I know some of you are boycotting the Beijing Olympics. And I know that some of you don’t consider figure skating a real sport. However….Team USA took top place in the team figure skating event last night. Nathan Chen (Salt Lake native) took first place in the men’s figure skating event with a near perfect performance.
Madison Hubble (Michigan native) and Zachary Donahue took first place in the rhythm dance competition.
Ignore the Rhodesian Ridgeback hair do, she’s quite lovely
and Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim took third place in the pairs skating.
Nathan Chen skated his best short program ever as the United States made a near-perfect start in the team event when the figure skating competitions kicked off at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Nathan’s first place in the men's short program was followed by Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue winning the rhythm dance with their season's best, and Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier took third place in the pair short program.
For those of you who still don’t think figure skating is real athletics, check out these jumps by Chen in slo-mo - triples and quads – and tell me you don’t need to be a highly trained athlete in order to pull this kind of performance off – on ice no less.
Nathan Chen in slow motion. #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/hQ0gYASTky
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 4, 2022
I also watched several Park City kids compete in day one of the moguls and aerials freestyle skiing events; I can only imagine having knees that fluid again. It was also great fun to watch and lest you forget, that is what the Olympics once were about – fun, not politics. That said it was great to celebrate Team USA currently being in first place in the skating competition. Russia, aka ROC – Russian Olympic Committee – as Russia proper has once again been banned from officially participating in the Olympics for one infraction or another – is in second place and The Peoples Republic of China third. I will savor the victory as it is unlikely to happen again, the Chinese being world leaders in vote rigging. And I’m 100% certain they made all the machines measuring time and speed in these events. Hope I’m wrong but doubt that I am.
And just one tiny bit of of non-Olympic news: I see the US Government is accusing Russia of planning a False Flag incident on the horizon in order to justify its incursion into Ukraine.
It’s not a conspiracy theory if your government does it.
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