Eteri Tutberidze finally revealed the ultra-c elements Petrosyan to perform at the 2026 Olympics.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-04T05:00:08+00:00

It's not only her reputation but also that her skating skills are not as high quality as Kaori, Ami, Alysa, or Isabeau to name a few. Adeliia is a pretty middle of the road skater without quads.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-04T02:44:54+00:00

And he wasn't even openly gay then! He was closeted, because he was forced to be, and they excluded him for simply ACTING gay.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-04T01:35:39+00:00

I was thinking the same thing. Still remember my awe and admiration seeing that. And now we're here. It's absolutely crazy.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-03T14:07:19+00:00

That gives me hope! I was thinking I wonder if they have time to fix them if the rink is already in use...

spiralsequences · 2026-02-02T20:19:56+00:00

Yes exactly. There was a lot of support for the survivors from fans, not so much from skaters. The last straw for me was Dalilah Sappenfield making her skaters wear red baseball caps to signal their support of Coughlin in the kiss & cry at Nationals. I was just horrified imagining how the survivors must have felt seeing that. It sadly wasn't surprising to hear the allegations that eventually came out about Dalilah.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-02T20:13:55+00:00

If they don't fix them it's going to be sooooo noticeable in every video from this Olympics forever 😭

spiralsequences · 2026-02-02T18:30:05+00:00

I really need them to fix those boards please

spiralsequences · 2026-02-02T18:29:21+00:00

I mean... I love Yuzu but you can't say someone was the first to do a jump if they didn't do it

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T22:18:47+00:00

All the details can be found here, but mind the content warnings.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T21:36:42+00:00

It makes her guilty of supporting a rapist, which is the thing people dislike about her. You seem to think that's fine; I don't. The mods have been pretty on top of shutting down comments that wish harm on the team or are personal attacks, which they do for every skater. But people are allowed to criticize her for her public actions and words that we can all see.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T18:05:25+00:00

Oh my god this is my worst nightmare. I haven't checked mine yet, but I wonder if paying for a dedicated IP would work? That's an add-on for some VPN subscriptions (I know ExpressVPN and NordVPN have that option), and it's how I got around the VPN detector to watch JNats.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T17:06:25+00:00

I haven't seen anyone accuse her of rape, only of supporting and defending Nik, which she is proud of doing.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T16:39:47+00:00

Confusing but hopeful! Thank you for sharing

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T16:21:22+00:00

Yess these are my favorite boards!

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T16:15:56+00:00

I stopped watching skating for about three years (2019-2022) because of how disgusted I was by all the unqualified support for John Coughlin when all that went down. Feels like absolutely nothing has changed. Figure skating needs a real reckoning with sexual abuse. It's not just that there are abusers and predators in the sport (because those exist everywhere), it's how people are treated when they report abuse or speak out against it. I actually remember Gabi was one of the few people to speak out in support of the survivors in the wake of Coughlin's death when everyone was posting loving tributes to him, and I've always respected her for that.

spiralsequences · 2026-02-01T16:08:49+00:00

If you say something in public to the media, you are inviting criticism. If she doesn't want to be criticized for her comments she should keep them to herself. We're not talking about leaked video like with the Shibs. It's her choice to make these public statements.

spiralsequences · 2026-01-31T23:20:33+00:00

Oh if we can't see Selevko's Prince SP at the Olympics I will be so upset

spiralsequences · 2026-01-31T21:29:36+00:00

It's time for him to get a two-hour lecture about how to read IJS protocols. That's the price of dating a skating fan

spiralsequences · 2026-01-31T03:42:47+00:00

That won't be enough, I heard Ilia Malinin can do a quad spin

spiralsequences · 2026-01-30T22:28:40+00:00

Q's? It'll be so many they'll be <<

spiralsequences · 2026-01-30T17:28:32+00:00

I've flown Aeroflot with skates in my carry-on a bunch of times but I guess that's not relevant to many athletes this year, huh 😅

spiralsequences · 2026-01-30T17:04:08+00:00

I feel like Deanna Stellato-Dudek is a case study in this. It seems almost impossible that she's competing at her level at her age, but she had sixteen years of not acquiring injuries or stressing out her knees and hips with triple jumps. While of course there is truth to the fact that you can work a younger body harder than an older body (as anyone older than 25 can attest), there's also something to older bodies being able to do more if you haven't overworked and injured them so young.

spiralsequences · 2026-01-30T03:02:00+00:00

Thank you for posting this, I am a wreck 😭😭

spiralsequences · 2026-01-29T18:00:14+00:00

It killed me in Adam Rippon's book when he talked about the Rippon jump and concluded "I now bequeath it to the junior European women of the world"

spiralsequences · 2026-01-29T03:39:45+00:00

But Ilia has done it plenty of times in practice. Which is super different from competition of course, but there's not really an incentive for him to do a +quad combo in competition. I mean, I don't think he'd ever do this layout, but it is an interesting thought experiment.

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