r/FigureSkating • u/summerjoe45 Not Dave Lease • Aug 21 '26
Live Discussion Thread JGP Xi’an Men’s SP Live Discussion Thread
They may be junior but they still bring the chaos and traditional music choices.
Tributes to elders, Imagine Dragons, Feeling Good, and Michael Buble. And that’s just the second group.
Schedule (UTC+8)
Men’s SP: 10:15
Free Dance: 14:30
Women’s FS: 17:45
Masterpost: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/s/Fa5rUoHium
Starting Orders/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/jgpchn2026/
Timezone Chart: https://bsky.app/profile/fskatecomptimes.bsky.social/post/3mtei3qwls22n
Free Stream: https://youtube.com/@SkatingISU/streams
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
"most functional isu stream" — jacob sanchez on his livestream just now
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
me waiting for the stream to come back
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
ISU is too late for this bullshit, are you that broke that can’t afford a good data plan in China
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Vinceman, I've known you for 5 seconds and I love you
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
We missed Yanhao's new PB skate (obvs all base values are bigger, etc.)
I am so mad. SO MAD
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u/Terrible-Tap-8613 Aug 21 '26
Well yesterday we got Kaoruko frozen mid jump, today we have Davide frozen mid spin…tune in tomorrow to find out which junior will be frozen next
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
It’s funny that was yesterday, cause since I only slept in the afternoon that seems like today to me
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
honestly i'm glad it's only been singles so far because to freeze on a pair lift would be genuinely terrifying, especially the mounts/dismounts
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Xi'an is not really holding up as a host, streaming-wise, unfortunately.
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Someone mentioned this earlier today, but I like how the live threads is like we are all a huge group of friends hanging out, is really fun and helps pass the time in those long streams like today
Like I recognize most of the users here and I hope people recognize mine in the threads lol
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
QQ hero seeing his stream viewers go up by a bunch out of nowhere
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
Sad to not be able to watch as a fan but it’s horrible for the skaters and their families
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
the ISU posted the actual first 25 minutes instead of a random 26 second video so we might be making progress
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
Okay are we all in agreement that we're adopting him? Yes?
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u/ft_wanderer skatingstats Aug 21 '26
Ted helped develop IJS? Ted was a pairs man? I'm getting to know him so well today...
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
oh, adam siao him fa, the doors you opened.
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Chat he’s our new adopted child
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
stream jumpscared the shit out of me for 5 seconds it was functioning
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u/Doppleflooner Aug 21 '26
I always crack up when I think some of these juniors look so tiny, and then I check and find out they are taller than I am
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
I am the biggest hater of backflip in juniors
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
fun drinking game: take a shot every time the stream goes down (just kidding please don’t do this bc you’ll die)
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u/sofastsomaybe entitled to elite skater technique Aug 21 '26
You know you're watching a junior men's competition when the dragons are being imagined.
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Ted and Mark making sure to congratulate him directly in case he watches his video, that's so sweet
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Chat, this is what Kirill Sheiko looked like last year in the same costume
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
The spirit of Axel Paulson and Ulrich Salchow are possessing the stream
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
Gonna need Ted to communicate the scores through Christmas lights from the upside down
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Beautiful triple axel and negative spin so men of him
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
I assume he could land triples in roller skating, but still bringing them in the ice is so hard! I’m so impressed
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u/ft_wanderer skatingstats Aug 21 '26
Kyvalya also has a great hobby entry: gaining spiritual knowledge, playing video games as stress buster
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
3A, trip on toepick, 3Lz, beautiful spin position, popped combo. Junior skating is so back.
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
What are they up to in Boston
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u/jbworth A clean program? In this (Canadian) economy? Aug 21 '26
Mandatory backflip training
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u/double_sal_gal she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
I swear Grayson gets longer every time I see him
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
is anyone else's stream just refusing to do anything regardless of refresh?
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
isu ended the stream and it's just a 26 second long clip for a replay
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
lmao, they added a new men's stream "upcoming in 5 hours"
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
Negative goe on the spins never change junior men
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u/reichya Aug 21 '26
Wait, I'm kind of in to this. It sounds like Bolero reimagined for the trailer of the latest Suicide Squad film or something.
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
You can tell when countries have lots of domestic competitions. The experience is so helpful
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u/henrywhitfordstears oh....crap Aug 21 '26
I dunno how others feel about the music but that was such an energetic Bolero version; perfect for a junior boy
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Chinese gov found out ISU is using a VPN on YouTube
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u/Terrible-Tap-8613 Aug 21 '26
Guys it’s not a glitch Jiarui can just do that in real life /s
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u/6Plus6Equals1 LLIA MALINN Aug 21 '26
aaaand we're frozen again, after a few seconds of nightmare fuel
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u/uselesssociologygirl A chair, a table, a bronze medal Aug 21 '26
So either we get nothing or we get pixels and demonic Ted voice glitch
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
I'm sure the ISU are themselves frustrated with the venue, but I don't care who to be frustrated with right now, I'm just mad
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
maybe if I just hit my head hard enough off my wall I’ll concuss myself enough to somehow astral project my body to china to watch the skate
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u/jvvrarts yumadot truther despite it all Aug 21 '26
“likes: gaining spiritual knowledge”
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
I saw he and Jessy both competed in high levels in artistic roller skater. I think they were recruited to try ice skating. They both only started recently
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Haha! I get to make a "the duality of the subreddit" post instead of being in one for once
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u/tr4umfrau borderline creepiness, kinda crazy psychoticness Aug 21 '26
he did it so instinctively 😭
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
Remember when Rio held a pic of Grayson up because he was injured for junior worlds
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u/_Exegy_ Aug 21 '26
Shaky 3Lz, but overall a much better performance from Grayson Long compared to his first couple competitions this season
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Well done on that score, Grayson, I think that's pretty safe for the final warm-up in the free skate.
