2026 US Nationals Women's FS "Liu Monsters go Gaga"

[floridaice]

Wallace started well but she has no stamina. Even her posture has fallen off.

I blame this song

 

[petro]

Although Gewalt has much better skating skills, there's something very Amber Corwin about her. Gewalt really deserves a tiara.

Omg YES how can we make that happen haha

 

[Karen-W]

I blame this song

It felt like the song would never end...

 

[peibeck]

Wallace is pleasant enough, but this snoozy 90s ballad is not helping her cause. I fear downgrade city on a lot of the jump passes too.

 

[MacMadame]

She's better as a podcaster than commentator.

That makes sense as podcasters need to talk a lot or their podcast doesn't work.

I also think it's good to remember the commentators are not for us, they're for casual fans.

People keep saying this but I disagree that these broadcasts are being watched by a lot of casual fans. They are aimed at the more serious fan and the commentary should reflect that IMO.

Hanritty does a good job of explaining things that are educational but not dumbed down. And even a casual fan can see when someone falls!

Who else is old enough to remember Lisa-Marie Allen?

 

[personwhoishere]

Wallace is pleasant enough, but this snoozy 90s ballad is not helping her cause. I fear downgrade city on a lot of the jump passes too.

A Walk To Remember (the movie this song is from) was released in 2002 and it's iconic for us millennials

 

[susieB129]

For all that is holy, Ashley, would you STOPPPPPPPPPPP

 

[MacMadame]

That score is brutal.

 

[Sarah]

People keep saying this but I disagree that these broadcasts are being watched by a lot of casual fans. They are aimed at the more serious fan and the commentary should reflect that IMO.

You’d be surprised. My mom puts on random sports on peacock and casually watches while knitting. That’s actually how she started watching soccer.

 

[floridaice]

Look at Grant all grown up and dressed in a suit. Kind of looks like a banker

 

[Karen-W]

Gorgeous opening 3z+3t from Emilia! I love this dress she has and the color is beautiful on her. Now I can really see the resemblance to Loena.

 

[flyingsit]

There is something Osmond-esque about Emilia’s skating

 

[floridaice]

Emilia gets huge air on her jumps

 

[her grace]

Beautiful 3z-3t from Nemirovsky, but then very hot and cold

 

[peibeck]

Nemirovsky gives me young Amber vibes, especially with this tortured soul ballad.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, not perfect but I do think Emilia has potential to really blossom once she hits seniors.

 

[peibeck]

A Walk To Remember (the movie this song is from) was released in 2002 and it's iconic for us millennials

Off by 2-3 years. And sorry, that movie is dreadful.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well... This sure is a lot of dress.

Ben, what is Lyme's Disease?

 

[ilovesalchows]

When she first came out in the warmup, I thought she had marks on her forehead from wearing a knit cap.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well, it's no longer a bullet point, iirc.

Right, that was my point? Commentators keep claiming it raises the GOE and it doesn't.

 

[Karen-W]

Well... This sure is a lot of dress.

I really don't like this dress. But I'm also mostly unimpressed with Hilmer's home-crafter costume design dresses.

 

[Lanie]

I really just love how creative Sonja is

 

[Matryeshka]

My mom started watching Midsommer Murders because it was the first box that came up on Prime one day. Now she watches every British murder show she can. And while I didn't really become a serious skating fan till 2002, I remember making a point to watch Nationals in 98 because of the Olympics. I also watch a lot of trials I don't normally watch in an Oly year. I try to catch snowboarding, half-pipe, moguls, aerials. I even watch speed skating sometimes. The list of sports for summer is even longer. Also why people watch is important--I watched trampoline because someone from LSU made it. I also watch a lot of track because there's usually at least one person from LSU who makes it. I watched the f out of pole vaulting because of Duplantis. I'm sure lots of people for example from mini-Loena's high school are watching/will watch when they get home from school. Years ago, we had a student who made the beach volleyball finals in some major competition and most teachers streamed it in their classes.

 

[slicekw]

Hilmer is so amazing - the dress, the face makeup, the non-English music. And then she jumps and spins in both directions. She’s the perfect DGAF package in one skater. I’m with Ashley in adoring her.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Ben said even Ilia doesn't do an 2A-2A combo with the 2As in opposite directions.

Ilia's gonna learn that by Saturday in annoyance.

 

[peibeck]

Love the reverse salchow and creative spin positions Hilmer does. This music, not so much.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

What does everybody think of Loena 2.0?

 

[jlai]

Strange to listen to a mandarin lyrics sung to pretty much a western song.

 

[Jammers]

Emilia has huge potential i just hope unlike so many skaters from the last 15 years or so that were hugely talented that she can find some consistency and become a good competitor.

 

[Karen-W]

Is her makeup application deliberate?