Lutz Get Down to Business Joce & Claudia

It is officially the Beijing 2022 Olympics! It has already been incredibly eventful, but we are going to start with the Team Event short programs and rhythm dance events.

This episode was full of math as we tried to add everyone’s points together, and we talked about the fight for the podium spots between ROC, USA, and Japan, as well as the fight for that 5th FS qualifying spot between China and Georgia.

The Men warmed us up with notable skaters like Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, and a special shoutout to Boyang Jin who took his first step onto home Olympic ice. Then in Ice Dance, we saw Hubbell/Donohue’s amazing Janet Jackson program, and Mom and Dad (Guignard/Fabbri)’s Michael Jackson program. In Pairs, Moore-Towers/Marinaro had a redemptive skate, Miura/Kihara made us cry with Hallelujah, and of course, Sui/Han had the skate of their lives. Finally, in the Women’s SP, it was so nice to see Eliska Brezinova here, as well as a phenomenal skate from Madeline Schizas.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Men’s SP
25:37 - Ice Dance RD
46:40 - Pairs SP
1:00:25 - Women's SP
1:18:18 - recap of the standings after the SP
1:20:29 - Outro

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Four Continents already?! This year, it was more like Definitely Less Than Four Continents, as we had many withdrawals, but still an event with many podium finishes we loved.

In the Pairs event, everyone stayed home, but we had a triumphant comeback from Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud with their bronze medal and wonderfully skated SP, and a gold medal for our dark horse team in US pairs, Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov.

In the Men’s event, it was a mixed bag (as always), but Jun-hwan Cha was our clear winner with a fantastic SP and a solid FS. Unfortunately for the American men, they did not have the competition they wanted, but we were also very glad to see two pod faves Kazuki Tomono and Kao Miura on the podium in silver and bronze, respectively.

In Ice Dance, we were so grateful to see Team KanaDai again, and also that INCREDIBLE FD from Caroline Green and Michael Parsons.

And finally in the Women’s event, there were mixed emotions, as we cried about Korea only having two women’s Olympic spots, and the fact that Mai Mihara can’t even go? Criminal.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:38 - News (Olympic team selections)
03:22 - PAIRS
04:19 - Evelyn Walsh & Trennt Michaud
07:09 - Emily Chan & Spencer Akira Howe
10:08 - Audrey Lu & Misha Mitrofanov
13:15 - MEN
13:34 - Camden Pulkinen
17:46 - Jimmy Ma
19:00 - Tomoki Hiwatashi
22:37 - Brendan Kerry
26:02 - Mikhail Shaidorov
29:57 - Sena MIYAKE
34:18 - Kao MIURA
36:43 - Kazuki TOMONO
39:22 - CHA Jun-hwan
42:07 - ICE DANCE
42:17 - Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko
44:03 - Kana MURAMOTO & Daisuke TAKAHASHI
46:38 - Caroline Green & Michael Parsons
48:52 - WOMEN
49:06 - Gabrielle Daleman
51:22 - Starr Andrews
53:58 - Gabriella Izzo
55:16 - Yuhana YOKOI
57:07 - YOU Young
1:00:06 - Rino MATSUIKE
1:02:14 - Audrey Shin
1:04:36 - KIM Yelim
1:07:03 - LEE Hae-in
1:10:58 - Mai MIHARA
1:14:27 - Outro

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In our second 2022 Euros recap episode, there was no shortage of laughter or tears, as we nervously chuckled about Larry Loupolover’s choreography, but are so incredibly sad that Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius will not be going to the Olympics despite an incredibly hard struggle to obtain Allison’s Lithuanian citizenship.

In the Men’s event, we continued to wish for Kevin Aymoz to rest (but it’s a little late now that we are right up against Olympics Eve), played some air guitar with Michal Brezina and his love for dad rock, and were SO happy for Jesus Christ Superstar, I mean, Mark Kondratiuk, who won the gold medal.

In Ice Dance, there was a clear winner in the battle for the Spanish Olympics spot, with Smart and Diaz coming out on top, and an even clearer winner in Stepanova and Bukin’s RD in that teenage heartthrobs will get us every time.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - News (Mikhail Kolyada COVID test, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva engagement, Sui & Han plans)
04:52 - ICE DANCE
06:20 - Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius
08:48 - Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin
11:59 - Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin
15:00 - Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson
16:52 - Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz
19:10 - Charlène Guignard & Marco Fabbri
21:01- Aleksandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin
24:25 - Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov
28:33 - MEN
29:35 - Larry Loupolover
31:22 - Michal Brezina
34:12 - Gabriele Frangipani
36:40 - Kévin Aymoz
40:29 - Morisi Kvitelashvili
42:59 - Evgeni Semenenko
45:10 - Andrei Mozalëv
49:44 - Deniss Vasiljevs
52:25 - Daniel Grassl
58:14 - Mark Kondratiuk
1:01:26 - Outro

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Welcome to our two recap episodes of 2022 Euros! Our Women and Pairs episode was full of Mambo Italiano, and celebration that Josefin Taljegård will be going to the Olympics! Really, all you need.

