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I think people assume skaters like Ilia and Andrew have these conservative views because they have Russian parents and they're skaters. A lot of skating families are conservative - though many of the skaters themselves seem somewhat liberal - at least socially. So it's really hard to know what...

Did she not see what worked for Alysa Liu? Or what is now working for Mia Kalin? Keep going for the 3A, but forcing quads that young isn't going to get her far in the current system, especially when it means she's so inconsistent.

I was going to say... People were posting about his political views (I didn't see it and had no idea it happened), but we have no idea if he saw it.

@olympic Having seen Tomoki in person, his biggest issue by far is speed. I don't think it comes across this way on TV, but I was shocked how slowly he moved and how little ice coverage he has. After that I wasn't surprised he couldn't get quads off - no matter how good your technique is, big...

I feel like Ilia would be better than any of the US women for the red bull brand, but Alysa seems the most Red Bull of any of the women...

As I understand it, SCoB is funding Maxim's training - at least in free ice. His new coaches are friends of his parents, so they may be doing things free or at a steep discount. I saw something about SCoB funding all of his training, but I'm not sure the entirety of that. But who knows if he's...

@eurodance2001 But who else would we have sent? Jacob has been doing really well, but has been a bit inconsistent this spring. He'd also face the PCS hit most skaters get moving up to major senior competitions. Maxim maybe - but I doubt he'd even be on the table when it was Jason vs someone...

@her grace I feel like the men's field is much more diverse overall in style, while many of the women are still giving ice princess. I'm very happy the US women are helping lead the charge in bringing that innovation of styles.

Or he'd realize this is a wider societal issue and not just a skating issue. Just about every major organization that deals with kids (and even many dealing with college athletes) have had abuse they've tried to cover up. Eating disorders, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, overtraining, etc...

This is the thing for me - at this point he has to choose. Does he want to make that push or does he want to do shows full time? I'm totally fine either way. He already has a great legacy in skating and will have a great show career. However, now is the time to decide: shows or competing? While...

I feel like Jason's problem this year is that he hasn't really learned how to train as an older skater. He probably thought he could take a month off and do shows and be fine. Unfortunately, when you get older you have to keep going to stay in the kind of shape you need. Given how good his...

@TanithandBenFan But gymnastics doesn't necessarily conflict with football/basketball, with all the biggest events of gymnastics last year coming between April and August. Figure skating is in near direct conflict through the Grand Prix to the playoffs/probowl. So moving her off figure skating...

My understanding of it (and possibly why she wasn't there this fall) is that she was doing more NFL/football producing this fall than Olympic sports coverage. Given Peacock and NBC in general is moving away from airing Olympic sports in general - they've stuck to only the most popular ones and...

Sometimes I wish they'd just, you know, ask the skaters before assigning them? I'm so sick of all the team announcements and subsequent withdrawals pre-4CC every year.

Smarter he isn't. I think Jason really needs to rethink his training setup and how he's going to approach the Olympic season if he's going to make the team. That means he needs to start now, not focus on worlds now. His biggest problem this season seems to be that he thought he could be ready...