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nikatyler · 3 months
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With her third child born, Alysa decided to quit her corporate job so that she could stay home and take care of the kids and animals.
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murasakinoichigo · 2 years
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❄️ The Ice 2022 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍💖
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ohtheseskaters · 2 years
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A goodbye
After almost 12 (!) years, it’s time for me to say goodbye to this blog. It will not be deleted though.
Here’s a (pretty rough and I’m sure not full) list of skaters featured here. They’re listed in alphabetical order by the first name (so “Ashley Wagner” is under “A” and not “W”). I know it’s not the correct way to do this thing but it was easier for me. Also, if you can’t find someone, try searching within the blog or just general Tumblr search.
Thank you for the company and bye!
Women
Adelina Sotnikova
Akiko Suzuki
Alaine Chartrand
Alena Kostornaia
Alena Leonova
Alexandra Trusova
Alexia Paganini
Alina Zagitova
Alissa Czisny
Alysa Liu
Amber Glenn
Amelie Lacoste
Anna Pogorilaya
Anna Shcherbakova
Ashley Wagner
Audrey Shin
Bradie Tennell
Carolina Kostner
Christina Gao
Cynthia Phaneuf
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Elena Radionova
Elene Gedevanishvili
Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Elizaveta Nugumanova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Emmi Peltonen
Eunsoo Lim
Evgenia Medvedeva
Gabrielle Daleman
Gracie Gold
Haein Lee
Irina Slutskaya
Jenna McCorkell
Jenni Saarinen
Joannie Rochette
Josefin Taljegard
Joshi Helgesson
Julia Lipnitskaya
Kaetlyn Osmond
Kailani Craine
Kanako Murakami
Kaori Sakamoto
Karen Chen
Kiira Korpi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Ksenia Makarova
Lara Naki Gutmann
Laura Lepisto
Laurine Lecavelier
Loena Hendrickx
Madeline Schizas
Mae Berenice Meite
Mai Mihara
Mao Asada
Maria Artemieva
Maria Sotskova
Mariah Bell
Marin Honda
Michelle Kwan
Miki Ando
Mirai Nagasu
Polina Edmunds
Polina Korobeynikova
Pooja Kalyan
Rachael Flatt
Roberta Rodeghiero
Rika Hongo
Rika Kihira
Samantha Cesario
Sarah Meier
Sasha Cohen
Satoko Miyahara
Shizuka Arakawa
Sofia Samodurova
Stanislava Konstantinova
Viktoria Helgesson
Yelim Kim
Yu-Na Kim
Wakaba Higuchi
Zijun Li
Men
Adam Rippon
Adian Pitkeev
Alban Preaubert
Alexei Bychenko
Alexei Yagudin
Artur Gachinski
Brendan Kerry
Boyang Jin
Brian Joubert
Brian Orser
Chafik Besseghier
Daisuke Takahashi
Daniel Samohin
Denis Ten
Deniss Vasiljevs
Dmitri Aliev
Evan Lysacek
Evgeni Plushenko
Florent Amodio
Han Yan
Ilia Kulik
Jason Brown
Javier Fernandez
Jeffrey Buttle
Jeremy Abbott
Jeremy Ten
Johnny Weir
Joshua Farris
Jun-Hwan Cha
Max Aaron
Ryan Bradley
Michal Brezina
Keegan Messing
Keiji Tanaka
Kevin Aymoz
Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Van Der Perren
Kurt Browning
Matteo Rizzo
Mikhail Kolyada
Maxim Kovtun
Misha Ge
Moris Kvitelashvili
Nam Nguyen
Nan Song
Nathan Chen
Nobunari Oda
Patrcik Chan
Richard Dornbush
Sergei Voronov
Shawn Sawyer
Shoma Uno
Stephane Lambiel
Stephen Carriere
Takahiko Kozuka
Takahito Mura
Tatsuki Machida
Tomas Verner
Vincent Zhou
Yuma Kagiyama
Yuzuru Hanyu
Pairs
Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim
Alexandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovski
Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam
Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy/Bruno Massot
Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig
Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hey
Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Galliamov
Ashley Cain and Timothy Leduc
Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin/Joshua Reagan/Hamash Gaman
Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett/John Coughlin
Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang
Deanna Stellato and Nate Bartholomay / Maxime Deschamps
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov
Felicia Zhang and Nate Bartolomay
Gretchen Donlan and Andrew Sperroff/Nate Bartolomay
Haven Denney and Brendan Frazier
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier
Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison/Sebastien Wolfe
Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau
Katarina Gerboldt and Alexander Enbert
Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker
Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch/Michael Marinaro
Kristina Astakhova and Alexei Rogonov
Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov
Lubov Iliushechkina and Nodari Mausiradze/Dylan Moscovitch
Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov
Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir/Mervin Tran
Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer
Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran/Ryuichi Kihara
Natalia Zabijako and Alexander Enbert
Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise
Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers
Peng Cheng and Hao Zhang/Yang Jin
