Evgenia looked absolutely stunning. Both at the Sambo event and her programs. Give her all the professional opportunities 😃

Maiia Khromykh failed so many quad attempts until she started landing them. It's the same strategy with Trusova who has even greater fight spirit.

I think the Japanese fed is doing the worst possible job setting up their skaters for the Olympics. So much talent, so little strategy internationally

DAVE please make a US ladies pyramid and a Japanese ladies pyramid

Allegria was performed in a show "In love with figure skating" (Влюбленные в фигурное катание),which took place in Moscow on 25.09.2021. Genija also performed her free programme from Worlds 2019, Alina, J.Fernandes and many others were there.

Shin Amano really loves the q. It’s like it was implemented just for him!

So happy to watch this, thank you both!!

Thanks for uploading I’m at work and have nothing to do so I will listen to this!!!

Adam Siao Him Fa was so enjoyable to watch!

Looking forward to this! It has been an exciting week for skating fans!!!

And I agree with Jonathan. I love the “Frida” short program which is my favorite program of hers since “Kill Bill”.

Happy 40th Jonathan! I have to disagree with you on Vincent’s programs. They are my thing, squirrelly landings and all. Love both and see him close to the Olympic podium.

I wish that Medvedeva was competing and her SP was fantastic. OMG 😱!!!! The next is going to be that what skaters that the USA is going to send to the Olympics. @Jauthan happy birthday. I wish you have a great year. I love the skating lesson

Thank you for Medvedeva news!

Dave, we need an analysis of Kosternia and the fight to the death among the players in Eteri land. Please do it with the Russian voice!!

TimeStamps: 0:00 Introduction and brief intro of what is to come. 0:36 Nebelhorn Trophy 1:07 Israeli team qualified for the Olympics! 2:18 Jonathan’s new vase! Also Happy Birthday!! 2:38 Polish Pairs Team 3:33 Ladies 3:47 brief mention of Lindsey Thorngren, Trusova and Alysa Liu 4:07 Alysa 5:27 Ekaterina Kurakova 6:59 Nebelhorn nerves 7:47 Alexia Paganini 9:45 Men’s Event Nebelhorn, Vincent and Shin Amano. Vincent jump unders at Nebelhorn FS. 11:39 Roman Sadovsky. Great skating. Got the second spot for Canada. Did win nationals two years ago, did poorly at 2020 4CC. Who does the federation send, Nam or Roman granted that Keegan is already going. Who do they send really. 13:50 Jason Brown reference 14:50 had Nam Nguyen gone would he have done better or not? 15:18 Vincent winning 18:20 Adam (France) 18:51 Mark (Russia) 19:25 Frangipiani (Italy) 19:39 Korean men. They have 2 spots for the Olympics. 19:52 Brendan Kerry. Great SP! 20:03 Back to Womens event at Nebelhorn 20:50 Shabatova (former Russian Skater now representing Ukraine, did qualify a spot). 22:40 Kurakova (whom I thought should have been higher in the free than Alysa but I’ll digress) very great performance here at Nebelhorn! Qualified for the Olympics representing Poland 27:24 Takahashi 28:53 Kailani Craine, great SP, she qualified for the Olympics! Sweden didn’t need the spot. Earned that at worlds. 29:28 Paganini, 2nd in short, 5th in long, she did qualify for the Olympics. 29:34 messiness in the pairs. China did Not earn the 3rd spot. Evgeni (Israel) qualified though 31:07 Alexandra Trusova withdrawal after SP at the first Russian Cup. Performed the short only, attempted the triple Axel, got a q, Tuktamysheva made a few errors in the short but won the free after Trusova’s withdrawal. 35:52 Tuktamysheva, great SP but had mistakes. Beautiful SP music choice. Free not my favorite but I’m so behind her. I hope she gets the spot but it may be unlikely. She has defied odds in the past. 37:21 Sambo 70 38:36 Alysa Liu 38:49 Mariah Bell 38:59 Nathan Chen 39:06 back to Tuktamysheva. Quads? She is a fighter. Needs the quad and two triple axels. Wait and see what will perspire this season. 40:46 Tarasova/Morozov. Programs are boring and not very interesting in my opinion. They look good though. High throws. Better focus. More confident. 43:47 Russian cup 1 mens event. The other guys. Great technical content. Depths however some inconsistencies. 44:51 JGP 44:57 Thorngren hung on to a medal with a tough field 45:10 Korean lady (was 2nd in short) mentioned again at 53:00 because she was skating to Miss Saigon Top 4 ladies very strong 44:45 Samoldelkina (1st in free, Davydov student), 4S exciting! 46:52 Veronika Zhilina had to withdraw from her next JGP due to an injury 47:06 back to Thorngren, 3A attempts 52:02 Petrosian 54:32 Medvedeva brings back ALEGRIA!!!!! 57:02 Olympic season talk, Japan Open coming soon. 57:24 Rika Kihira at Cricket Club 57:44 Yuma 58:46 Shoma 59:36 Moment of the Week 1:00:44-1:00:47 Outro

For the skater pyramids, you can make an electronic version and display on your TV/monitor, or go old school and mount the photos on squares of foam board or poster board. Adhere Velcro on the backs. Make the pyramid outline on a large piece of foam board w/Velcro in the appropriate spots to attach the squares.

Great balance between being fun and informative!

IT'S OK CYRPUS, WE'VE WAITED ABOUT 2000 YEARS, WE CAN WAIT ANOTHER QUAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a busy skating week for sure. And happy belated birthday to Jonathan!

Zheyna was definitely at the top of the pyramid this week, she told us it was the gloves dave!

Kurakova needs to go to Lori Nichol or Sandra for choreography. This girl has so much emotion. The Allegria costume is a guilty pleasure for me. Although I wish the gold trim and Tiara were either silver, gun metal o black.

Yay! Thanks for this!

I also really like the young couple from Georgia in the ice dance! I know they will not be contenders for the Olympics, but I saw them live in Turin in 2019 and they were amazing! I hope they can keep growing!

You know what I love how Jonathan understandably makes fun of the fact that Nebelhorn means fog horn in english every year. BUT I totally love the image it creates. A mountain high up in the clouds is the best.

Since the votive candle I lit for Roman barely worked I might have to step it up for Canadian Nationals and offer up an entire mass for him to make the Olympic team. Maybe I'll even pray a novena for him for extra good measure.

Jonathan going full "Lion King" with that vase ! Just in time for the Tony's ☺

Yay yay yay. I love sundays!

Do you guys know where I can find an overview of the Russia cup and the entries for each stage?

Shin Amano ain't taking none of this underrotated BS, and I'm absolutely here for it.

For the JGP: so happy that Kagapol won gold, wish them all the best this season. My babies rule!

Such a packed week 😁

Haven’t watched this yet, but will do later. Have had a quick look at the comments though, which is almost the best part!! And 100% Alysa for Olympic team- she’s great; v polished and poised this year.

The pairs results really drove home to me that Zhao Hongbo's tenure as the overseer of Chinese pairs really has been a failure at developing new talent. I normally think that focusing on fed people tends to be way overdone, since in most countries the feds' roles in skater development are actually much smaller than fan discussions tend to imagine, but China is not most countries; it is literally an authoritarian state. The #3 Chinese pair should not be losing to Evgeni Krasnopolski and a partner he teamed up with three months earlier.

Great This and That, as always. Anyone with thoughts on whether Skate Canada will go ahead with (public) spectators? I'm leaning toward thinking there's no chance, but wondering if anyone has info. Thanks!

Evgenia’s Alegria is a masterpiece, she had a very creative and innovative idea and polished her image from head to toe. This girl always amazes me, you can see that figure skating is her life and she does everything she can to get better. I’m so happy that she could show it, even in a simplified form and the wheel was cool!Also I’m quite impressed with her conduction of the Sambo Jubilee, it was live, so no retakes and quite long but she handled it like a pro and presented herself remarkably well. Alexandra - her short is my favorite along with Maia’s, her problem with 3A is obviously mental because girl is a powerhouse. I hope she lands it!🤞

Keegan is Canada’s top man. Roman would not have placed top 10 like Keegan had. He bombed in the last 4CC, and Canada uses that comp to form the world team unlike the US. In juniors, Roman displayed his talent, but was toiling around with constant inconsistency as well.

Happy 40th Birthday Jonathan! Love the new vase, quite unique and dramatic!

Sunday is complete now with This and That!

