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    Russian 15 year old Valieva WINS GOLD in stunning Grand Prix debut | NBC Sports
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    Russian 15-year-old Kamila Valieva ran away with the win in her senior Grand Prix debut, scoring a 180.89 for her free skate, putting the world on notice and taking the competition by over 30 points

    15-year-old Kamila Valieva sets TWO world records in stunning free skate | NBC Sports
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    "15-year-old Kamila Valieva cements her status as a gold-medal favorite in the Beijing Games, besting her own free skate and total score records en route to a decisive win at the Rostelecom Cup in Sochi."


    (I"ve always loved the grace and beauty of ice skating, and this young champion, with some of the highest scores ever recorded, demonstrates clearly why so many people do.)
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    Amazingly enough, i can't watch those videos :D

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    Oh well, i guess i'll just have to watch it outside youtube

    Is there such a thing as "cultural miss-appropriation" or something on those lines? Because i just think i have been the end of that one lmao
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    Not available in Australia either

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    Maybe these are the ones?




    In any case, Kamila is invincible by now, no other skater will be able to match her i think, from now on
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    Different performance in the first one, but I'm not able to see the second one, so can't say about that one.
    But I've asked the Mods if they can help with those first two, so that everyone can see them.

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    In any case, Kamila is invincible by now, no other skater will be able to match her i think, from now on
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    15-year-old Valieva sets ANOTHER world record with spectacular short program | NBC Sports
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    "Russian 15-year-old Kamila Valieva put up the highest score ever for a women's short program, earning an 87.42 at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup and going on to win gold in the event."

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    She did it AGAIN: Valieva breaks her own record with incredible short program | NBC Sports
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    At the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Russia's Kamila Valieva broke her own short program world record with 90.45 points


    (Flawless!)
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    Also FLAWLESS--Nathan Chen in record breaking Nationals short program
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    Nathan Chen broke his own national short program record with a 115.39-point performance at U.S. Nationals in a spectacular performance that gives him the lead heading into the free skate
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    Team USA's Green and Parsons win Four Continents title with personal best | NBC Sports
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    "At the 2022 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the United States' Caroline Green and Michael Parsons won the ice dance competition with a 119.97-point free dance."



    Cha Jun-hwan soars into first with outstanding short program | NBC Sports
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    "At the 2022 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, South Korea's Cha Jun-hwan wins the short program with a personal best 98.96 points. He will head to the 2022 Winter Olympics."


    Sinitsina and Katsalapov golden at European Championships | NBC Sports
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    "At the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Russia's Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov scored 130.07 points in the free dance. They won the title"



    Stepanova and Bukin brilliantly dance their way to silver at European Championships NBC Sports
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    "At the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Russia's Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin scored 126.75 points in the free dance. They finished second overall"

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    ET theme in winning Olympic Ice Dance
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    USA's Chock/Bates channel Daft Punk to win team ice dance | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    "With a routine set to Daft Punk, the U.S. team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates win the ice dance portion of the team event with an international personal best of 129.07 points."



    Kamila Valieva becomes first woman EVER to land Olympic quad | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    "Not only did 15-year-old Russian sensation Kamila Valieva become the first women's figure skater to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics -- she did it twice in one routine, leading the ROC to team event gold with a stunning free skate."
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    Video unavailable in your country…l
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    Kamila Valieva becomes first woman EVER to land Olympic quad | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    "Not only did 15-year-old Russian sensation Kamila Valieva become the first women's figure skater to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics -- she did it twice in one routine, leading the ROC to team event gold with a stunning free skate."
    Wow. I have to say, I've never seen anyone skate like that. Not ever.

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    Both videos are available in the US, if the youtube address is clicked on.
    I don't know about elsewhere, but I would think there would be others of the same events that are.
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    I just watched this in the UK....




    Just incredible how she can perform like that at 15... interesting that she should use Ravel's Bolero like our own Torvill and Dean did in their historic performance in 1984...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KJexrHugEU

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    here's another one that we can see in the UK...



    beautiful performance...

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    Not available in The Netherlands either
    No need to follow anyone, only consider broadening (y)our horizon of possibilities ...

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    Nathan Chen sets WORLD RECORD with breathtaking short program | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    18-year-old Kagiyama breaks through with second-place short | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    'After storming onto the scene with a sensational performance in the team competition, 18-year-old Yuma Kagiyama hit two quads and scored a 108.12 in his individual short program -- placing him second behind Nathan Chen."
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    NBC Deals with ‘Lowest TV Ratings in Olympic History’
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    "Instead of telling Olympic athletes not to speak freely while competing in Beijing such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should have never put them in that position to begin with. One of the consequences may be the “lowest TV ratings in Olympic history.”