Qing Pang and Jian Tong
Rena Inoue and John Baldwin
Riku Mihura and Ryuichi Kihara
Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek
Tae-Ok Ryom and Ju-Sik Kim
Tarah Kayne and Denny O'Shea
Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin
Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov/Maxim Trankov
Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek
Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres
Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov/Andrei Deputat
Wenjing Sui and Cong Han
Xiaoyu Yu and Yang Jin/Hao Zhang
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao
Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang
Yuko Kavaguti and Alexaner Smirnov
Ice Dance
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski
Alisa Agafonova and Alper Ucar
Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton / Matthew Blackmer
Alexandra Nazarova and Maxim Nikitin
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte
Anna Yanovskaya and Sergei Mozgov
Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus
Cecilia Torn and Jussiville Partanen
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri
Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev
Ekaterina Riazanova and Ilia Tkachenko
Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov/Ruslan Zhiganshin
Elisabeth Paradis and Francois-Xavier Ouellette
Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates
Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali
Federica Testa and Lucas Csolley
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron
Isabella Tobias and Deividas Stagniunas/Ilia Tkachenko
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker
Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje
Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed / Daisuke Takahashi
Kavita Lorenz and Panagiotis Polizoakis
Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill
Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson
Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell and Kiefer Hubbell/Zachary Donohue
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
Mari-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac
Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat
Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas
Meryl Davis and Charlie White
Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto
Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi
Natalia Kaliszek and Maksim Spodyrev
Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat
Nicole Orford and Thomas Williams/Asher Hill
Nora Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin
Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin
Olivia Smart and Adria Diaz
Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland
Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier
Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz
Sinead Kerr and John Kerr
Shiyue Wang and Xinyu Liu
Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Tiffany Zahorski and Jonathan Guerreiro
Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier
Viktoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov
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toournextadventure · 1 year
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how old are the siblings?
I'm glad you asked, because I did so much mental gymnastics to come up with ages, so I'm glad I finally get to tell you 😌 I'll just put all the kids (Nicky and Birb included) from oldest to youngest
Nicky - 21/22
Birb - 17/18
Alex - 12
Hailey - 11
Daniel - 9
Emily - 7
Jamie and Alysa - 4
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andrewtheprophet · 1 year
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Extremely Ominous Warning About the China Nuclear Horn: Daniel 7
Extremely Ominous Warning About the China Nuclear Horn: Daniel 7
U.S. Air Force photo by Airmen Alysa Knott Extremely Ominous Warning About China From US Strategic Command Chief Admiral Richard says “the big one” with China is coming and the “ship is slowly sinking” in terms of U.S. deterrence. BYOLIVER PARKEN, TYLER ROGOWAY|PUBLISHED NOV 6, 2022 4:23 PM THE WAR ZONE SHARE OLIVER PARKEN TYLER ROGOWAY Russia’s war in Ukraine is a “warm up” to a…
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Kaori and Sasha have the the same qualifiers (Skate America and NHK trophy) 😳😳
Also none of the male skaters I'm a fan of are in skate Canada, but my 3 most favorite female skaters are..... Why????
Sidenote: the NHK trophy is going to be a bloodbath, and those dumbass Japanese judges should fear for their lives tbh.....
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kittyprincessofcats · 4 years
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On a happier note: Can we please talk about this absolutely adorable video?
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thefinersports · 5 years
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Great Skating Performances of 2018-19: The Ingenues
As always, I had approximately one zillion favorites, which I have narrowed down to one competitive program per skater or team. This round, I'm focusing on figure skating's bright future.
