Winter Olympics 2026

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Anonymous wrote:Ilia’s arrogance did him in.

Wasn't he heard saying after his performance waiting for his results that only if they had let him go to Beijing in 2022, he would be on that podium?

Yes, you heard right.

And as he is local, let’s just say that my reference to his arrogance is from direct knowledge of who he is.

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One doesn’t need deep insight to notice that he is unfortunately full of himself, which is not the end of the world for a 21 yo but I am surprised his parents don’t keep him in check.
He invented his own nickname, put it on a t shirt and wears it. He skates to his own inspirational quotes.
It’s normal for a young person to feel that their thoughts and feelings are more significant and novel than they are, but there needs to be an adult to tell them it’s ridiculous.

At the same time, he was extremely gracious to the gold medal winner, going to him immediately and congratulating/embracing him, and in his interviews afterward.

I liked how someone joked it was because he himself really needed a hug. I find it believable

Yeah it’s this

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U.S. cross country skiing is on the up. Men just silvered the team sprint. Nice work!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think that Adela skating to Michael Jackson’s They Don’t Care About Us is a statement?

What's the statement?

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Petrosian had the Michael Jackson program since the 2023-2024 season, before she was selected. I'm inclined to think she was just comfortable with it and its a crowd pleaser for the Olympics.

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I love Alysa Liu and I hope she does very well in the free skate. I’m glad she’s going back to her Donna Summer program! It’s so joyful and fits her personality beautifully. Her World’s gold was a magic moment and I don’t even care if she medals, I just want that joyous, free, breezy vibe for her again. Just wonderful. I love all the American women on this team, and how supportive they are of one another. The Japanese ladies also are incredibly talented and gracious.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Alysa Liu and I hope she does very well in the free skate. I’m glad she’s going back to her Donna Summer program! It’s so joyful and fits her personality beautifully. Her World’s gold was a magic moment and I don’t even care if she medals, I just want that joyous, free, breezy vibe for her again. Just wonderful. I love all the American women on this team, and how supportive they are of one another. The Japanese ladies also are incredibly talented and gracious.

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So nice to watch such lovely, fun skating from so many women.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Alysa Liu and I hope she does very well in the free skate. I’m glad she’s going back to her Donna Summer program! It’s so joyful and fits her personality beautifully. Her World’s gold was a magic moment and I don’t even care if she medals, I just want that joyous, free, breezy vibe for her again. Just wonderful. I love all the American women on this team, and how supportive they are of one another. The Japanese ladies also are incredibly talented and gracious.

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So nice to watch such lovely, fun skating from so many women.

I enjoyed it. Do they really need to interview them when they're crying, though? Give that girl some space. All the questions that start with "I know you haven't had time to process this yet, but ..."

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Anyone else following the curling controversy between Canada and Sweden? It’s literally one of the dullest sports going but this actually made me want to watch the replay to find out what was happening. Plenty of F- bombs flying around and both teams accusing each other of bad sportsmanship. Finally a curling match I can get into!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think that Adela skating to Michael Jackson’s They Don’t Care About Us is a statement?

Yes. 100%

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Are there fewer short track skating events or are they just not covering it?

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Anonymous wrote:Are there fewer short track skating events or are they just not covering it?

There's the same or more races. We just don't cover it on TV, probably because the US isn't good at short-track anymore. We have 0 medals so far.

We saw a lot of short track on TV during the Olympics in 2002-2010 because of Apollo Ohno, the face of short-track.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there fewer short track skating events or are they just not covering it?

There's the same or more races. We just don't cover it on TV, probably because the US isn't good at short-track anymore. We have 0 medals so far.

We saw a lot of short track on TV during the Olympics in 2002-2010 because of Apollo Ohno, the face of short-track.

We haven't won a short-track medal since 2018, when we got one silver. We also only got one in 2014 silver.

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Anonymous wrote:Ilia’s arrogance did him in.

Wasn't he heard saying after his performance waiting for his results that only if they had let him go to Beijing in 2022, he would be on that podium?

Yes, you heard right.

And as he is local, let’s just say that my reference to his arrogance is from direct knowledge of who he is.

New poster.
One doesn’t need deep insight to notice that he is unfortunately full of himself, which is not the end of the world for a 21 yo but I am surprised his parents don’t keep him in check.
He invented his own nickname, put it on a t shirt and wears it. He skates to his own inspirational quotes.
It’s normal for a young person to feel that their thoughts and feelings are more significant and novel than they are, but there needs to be an adult to tell them it’s ridiculous.

At the same time, he was extremely gracious to the gold medal winner, going to him immediately and congratulating/embracing him, and in his interviews afterward.

I liked how someone joked it was because he himself really needed a hug. I find it believable

Maybe, but it was a classy thing to do. Malinin didn't cry that he was robbed of a medal or try to denigrate his opponent. He pulled himself together within 5 minutes of his disastrous skate and immediately went to congratulate the Kazakh gold medal winner. It seemed sincere, and I was impressed at the sportsmanship.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Alysa Liu and I hope she does very well in the free skate. I’m glad she’s going back to her Donna Summer program! It’s so joyful and fits her personality beautifully. Her World’s gold was a magic moment and I don’t even care if she medals, I just want that joyous, free, breezy vibe for her again. Just wonderful. I love all the American women on this team, and how supportive they are of one another. The Japanese ladies also are incredibly talented and gracious.

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So nice to watch such lovely, fun skating from so many women.

+1 the whole field is so mature and gracious this year, really beautiful to watch. What a contrast from all the toxicity and scandals of the women’s event in 2022 that ended in so many meltdowns.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there fewer short track skating events or are they just not covering it?

There's the same or more races. We just don't cover it on TV, probably because the US isn't good at short-track anymore. We have 0 medals so far.

We saw a lot of short track on TV during the Olympics in 2002-2010 because of Apollo Ohno, the face of short-track.

We haven't won a short-track medal since 2018, when we got one silver. We also only got one in 2014 silver.

Thanks! It’s a shame because it’s an awesome, exciting sport. They move like a flock of starlings!