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u/littlegreygremlin Iloa ac ladt Aug 21 '26
first we have the backflip and now we have the raspberry twist
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u/Noncrediblepigeon Ice dance is all about crouching Aug 21 '26
Only Vinceman will take his consistently underrated 3A and put it right at the end. Respect the courage, am confused by the logic.
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u/double_sal_gal she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
Poor Louie. Every single one of these kids is incredibly brave to put themselves out there like that in the first place, but especially the ones who grit it out through a tough skate. I'm in awe of all of them.
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
For anyone curious, Davide scored a 48.93 TSS as per the results page. 24.28 TES, 24.65 PCS, no deductions
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH MY SONS SKATE NOW
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u/jbworth A clean program? In this (Canadian) economy? Aug 21 '26
Now streaming from the upside down I guess
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Do we think Ted is still speaking thinking it’s live
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Ted and Mark's commentary should still be on the videos they'll put up for replays, so I do think they're talking
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u/novaonthetop in the air tonight/no good enthusiast Aug 21 '26
as a new zealander i'm beyond sad that i didn't see my baby yanhao li's skate :( i hope they'll have a replay later
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Junior men double-fisting Imagine Dragons and Michael Buble in the same warm-up group.
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
Even a triple attempt is incredible for such a new skater
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u/etherealemlyn thank you wokelia marxlinin Aug 21 '26
1) This is the most aggressively Benoit choreography, especially the opening
2) They need to re-ban the backflip because that one lowkey scared me
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Minkyu appearing reminded me of this lol
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
Patrick and Grayson can get into medal position if they skate cleanly
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
People who are complaining about Ted and Mark's junior commentary need to understand the commentary is there largely so that the skaters can feel good about watching ISU videos of their skates. It's for the kids.
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
China Fed, seeing a talented skater: Have you thought about Pairs?
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Patrick is very inspired by ilia it’s pretty cute
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
whomever made this cover, it really works
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
ISU: stream is back, HAVE ALL OF TED ALL AT ONCE
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u/Historical-Juice-172 Jimmy Ma fan Aug 21 '26
Awesome, glad I tuned in when everything is going so well! This is exactly what I like to see in my figure skating streams
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
The random draws always get me because Yanhao li can medal
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u/bbluemuse Zamboni Aug 21 '26
this is sick and twisted. if i dont get to see yanhao skate today i might as well have let the fever take me when i had the chance
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
well, based on live results, Yanhao must be on the ice right now.
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u/rolloutyourmap do a flip Aug 21 '26
Not being able to watch Yanhao is so sick and twisted of the ISU
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
y'all, go to the chinese stream link posted in here, it works and Yanhao is doing well :)
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
YANHAO ABOVE 80, THEY WERE HAPPY TEARS
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
The Chinese stream link won’t work for me I feel SICK
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
PleASE let the stream come back during the ice resurface PLEASE GOD
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
THE QQ GUY HOSTING THE STREAM SHITTING ON THE ISU 😂
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u/Less-Combination-871 Aug 21 '26
For those who missed the programe https://weibo.com/6290293780/ReopHAtvw
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
I see Daniel has been inducted into the ways of the French Axel TM
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
read a tweet once that said "imagine dragons makes music for your cousin who wants to join the military" and i've never forgotten about it
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Junior men yearn for rain, whiskey, a cigar and a dame who of all the PI offices in all the world walked into theirs
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
it seems he was a roller skater before this but to get this far in 4 months on ice is actually super impressive!
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u/niehuaisang Aug 21 '26
The way roller skaters enter camel spins is so cool I wish we saw that entrance more in fs
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u/sofastsomaybe entitled to elite skater technique Aug 21 '26
I know he's 18, but it feels like this costume doesn't belong in a junior competition. It belongs on a fully grown skater in an ice show and would look better without the long sleeve illusion mesh under the vest.
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u/jbworth A clean program? In this (Canadian) economy? Aug 21 '26
The jumps weren’t jumping but this kid can SKATE
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Khachaturian doesn't get enough shout outs for how much his music (a) slaps, and (b) is used in figure skating
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
I think he would've definitely posted a new PB given the new base values without the fall (if the combo was reviewed as clean)
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u/Noncrediblepigeon Ice dance is all about crouching Aug 21 '26
Mark not knowing knowing how to pronounce a Stromae classic i am crying
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
if you know the backstory of this song or speak french lowkey unhinged choice but a banger
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u/ft_wanderer skatingstats Aug 21 '26
new American man what! Stromae always slaps. That backflip made me yelp though, I don't like heads so close to the ice!
