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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------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

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------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

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------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

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------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

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------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

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------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

It was a big weekend for the Russian women, with so many phenomenal contenders (and of course, the questionable officials and adults in power) but so few qualifying spots for the Olympics and the remainder of the season. It was also a big weekend for the Russian pairs, with some surprising outings, but solid standings and tight competition.In the women’s event, we cried for Liza Tuktymysheva, were Sofia Samodurova’s hype women, and marveled at Kamila Valieva’s performance. In the Pairs event, we debated over Mishina and Galliamov’s “The Snowstorm” program (and Chock and Bates’ alien program, though we probably should have saved that for American Nationals), and finally enjoyed a Malagueña program. Timestamps:(00:00) - Intro(01:15) - News(02:55) - PAIRS(03:11) - Yasmina Kadyrova & Ivan Balchenko (Яасмина Кадирова & Иван Балченко)(06:00) - Yulia Artemeva & Mikhail Nazarychev (Юлиа Артемева & Михаил Назаричев)(08:30) - Daria Pavliuchenko & Denis Khodykin (Дарыя Павлюченко & Денис Ходыкин)(11:21) - Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov (Евгения Тарасова & Владимир Морозов)(18:25) - Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitri Kozlovskii (Александра Бойкова & Дмитрий Козловский)(25:25) - Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov (Анастасия Мишина & Александр Галлямов)(32:05) - WOMEN (withdrawals - Daria Usacheva, Anna Frolova, Alëna Kostornaia)(35:55) - Anastasia Zinina (Анастасия Зинина)(37:34) - Sofia Samodurova (Софья Самодурова)(41:17) - Kseniia Sinitsina (Ксения Синицина)(45:08) - Maiia Khromykh (Майя Хромых)(48:14) - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (Елизавета Туктамушева)(54:26) - Sofia Muraviëva (Софья Муравьёва)(1:02:22) - Sofia Samodelkina (Софья Самоделкина)(1:08:22) - Adeliia Petrosyan (Аделиа Петросян)(1:14:09) - Anna Shcherbakova (Анна Щербакова)(1:26:10) - Alexandra Trusova (Александра Трусова)(1:35:06) - Kamila Valieva (Камила Валиева)(1:39:45) - Kiss & Cry Segment:Team announcements and discussion(1:43:08) - K&C: Aliona Kostornaia’s YouTube channel, RusFed’s athlete representatives(1:44:15) - K&C: Tamara Moskinva’s Ice Show(1:45:27) - Outro------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

Welcome to our Russian Nationals recap episodes! This week, Men and Ice Dance brought the big drama, as we have a (wonderful!) somewhat-surprise Men’s gold medalist in Mark Kondratiuk, and a celebration that the Backstreet Boys, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendez (and Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin) will likely be going to the Olympics together.We again wondered where J-Lo was in Mikhail Kolyada’s SP, but were very happy to see the return of Nureyev in his FS. The mystery intensified about Dmitri Aliev’s vague statements, but we wish him well as we move into the second half of the season. In the Ice Dance event, we talked about Russian athletes vs Russian officials and the absolute cluster the latter creates, and talked about teams with Good Packaging vs teams with Needs to be Improved Packaging.Timestamps:(00:00) - Intro(01:24) - News (Dmitri Soloveiv, vaccinations)(04:06) - ICE DANCE(05:05) - Tiffany Zahorski & Jonathan Guerreiro (Тиффани Загорски & Джонатан Гуейро)(11:06) - Anastasia Skoptsova & Kirill Alëshin (Анастасия Скопцова & Кирилл Алёшин)(12:54) - Elizaveta Shanaeva & Devid Naryzhnyy (Елизавета Шанаева & Дэвид Нарижный)(14:07) - Annabelle Morozov & Andrei Bagin (Аннабель Морозов & Андрей Багин)(17:55) - Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Egor Bazin (Елизавета Худайбердиева & Егор Базин)(20:50) - Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin (Диана Дэвис & Глеб Смолкин)(25:39) - Aleksandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin (Александра Степанова & Иван Букин)(29:53) - Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov (Викториа Синицина & Никита Катсалапов)(33:23) - MEN(34:00) - Makar Ignatov (Макар Игнатов)(36:56) - Dmitri Aliev (Дмитрий Алиев)(40:29) - Gleb Lutfullin (Глев Лутфулин)(42:28) - Alexei Erokhov (Алексей Ерохов)(46:32) - Alexander Samarin (Александр Самарин)(49:30) - Pëtr Gumennik (Пётр Гуменник)(52:16) - Evgeni Semenenko (Евгений Семененко)(56:27) - Andrei Mozalëv (Андрей Мозалёв)(58:50) - Mikhail Kolyada (Михаил Коляда)(1:03:19) - Mark Kondratiuk (Марк Кондратюк)(1:08:45) - Kiss & Cry Segment - Team announcements and discussion(1:12:54) - Outro------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

