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i know this is old, but still so relatable asfjkjkf 

yuzuru “normal human being” hanyu

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Sui / Han’s throw 3S into forward inside death spiral, with Sui staying on the same foot all the way from the landing until the following element - requested by @macaroni-rascal ✨

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“Seeing Suiand Han and Shoma Uno live during 4cc was a religious experience. Far above everyone else despite injury, you could feel their power in the arena and people held their breaths watching. It’s the kind of energy you can only truly appreciate in live theatre instead of film work. Shoma’s grim determination and Sui/Han’s emotion gripped is all and made us cry.“

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sui han's bridge over troubled water (more teams skate to this song pls)

throw the whole thing in the trash / dislike it / neutral / like it / love it / i have decided to stan forever/invented pairs

Why, oh why, is most of their best work on shortened seasons?

I’m just going to list all of the things I adore about this free program, because there is not one thing I don’t adore:

At worlds he goes to the wrong end of the rink and it’s the most adorable thing

Despite the fact that they just open with crossovers, how they breathe in them, how they move, it makes them beautiful

QUAD TWIST MOTHERFUCKER

The EMOTION they (she especially) bring to this skate is unparalleled, you generally don’t see that type of commitment in pairs

Beautiful 3T2T, rip the 3S, but you forget about it as soon as they go into the death spiral thought

EVERY lift is on the lyric “like a bridge over troubled water” and I would like to once again shout out Lori Nichol, she’s the only bitch in his house I ever respected

This:

I love skaters that take. their. time. with movement, its so wonderful.

The throws, her landings, the transition in/out are *chefs kisses*

The different in their lifts from 2015-16 to 2016-17 is bonkers, he really took that time to train, get stronger. They are so seamless. 

The best pairs lift there ever was, going into that lift from a spread eagle where SHE IS STANDING ON HIS SKATES, how she runs her hand down his arm to take his hand, its the little things

The entire program build so beautifully, has breathing moments, they rise to meet the music then come back down like a leaf weaving in the wind or some such poetic nonsense

Hands down one of the best pairs programs to me, ever

They would have won the olympics with it and that’s the god’s honest truth

Post skate reaction always makes me emosh

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The Bukin-Ponomarenko Connection Continues

“It’s so funny!” Bukin added. “Now Carreira and Ponomareko are reaching [the senior] level, and it’s so funny to think that his father competed against mine, and now we are able to compete together.”

“It’s nice to foresee that the two sons will soon connect again – Andrei’s son and Sergei’s son fighting on the same ice,” Svinin said. “We like it. We’ll see how it goes in the upcoming seasons.”

“The two fathers have chosen a different life,” Svinin recalled. “One father [Bukin] remained in Russia, one [Ponomarenko] went to the United States. Sergei, Andrei and I were real friends. Except at competitions, where we fought hard. But besides that, we were friends in Moscow. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, we even shared the same apartment, the three of us plus two other Russian skaters. It was a good time. Seeing the next generation is life. It’s good.”

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Sasha Stepanova, on Vanya not getting invited to the Pyeongchang Olympics

from “The Gene of Victory” documentary, with English subtitles courtesy of @alexandravlad!

#alexandra stepanova #ivan bukin #gosh im just loving them more and more

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I made a compilation of Stepanova/Bukin’s twizzles! Some things I want to point out:

-In the 2012-2013 season (they were just juniors then btw), even before they started doing the shoot the duck/sit twizzles, they already had very unique twizzles. For the grabbing the blade or boot of the free foot feature, they grabbed their blade with the free foot crossed in front of the skating leg. 

-The 2014-2015 season was the year they started doing their trademark shoot the duck/sit twizzles. 

-In the 2015-2016 season, they started doing very intricate entries into their shoot the duck/sit twizzles, which made them even more impressive. 

You can see videos of each twizzle and some of my commentary on them in this thread: https://twitter.com/yang_bo_dudnik/status/1097660241179664384

Also I’ve decided the 2015-2016 FD twizzles are my absolute favorite of all their amazing twizzles. Sasha does a besti squat and Vanya does a hydroblade into their sit twizzles. What makes these my favorite though is the 3rd set of twizzles.  It’s so cool how on the RFI twizzle with 4 rotations, they change to coupee position in the last 2 rotations. It kind of resembles corkscrew twizzles. Also their arms and heads match the music so well.

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one year ago ✨

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Watching this live made me feel feelings that are indescribable by words...

I will never forget moments like this. Truly inspiring and a beautiful story, both on and off the ice

sui wenjing/han cong - pairs SP practice 

four continents championships 2019

*please do not use/edit/repost without my permission

one of the greatest privileges i’ve ever had was to watch these two perform live in their first competition back from injury. sui/han are just sublime, in a class all their own - perfectly in sync and at ease with each other in whatever they do, and their programs are masterpieces in the making. i adore them with my whole heart, and i’m blessed they know how much i am rooting for them always. 

#Wenjing Sui #suihan #Cong Han #4cc2019 #隋文静 #韩聪 #i just love them so so much

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Photography by @fivecentimeterspersecond

mai mihara free skate - “the mission” 

four continents championships 2019 

*please do not use/edit/repost without my permission

i was so thrilled to finally see her live and make the podium here ;___; <3 

#mai mihara #三原舞依 #mai has the 4cc trifecta i stan

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sui/han literally admitting that they were not prepared at all to return to competition yet still winning 4CC 2k19 is my kind of chaotic energy

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Wenjing Sui and Cong Han, EX High Mountain Flowing Water || 4CC 2019

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“Sui is my last and only partner… if she quits, I quit”

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“Precisely because I am alive, I must make the most of everything.” 🌟 Happy 24th Birthday Yuzuru!

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- without pain how could we know joy?

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i miss yuzuru

i miss shib/shib

i miss sui/han

#what a mood #i miss them so much #i dream about them #literally i dreamt that sui/han were teaching this sad person (me) how to skate #and i dreamed i met yuzuru and got to chat with him #and that i ate poke with the shibs #someone help me plz

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But with Yuzuru out of the Grand Prix final and Javier retiring maybe Shoma will finally win a gold medal