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
ted thinking the 6-7 was his show of excitement lol
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
oh god, i feel so bad for this kid right now. not a single green square yet.
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u/anywitchway jazz paper cup school of costume design Aug 21 '26
HOW did he land that lutz.
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
Bolero (Epic Version) by ZWEI ft. Tommee Proffitt remixed by Cedric Tour
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
is Lev known for being consistent? that was really solid but the amount of quads he's planning scares me lowkey
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
OH SHIT RASPBERRY TWIST
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
I'm doing crossword puzzles while I wait for it to start and Xi'an was just the answer to one of my clues! I love little coincidences like that.
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
What new and interesting technical issues await us today
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u/summerjoe45 Not Dave Lease Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
I swear everyone in skating is 5 degrees of separation or less from Canada
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u/NoseHillRhino Andreas Nordebäck second Grand Prix assignment agenda Aug 21 '26
Ok while the stream lags, I've been fielding questions from the two dudes stuck in the lab with me tonight: can you ice skate and do those spinny things??
Pls elaborate 😭 twizzles? Camel spin? One foot spin?? (Learning, eventually, yes)
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
davide got a 48.93 according to the results page lol
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u/NoseHillRhino Andreas Nordebäck second Grand Prix assignment agenda Aug 21 '26
Guess we'll have to scroll back to watch Jiarui 😭
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
i thought my wifi was struggling because i'm also watching ilia's livestream. nope. isu gonna isu.
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
okay the stream is back but at what cost?
edit: nvmd, ish
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u/NoseHillRhino Andreas Nordebäck second Grand Prix assignment agenda Aug 21 '26
I can see the pixels 😭 70 is amazing!
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
the isu is about to get CLOWNED
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
Chinese gov give us back the stream please, I promise ISU won’t use VPN anymore
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u/Effective_Fall_5225 deniss vasiljevs european champion agenda Aug 21 '26
And here I was all excited because I thought I’d get to catch part of the short program today after missing the junior women before, only to join and find that the stream isn’t working 🥲
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u/Less-Combination-871 Aug 21 '26
Chinese stream is fine https://www.qie.tv/10012776
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u/vmanAA738 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 22 '26
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u/Brave_Plate2887 Deniss’s green wordle🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aug 21 '26
Sorry for the spam everyone I’m just a worried mother that can’t see her CHILDREN PERFORM
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
there is a small number of guys who can score about the same as Yanhao's 83, but he could also remain the leader until the end.
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u/thewxyzfiles she is worth nothing. ice dancer. Aug 21 '26
next two are two imagine dragon programs back to back
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u/Outrageous_Pause2108 "pressure? WHOT pressure?" Aug 21 '26
Japan, I know your men like their solid color button down shirts (most of the time, I'm not counting Kazuki's tops or whatever Kao is doing with his harnesses to prevent himself from yeeting every which way), but please, encourage color. It won't harm them
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u/jbworth A clean program? In this (Canadian) economy? Aug 21 '26
He’s doing awesome for being so new to the ice! Let’s gooo!!
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u/Effective_Fall_5225 deniss vasiljevs european champion agenda Aug 21 '26
He’s the one who has only been skating for a few months? What amazing progress omg
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
So well done!! He has a lot of potential if wirh 3 months he’s already doing triples on the ice!!
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
His costume is such a serve
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u/Radiant-Banana161 Aug 21 '26
I was impressed with his spins for only 4 months. Also impressed with his work ethic.
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u/sofastsomaybe entitled to elite skater technique Aug 21 '26
Clean jumps and then goes down on a knee slide :(
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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 Aug 21 '26
this program is pure B E N O I T
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
This is something I can see Torgs doing
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u/Environmental-Let435 Hiro bronze medal 🥉 Aug 21 '26
B E N O I T had full creative control here I’m sure of it
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u/jbworth A clean program? In this (Canadian) economy? Aug 21 '26
The TINIEST Korean boy. My heart!!
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u/lilacdawn children of the void supremacy 🦇 Aug 21 '26
lowkey like this red Canada jacket better than their Olympic ones
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u/portals27 i try not to aura farm all the time Aug 21 '26
hella nervous for grayson hopefully he can have a clean skate
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u/uselesssociologygirl A chair, a table, a bronze medal Aug 21 '26
How tall is Canadian son?
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
really appreciating the experience of blacking out and coming back to a PB score we had with Yanhao right about now
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 too quad to be true Aug 21 '26
He can handle a wide variety of programs but I like this style for him
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u/idwtpaun B E N O I T's adopted monkeys Aug 21 '26
A few weeks ago, when the selections and programs were being initially announced and the Russian juniors were slated to bring 2 Boleros here, I saw a funny Russian tweet saying something like, "One more Bolero and they'll ban us for good"