#figure skating legend

[bugsdraws]

Painting of Yuna Kim

[yuzutissuetrash]

I watched SEIMEI and immediately transcend to Planet Hanyu.

The japanese music instruments, the drums, the iconic pose, the costume, the hydroblade. Text book perfect. Out of this world.

Planet Earth, what?

[lucre-art]

love on blades ❄️⛸️

[edgecallskating]

Kaori out here defying the laws of physics with a faster exit edge than the takeoff.

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Deanna Stellato-Dudek: 2000 Junior World Silver Medalist → 2024 World Champion

At the age of 40, Deanna Stellato-Dudek is the oldest woman to win a World Championships title in figure skating, with her pairs partner Maxime Deschamps for Canada. Deanna Stellato was the 1999 Junior Grand Prix Final Champion and 2000 Junior World Silver Medalist in the women's singles discipline. She retired from competitive skating in 2001, and returned as a pairs skater in 2016.

40 years is the new 20. That's what I'd like to say. [This record is] not something that I ever set out to do when I came back to skating, but I knew that if I were to accomplish my dreams, it would inevitably occur, because I'm the oldest everywhere. But it's something I carry with pride, and I'm very proud of it. I hope a lot of athletes stay around a lot longer. I hope it encourages people to not stop before they reach their potential. And I hope it transcends into other areas, not just in sports, but also in other areas of life [...] [My 15-year-old self] would say, why did we stop? We're still skating, you know, 25 years later? I think my younger self would think I'm crazy, so she wouldn't think much of it at all. And she wanted to win the 2006 Olympics [...]

-- 2024 World Championships Free Skate Press Conference

[cosmiclion]

Quick art to practice drawing without relying on so many references. Of course I had to make her a horny disaster lesbian, duh.

(Just in case this needs clarifying: here "Yuri" with only one u refers to fem!Yuuri, yes she'd have the ultimate sapphic name).

[wanderlustinwonderland18]

“As president of the Scott Moir fan club, I could go on about his innate talent, musicality, passion, drive, commitment, work ethic. Truly, the list is so long cause he is the best in every way.”

“From her ability to move and create brilliant choreography to her athleticism and near perfect technique, she’s the greatest skater I’ve ever seen. Her brilliance is evident in everything she does and she is ruthlessly competitive. Those are some of my favourite traits but they don’t come close to the fire that lit within me when we skated together. Our eyes would meet on the ice and it would take us to another world.”

— Tessa and Scott on each other, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame 2023

[razazy]

guys they actually so similar i swear (fanfic writers where you at?!?!?)

[incorrectfigureskatingopinions]

Went directly from the fucking salchow to THE FUCKING SALCHOW

[austerlitzborodinoleipzig]

Yuma 🫸🫷 Yuna

Giving us bi-directional spins and loop combos

[shomouno]

Kaori Sakamoto : 📸

[bugsdraws]

Portrait painting of Yuzuru Hanyu in a photoshot

[yuzutissuetrash]

And I thought I've seen everything from you, but no. I keep on falling in love again, and again, and again.

[rondocapri]

She is MAGIC on ice

[thewomaninlilywhite]

serve tall king

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