It's Samodelkina (not Somadelkina). Thank you for the video Dave a Johnathan!

As a Georgian, I'm happy to see Dave rep UGA😊

I’ve realised This and That has become my favourite way to end the week. Just one thing, The G in Frangipani is pronounced the same way you say the J in Jin Boyang.

If the ISU uses point totals to decide who's in the JGPF, then Lindsay Thorngren doesn't have the points from both of her assignments to qualify. If Isabeau can score over 200 points in her next assignment she'll probably qualify, and that is only because Zhilina is injured.

I don't know who will get Canada's two Olympic spots. I would think it would be Keegan and Nam. Alyssa looks like she is in a great position to get one of the Olympic spots for the US. ladies. The other two spots are up for grabs. The US men will most likely be Nathan Jason and Vicent. With China, maybe the one spot will go to Han Han. Sorry if I misspelled his name. Have a great week Dave and Johnathan.

I love Takahashi's SP with his partner.

55:05 There is another video with the close up of her jumps! Just look for it! The camera didn't zoom out on purpose. There is no need of that since its not a competition, and why the camera should zoom out of Zhenya jumps and not others? With that state of mind they should have zoom out every unclear jump of Havi and Zagi. Zhenya skating in a show, she is not in her best form yet, but she jumps triples. still, there are girls from Canada and USA who cant handle the pressure to show the same jumps in a competitions! But who cares to compare, lets just point out that "in your opinion" camera zoom out because her jumps were under rotated

Might have been last week but I like seeing Team Ecuador and India at these early events. Hopefully the ISU is putting real effort into development and depth and not just checking boxes with a few splashy intl clinics.

Madonna of figure skating - nice said!👍

Tarasova and Morozov are working with Panfilova/Rylov's coach. the other guy who was with Eteri and Trankov at Cranberry, that's Panfilova/Rylov's coach Sliusarenko. that's brilliant of Eteri, isn't it. bringing in a very good pairs coach to help with the elements, but still someone who doesn't have the clout to steal her athletes.

What about Laura Bequero and Marco Zandron? I was impressed by them.

I will try to do timestamps today

Shin Amano's greatest moment has got to be the 2019 4CC men's free skate

Hailey kops and evgeni krasnopolski. It was my understanding that Evgeni was doing Hailey a favor, she is a great skater, and could not find a partner there was good enough. So he is back skating, so she has a chance to participate in OL. That is what the Media was going with. Is that not right??

What’s happening with Kostornaia?

Eteri gave Trusova the best music and the best programmes and gave Valieva the worst ones.

31:07 Trusova

Shin Amano is a legend

I have a feeling Lindsey is going to make the Olympic team just saying

If Karen Alsya Lindsay is the ladies team it will be the only team without flutzes

I think Nam was riskier to send to Nebelhorn Roman since Nam is very hit or miss. Nam was not a guarantee lock so that maybe that makes this comp more favorable for Roman than not. It’s a hard call though.

Two seasons with Anne Burrell and Jonathan is now “Sir Camp”

Yes!!!! Go Dawgs!!!!!

Regarding Roman's performance and the level of confidence the federation has in him, the reality is that Roman has never skated a clean short program as a senior, either internationally or at nationals. I don't think he's ever done a clean free skate either, but the latter isn't exactly unusual in men's -- but the short program weakness is a huge problem that he seems no closer to overcoming now than two years ago. He's been to four ISU championships (3 Junior Worlds and one 4CC) and bombed all of them; his highest placement was 13th at his very first one, 2014 Junior Worlds, his lowest was 17th at 2017 Junior Worlds, and his most recent was 16th at 2020 Four Continents. Of course the federation doesn't have confidence in him, he hasn't earned it. If they had sent him to Worlds he would most likely have done exactly the same thing he did here, and Canada might even have been trying to just qualify a single spot at Nebelhorn, not a potential second.

Can somebody please tell me how Tarosova/Morosov received *73.84* in PCS on their free skate in their last Russia Cup competition? That's higher than a perfect score, which should make it impossible. Does Russia score components different for their in-house competitions?