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ZAGREB, CROATIA – MARCH 08: Alexandra Trusova of Russia competes in the Junior Ladies Short Program during day 3 of the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Zagreb at Dom Sportova on March 08, 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. (Photo by Joosep Martinson – International Skating Union (ISU)/ISU via Getty Images)
Welcome to the second part of my round-up of my favorite performances from the…
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sywtwfs · 3 years
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2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy & JGP Slovenia: Info & Streaming
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NEBELHORN TROPHY
Nebelhorn Trophy is the final qualifying event for the 2022 Winter Olympics. For more information on the qualification process for the Winter Olympics, see these posts. The number of Olympic spots available to be earned at Nebelhorn is: 7 men, 6 women, 4 ice dance, 3 pairs. A federation can earn up to one spot in each discipline.
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Spots are allocated based on highest placements at the competition for skaters who are competing to earn a spot for their federation. Skaters who are not competing for Olympic spots may also participate in Nebelhorn Trophy. Their placements are disregarded for the purposes of spot allocation. In the entry list, skaters marked with “N” are not competing for Olympic spots.
Results | Schedule | Entries | Website | ISU
Type: Challenger Series When: Sept. 22-25 Where: Oberstdorf, Germany Level & disciplines: senior women, men, ice dance, pairs
Schedule (UTC+2)
9/23: Men’s SP 09:00; Pairs’ SP 14:00; Women’s SP 17:00
9/24: Rhythm Dance 10:30; Men’s FS 14:15; Pairs’ FS 20:00
9/25: Women’s FS 10:10; Free Dance 16:35; Gala 20:30
Notable entries: Brendan Kerry, Vladimir Litvintsev, Roman Sadovsky, Adam Siao Him Fa, Paul Fentz, Sihyeong Lee, Mark Kondratiuk, Vincent Zhou, Kailani Craine, Viktoriia Safonova, Lea Serna, Lara Naki Gutmann, Ekaterina Kurakova, Alexia Paganini, Tzu-Han Ting, Anastasiia Shabotova, Alysa Liu, Yuchen Wang/Yihang Huang, Laura Barquero/Marco Zandron, Karina Safina/Luka Berulava, Tina Garabedian/Simon Proulx-Senecal, Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler, Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis, Sasha Fear/George Waddell, Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya, Anna Yanovskaya/Adam Lukacs, Yura Min/Daniel Eaton
How to watch: Free livestreams - Day 1, Day 2, Day 3
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JGP LJUBLJANA CUP
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Results | Schedule | Entries | ISU
Type: Junior Grand Prix When: Sept. 22-25 Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia Level & disciplines: junior women, men, ice dance
Schedule (UTC+2)
9/23: Women’s SP 14:15; Men’s SP 19:15
9/24: Rhythm Dance 15:00; Men’s FS 18:05
9/25: Women’s FS 12:00; Free Dance 17:20
Notable entries: Younghyun Cha, Ilya Yablokov, Minchae Kim, Jia Shin, Sofia Samodelkina, Adeliia Petrosian, Lindsay Thorngren, Ava Marie Ziegler, Natalie D’Alessandro/Bruce Waddell, Vasilisa Kaganovskaia/Valeriy Angelopol, Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen
How to watch: Free livestreams on the ISU JGP Youtube channel
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nikatyler · 27 days
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Michael's mothers are about to be the best dressed people at the graduation ceremony. Also hey Gins I'm fairly sure you're not supposed to be here right now.
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2021 Lombardia Trophy Preview
The Challenger Series officially starts this week with the Lombardia Trophy, taking place in Bergamo, Italy.
Results page, with entries and schedule, is located in the source.
The Pairs competition is a general international competition and not part of the Challenger Series.
Schedule
10/09 - 11:00 Women Short Program; 15:30 Men Short Program 11/09/2021 - 11:15:00 Dance Rhythm Dance; 14:15:00 Women Free Skating; 19:50 Pairs Short Program 12/09/2021 - 12:00 Men Free Skating; 16:00 Dance Free Dance; 19:35 Pairs Free Skating
With the Olympic season looking to start for many skaters, everyone is looking for a good start to their season!