Japanese Nationals brought a week of exactly what we love to see - everyone skating their hardest, tight competition, and tears of joy.In Ice Dance, we had Team Koko just edging out Team KanaDai for that coveted Olympic spot, but both had some shaky performances during Nationals.In the Men’s event, Yuzuru Hanyu debuted his 4A (!!!), Joce continues to hold a grudge against Shoma Uno for still refusing to take her to an Armin van Buuren show, and we show great enthusiasm for the generation of up and coming skaters.And of course in the Women’s event, we cried and screamed with happiness with Kaori Sakamoto and Wakaba Higuchi, and sat on the edge of our seats to see what would happen with that third Olympic spot.Timestamps:(00:00) - Intro(01:57) - News: Chris Reed Trophy(02:58) - ICE DANCE(03:58) - Kana MURAMOTO & Daisuke TAKAHASHI (村元 哉中 & 髙橋 大輔)(07:38) - Misato KOMATSUBARA & Tim Koleto (小松原 美里 & 小松原 尊)(11:10) - MEN(11:40) - Keiji TANAKA (田中 刑事)(14:13) - Koshiro SHIMADA (島田 高志郎)(16:24) - Tatsuya TSUBOI (壷井 達也)(19:57) - Sota YAMAMOTO (山本 草太)(21:13) - Shun SATO (佐藤 駿)(24:48) - Sena MIYAKE (三宅 星南)(27:04) - Kazuki TOMONO (友野一希)(30:15) - Kao MIURA (三浦 佳生)(32:47) - Yuma KAGIYAMA (鍵山 優真)(35:46) - Shoma UNO (宇野 昌磨)(39:06) - Yuzuru HANYU (羽生 結弦)(45:16) - WOMEN (including mention of Rika KIHIRA)(47:28) - Marin HONDA (本田 真凜)(50:36) - Yuhana YOKOI (横井 ゆは菜)(52:30) - Rino MATSUIKE (松生 理乃)(53:17) - Rinka WATANABE (渡辺 倫果)(55:26) - Satoko MIYAHARA (宮原 知子)(58:10) - Mai MIHARA (三原 舞依)(1:01:56) - Mana KAWABE (河辺 愛菜)(1:04:33) - Wakaba HIGUCHI (樋口 新葉)(1:07:23) - Kaori SAKAMOTO (坂本花織)(1:08:56) - **Kiss & Cry Segment** - Team announcements and discussion(1:16:07) - General talk about Yuzu(1:18:27) - Outro------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds

It was a week of close calls in Ice Dance and blue body paint in the Men’s event in Sochi!In the Men’s event, we ate our words as last week, we let down our defences with less chaos in France, but this week the chaos multiplied tenfold and also became much more blue. Morisi Kvitelashvili granted his own three wishes for a Grand Prix gold medal, Roman Sadovsky put himself very much in contention for that second Canadian Men’s Olympic spot, and Keiji Tanaka and Kazuki Tomono star in our (completely imaginary, wishful thinking) Youtube Thrift With Me series.In Ice Dance, we had some nailbiting-ly close scores, and some very beautiful people. We talked about that Spanish Olympic spot, the return of Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, and also the return of Barbara Fusar-Poli and her stopwatch and enthusiasm.We also talked about the Men and Dance qualifiers for the Grand Prix Final, again only to announce that it is understandably but sadly canceled.Timestamps:(00:00) - Intro(01:04) - News(03:38) - ICE DANCE(03:47) - Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Egor Bazin(07:31) - Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevičius(09:51) - Anastasia Skoptsova & Kirill Alëshin(12:38) - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker(17:50) - Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin(22:13) - Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sørensen(25:34) - Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri(28:54) - Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov(34:42) - MEN(35:08) - Brendan Kerry(36:54) - Nika Egadze(40:30) - Michal Brezina(42:18) - TANAKA Keiji(44:31) - Mark Kondratiuk(46:58) - Camden Pulkinen(50:13) - Evgeni Semenenko(53:49) - Matteo Rizzo(56:32) - Roman Sadovsky(59:05) - TOMONO Kazuki(1:04:17) - Mikhail Kolyada(1:08:06) - Morisi Kvitelashvili(1:15:37) - Kiss & Cry segment(1:22:22) - Outro------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact [email protected] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds