1:09 - New Year's: Patti LaBelle, games with family 2:26 - Coach Gallina: skating lessons, biographies, honey cake 6:31 - Biopics: not focusing on actual skating careers, Oksana, Nancy, Gallina and coach/manager relationships 14:13 - Hackensack skaters, hierarchies, David's story, skating scandals 20:22 - Christine Brennan: haters, voice of reason 22:17 - "Why me" joke, politics as entertainment 24:17 - Tonya Harding 26:23 - White Crow 27:56 - New TV shows LADIES 28:47 - Plushenko's Swan Lake 31:22 - Russian production in shows 32:35 - Evgenia Medvedeva denied solos 32:47 - Alina Zagitova: boyfriend?, better programs not using Danii G 33:30 - Pro circuit and competition rebirth for Russians? 35:57 - Medvedeva: interesting individual, versus Zagitova 37:13 - Medvedeva: losing quality in competitive skating 40:42 - Pro circuit for retired skaters 43:10 - Mish-mash exhibition group numbers MEN 44:16 - Kolyada: 4Lz and 4S, game changer 45:34 - Mental strength for Olympics, Mishin's positive effect on Kolyada 47:00 - 4 top men: Kolyada versus Chen 47:55 - Chen and Jin's "frozen" landings 48:51 - Tight frontrunners at Olympics: top 4 + Boyang Jin, B group, better programs 49:42 - Chen: showmanship but not gravitas, Russians versus Chen, Hanyu versus Javi 52:08 - Kolyada: exhibition program replacing short, long program for Olympics 53:45 - Music 56:48 - Uno: Oboe Concerto with less emotion CHINESE "NATIONALS" 59:14 - Peng and Jin 1:00:48 - Sui and Han: injuries, silver medal pressure, jumps, weaker lifts 1:03:17 - Peng and Jin: potential, good jumps and throws 1:04:36 - COVID-19: Worlds and Olympics 1:05:10 - Hanyu's thoughts on dangerous Russian protocols 1:05:57 - Back to World's: how to decide Olympic qualifiers 1:07:30 - Canada: chances for medaling, Roman Sadovsky, Roman's KZfaq 1:11:43 - China: good pairs and Boyang Jin 1:12:21 - Japan: chance for team medal 1:13:07 - Olympic team competition: Russia winning, U.S. second? 1:13:34 - Russian skating: pro circuit, entertainment 1:15:33 - Posture MOMENT OF THE WEEK 1:16:26 - Jonathan: Kolyada's quads, Ice Age production 1:16:15 - David: Russian junior nationals, Trusova skating clean, Oksansa and Katarina biopics, White Snow, Kolyada

I think Hanyu felt that skating with a fever endangered others/put others at risk vs skating with a concussion is endangering yourself.

Shoma's exhibition program is gorgeous, so is his look. He's always had stylish costumes

TSL Sundays were a silver lining for us in 2020! Thanks guys, Happy 😊 New Year

Russian honey cake is an incredible cake with tons of extremely thin layers of cake that is flavored with caramelized honey, a whipped cream or sweetened condensed milk based icing/filling that holds the layers together and crumb coating on the outside. It is incredibly labor intensive to make and it is a phenomenal desert. So basically: When Galina says she makes a mean honey cake, she's saying that she is an incredibly skilled baker.

I think Hanyu felt he could speak up about COVID because of a sense of responsibility he has of his influence - different case when you alone make the decision to skate through a concussion and another to attend a skating competition knowing that you are essentially a super spreader event for others. I always super appreciate TSL videos esp when I can't keep up with fs socials - off to go check out various programs and clips!

Was really looking foward to this! Hope you are both safe and wel.

Love the kolyada exhibition! Thanks for mentioning it! Otherwise I probably would have missed it

Thank you so much for putting those links in the description!!

The oboe concerto EX is beautiful!!! Loved ❤️

Taking time off of work and watching before I go to work and start a new semester

Yay I do love my TSL sundays x

How I wish Aljona could somehow brainwash Bruno into just one more season..

49:45 Nathan has had a couple of standout programmes in recent years. His "Caravan" SP from 2018-19 was outstanding. And his Rocketman 2019-20 was just sublime. I'd still love to see Nathan take on "Fiddler on the Roof", I think with the right choreography (and acting - maybe he could have a chat with Ashley), it could be amazing.

Yes!!

Galina's homes when I was little always looked immaculate! She does keep pieces for a long time and takes amazing care of them. She is pure class :-)

Happy New Year! I think this is the honey cake Galina talks about: Medovik (Russian: Медовик, from мёд - 'honey') is a layer cake popular in countries of the former Soviet Union. The identifying ingredients are honey and smetana (sour cream) or condensed milk, dessert which is known for its lengthy preparation time.

