2026 Olys Team Event PBP Day 3 - When Your Bum Hits the Ice and Your Legs In the Sky - That's Errore!

[Wyliefan]

I've been making skating friends outside FSU recently, and everyone wants to chat during the Olympics. So I'm posting here and texting one friend and FB messaging another. And posting on Bluesky. This is getting a little nuts. (Especially when one went off on a long tangent about Vonn during pairs. I feel really bad for Vonn, but it's skating time!)

 

[Braulio]

Lu Chen 1998 Olympic program music

 

[MacMadame]

the normies have started to text me about Alysa's hair and I have no answers for them other than it makes her happy

I think it's something they do in Japan to be fashionable.

I didn’t know she played MTG - I think it’s neat she’s geeky like that and MTG is easy to pick up but difficult to master. At least from the students I see, Pokemon seems a lot more popular than MTG, so I think Amber’s pretty unique in that and not a trend-chaser

Also, D&D. IME, MTG is more popular among Millennials.

But I think people are also missing the point. She's trying to say that she has a life outside of skating with hobbies and stuff. A lot of skaters just skate and leave hobbies for when they retire.

 

[slicekw]

Oh please let that just be Maddie’s nerves and not a sign of things to come. Skate Gods, y’all are so capricious! fist shake

 

[peibeck]

Schizas recovered nicely from that hard fall on the opening lutz. Not much height on some of these jumps though.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

LOVE this dress for Madie. Beautifully made and a strong color. Excellent.

 

[Wyliefan]

SO thankful Maddie ditched that pink monstrosity. And she's getting expressive now the jumps are done.

 

[miffy]

Well done Maddie for getting the combo in later. That could have gone a lot worse.

 

[Elisheba]

I've never felt like this is a good fit of a program for Maddie.

 

[Karen-W]

This dress really accentuates how Maddie hunches her shoulders up when skating.

 

[Private Citizen]

Nice comeback for Schizas. Did she change her program on the fly or had she modified her layout to do 3Lz2A2A and three combos all in the second half? If she changed all of that on the fly, it was impressive.

 

[flyingsit]

Schizas really could be skating to anything. Or nothing. It’s just background music.

 

[peibeck]

Lu Chen 1998 Olympic program music

Maddie is no Lu Chen though...

 

[MacMadame]

LOVE this dress for Madie. Beautifully made and a strong color. Excellent.

I'm glad she stopped wearing those short, short skirts that made her look 12.

She seems to be skating with a bit of reserve here.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Honestly, after that first fall, Maddie did very well.

 

[Carolla5501]

I know Maddie loves this program, but it just doesn’t feel like it goes with her skating, and the music seems to be overwhelming the entire program

 

[umronnie]

Either the picture and sound are out of sync or she had no connection to the music whatsoever

 

[ilovesalchows]

Get the camera out of Ambers face!

 

[Kateri]

Tense and no expression, then grimacing inappropriate expression. No actual expression of the music. (Maybe she should have just stayed in and finished her essay?)

 

[allezfred]

I'm actually surprised she filmed herself eating beef. In Japan it's considered bad in some circles to eat beef. Beef has to be clearly marked in restaurants so people who don't want to eat beef won't eat there.

I’m sorry! Where did you hear this? The 19th century?

 

[skatingguy]

Madeline Schizas
Coach: N. Lemaire, A. Purkiss
Music: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

3Lz - fall
3F
3Lo
3S
Flying Sit Spin 3
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
3Lo+2T
3Tq+2T
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 2
Choreo Sequence
Layback Spin 4

Opening combination aside she fought through the program, and got in as much technical content as she could.

-1.00 = Falls
125.00 = 1st Place

 

[my little pony]

dear Canadians, are these team canada maroon jumpers with the paint splatter for sale?

 

[Karen-W]

Nice comeback for Schizas. Did she change her program on the fly or had she modified her layout to do 3Lz2A2A and three combos all in the second half? If she changed all of that on the fly, it was impressive.

Tara said she changed it on the fly after falling on the 3Z to open since it was supposed to be a 3Z+3T.

 

[JoannaLouise]

It appears that it is now time for my annual episode of Trying to Explain Skating to My Parents. Wish me luck.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

NBC showing Amber hyperventilating. Breathe Amber!

 

[her grace]

Oooof - see, this is why I have no issue with Canada swapping out for ice dance yesterday.

Could also be helpful for the next Olympics since L/L are on track to be Canada #1 there

 

[canbelto]

I’m sorry! Where did you hear this? The 19th century?

Um when I went to Japan a few years ago ... Beef restaurants are still clearly marked.

 

[Karen-W]

Get the camera out of Ambers face!

That was some serious pukeface she was working on back stage!

 

[Braulio]

Well Canada most likely won't win a medal today, still I want to believe they'll win one with Piper and Paul

 

[Sylvia]

Devin Heroux broke the news earlier today that Schizas got her university assignment extension : https://x.com/Devin_Heroux/status/2020504942222688654