In the Men’s event, the title looks to be between Daniel Grassl of Italy and Morisi Kvietashvilli of Georgia. The Ladies event looks to be dominated by Alysa Liu of the US, while the Pairs event looks to be dominated by Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise of Italy. In the Ice Dance event, it looks to be between Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy and Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorenson of Canada.
Skaters to Watch
Reminder, that these are not necessarily podium contenders, but just skaters I think should be kept an eye on and are in particular order.
Men - Daniel Grassl (ITA), Morisi Kvietashvilli (GEO), Maurizio Zandron (AUT), Vladimir Litvinsev (AZE), Aleksander Selevko (EST), Romain Ponsart (FRA), Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA), Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA), Yaroslav Paniot (USA)
Ladies - Alsya Liu (USA), Eva-Lotte Kiibus (EST), Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA), Ekaterina Kurakova (POL), Dasa Grm (SLO), Alexia Paganini (SUI), Audrey Shin (USA)
Pairs - Cleo Hamon/Denis Strekalin (FRA), Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrossini (ITA), Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise (ITA), Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev (FRA)
Ice Dance - Laurence Fournier-Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorenson (CAN), Natalie Taschlerova / Filip Taschler (CZE), Juulia Turkilla / Matthias Versluis (FIN), Loicia Demougeot / Theo Le Mercier (FRA), Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA), Julie Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege (FRA), Sara Hurtado / Kiill Khalivain (ESP), Nicole Della Monica, Matteo Gaurise (ITA), Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko (USA), Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov (USA)
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Worlds, Olympics and Nebelhorn spots
I’ve just thought that based on the results of 2021 Worlds it would be interesting to do a little compilation and comparison of spots earned for 2022 Worlds, 2022 Olympics and the Nebelhorn situation. (I hope all the numbers are right...)
So first, let’s do the 2022 Worlds spots. I have a comparison here of countries that have more than one spot in a given discipline for 2021 Worlds (that was based on 2019 Worlds results) and how it changed for the next year thanks to these Worlds. 
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In ladies, the situation is pretty straight-forward I’d say. Thanks to Bradie Tennell and especially Karen Chen USA got the third spot which is so important because Karen, Bradie, Alysa, Mariah, Amber all deserve a chance! Japanese and Russian ladies, as expected, kept the three spots. The same goes to the two South Korean spots. Thanks to great results of Loena Hendrickx and Olga Mikutina, Belgium and Austria can have two participants in ladies next year, though it’s a question if they’ll be able to get the TES minimum to really participate. The biggest loss “on paper” goes to Kazakhstan, Elizabet Tursynbaeva qualified three spots for these Worlds but she was unable to participate and no other Kazakhstan lady got the TES to participate either. Which renders Kazakhstan with the basic quota of 1 skater for next year. But given the fact that they weren’t able to use the spots this year, I’d say it’s not such a loss as it’s for Canada. This year unfortunately the ladies weren’t the strongest and even thought I absolutely adored Madeline’s performances, it wasn’t enough to keep two spots for Canada.
In men, the US and Japan kept 3 spots (poor Vincent though) and Russia got the third one too!! Awesome job by Misha and Evgeni! I was so nervous for them. Keegan Messing, Kevin Aymoz and Jun-hwan Cha also did a great job and got the second spot for their countries. Matteo and Daniel safely kept Italian two spots. And then we have some losses. Only one spot for the Czech Repulic. But given that Czech Republic had two spots this year (thanks to Michal’s eight place in Saitama) and yet neither Jiří Bělohradský, Matyáš Bělohradský and Gregory Reshtenko reached the min TES to qualify, the only one spot available could motivate them. Much more severe in my opinion is this loss for China. Poor Boyang (because it wasn’t his day) and also poor Han Yan (because I think it would be him who’d have to miss next Worlds).
Let’s go to pairs and ice dance. 
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I just love the fact that ice dance is true to its image of the most conservative discipline and there are so few changes :D Russia, US and Canada are just power-houses in ice dance. Great Britain got the second spot! We can look forward to Fear sisters’ awesomness next year. 
And France... France lost one spot... I’ll talk about this a bit later. Let’s say that for Worlds it doesn’t matter that much if P/C grace us with their presence next year, they should qualify two or three spots for 2023 without any problems. 