Happy New Year Dave. Hope you will be covering the 2021 Olympics. 😉.

С Новым годом вас тоже

I was very angry when they tried to say that nobody was there for Oksana. Galina tried. Oksana was a rebellious teen & put in a very difficult position for even the most stable and mature adult to be in. It was a perfect storm. Many people tried to help her without expecting anything in return. (like my mom/family). Sometimes, people need to go through certain experiences to learn or grow and I think she is one of those people. I love Galina and I love Oksana.

Yayyyyyyy

Jonathan, I had the same reaction with Shoma’s exhibition program when I watched the first time. Since then I have watched 6 time, it brought up more emotion each time I have watched and make me appreciate the program and his skating skill as I watched more time. That would be my suggestion for you too. Dave, I am too looking forward for a program by Lambiel for Shoma.

4:50 Jonathan, you are a man after my own heart. I place pomegranate seeds in the bottom of ice-cube trays. I then zest and juice 2 limes, a lemon and an orange. I mix the zest and juice with some carbonated water, and fill the ice-cube trays (with the pomegranate seeds) and freeze. They are super zingy for bringing life to cocktails, or just fizzy water.

Totally agreed we need another format for skaters to compete, great suggestion Dave!!! As a fan, would totally prefer going to a star-studded competition with no significant prize than watching the Russian flavour of the season in juniors jumping a quint axel and miming her way through a genocide tribute (with total commitment and emotional understanding etc etc)....

Love my Sunday This and That! I do say that I miss the Alexis Evgenia intros. Love the new sweater.

TICKET TO RIDE! Love it!

Zhenya Medvedeva 🐻❤️🔥🔥🔥

Jonathan, I think that Hanyu skating after the collision (BTW he had no concussion) at the Cup of China and Shcherbakova skating with fever in this pandemic situation at the Russian Nationals are two totally different cases. There was a risk of spreading covid-19 in Shcherbakova's case. I believe that anybody with fever should not have been allowed to enter the venue in the first place.

"That looked fun!" " Boy you were there!" made me spit out my cookies! That reminds me of all the bad community theater I've seen and had to speak with people afterward.😆🤣😆🤣😆

Chen will have a big advantage in base value if he plans to do a 6 quad layout next season. If he lands his jumps in the SP and FS he will be safe simply because of his BV (but he will get good GOEs and PCS). I don't see Kolyada having a 3 or 4 quad program within a year. He has improved a lot under Mishin but he was still making mistakes at Nationals with a 2-quad program (doubling a Salchow and stepping out of a 3A). Even if he had a 2-quad SP and 3/4-quad FS he would need to skate to them consistently.

Dave, your sweater looks great! Love it!

The music for Shoma's oboe program is by Vivaldi. I've been listening to Baroque composers for the past few years because modern pop is so dire.

The most important about this video for me: Kolyada... I hope keep his FP, put new complex jumps, improved and skating clean this FP. Also that Averbuck does new SP, for this season and Olimpic games 2022.

i agree mikhail's exo was kind of basic, but that intense spread eagle and dramatic ending were everything. 10/10

Женя Навсегда 💗

I think the word you're looking for when regarding mini-plushenko is nepotism

The intro of video is hilarious. :DDD

The title is in Cyrillic. The Rosetta Stone must be paying off

sayyyy what? Listening to Piano Concerto No.2 while playing Ticket to Ride? It's like we can be best buds! As a classical musician, Jonathan's Martha Argerich comment made my soul sing. hahaha

Regarding the dance segment of the team event, with Cipres self-destructing, it's unclear to me whether Papadakis/Cizeron would actually compete in the RD when France has no realistic prospect of a medal. They didn't do the team event in Pyeongchang. In which case, the team event RD would be the US and Russia competing for 1-2 and then Gilles/Poirier and Guignard/Fabbri dueling for third and fourth.

Just for clarification, at the Cup of China, Yuzuru was injured but did NOT have a concussion. If he did, he could not have skated at NHK or GPF considering the time it usually takes for anyone to recover from a concussion.

There was a Columbian pro cyclist who got covid twice. He was one of the first(and only)ones to get it when the season paused in February/March, then one of I think 4 to get it from all the riders at all 3 grand tours in October. Guess we'll see with the Russians...

