Oh, they'll qualify for the TE. I've done a rough projection of likely qualifiers for the TE in 2026 based on Worlds results this year (and using this past season's GP/JGP also). It's hard for a country that earns points in all 4 disciplines to NOT qualify for the TE and they are doing that.
Seriously?! If not enjoying to see Russians on the same ice as Ukrainians is being racist then I am a happy and proud racist
If not enjoying to see young starved girls stuffed with 50 different meds and/or doped up to their eyeballs with forbidden stuff that will permanently damage their health is being a racist I am an even happier and prouder one. So yes I would have enjoyed Worlds way less if Russians (although there were actually Russians at Worlds but not competing under their native flag) had been there and on top of it my work would have been much more complicated. I can't believe that you uttered such a stupid remark.
It's very interesting how this woke "culture" is always looking to "include" everyone, but Russians are always left out and are very free to be discriminated against all the time.Seriously?! If not enjoying to see Russians on the same ice as Ukrainians is being racist then I am a happy and proud racist
Is the scary Woke in the room with us right now?
Gee, I wonder why.
Since when did it become "woke" to not appreciate the rail-thin pre-pubescent girls who are doing everything possible from starvation to questionable health supplements and induced vomiting/purging in order to prevent the onset of puberty so that they can maintain their tiny quads and triple axels, all of questionable rotation and shoddy technique that doesn't allow their jumps to follow them into adulthood? Because, if that's the definition of "racist" then, by all means, sign me up as a "woke" anti-Russian racist. I've been a card-carrying member of that club for at least 6-8 years now.
Welcome, Comrade.
Sinitisna and katasalapov would of
Well, I'm not convinced of this completely. Get a bunch of Russian officials on the judges and tech panels and all the progress that's been made in the past two seasons could evaporate in another two. I really think we need at least a full Olympic cycle with no Russians (especially the women) competing to fully shed the PCS bonus they got for their questionable technique.
SinKats were 100% done after Beijing. They wouldn't have shown up in Montpellier even if Russia hadn't been banned.
Sure, I'm both a woke and a racist, it's so obvious
Poor Russians! Who live in a society where social justice and racial equity is nowhere to be found. A country where 87% of the people reelected and support a bloodthirsty freak who decided that invading and slaughtering one of his neighbors was perfectly legitimate. How come they are not warmly loved and welcome everywhere?Gaslighting. Don't make it look like it's the reason why some of us would have enjoyed Worlds less. It's not the case and you know it. This all goes way beyond the results and the ranking. No I wouldn't have enjoyed to see again mistreated disposable young girls who are discarded like Kleenexes once they are too damaged to perform. I wouldn't have enjoyed to see Russians skaters side by side with Ukrainians, I wouldn't have enjoyed to see Russians at all while Putin is threatening to blow us all up next time he is a bit displeased by the Occident reactions to his demented megalomania. This also goes way beyond figure skating for me.
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That’s not how it works, and Worlds 2024 already happened.Russia will be unofficially at Worlds 2024 if Ilia Malinin (& many other skaters of Russian heritage, with families still in Russia) are there!
Ilia’s own maternal grandfather still lives & teaches in Novosibirsk:
- YouTube
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Oh, please, let's not start down this path. Ilia is an American of Russian heritage. He is no different than Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Alysa Liu or Karen Chen and we never went down the "well, they're really Chinese" when discussing their outstanding results for the US on the international stage.Russia will be unofficially at Worlds 2024 if Ilia Malinin (& many other skaters of Russian heritage, with families still in Russia) are there!
Ilia’s own maternal grandfather still lives & teaches in Novosibirsk:
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
You have no idea how counterproductive posts like these are.
For those interested, this is a translation of the YT interview (uploaded on Feb. 13, 2023) that was posted on Reddit a year ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkat...long_interview_with_ilias_grandfather_valery/
Thanks.
It's under the bed with all the other imaginary monsters.
You may not be woke, but you are definitely "woke" given that "woke" means whatever the person flinging the word around decides it means.
Also. Figure skating is a fun sport but it's not the center of the universe. There are cities being bombed to rubble and people dying and that's much more important.
Frankly, I don't know, but somehow I can't see Stepanova's prenancy/birth making her a better/faster dancer.
Semenenko wasn't bronze even in Tallinn, so why would he now?
OK. He won that Spartakiade competition in February (I think) w/ a score of like 304 and 3 quads. I assume based on that, he would have been selected by Russia (if they were present).
