Winter Olympics 2026

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Anonymous wrote:Alyssa Liu! She was so confident, strong, consistent, herself, and fun; how can you not love her?

OMG she skated so well!! I’m so glad she won gold!!

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Anonymous wrote:Alyssa Liu! She was so confident, strong, consistent, herself, and fun; how can you not love her?

She’s a genetically modified baby

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Anonymous wrote:Alyssa Liu! She was so confident, strong, consistent, herself, and fun; how can you not love her?

She’s a genetically modified baby

With a tiger parent. The Winter Olympics are a festival of tiger parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:Alyssa Liu! She was so confident, strong, consistent, herself, and fun; how can you not love her?

OMG she skated so well!! I’m so glad she won gold!!

Me, too! She's so mentally strong and joyful on the ice, and it's infectious. Happy it's Alysa!

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Anonymous wrote:Alyssa Liu! She was so confident, strong, consistent, herself, and fun; how can you not love her?

OMG she skated so well!! I’m so glad she won gold!!

Me, too! She's so mentally strong and joyful on the ice, and it's infectious. Happy it's Alysa!

Especially when she was so miserable in Beijing 4 years ago, with her family trying to dodge Chinese “officials.”

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She’s Chinese

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Anonymous wrote:She’s Chinese

She was born in California, you racist, xenophobic POS.

She has TWO Olympic gold medals, World gold, World bronze, US Nationals gold, the list continues. She’s happy, beloved by fans all over the world, and thriving. She’s represented Team USA with pride and joy and dignity.

And then there’s you.

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I'm catching up on watching the men's skating performances, obviously saw the results already.

Why were the NBC commentators so dismissive of the Kazakh skater's chances for this Olympics when he just got the silver at the last world championship? Even after he'd landed a bunch of clean jumps, they were acting like he was barely a.podium.contender in this Olympics "here to plant seeds for the next one."

Obviously they expected Malinin to win and also I know the Japanese skaters had some blips too otherwise they could have bumped him. But they just seemed very uninterested in his performance - they were talking about other random things during it.

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What a contrast from the 2022 women's figure skating ending...nice to see joyful competitors and good sportsmanship rather than the drama and disappointment.

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Anonymous wrote:She’s Chinese

She’s an American, and a wonderful reminder that our diversity is our strength.

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Anonymous wrote:She’s Chinese

And in your world, Isabeau Levito is an Italian. How dare she? How does your dark heart feel about that?

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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?

That the IOC doesn’t care about the Russians?

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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

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.

Ilia couldn't claim he was robbed if he wanted to (though he kind of did claim that in his reference to Beijing while he was waiting for his score). He fell apart under pressure and singled his quad axel, fell twice during his program, doubled his quad loop, and his presentation was really poor for him, which is understandable given the breakdown, but even with 2 falls, and a really poor effort at presentation and skating skills, he still got a higher program component score (81.72) than Petr Gumenick (80.65), who skated a clean, beautiful program, landing all 5 attempted quads, with strong spins and he skated his entire program with fluidity, grace, and high quality skating and edge skills. In my opinion, Ilya got a much higher score than what he deserved for how he skated in the Olympics, and it calls into question the entire judging system and how the judges use the component score to play favorites and punish disfavored skaters, their coaches, or their countries.

Also, Ilya was not entirely gracious in defeat. He was heard on a hot mic saying he wouldn’t have skated like that if they had sent him to Beijing in 2022. He’s a young guy, and was hurt, and we all understand and empathize with the pressure he was under and wish him the best, but he’s not a poster child for being a gracious loser, and if anything, he was overscored for his performance in these Olympics.

Whatever. He wasn't 100% perfect, but he handled defeat graciously for a 20-something man who was in another class ahead of his opponents and had a stunningly bad skate after having not lost a single competition since 2023. I showed my kids how he quickly recovered and congratulated his opponent. He's certainly a better role model than certain people currently occupying in the Oval Office who can't accept losing, accuse others of cheating, and incite riots and violence when they don't win.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm catching up on watching the men's skating performances, obviously saw the results already.

Why were the NBC commentators so dismissive of the Kazakh skater's chances for this Olympics when he just got the silver at the last world championship? Even after he'd landed a bunch of clean jumps, they were acting like he was barely a.podium.contender in this Olympics "here to plant seeds for the next one."

Obviously they expected Malinin to win and also I know the Japanese skaters had some blips too otherwise they could have bumped him. But they just seemed very uninterested in his performance - they were talking about other random things during it.

Yeah, they blew it, because the Kazakh skater was in 5th place and they didn't expect him to even medal, and they were so focused on the American gold opportunity. But Scott Hamilton apologized later for being so focused on Malinin that they blew off the actual gold medal performance and didn't give the actual gold medal winner his due.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm catching up on watching the men's skating performances, obviously saw the results already.

Why were the NBC commentators so dismissive of the Kazakh skater's chances for this Olympics when he just got the silver at the last world championship? Even after he'd landed a bunch of clean jumps, they were acting like he was barely a.podium.contender in this Olympics "here to plant seeds for the next one."

Obviously they expected Malinin to win and also I know the Japanese skaters had some blips too otherwise they could have bumped him. But they just seemed very uninterested in his performance - they were talking about other random things during it.

Yeah, they blew it, because the Kazakh skater was in 5th place and they didn't expect him to even medal, and they were so focused on the American gold opportunity. But Scott Hamilton apologized later for being so focused on Malinin that they blew off the actual gold medal performance and didn't give the actual gold medal winner his due.

I remember thinking after 2025 Worlds that, wow, this Shaidorov guy is the next big thing. But then he had a relatively underwhelming 2025-2026 Fall-Winter season - to this point - so people can be forgiven, IMO, for overlooking him as a gold medal favorite in the Olympics. I am thrilled for him, by the way.