I'm starting to look forward to Dave's sweaters, like I do Jonathan's vases! TSL fans will be sad when we move into warm weather. 🤣

For Kolyada's Olympic short , I'd like to see him do something totally different from his Nureev program, but less cheesy than his current SP. Maybe, some rock or metal classic would be perfect (think, his 'Nothing Else Matters' exhibition or Aliev's 'Sound of Silence')

I can't stand tarasova anymore. She always has something to say to bully these skaters. It's time ppl stopped praising her and using "that's just how she is" to justify her actions. She's toxic

I’m absolutely FOR pro competition!!! Make it official, make it international. Russians, Americans, Canadians, Japanese, Koreans etc. I still prefer the field of 2014-2018 to the one we have now. IN ALL the disciplines!!! Let it be a shorter version of a LP. With all these quads Russian ladies haven’t had their final say. As well as a lot of unique dance pairs who don’t stand a chance against PC. I’d love to see more of them as well as some real competition. I miss the drama of the 2014-2018.

Oh gosh Dave, I had vivid flashbacks when you mentioned the anxiety of the twelve hours before a cast list. I've never felt so bad for Canada.

Lambiel did the short program for Kolyada two years ago I think

Sergei Polunin plays Russian ballet dancer Yuri Soloviev in The White Crow.

Just a suggestion can you put a time stamp whenever you change of subject, skater because I'm not interested in every skater so I would love to be able to just go to the part that interests me ☺️

I think you maybe didn't understand that the Russian ice edge show is a reality show of pro skaters pairing with celebrities whose competing every week and Alina was only the MC there and it's not an actual ice show. Also Medvedeva was also an MC of the same reality show a few years ago but it was a children edition with the same concept.

S Novym Godom, Dave and Jonathan!

Check out Zimmerman playing Rach 2. Omg, the best imo

Idk u guys, I'm starting to like chen's programmes more and more...or maybe it's that I'm a sucker for that curly hair of his😅

Is there a Michelle Kwan bio on the way? She is the bar like Babe, Jordan, or Tiger.

Where is the information about Etri’s veto on Zhenya’s participation in the ice age come from? Averbuh said that Zhenya refused to do ice age since she wanted to compete. Maybe I am too naive, but this makes sense.

Why were they spinning in the lutz corner?!?! Spins go in the middle or non-lutz corners 😂

Will be interesting to see how the politics play out for Kolyada! Will it matter that Raf is Russian at all (as in, would they go easier on Nathan because of that?)

56:10 Lambiel choreographed only once for Takahashi, it was Amelie for his exhibition but it was 10 years ago! :))) yes I was exactly thinking how could you forget it Dave?! =))))

I just don't like running into anyone because it freaks me out and messes with my confidence, regardless of who's fault it is. I do feel annoyed when someone is in the way because they aren't following the rules or paying attention (especially if they do it chronically). I feel guilty when occasionally I get in the way because I wasn't paying close enough attention, but we can't be perfectly paying attention 100% of the time, so you just do your best. I kinda agree with Gallina and that if they get hit enough, they might learn. But if that girl only moved 2 feet and is with a coach, it sounds like neither she nor her coach care about rules or courtesy to other skaters. We have ONE coach like that and she trains all of her students to be like that. They don't give way to anyone and act like it's always the other person's fault if someone gets in the way of any element they do. I started running over them in "retaliation" and some of those students did improve when they got a taste of their own medicine. But a couple did not. There's no intimidating them into being more considerate. They'll act like a diva that owns the ice no matter what. But I 100% blame the coach for creating the situation.

Honey cake is medovik in Russian, a very nice cake))

What do you think about moving the Olympics for winter 2022. So people can have the opportunity to qualify

martha argerich jonathan!! the taste jumped out. i am a yuja wang gal and she ALSO went to curtis!

So is the ISU really going to wait until Jan.28 for a decision on worlds? I believe that is their next scheduled ‘meeting’ but correct me if I am wrong! ⛸

I pretty much agree on medvedeva. I think her body just no longer can handle this, if it's true that she has quite a few and even serious injuries she should retire. I feel like she's just dragging herself, trying to cling onto this "I'm a fighter😒" nickname that everyone's calling her rn, especially her biggest supporter tarasova. She has accomplished quite a lot, has made a big name for herself and has a huge following. So many doors r open for her, just like alina she should pursue other things in life

Is anyone planning on going to the Winter Olympics? Dave and Jonathan? (only if the pandamic goes away of course)

I think the fact her response was "why me" is why it became a joke....who responds like that?! She would prefer someone else be hit if someone is going to be hit?? It was just an odd response I think and that's why I believe it became a "joke". Though it's not right to joke about it either way; she did not deserve to be hit like that.

Is there a link for the ice age show that Jonathan was applauding the production of? Thanks in advance!