And in pairs there were surprisingly more losses of spots. France lost one, which was a bit expected, I love Hamon/Strekalyn and Keriven/Pierre but it was very unlikely from the beginning that they would keep the two spots. Though it was great nontheless that they both had the opportunity to compete at Worlds!
 Austria and Germany finished outside of top ten, which means only one spot for next year. Austria has had only one elite pair team so they sent only Ziegler/Kiefer also to these Worlds even though they had the right for two teams... Though, I almkst forgot that Austria has another young pair Chloe Choinard/Livio Mayr! Germany however... that’s worse. They had two spots, but Hase/Seegert couldn’t go. So they sent only Hocke/Kunkel... They did great but unfortunately only one team will be allowed to go next year... (and let's not forget Efimova/Blommeart if she gets the release from Russia)
And very surprisingly (at least for me) Japan got two spots thanks to a top ten finish. Though again, it’s a question if Japan even has another pairs team that can qualify. 
Olympic spots
That was a turmoil (please ISU a bit clearer wording next time maybe). But now everything is clear and we know this: 
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I wrote “+ 1 chance at Nebelhorn” obviously meaning that the given country can get one more spot at Nebelhorn Trophy. (It gets on my nerves so so incredibly much when people say they have to “re-earn” or “confirm” the spot. Like WT* ?! The spot is not guaranteed they are just guaranteed a chance to fight for the spots as other countries. Let’s say Vincent Zhou will be on the same starting line as Brandan Kerry. So just no “re-earning” and “confirming” please.)
The situation is in many aspects similar to World spots, so I’ll just talk about some of the differences. Well, the main difference is that for Worlds every country whose skater gets the min. TES can send one skater to every category. For the Olympics, the skaters have to fight “even” for the 1 spot. 
Which is a problem notably eg. for France in ladies. Mae-Berenice Meite got injured, France can send one lady to Worlds 2022 no problem here (provided she gets the minimum TES) but right now there’s no Olympic spot for French ladies. Right now there’s also no Olympic spot for French pairs even though Hamon/Strekalyn advanced to the FP, they finished too far back to qualify for Olympics. Uffff 
The Olympic rules being a bit different from Worlds also mean that USA in ladies and men and Russia in men don’t have the 3 spots right away. They have 2 and a right to fight for the third one. Should be interesting, beginning with the selection of the suitable competitor who’ll be sent to Nebelhorn! 
And similarly, while Keegan, Kevin and Jun-hwan; Loena and Olga earned (here really earned) the second spot for their countries at next year’s Worlds, they earned “just” the right for their compatriots to fight for the second spot at the Olympics. 
Very sadly, China will have only one participant in men in Beijing T_T
And yeah, France will have only one ice dance team at the Olympics. Obviously, it’s their decision and it’s only sport but ... the more I think about P/C non-participation at these Worlds the more selfish I find it... Yeah, maybe they wanted to show their stand but nobody followed them... so it was kinda useless. Had they participated, France would almost certainly have 2 spots for Words and Olympics.
(Hey, even if they would have seriously trained only since let’s say January and would have shown up with old RD and FD, they would be strong medal contenders. And I also don’t think it was beneficial for them personally to not participate. S/K have their momentum, some judges may began to prefer them...) 
Maybe they thought they could qualify via Nebelhorn but that’s simply not possible in this case. I have to admit I would like to imagine Galyavieva/Thauron being sent to the Olympics as it was them who fought for the spot but I can’t see this happening (given no lady and pair yet qualified, Kevin with top ten chance but a medal is really not a certainty, so French federation would certainly want a medal chance at least in ice dance...)
And also very surprisingly, in ladies Poland, Switzerland and Italy haven’t managed yet to qualify. But they will, I believe it!
Nebelhorn
Lastly, Nebelhorn! I have to admit I caaaan’t wait. There are 22 spots for grabs!
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I just wrote “some other countries” but essentially, all countries that don’t have a spot yet can participate. I just wrote the most probable candidates. Mainly countries that didn’t advance into FP/FD at Worlds.