In the Pairs event, it was the battle of the top three Russian teams, where we were confused by our overwhelming enthusiasm for Boikova and Kozlovskii’s Malagueña, and the general nature of Mishina and Galliamov’s Snowstorm program.

In the Women’s event, we continued to bop our heads along with Ekaterina Ryabova to the second rendition of Mambo Italiano, and prayed that our parents would never compare us to the true grit of Anna Shcherbakova.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - News
04:30 - PAIRS
05:33 - Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini
07:43 - Karina Safina & Luka Berulava
10:22 - Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitri Kozlovskii
13:57 - Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov
16:27 - Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov
20:31 - WOMEN
20:40 - Josefin Taljegård
23:40 - Eva-Lotta Kiibus
25:18 - Alexia Paganini
27:37 - Viktoriia Safonova
29:54 - Niina Petrokina
32:08 - Anastasia Gubanova
34:23 - Ekaterina Ryabova
36:05 - Ekaterina Kurakova
39:16 - Loena Hendrickx
42:13 - Alexandra Trusova
47:54 - Anna Shcherbakova
50:41 - Kamila Valieva
53:29 - KISS & CRY SEGMENT
54:55 - Outro

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It’s our second U.S. Nationals recap episode, this time with the Women and Pairs’ events, and there was no shortage of positive COVID tests.

After the sad withdrawals of Alysa Liu, and the heartbreak of Amber Glenn, we were able to watch on the edge of our seats as Mariah Bell won her first nationals title, Karen Chen made her way to her second Olympics, and Isabeau Levito made a splash at her first senior nationals.

The pairs’ event was a short one after many withdrawals due to injury and COVID, but we celebrated with Timothy LeDuc as they became the first non-binary American gold medalist (!!!!). We also cheered for our favorite dark horse team, Lu and Mitrofanov, and marveled at Jessica Calalang’s phenomenal dresses.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - News (Michelle Kwan’s baby, Withdrawals)
05:50 - PAIRS
06:04 - Audrey Lu & Misha Mitrofanov
09:30 - Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson
13:34 - Ashley Cain-Gribble & Tim LeDuc
18:55 - WOMEN
19:04 - Gracie Gold
21:37 - Starr Andrews
23:30 - Audrey Shin
26:22 - Amber Glenn
29:38 - Lindsay Thorngren
33:32 - Gabriella Izzo
35:56 - Isabeau Levito
38:17 - Alysa Liu
40:15 - Karen Chen
43:40 - Mariah Bell
48:15 - Kiss & Cry: Team Selections
50:25 - Kiss & Cry: Canadian Nationals & Korean Nationals
51:43 - Outro

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US Nationals was a heck of a superspreader, er, figure skating competition! The top 7 men laid it down in the short program, and went on to lay down some chaos in the free skate. Ice Dance saw some nail biters and some boy bands as the top teams battled for the gold medal, and that coveted third Olympic spot.

In the Men’s event, we saw either Guy Fieri, Hot Cheetos, or the Eye of Sauron on Nathan Chen’s new fiery costume, a triumphant Camden Pulkinen, and a sad boot incident for our disco dancing king, Yaroslav Paniot.

In Ice Dance, we ah ah ah’ed our way through our recap, wondering how many sweatshirts Evan Bates really had on, bopping our heads to Eva Pate and Logan Bye’s Bye Bye Bye RD, and crying over both Hawayek and Baker, and Green and Parsons’ free dances.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - News: Reed/Ambrulevičius
03:18 - ICE DANCE
03:43 - Eva Pate & Logan Bye
07:34 - Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko
11:08 - Katarina Wolfkostin & Jeffrey Chen
13:50 - Emily Bratti & Ian Somerville
16:57 - Caroline Green & Michael Parsons
20:06 - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker
25:37 - Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue
30:37 - Madison Chock & Evan Bates
34:48 - MEN
35:21 - Artur Dmitriev Jr.
41:08 - Yaroslav Paniot
45:15 - Jimmy Ma
48:42 - Camden Pulkinen
53:18 - Jason Brown
56:35 - Vincent Zhou
1:00:56 - Ilia Malinin
1:06:14 - Nathan Chen
1:18:32 - Kiss & Cry: Team Selections
1:25:59 - Outro

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