What is the Denali and cirque du soleil story? As a huge fan of skating and drag race I am very intrigued!

Nancy NEVER said "WHY ME"....She said "WHY??"

Is Alina's Averbukh program the "will I make it out alive" one?

If Medvedeva did have Covid, I hope that the Russian team doctor is watching out for any heart problems.

i loved zagitovas new exhibition by averbukh, it was refreshing to see something new and different then the same old danny g choreo, but some of the moves in the program (especially the spirals) really didn’t suit her, it’s a shame that they don’t work on the skating skills with her because it would’ve been a much more enjoyable watch, but then again why would they because she obviously won’t be competing again

For the love of all that is zen: it’s SWEY and Han. Swee doesn’t exist in Chinese. You both have such excellent ears, you can do it! 💪

Alina's Averbukh exhibition is lovely, and I'm glad her career outside of competing is thriving... But man, is her skating rough 👀 🤐 Don't get me wrong, the performance, emotions, interpretation aspects are fine to me, but her skating skills seem to be regressing and regressing. I know she doesn't spend as much time on training as she used to, but even Sotnikova's skating didn't get as unpleasant to watch after the Olympics. Hopefully with more time she'll focus on improving her SS, if she's about to continue performing exhibitons.

Sorry but when Nancy shows her true side (even once but it was more than just once honestly), we all believed it. LOL Especially when the media chose their villain (Tonya), Nancy was never an angel in her own right!!!

Dave, it is true that the young skaters have an entitled attitude and act as if they own the rice by continuing their moves/jumps regardless of who was there first and expect the adult skater to move out of the way. They are oblivious to ice etiquette. Eventually, they will learn that life does not revolved around them.

"How is SImone going to have her Olympics?" How is CHELSIE going to have her Olympics??

Ну хоть кто нибудь, сделал бы перевод....интересно послушать, что говорят ребята

Dancer by Colum McCann fun Nureyev novel

Dave, Tarasova got in argument with Medvedeva? About what?

Zagitova has a boyfriend?? Has anyone else heard this?!

What is this Denali Cirque du Soleil situation?

you guys sure have soured on Nathan this season. Nobody is even coming close to his content. Kolyada has barely done two clean quad toes in a long?

Who is Alina Zagitova’s boyfriend

Where can I find the clip of Kolyada jumping the quad lutz and salchow?

No spinning in the lutz corner!! lol

Guys, it's TONYA with an "o", not Tanya with an "a"...you should know better!!

Re Kolyada, unfortunately he doesn’t have enough clean difficult quads to make him close to Nathan or Hanyu. He hasn’t landed the quad lutz consistently. For some strange reason, it looks like he was over jumping and could hot check his landing. It’s going to be Nathan vs Yuzuru at the Olympics. Nathan has been very consistent the past couple of seasons beating everyone including 2 time Olympic champ Yuzuru with updated 4 clean quads.jumps. No to Shoma - his jumps are small and cheated. Sure, he looks artistic but not enough technical content jump consistency to get close to Nathan.

Nancy's "bad" attitude made me like her more back then. Given that she was primarily known for being a victim and not for her talent.

Pro competitions is not going to happen. Russia interested in sport, not the fluff nonsense international fandom wants.

Zagitova is nice and seems like a kind girl but she is plain compared to Medvedeva. Med has charisma and a more interesting personality. I can see why she'd be more popular in shows than Zagitova.

Agree with the Nancy comments. That was a brutal attack, I don’t care if the perpetrators got like 5 minutes in prison that was a very serious violation that she suffered and it’s available to watch so inevitably people will make it a meme. But yes thankfully she recovered and is ok and it can be funny. I don’t think she was being dramatic I think she was assaulted in a way that was designed to take away her talent, which makes it so much more heinous and is obviously something the judges that sentenced those thugs didn’t consider. Everyone involved in that crime is apparently doing just great now. 🤷🏻‍♂️Not ok with me though.

Lol, why should Misha replace his SP with his Ex, when his Ex is basically a shorter version of his long program, only with different music playing.

So Tarasova pushed Medvedeva to anorexia.. much better than sending someone have babies. She was also mocking Konstantinova on TV for being too heavy this year. Every time she loves someone it ends like that.

Unpopular opinion: Lang Lang is not that good (and ruined the Goldberg). Agreed with Martha (addicted to her) although she doesn't much play Rach, and I dont think she did 2!

Alina zagitova -boyfriend???🤔🤔

I did enjoy Anderson and Andy but I agree they need Kathy. Whatever drama they have should be over, I was hoping they would have her on. Instead they had Carole Baskin🤮

I don't find Medvedeva interesting to watch at all.

Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