(Croatia is in brackets because Petranovic/Souza Kordeiru split shortly after Worlds, and North Korea banned all athletes, and well everyone, from travelling abroad so... )
So my guesses who’ll qualify ;)
MEN: US, Russia, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Azerbaijan (I want to see Vladimir Litvinsev at the Olympics, he deserves)
LADIES: US, Switzerland, Italy, Taipei, Poland, France (fingers crossed for literally everyone here)
PAIRS: China, Belarus, France, Georgia
ICE DANCE: Finland, Czech Republic, Italy, UK, Hungary (I was a bit shocked and sad that Turkkila/Versluis didn’t make it into FD at Worlds so I hope they’ll qualify here. And I also hope the Taschlers qualify because it would mean a participation in every category at the Olympics for the Czech Republic!)
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Out of curiosity, and because I think the minimum age to compete in senior level figure skating should be 17 rather than 15, here are the ages of everyone who placed top 8 in an individual figure skating competition at the 2022 Olympics (names copied from NBC Olympics).
FABBRI Marco - 34 - Ice Dance
BATES Evan - 32 - Ice Dance
GUIGNARD Charlene - 32 - Ice Dance
DIAZ Adria - 31 - Ice Dance
DONOHUE Zachary - 31 - Ice Dance
LEDUC Timothy - 31 - Pairs
GILLES Piper - 30 - Ice Dance
HUBBELL Madison - 30 - Ice Dance
POIRIER Paul - 30 - Ice Dance
KATSALAPOV Nikita - 30 - Ice Dance
KNIERIM Alexa - 30 - Pairs
CHOCK Madison - 29 - Ice Dance
FRAZIER Brandon - 29 - Pairs
HAN Cong - 29 - Pairs
KIHARA Ryuichi - 29 - Pairs
MOROZOV Vladimir - 29 - Pairs
BUKIN Ivan - 28 - Ice Dance
BROWN Jason - 27 - Men’s
CIZERON Guillaume - 27 - Ice Dance
HANYU Yuzuru - 27 - Men’s
JIN Yang - 27 - Pairs
TARASOVA Evgeniya - 27 - Pairs
CAIN-GRIBBLE Ashley - 26 - Pairs
PAPADAKIS Gabriella - 26 - Ice Dance
SINITSINA Victoria - 26 - Ice Dance
STEPANOVA Aleksandra - 26 - Ice Dance
SUI Wenjing - 26 - Pairs
PENG Cheng - 24 - Pairs
SMART Olivia - 24 - Ice Dance
UNO Shoma - 24 - Men’s
CHEN Nathan - 22 - Men’s
GALIAMOV Aleksandr - 22 - Pairs
HENDRICKX Loena - 22 - Women’s
KOZLOVSKIY Dmitriy - 22 - Pairs
HIGUCHI Wakaba - 21 - Women’s
SAKAMOTO Kaori - 21 - Women’s
BOYKOVA Aleksandra - 20 - Pairs
CHA Jun-Hwan - 20 - Men’s
MISHINA Anastasia - 20 - Pairs
MIURA Riku - 20 - Pairs
GRASSL Daniel - 19 - Men’s
KAGIYAMA Yuma - 18 - Men’s
SEMENENKO Evgeniy - 18 - Men’s 
SHCHERBAKOVA Anna - 17 - Women’s
TRUSOVA Aleksandra - 17 - Women’s
YOU Young - 17 - Women’s
LIU Alysa - 16 - Women’s
VALIEVA Kamila - 15 - Women’s
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Well, the Gran Premio d’Italia was an event. I though Skate Canada was chaotic...
The women were fine, I guess. I’m happy to see Anna looking better, and Maiia pushing for the Olympic team, but they weren’t all that inspiring to me. Now, Loena and Mai were so much fun to watch! Both of them putting out two clean program was incredible to watch, and they all looked so happy! Satoko was gorgeous as always, and even though she had a few URs ignored in the SP, I was so happy to see her looking confident and finish fifth. Yelim Kim also did really well. Her 3Lz combo is HUGE, and she is another Korean woman with heaps of talent.