Roman and Canada should give a huge thanks to Jin and China for bombing so badly at worlds. Nam has a huge chance after this performance. I think there will be sentimentality to send Nam because he lost his shot at going to the previous Olympics by like half a point or something (losing to Keegan in Nationals). If you look at the skating protocol, Roman’s under rotations were a lot worse than Vincent’s. Imo, nationals judging has a certain bias to it that makes it different to intl judging, so I don’t mind when the federation has an independent mind. To comment on Vincent’s scores, this is the range of scores that he will get in the Olympics for PCS if he skates clean like this. I think his skating and performance quality has improved greatly this season.

is lindsay thorngren eligible for the olympics? seeing mariah and karen struggle plus bradie and amber being injured makes lindsay seem like much more of an option for usfs

21:26 RLLY SHE SAID THAT? LMAO

For god sake Evgenia is the most beautiful athlete I have ever seen…god she is so beautiful. On top of that her programs are a 100 times better than those who are competing …I love her she is too talented…she better come back and compete…cuz seriously it’s ben so boring without her .

I'm hardly an expert, but ter announcer on Vimcent's FS kept saying his jumps were "so clean" and all I kept thinking was, "No. No they're not".And I love Vincent but it is what it is.

Trusova's fall on the triple axel at the cup of russia looked incredibly weird to me - can someone explain the problem physically? It looked almost like she sat down after hitting the ice and didn't even try to fight for the landing

I thought youd mention rika leaving stephan for cricket club and now training there since travel restrictions was lifted Til i got near the end, and you did 🤣

Yay!

22. 00 - No Dave we didn't forget!!!

Why did Trusova withdraw?

❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜

Can someone please share the wisdom of where everyone is watching all of this skating? Please? Thank you. :)

So we're not gonna talk about Isadora Williams at all?

Zagitova might have problems with her posture, but, people don't give her enough credit for what she achieved in her career, specially winning the Olympics! She jumped the best, she was consistent when it mattered, her spins were great and she showed a lot of mental strength. It makes me really sad every time I see her reaction when it is announced that she won the Olympics.

I wish Roman would go back to one of his other shorts. Last year would be fine but I would love fly me to the moon. This new short did not resonate with the judges.

I hope it works for Lindsey better than it worked for Courtney McCool. Well, at least she made the team

Wait a minute! Tarasova puts her hand down on her triple salchow, falls on the throw triple salchow, and stumbles on their last spin (nearly falling) and the 3 point lead they had HELD? The Eteri bonus really IS a thing, evidently. Daria & Denis should be mad because they skated great! Jonathan, did you happen to see Apollinariia's throw triple loop? It rivals Tarasova's.

I think for Sasha it is a mental problem. She and the coaches said that she gets nervous , that's why she nails the jumps in training and warm up but not at the real competition. So I think they are trying to get her out a lot because they probably hope that with more outings she hopefully gets over whatever hold her back mentally

I hope Aaron Tveit wins the Tony 😜

I was rooting for Roman so bad and I am so glad he managed to snag that second Canadian spot. I still don't think Skate Canada is going to send him, unless he medals twice at his Grand Prix Events, goes to the GPFinals. Which realistically speaking is almost impossible. And keeps his title as national champion. But if they don't send him anywhere to gain experience in dealing with those nerves or provide a mental coach (which the Belgian fed did with Kevin Van Der Perren back in the day), I don't think it's gonna happen. Roman's TES for his long lacks. He needs a quad toe in his repertoire badly or a quad Lutz since his entry edge for Lutz is so solid. People saying he was saved by his PCS, yes. He was and rightfully so. His quality of edges and footwork. Amazing. Not to mention his spins. They are gorgeous. Getting a level 4 on a camel spin for a man is hard enough as it is. To me Skate Canada has literally only Keegan, Nam and Roman to chose from when it comes to the Olympics. Unless a miracle happens and Conrad Orzel can get his nerves under control and preforms super clean. Or they send Corey Circelli who still competes in the Junior Grand Prix.

Tuktamysheva has as good a shot as Trusova, Kostornaia, Valieva and Shcerbakova. Five girls, three slots, and an argument can be made for any one of them. We'll see how the GP series unfolds.

Jonathan is Tyne Daly. Where do I mail the turquoise jewelry and send Rosie O’Donnell to stalk him?

I don’t get your thought process on Liza Tuk. She has shown she can make a world podium so it’s not like they would lose a sweep. What you said about Adam Rippon or now Jason Brown applies here. She would be great to send on their team. A bonafide superstar that fixes a lot of image problems. She absolutely is still in the mix for a spot. Stop it.

