2022 Olympic FS Team Event delayed medal ceremony - updates

[YukiNieve]

Japanese skaters and then Vince and Nathan (from 5:10 mark) talk to Japanese TV

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[Rukia]

Baby's first Olympic medal celebration

https://twitter.com/x/status/1821297198149337395

 

[sk9tingfan]

On Prime Time national news on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt at ~ 6:49 PM

 

[Karen-W]

The Madis and Alexa posted they’re on the way to meet Snoop

They are very giddy with excitement!

So much love for both of these teams all over social media and especially from other skaters.

Great IG post from IAM - https://www.instagram.com/p/C-YpeGwxxJA/?igsh=N3NqNnlsMnR0bHFv

 

[Spikefan]

I have family/friends texting me now after seeing it on the nightly news. They need to realize I’m busy (with Olympics ), going to have to put my texts on mute.

 

[carriecmu0503]

Finally got a chance to watch, it was wonderful. Nice crowd and stunning backdrop.



Zach/Maddison and Brandon/Alexa haven’t skated together in a bit so they were out. Evan needs to save his back for actual competition as he has at least two more years to go. Japan’s pairs are youngish/competing or retired but married so easy to do. At least that’s my rationale.

Edit: And now I take the above back, Brandon did lift Alexa:

Team USA on Instagram: "A moment for @usfigureskating 🥇"

25K likes, 133 comments - teamusa on August 7, 2024: "A moment for @usfigureskating 🥇".

www.instagram.com

Brandon and Alexa skate in shows together very frequently.

 

[Badams]

Brandon and Alexa skate in shows together very frequently.

Well, maybe it's time for them to skate at nationals again. A girl can dream...

 

[Garden Kitty]

Nathan's sister posted these pics of Nathan sharing the moment with family

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUaGud6WEAAfUj3?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUaGueBWgAAcnwL?format=jpg&name=large

 

[Firedancer]

Christine Brennan’s article (with a couple quotes from the skaters):

US Olympic figure skating team finally gets its golden moment in shadow of Eiffel Tower

As the Eiffel Tower rose over the shoulders of the nine American gold medalists, families, friends and spectators roared with joy.

www.usatoday.com

 

[TanithandBenFan]

People article - Mr. and Mrs. Gold Medal

'Mr. and Mrs. Gold Medal'! Evan Bates and Madison Chock Call Delayed Victory Ceremony a 'Second Honeymoon' (Exclusive)

Figure skaters Evan Bates and Madison Chock, who tied the knot in June, tell PEOPLE about life as newlyweds — and finally getting their delayed, Beijing 2022 victory ceremony.

people.com

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Russia will always dope and cheat to be gold

Fixed it for you.

 

[Rukia]

People article - Mr. and Mrs. Gold Medal

if i liked them enough to make a sign for them that's a good one lol

 

[A.H.Black]

Nathan's sister posted these pics of Nathan sharing the moment with family

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUaGud6WEAAfUj3?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUaGueBWgAAcnwL?format=jpg&name=large

And with his dad! Wonderful.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

They are very giddy with excitement!

So much love for both of these teams all over social media and especially from other skaters.

Great IG post from IAM - https://www.instagram.com/p/C-YpeGwxxJA/?igsh=N3NqNnlsMnR0bHFv

Oh dear, I think I’m more in love with Zach Donahue now that I’ve ever been

 

[CassAgain]

Russia will always be gold

Whispers: Stay gold, Russia.

 

[Karen-W]

Time article about the ceremony -

Why Team USA Figure Skaters Received Gold Medals at the Paris Summer Olympics

The ceremony was two years in the making.

time.com

According to Nathan, the entire team agreed that if they couldn't all be there in Paris then they wanted to wait until they could all be together for the ceremony.

 

[Coco]

Isuresults still has the pre-penalty scores up, lol.

I remember during the Games, Karen was really unhappy with her efforts in the team final.

But I hope she knows that the GOE she earned on her spins in the SP (2.98) was enough to make the difference between the 5th place she got and 7th place.

Team USA only won by 2 points. I don't know who would have won the tiebreaker but this stood out to me.

 

[Karen-W]

Isuresults still has the pre-penalty scores up, lol.

LMAO - https://results.isu.org/results/season2122/owg2022/TEC001RS.htm

Indeed, they do. I made a comment and shared the link on their IG post about today's ceremony. Hopefully they get that fixed.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Ceremony will be on NBC in a minute!!

 

[Wyliefan]

Wow, they're telling the whole story, Russian doping and all.

 

[peibeck]

if i liked them enough to make a sign for them that's a good one lol

Just use a Gold Medal flour bag and half the job is done for you.

 

[Karen-W]

Ceremony will be on NBC in a minute!!

Wow, they're telling the whole story, Russian doping and all.

Y'all are on ET, right? So I have to wait 3 hours until the primetime show airs out here, lol.

 

[Wyliefan]

Yes, ET.

 

[HeatherC]

I am watching the Peacock replay of the ceremony (I missed it due to work) and I am impressed with not only how many people showed up for it but how lovely and warm they made it for the skaters. Having watched almost the entire US team since they were just little novice and junior skaters, the entire thing definitely made me get teary too.....they waited SO long for that moment and they finally got it!

And team Japan was freaking adorable too!

 

[Debbie S]

The late night show just had the team on. Hopefully there will be a clip available for those who aren't crazy enough to stay up until 12:30 like me (although I did get to see some skateboarding and climbing, which I haven't seen yet). Maria Taylor gave them champagne and escargot (only Zach was brave enough to eat the latter ) and asked them the standard questions about how they felt when they hears about the gold, when did they find out they were getting their medals (answer:5 or 6 days ago), who will be in Milan (everyone pointed to Madi and Evan and they raised their hands). Everyone talked about how proud they were of the team.

 

[Firedancer]

They mentioned the skaters finally getting their medals and showed a very short video on the Today Show but there was no indication they plan to have any of the skaters on. I really would have liked to see NBC make a bigger deal about it.

 

[Garden Kitty]

Saw the overnight interview. Karen and Alexa were the only ones who didn't say anything, although most of the responses were fairly short. Madison Hubbell pointed out you can't replace a ceremony at their games, but that this one comes close, especially because Vincent could be there to share it and he wouldn't have been able to in Beijing. Nice to see them all relaxed and happy.

 

[On My Own]

I'm happy for Karen, Kaori, and Wakaba only.

 

[purple skates]

I'm happy for Karen, Kaori, and Wakaba only.

Why?

 

[On My Own]

Why?

I like Karen the most of the Americans (the others do nothing for me), and Kaori and Wakaba were the only ones to speak up about the issue on the entire Japan team.