The men were traumatizing. The SP started off really well. I was happy to see Jun, Deniss, Daniel, and Boyang skate clean. I really like Jun’s SP, and his 4S was stunning. I also enjoyed Deniss and his Princess Mononoke program. Mikhail did well too, minus the 4T fall, and I started to get really excited for the potential in this event. Then came Yuma, who crumbled under pressure and turned into a sloppy mess. I was really worried for him going into the free, but he had a fantastic skate. I’ve never seen him so happy at the end of a program. He was a little cautious on the quad landings, but his 3As have turned into things of beauty. The last 3A into the choreo sequence was just incredible to watch. *chefs kiss* Unfortunately, things went downhill from there. Kazuki started out well, then devolved into an axelly mess. Deniss had two big errors to start out his program, and never really recovered. Misha did well, but I don’t like his SL program nearly as much as Nureyev, and so the whole thing fell a bit flat. Jun... poor Jun. He deserves +10 for his ina bauer, though. It is incredible. Daniel picked things back up with his FS, thank goodness. The music is odd, the choreo’s odd, and the jump technique is odd, but he landed his jumps and had the crowd behind him. And then came Boyang... and the competition ended on a bit of a thud. It was hard to see so many great skaters have one fantastic program and one disastrous one.
Are we halfway through the GP series already? It feels like both an eternity and not that long. I’m not ready for NHK.
Also, we officially have three skaters now qualified for the Final: Sui/Han, Hubbell/Donahue, and Nathan Chen. At NHK, Young You needs a silver or gold to make the Final (more likely with Sasha out), as does Daria. Kaori Sakamoto and Alysa Liu are long shots for the Final, and would need gold to make that happen. Miura/Kihara need a silver or gold to make the Final. Vincent Zhou needs to get on the podium, and Shoma Uno has to be in the top two. 
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10 RuPaul's Drag Queens who deserve the crown by Seigar.
There is no doubt anymore that drag queens have become the new pop icons. Their faces are on the cover of all magazines, and their self-expressing underground personalities have brought the spirit of the old rock and punk stars back to the mainstream. This list shows ten drag queens that I think deserve the crown.
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1. Valentina is the embodiment of a beauty pageant. Her charisma and stylish sense have engaged all her fans into an absolute adoration and devotion towards her persona. Living her fantasy in her head possibly also brings some attractiveness to her. Hitchcock said: "The MacGuffin is the object around which the plot revolves". Her iconic mask moment is ironically the MacGuffin of the current situation we are living these days: "I'd like to keep it on, please".
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2. Roxxxy Andrews is the representation of the Latin diva, of Puerto Rican and Cuban-American ancestry, her slogan: thick and juicy made it to the top three in Season 5. Her controversial personality didn't help her to get the crown, but nobody can't deny her power on stage, her pageant beauty, and her faithful commitment to her drag persona. Her drag is genuine and with deeply felt emotions conveyed through a thrilling and strong character. Her lipsynch assassin moment in All Stars 5 put her back in the position that she deserves. "Roxxxy, you are a winner baby".
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3. Jujubee is the most constant queen ever! If someone deserves the crown is her! "Justice for Jujubee" should be a pop cause to vindicate. Being not once, not twice BUT THRICE in the top three: Season 2, All-Stars 1, and All-Stars 5, she deserves her crown, what part you don't understand?. Her freshness and spontaneity are her strengths. Can you imagine fighting so hard to be crowned three times, not to get it, and leaving with a beautiful smile on your face anyway and willing to come back and to do it again? You should be so proud Jujubee, my eternal love for you. Go and listen to her song "Don't wanna love" because you know what? the girl can also sing, her EPs are lovely and evoke a lonely pop diva in a small bar, a voice full of emotional power to sustain her myth. Long live The Queen.
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4. Alyssa Edwards is the perfect balance between the comedy and the beauty queen. Alysa has simultaneously mastered both types of drags to become one of the most omnipotent queens from RuPaul's Drag Race. She is so recognizable and unique that all the other queens can imitate her faces! Face, face, face. Her heroic lipsynchs are also among the best moments of the program. Alyssa has defied the maxim that one should either be a comedy or a beauty queen. Alyssa Edwards, baby, you are a winning material!
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5. Manila Luzon is the representation of the loved queen. A diva that found her ways to get her people. I'm one of your fans Manila. I know you've got the potential and that you'd be surprisingly good for me. Manila is one of the most fascinating and charming personalities in the program. You can't just help it, you love her. Her instinctive moments serving face and body, her memorable readings of the other contestants, her attention to detail, and her risky concept of drag never afraid of being too campy made her one the most artistic and at the same time funniest drag queen ever!