    Citizen Free Press reports “NBC is facing a cataclysmic loss of audience for the 2022 Winter Olympics as viewership tanked for Friday’s Opening Ceremony, averaging just 16 million.”

    The new record low is significantly worse than the previous record low which was for the 1988 Calgary Opening Ceremony at 20.1 million. It’s an entire 43 percent below the 2018 Games in South Korea with 28.3 million viewers.

    It’s not just the opening ceremony that is failing in the ratings department. Thursday’s “ratings disaster that saw just 7.7 million people tune in, dramatically below same-night audiences of 2018 (16 million) and 2014 from Russia (20.02 million).”

    NBC said the 16 million is a “total audience delivery” and includes all of its networks and streaming. The television-only average audience was below 14 million for the day, per the preliminary data released by the network.Reports are being leaked out of China that their severe anti-COVID measures have made life inside its “closed-loop” a high-stress and near joyless experience for the athletes and a massive challenge for NBC.

    As if enough stress weren’t on the backs of these young competitors attempting to live out their dreams, “athletes have complained about the fear of positive tests, substandard conditions in unnecessary “isolation centers” and the need to guard against China hacking into their phones and computers to mine data and steal identities.”

    Not only are few people watching on television, but the “lack of fans in attendance doesn’t help either. Thursday’s ice skating competition was surreal, a performative event where the connection between competitor and crowd is paramount. Instead, with just 800 in attendance, it looked and sounded like a practice session, complete with music rattling around within the poor acoustics.”

    All of this is a nightmare for NBC, which is paying the IOC $7.75 billion to broadcast the Olympics through 2032, writes Citizen Free Press. NBC is doing almost all it can but its reporters and crews are stuck in the “closed loop.”

    Production value has been extremely limited as a result: “that eliminates live shots with mountains or historic buildings as backdrops as well as stories about the culture, architecture and people of China that can make the Olympics about more than just sport.” "

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    Pelosi Tells U.S. Athletes To Not ‘Speak Out’ Against China’s Human Rights Abuses
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    "During testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) told U.S. athletes to not “speak out” against China’s human rights abuses during the Winter Olympics because it could upset the communist country.

    “I would say to our athletes — you are there to compete,” Pelosi said. “Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless. I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there, I respect that. But, I also worry about what the Chinese government might do to their reputations, to their families.”

    As Bloomberg News reported, “The commission’s hearing on the eve of opening ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was organized as a platform for Pelosi and several activists to highlight China’s human rights record, including reports of forced labor and acts of genocide against the Uyghur ethnic community in the Xinjiang region as well as suppression of democratic protests in Hong Kong and religious repression of Tibet’s Buddhists.”

    Pelosi’s comments sparked outrage from other members of Congress.

    “Speaker Pelosi doesn’t want to upset the Chinese Communist Party,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded. “So she’s warning US Olympians to stay silent about China’s atrocities. No surprise this comes right as Democrats are trying to jam through the 3,000-page ‘America Concedes Act’ that helps China but hurts America.”

    “The U.S. should be BACKING UP athletes using their freedom of self-expression to expose the Beijing communists for the murderers they are, NOT telling them to hide. Americans down cower to communists. We defeat them.” Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) said.

    “Americans fight for freedom and defend the voiceless – if our athletes can’t display those American values while representing @TeamUSA in the Olympics, why are we there at all?” Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) said. "
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    Mishina/Galliamov recover from fall to win team free skate | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    "Despite falling coming out of a lift, reigning world champions Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov still impressed enough to finish first in the pairs free skate portion of the team event. "

    Wakaba Higuchi lifts Japan with sensational team short program | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    "Wakaba Higuchi delivered for her country in a big way, placing second beyond Kamila Valieva ni the women's short program portion of the team competition with a score of 74.73"




    Karen Chen steps up to skate U.S. to silver in team event | Winter Olympics 2022 | NBC Sports
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    "Karen Chen was strong in the women's free skate for the United States in the figure skating team event, finishing fourth to lock up the silver medal."
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    Thanks for all the updates onawah,very much appreciated. I spoke with a buddy of mine who trained for the 80 Olympics that were boycotted by U.S. He told me politics should never be involved in the Olympics. And for any company or tv channel the last spokesperson in the world I would have would be Pelosi , she's a big fat zero when it comes to credibilty and integrity.

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