I'm totally here for an all prostitute's music themed show emceed by King Herod...who would you get to choreograph it?

Han Yan

VAHHHHHHHHHHZZZZZZZ

Dave, just once, pretty please with sugar on top would you open the show saying " welcome to coffee tawlk, and I'm your host Dave Lease". Remember years ago on Saturday Night Live that skit mike Myers did ? Your opening is as close to coffee tawlk as any show has ever been! I love it. And also, please say hello to out friend Jamey in Colorado...that's me. Dave and Jonathan: Your like buttah!

Watching the junior ice dance JGP Slovenia, I found a lot of the same music. Rain in Your Black Eyes, Paint it Black...ugh. I wonder if the poor skaters have any choice in their music, and if they do, don't they have any other choices besides old programs of senior skaters? It gets tiresome. Though, the team that skated to the Indian music trying to be Davis/White didn't seem to do as much practice in Indian dance the way the former did. Disappointing. The outfits were a riot of color, not at all pleasing to my eyes. Again, a lot of musical cuts that were ugly to hear. Of course Vincent Zhou and Alysa Liu won 3 spots for the US; they'd have to bomb really badly to not win gold. Liu's popped 3A was unfortunate, but at least this is just a minor (Olympic!) qualifier. She will need the 3A at Beijing next year. US men's team will be Chen, Brown and Zhou. Paniot can go to 4CC and maybe Worlds if Chen or Brown or Zhou decide to waive that competition. I was pleasantly surprised to see Germany and Spain win Olympic spots; without Aliona Savchenko or Javier Fernandez, too, it shows that there is a future for skating in these countries who are not as big as the US, Russia or Japan. The Chinese team just didn't perform to snuff in the Free. I wonder how skaters at Shanghai Open will perform. It'll be great to see Sui/Han and Peng/Jin again. They'd be enough to take the podium, without a third pairs team, really. The other Chinese pairs team need to go for 2026, because their skills are not up to S/H or the Russians' levels. Trusova is going to be on the Olympic team, but as for being THE Olympic champion, I think Valieva is still a major contender (should Kostornaia or Scherbakova not perform well). The 3A needs to go. Period. She needs to stick with her best quads, 2A and 3-3 combo in the free, but it's clear she's quite ambitious and won't have it any other way but her way. Let all the other girls worry about their programs. Adam Siao Sim Fa of France was slammin' in that Star Wars program! That step sequence...I haven't felt this excited in a man's program since 2018! I hope he gets on the national team. He would deserve it. Mark Kondratiuk did well, but I was surprised he was under Fa.

I think France and Korea not making the Olympic team event is only going to help Russia. Kolyada bombing in the SP. He can only tumble down so far. But I would much rather see either of those countries over Ukraine. :/

More pyramids! Yes!

Elizaveta's chances are not low. She is very consistent scoring 220+, and, if skated cleanly with her current status of vice-WC and very effective programs she has this season, she could be getting around 235. This would likely be enough to beat clean Kromych, who is at this moment closest to her in scoring potential. As for Trusova, she is extremely vulnerable: it has been years since she performed clean programs at the international competitions. And the current situation of being in the top shape, but nearly losing it to unknown Korean skater, just serves as another evidence of that. With Tuktamysheva it is to gain her top shape - which is very realistic considering the time, while for Trusova it is to overcome mental issues, which is unpredictable. So yes, chances for Tuktamysheva depend mainly from Trusova (and herself). Valieva is still the strongest contender for Olympic spot, because even if not clean, she would still beat at least 4 ladies out of the seven. Shcherbakova is smart and has great athletic mentality; she can make it into Olympic team even without quads with her 3lz-3lo and highest PCS. Kostornaia, unfortunately, seems to be even further away than Usacheva without 3A.

Dave we have to do smt with Danni G who continues to criticize Kostornaya: that she’s lazy, stubborn and bla bla bla... He wants to destabilize her 🤬

Benoit badly needs to court Wakaba.

A prostitution special... lmao!!!

Yuzuru Hanyu will lead Japan to 3 Gold Medals in Olympics 2022.

Valieva will win the olympics Trusova chokes under pressure it will never change