07-21-2025, 04:17 PM
(07-21-2025, 03:45 PM)Mister Obvious Wrote: Doesn't it sorta seem like you have to do a dozen ultra complicated fancy pants moves per program AND be a supermodel in order to make it to the big leagues these days??
I'm gonna go purposely seek out some of the most recent, most highly viewed videos on YouTube to see what the sheeple normies are supporting in figure skating right now.
This is from 2022, but it has 10m views...
Isabeau Levito...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabeau_Levito
She's American and she won gold at the World Junior Championships.
Let's see what she's up to currently and assess if she might do the Olympics, she's 18 now so totally eligible.
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/isabeau...-interview
Seems kind of up in the air, I dunno. She had a foot injury that messed things up for a while, shocking. Let's watch and see if she seems promising anyway.
0:09 awww, she's angelic, radiant! It's giving Audrey Hepburn only better. Man, I really wish an American skater chick would win the Olympics sometime soon. There are just so few opportunities for figure skating in the states, you have to be from a really wealthy family, live in just the right area, and be out of this world talented to make it at all.
1:21 oh my Lord, she is outrageously talented. Protect this chick at all costs, for real.
2:16 she's nailing me in the feels, stupendous.
2:50 she's a total gift to the ice, man, I guess the normies have good taste in this category.
Double Olympic gold, she can do this, let's go. 100%.
Let's compare her to Katarina Witt, the last woman to win gold back to back...
Look how old this damn footage is, that's how long it's been since we got a back to back gold win from a female. Friggen unacceptable.
These two have wildly dissimilar styles, comparison is pointless.
Let's see one more from Isabeau...
2024, more recent.
Y'all know I don't really like Lana Del Rey that much, at least her music. Of course her voice is amazing, it's not about that. I do think she's cool just as a person though.
Levito is wildly promising for some Olympic streak action, but she needs to stick to wordless music and high elegance. Her grace and poise should be the focus, the music should accompany that without diverting any attention.