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6. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo represents the personality queen. Her unique voice and her informal language are what we call a brand. Nowadays drag queens don't impersonate divas, they have become stars themselves. Vanjie is the clearest example. The well-connected Queen is also an example of a famous drag family. Her iconic Miss Vanjie moment was viral, #MissVanjie is now part of the Ru-story. About this, she told in an interview by Patrick Crowley for Billboard: "Fuck it. might as well have these bitches remember me." So I just started screaming at the top of my lungs "Miss Vanjie," over and over." Vanjie is all about magnetism, she can't imitate but herself. She even can thank herself! All about Miss Vanjie.
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7. Eureka O'Hara is the drama queen. Eureka's always ready for some loud dramatization. When she's on stage like Damien Rice sings: "I can't take my eyes off you". She has proved also to be one of the most polished queens ever! Her makeup, hair, silhouette, and style are iconic! Adventurous in her fashion and characters' decisions, influential and proud, she can be simultaneously campy and modern. Impressively earnest Eureka is. Let's leave this clear, Tennessee Williams would have loved Eureka.
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8. Crystal Methyd is the kookiest queen. Different, crazy, unique, eerie, and extravagant, she loves her intricate costumes and arty makeup. Her choices are ahead of her time, I sometimes feel no everyone is ready for a queen like her. Crystal is surprising and risky. Her "I'm like a bird" moment is iconic but undervalued. No even RuPaul seemed to be prepared for her crown. It's common knowledge that Crystal is one of a kind. One of her charms is her sweetness and kindness as a person. She reminded me of Jinkx Monsoon's persona in that sense, her innocent smiles, and the way she looks when interacting with the other girls and the judges made us love her. Crystal, you are adorable, and you made the world's confinement a better experience during the whole season. Thanks!
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9. A'keria Chanel Davenport is one of the most beautiful pageant queens in RuPaul's Drag Race. All her runway looks are stunning, and her beauty queen's manners are just perfection! A'keria is absolutely flawless. She may be overlooked by hipsters, but you can't underestimate her polished aesthetic and her campy personality that make her an authentic threat. A'keria deserves her crown for providing the true link between the old and new pageants. Impeccable!
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10. Detox Icunt is the future of drag. Detox is one of the most powerful and strongest contestants in RuPaul's Drag Race. With her alien face and body, pop culture knowledge, and glam oddity, Detox has proved to be a professional of drag. Her runaway looks have elevated the concept of drag to the category of art. If I had to choose her moment, it will be her legendary look for the Season 5 final. She knows how to cause a commotion. Detox, you are a masterpiece.
Special mentions to the charismatic punk legend Adore Delano and the sensational Miz Cracker.
Seigar.
Instagram: @jseigar
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This article was first published in print by Red Hot Monde Magazine. Photos have been taken from Wikipedia, crediting the photographers or taken from the music single artworks.
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My Grand Prix qualifiers predictions!! (I'm very bad at these, so take it with a grain of salt)
Skate America (ladies/men):
🥇- Kaori Sakamoto / Nathan Chen
🥈- Alexandra Trusova / Shoma Uno
🥉- Amber Glenn / Vincent Zhou
Skate Canada (ladies/men):
🥇- Kamila Valieva / Nathan Chen
🥈- Alysa Liu / Jason Brown
🥉- Aliona Kostornaia / Keegan Messing
Cup of China (ladies/men):
🥇-Anna Shcherbakova / Yuma Kagiyama
🥈-Bradie Tennel / Mikhail Kolyada
🥉-Maiia Khronykh / Daniel Grassl
NHK Trophy (ladies/men):
🥇- Alexandra Trusova / Yuzuru Hanyu
🥈-Kaori Sakamoto / Shoma Uno
🥉-Alysa Liu / Matteo Rizzo
Internationaux de France (ladies/men):
🥇-Anna Shcherbakova / Yuma Kagiyama
🥈-Karen Chen / Jason Brown
🥉-Aliona Kostornaia / Andrei Mozalev
Rostelecom Cup (ladies/men):
🥇-Kamila Valieva / Mikhail Kolyada
🥈-Mariah Bell / Yuzuru Hanyu
🥉-Elizaveta Tuktamysheva / Matteo Rizzo
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