The Dance Hall 13: When You Dance on the Ice and Your Feet Twizzle Twice, That's Amore

[tony]

True, but there's a difference between being a bartender and Olympic champion, no offense.

I'll be real -- I think Cizeron is skeezy and pretentious and a shallow gay -- and will take any opportunity to hate on him.

I don’t think it was even that risqué though and people are just complaining because, to your second point. Even when Alcaraz, as the literal top tennis player in the world, did his CK underwear shoot I was very

 

[Andrea82]

26 and 27th August.

Curious thing is that the Italian Fed page for the event (Gara pre Qualificazione Olimpica) still lists only 1 entry so far

Competizione singola

La Federazione

www.fisg.it

6 entries in the end

Gara pre Qualificazione Olimpica

Event results for Gara pre Qualificazione Olimpica

www.fisg.it

Tali/Lafornara
Manni/Rothliesberger
Dozzi/Papetti
Argentieri/Riva
Paolino/Tuba
Finelli/Bucciarelli

Selection rules.
The couple that will take part in the Olympic qualification will be designated by the Technical Committee after evaluating their state of preparation and competition programs, and after taking part in the competition on August 26-27, 2025. The couple that participates in the qualification, should they succeed in qualifying the second spot for Italy, will NOT automatically acquire the right to participate in the 2026 Olympics. For participation in the Olympics, the ranking calculation and the relevant regulations will remain valid.

 

[Finnice]

Just gor the news that Orihara won't get the Finnish citizenship before the Olys.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh no.

 

[Karen-W]

Just gor the news that Orihara won't get the Finnish citizenship before the Olys.

Oh no! That's heartbreaking!

 

[PRlady]

Oh I’m so sorry. They are such crowd-pleasers and not so young to wait another four years.

 

[Karen-W]

Jäätanssijoille kova pettymys juuri ennen olympiakauden alkua – Yuka Orihara ei ehdi saada Suomen kansalaisuutta ajoissa

Suomen toinen edustuspaikka Milano-Cortinan talviolympialaisten jäätanssiin jää täyttämättä, sillä Yuka Orihara ei ehdi saada Suomen kansalaisuutta ennen kisoja.

yle.fi

 

[litenkyckling]

Always reminds me of that one interview where Tanith Belbin says she had to have the mindset of “if I can’t go to the Olympics, make sure they miss us” (paraphrasing here) but Yuka and Juho will definitely be a huge miss

 

[Dobre]

Just gor the news that Orihara won't get the Finnish citizenship before the Olys.

Ah, I'm sorry to hear this. I have hope of seeing them at the Olympics in four more years, but they've obviously worked really hard to earn that berth; plus it is a loss to the sport & its ability to build an audience that one of the most entertaining teams in the field won't be there.

 

[angi]

Just gor the news that Orihara won't get the Finnish citizenship before the Olys.

Damn, I was happy when the FINs managed to get two spots to the Olympics, I was really hoping they would somehow make it

Does Finalnad have another eligible team to send in that 2nd spot, or will the spot be up for grabs?
ETA: the article mentions Daniela Ivanitskiy and Matthew Sperry, but they don't have minimums or citizenship, it seems

 

[Finnice]

Damn, I was happy when the FINs managed to get two spots to the Olympics, I was really hoping they would somehow make it

Does Finalnad have another eligible team to send in that 2nd spot, or will the spot be up for grabs?
ETA: the article mentions Daniela Ivanitskiy and Matthew Sperry, but they don't have minimums or citizenship, it seems

No, we don't. So someone will be happy.
I am so sorry for Yuka and Juho, they are auch a lovely persons. But they will rock da house at home Worlds in 2027.

 

[angi]

No, we don't. So someone will be happy.
I am so sorry for Yuka and Juho, they are auch a lovely persons. But they will rock da house at home Worlds in 2027.

They sure will! They will be missed at the Olympics.

Going back to the spots, I tried to find how it works now - assuming Finland "returns" the spot before the qualification event - will 5 spots be earned there? Will it go to the team who would have gotten the spot at Worlds (Harris/Chen)? And if they return it after the qualification event, will it go to the team that finished 5th? I wasn't able to find the answer just yet.

 

[kwanfan1818]

If the spot is turned in before the qualifier, an extra country will get the spot. If the spot is turned in after the qualifier, it will go to to the first country from the qualifier that missed the cut there.

Worlds 2025 results are ignored: they only determined the number of outright guaranteed spots and which countries have an opportunity to compete for another at the qualifier. Harris/Chan either earn a spot through the qualifier (right away or after spots are turned in) or they don’t go.

 

[Belsornia]

I'm sad for Pirhara (and for us) but if it isn't going to happen probably better to know now than to have the uncertainty hanging over them through the season. And I'm looking forward to seeing them in Prague, ready to when their competitors will be tired and undertrained after the Olympics.

 

[Karen-W]

Interesting... So, the article has been updated & apparently the Finnish fed has stated they are NOT relinquishing the 2nd spot right now.

https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1958544645442437609

Maybe they're hoping there will be a miracle after all? Ivanitskiy/Sperry certainly won't be eligible - he's not a citizen & they train in Michigan. I don't think any of their junior teams could qualify - citizenship issues or too young & probably none could get the CTES.

 

[skateblessing]

Interesting... So, the article has been updated & apparently the Finnish fed has stated they are NOT relinquishing the 2nd spot right now.

https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1958544645442437609

Maybe they're hoping there will be a miracle after all? Ivanitskiy/Sperry certainly won't be eligible - he's not a citizen & they train in Michigan. I don't think any of their junior teams could qualify - citizenship issues or too young & probably none could get the CTES.

Apparently the Finnish Fed has clarified they wan`t to wait after Yukas language test to see if they can do something. There is no other team to take the spot. Most likely the result will be as anticipated - there are slim chances, but I respect that they won`t give up the spot yet. The 5th team in Beijing will have to wait and see, but if her language test is scheduled in October, hopefully they will sort out it before Christmas. Sooner if she doesn`t pass the test. Finnish is a hard language so the test is probably not easy.

 

[PRlady]

Finnish is a hard language for other Westeners because it’s not related to any of the major Western languages. (Only Hungarian.)

But for a Japanese woman having to master a non-tonal language in the Roman alphabet, would it be any harder than German or French or English? I don’t know, just asking. @Finnice?

 

[Rhumba d’Amour]

Always reminds me of that one interview where Tanith Belbin says she had to have the mindset of “if I can’t go to the Olympics, make sure they miss us” (paraphrasing here) but Yuka and Juho will definitely be a huge miss

May they make their stand at Euros. I’ll be there!

 

[Finnice]

Finnish is a hard language for other Westeners because it’s not related to any of the major Western languages. (Only Hungarian.)

But for a Japanese woman having to master a non-tonal language in the Roman alphabet, would it be any harder than German or French or English? I don’t know, just asking. @Finnice?

I think Finnish pronouciation is relatively easy for a Japanese, because the words are pronounced the same way than they are written, and we have even homonymes in both languages. But the grammar is totally different. It it learnable, maybe a bit more difficult than other indoeuropean languages
I think Yuka is a very smart young woman and Juho ia a polyglot, so thay learn from each other.