Populist Fury

This RT docu shows how brutal training is for the Russians, their coach is a militant b demanding only excellence from them. She clearly knows what she's doing tho, not knocking her, just sayin' she's not easy on them, the way I suspect american coaches are with their athletes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBsOOGDL0E 5:37 - 11:45 completely destroyed me :'/ The right girl defo won the other night <3

^ All 3 US girls should retire at this point, they don't have the technical ability/talent to ever become competitive with the Russians, Asians, or anyone else... USFSA needs to start developing new talent. This post-Olympics article is the most real & honest I've read so far on the subject: http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter18/story/_/id/22551742/winter-olympics-2018-state-figure-skating-strong-united-states Nagasu's statement was a shocking admission from an athlete who doggedly refused to give up after being overlooked for the 2014 Olympic team, but it also was fitting. She and Rippon have thrown themselves into internet stardom, courting attention from celebrities on social media and lining up post-Olympics opportunities. Their skating took a backseat. Everything she says is true, Rippon & Nagasu became desperate media whores, more concerned with landing TV jobs than with actually skating to win a medal for our country. </3

An inferior clone of an overrated skater, not good for the future of US FS :/

Reading Dick Button's tweets from last night filled me with so much life this morning <333 Zagitova Costume is age perfect Zagitova Beautiful jumps, little height, wildly secure Zagitova She did her jumps in the second half, why complain when those are the rules, they give extra points Medvedeva another not satisfying dress Medvedeva a gutsy skater Medvedeva beautiful jumps, security good edging, steady curve in and out Medvedeva my opinion, her performnce is less satisfying to watch than some of the others A right decision, Medvedeva not elegant , technically strong, little performance Zagitova is a Ballerina on the ice. Same quality as Ludmillia Protopopov

Honestly, the best thing the USFSA can do at this point is fire themselves after these disastrous Olympic results. All 3 US girls performed even worse tonight than they did 2 nights ago. Disgraceful.

Alinamazing skated like a champ & won me some $ on top of that, couldn't be happier with the outcome tonight <333 All 3 girls on the podium slayed me, best final in a long time, maybe ever(?)... Russian girls were on a whole other level.

Agree, USFSA has completely failed our female skaters. Russian judges reward risk, that's why their skaters are fierce af & willing to go the extra mile. I hope Marai tries another triple axel tomorrow even if she falls again. She's got nothing to lose at this point anyway, might as well go out with a bang <3 Hard to not feel bad for her after watching this vid of her crying last night (I just watched it again :/) http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/emotional-mirai-nagasu-disappointed-after-axel-fall?chrcontext=newsfeed

Alina hits a 5-tripple combination like it's nothing in practice: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/alina-zagitova-hits-5-triple-jump-combination-practice?chrcontext=newsfeed Goddess. All those other girls must feel completely intimidated by her, love it! <3

Alina destroyed me again tonight :') Scoring a new short program record was the cherry on top <3 All 3 US girls choked really bad, but not as bad as Nathan Chen did in the men's event... there's still hope that at least one of them can climb up into the top 6 in the final.

Which Russian angel is everyone rooting for to win Gold on Thursday night, Alina or Evgenia????????? One will walk away with Gold, the other one with the Silver medal <3 Don't see a scenario in which they both choke & someone else wins over them. They're both almost unbeatable & each other's only competition at this point based on their technical ability, etc... I personally want Alina Zagitova to win it all. Always love it when a hungry teen shows up @ the Olympics & snatches gold from the more established skaters <3 Also love the way she strategically places all her jumps in the 2nd half of her program to get the 10% bonus on every jump, milking that shit for extra points like no one else... it's badass & risky af. Like Johnny Weir said, it's like running several sprints after a marathon. Evgenia probably deserves it more based on her 2 year domination, so I'll be happy for her too if she comes out victorious in the end. Hopefully an American wins bronce. I'll be kind of difficult to achieve tho...

3 Billboards dominated the BAFTA awards last night <3 Even Sasha Stone (who'd been dismissing the movie for a long time) has had to accept it as the clear frontrunner for Best Pic now. Always love it when she's wrong, which happens around 90% of the time lol

Yuzuru Hanyu read my mind, he's going for a quad axel now <333 “I have achieved what I set out to do and I have no intention of retiring,” he said, according to Kyodo News. “Whenever I think about whether I would like to do something else outside skating, it is skating that I always come back to." “I think I have devoted myself to skating from the bottom of my heart, and I want to do that for a little longer. I want to try a quadruple Axel and that is my only motivation right now." Also, this vid is adorable: https://www.nbcolympics.com/video/yuzuru-hanyu-breaks-down-after-free-skate-routine?chrcontext=newsfeed

Smart bae <3

Girl, let's be honest here... he isn't even good enough to appear on a Wheaties box, athletes have to actually win at something before they can get on there. That's a cute gif tho <3 Caleb & Devin were the only guys I liked from that season. You're going to love tonight's BB episode... or not... depends on whether you still hate Omarosa or not.

Rippon is a media whore who just ended the Olympics in 10th place. Hasn't done anything relevant or heroic enough to earn the title of "gay icon". He's a smart guy tho, I'll give him that. He knows how to milk the attention he's been getting like very few people know how to... I personally don't like him, don't find him attractive, & don't think he should've been given a spot on the Olympic team knowing he's incapable of landing a quad in competition.

I enjoyed the short program competition better than the FS, but overall satisfied with the final placements. Looking forward to the day when quad axels & 5-spin jumps are attempted <3

You can get a better look @ his hair from last night here ➡ lol I also enjoy TL & JW doing figure skating commentary on the main channel now. Scott Hamilton was good, but it was time for new blood.

Very true. Most people are lemmings unable to think for themselves, unfortunately... They need others to tell them what to think, what to like, & even what to believe in... it's not even sad anymore, it's pathetic. Especially in the world of politics these days

Time to change the title of this thread to Nathan Choke after tonight y'all 2 awful performances in a row & all the way down in 17th place now lol. Like, I want to feel sorry for the guy, but can't do to all the hype he received going into Olympic season... Hanyu skating to Chopin slayed me, but I'm going to be rooting for Javi the most tomorrow night <3 Hoping he steals gold, or at least medals this time. Couldn't take my eyes off his perfectly round butt in that outfit he was wearing, wow! #SoInLove

Glad the Germans went from 4th in the short to gold medal winners last night, they deserved it after that flawless/ferocious performance <3 I normally don't care too much for the pairs event, but I was really impressed with them & some of the others. Ice Dance is the event I don't give a single f about...

Did anyone else message with him?????? I did on his last day & he was exactly the same way in PMs as he was on the board <3 Now he'll never find out which number I picked from the 4 options he presented me :'/

Actually, girl was flawless <3 The level of difficulty in her program was greater than everyone elses, that's why she deserved to get those 20+ extra points over the American even after the triple axel was landed by her.

The team event in figure skating was added for TV ratings only, there's no real purpose to it other than making advertisers happy. I view it as a talent exhibition right before the real competition begins in the individual events.

Meh, he did good, but not good enough to change my mind on him. Came in 3rd even after the top 2 guys made several mistakes in their own programs... The guys sucked, the ladies owned the night, especially the Russian goddess <3

Alina was even better :'))))) Everyone else will be skating for bronce next week lol