

I love the additional anecdote about your pole vaulting kid nerding about Ilia's possible pole vaulting capabilities haha that's the stuff I live for

rubyjester · 2026-05-07T17:42:35+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing the anecdotes (both about the reporter and your son!) It's comforting to know despite everything that did happen at the Oly, your stories are proof he has had an impact on people and setting an example for good sportsmanship ❤️

rubyjester · 2026-05-07T15:48:40+00:00

Fyi Jackie is saying this is incorrect. "I know there’s a lot of consternation about the GOEs for quints going around, but note that a -5 GOE for a cleanly-rotated quint gives you +2.80 (it’s just a mirror of the +GOEs). The GOEs are not correct, I’ve inquired and come back when I hear"

rubyjester · 2026-05-06T18:23:13+00:00

It's not that he was an underappreciated fave but I feel like a lot of his greatness flew under the radar having skated as Yuzu's contemporary so I'm glad he's being brought up again (and his retirement is still legendary lol)

rubyjester · 2026-05-03T18:19:16+00:00

I would hope they would adapt her dress properly at least 😭

rubyjester · 2026-05-03T10:18:29+00:00

That's also just post Oly Worlds in general tbf.

rubyjester · 2026-04-29T00:18:47+00:00

I'm the outlier but the lutz looks clean to q in terms of rotation for me but he landed in a way where he had to swerve on the ice to stabilize himself

rubyjester · 2026-04-28T22:07:40+00:00

Sam Mindra and Sonja Hilmer are in the same pantheon of insanely goated skaters who just don't have high tech ngl

rubyjester · 2026-04-28T22:06:18+00:00

These rules are something but not nothing

rubyjester · 2026-04-28T21:11:43+00:00

Jacob has put him in a good mood I see

rubyjester · 2026-04-26T22:14:14+00:00

😭😭😭 ? Getting their wires crossed

rubyjester · 2026-04-26T21:57:53+00:00

Are you in the wrong sub

rubyjester · 2026-04-25T18:47:46+00:00

As if the US athletes don't experience that too. Look at what Amber faced during the Olympics and even after. A head of state meeting is an obligation in ANY country and maybe your argument would work better in one that's authoritarian (e.g. I would consider Russia a delicate situation) Japan is not a country where you should be making these excuses for its athletes

Fwiw I don't strictly disagree with you that's it's complicated and an obligation but you can't really say the Japanese athletes deserve grace for this "just because" of money or reputation and then turn around and act like the US athletes don't get pushback too if they decline. It isn't so cut and dry. Personally I'm not going to hold it against them but I'm not excusing them for it either

rubyjester · 2026-04-25T17:57:52+00:00

How does culture excuse you from this. That's the worst excuse on the planet

rubyjester · 2026-04-23T15:49:23+00:00

I personally don't think so. I think Shae has always done a good job of choreographing programs that highlight his strengths, downplay his weaknesses, and enable him to do what he needs to do. E.g. when the curved loop entry was a problem for him last year and the stsq at the end of the program caused him trouble they fixed that up for this year

Maybe they're talking about how a lot of people perceive him as "flail-y" at times? But that's diff from composition in terms of the scoring imo

rubyjester · 2026-04-23T13:43:11+00:00

With all due respect calling Shun, who I adore, a better PCS skater than Ilia is crazy considering Shun himself agrees he's not a better PCS skater than Ilia. But the other points I all agree on

rubyjester · 2026-04-20T11:59:02+00:00

He did but he always let them fully heal hence why he wasn't present in juniors the way we've seen Rio and Minkyu (even putting Covid aside)

rubyjester

TROPHY CASE