this is genuinely the greatest thing i’ve ever seen in this sport. better than virtuemoir hetbaiting. better than yuma kagiyama at santa claus cup. better than yuzuru hanyu sober or kamila valieva on drugs. my 2030 olympic champions in every discipline.
Kaori Sakamoto ends her career as the FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPION ✨🥇🥇🥇🥇
thank you for EVERYTHING 🤍
you brought us joy when times were hard, you made us laugh when we were sad, you made women’s skating a beautiful sport to enjoy and love 🫶
Kaori SAKAMOTO 🇯🇵 and Amber GLENN 🇺🇸 on competing along side each for 13 years as they both skarted their international career at the same Junior Grand Prix in 🇨🇿 back in 2013.
(Kaori’s answer first in Japanese then with English translation)
#WorldFigure#FigureSkating
#KaoriSakamoto: I think Amber has done many things for the sport. Every competition she reassures me and praises me. I think Amber broke the stereotype that in figure skating you have to act as formidable rivals and not speak to each other before competing.
Amber Glenn gets teary at the press conference when Kaori says that Amber "broke the stereotype" of rivals not being friendly at competitions. Kaori says she really admires Amber. #WorldFigure
her significant other is a rapist and the reigning olympic champion has been named by the other reigning olympic champion as one of the contributors to her abuse by the sport 🥰✨
The camera work & direction for the #Olympics2026#figureskating team event is bad and shoddy, and I'm sad that the hard work of the athletes cannot be fully appreciated on screen. Worst camera work this season! Please fix this before the individual events :( @milanocortina26