Sochi Tuesday - SFT struggling for a good story

Originally, this post was intended to continue our daily in-depth coverage of figure skating at the Sochi Olympics. However, as it turns out, nothing even remotely remarkable or news-worthy has happened in that regard, today.

In fact, leading scientists agree that the most surprising thing that happened on Sochi-Ice today, was the placing of this center guard stone, quite possibly to prevent the occurrence of a future take out. It was said that delivery and sweeping were of the most proficient kind and a true testament to the team's abilities.

Spot on!

Post Team Event Thoughts

The team event is over, the medals have just been awarded. What remains are very mixed feelings, with a sizebable quantum of skating fatigue starting to kick in.

Team Free - Plushenko wins the Men

Jason Brown, one of the few enjoyable things about the Men's.

This post gives me the opportunity to say something, I have been contemplating to say for quite some time:

I know, I have complained a couple of times in the past, but how the times have changed almost made me feel bad about it, so let me state officially: Canada is not the worst offender, when it comes to overscoring, not by far, it might still be in the top three, but it has found its equal in Japan and its superior in Russia, the latter showing at the last Cup of Russia in the Pairs how real inflation has to look.

Sochi Olympics: Even more Team Event SP

Advantage Davis and White. Experts say this is a stunning position.

Time is decidedly flying. Straight from the live stream to the rink, straight from the rink to SFT headquarters. Eat, sleep, rinse and repeat. After just those two days of Olympic skating, I feel the most inspired in a long time, and I was thusly compelled to indulge in both active and passive skating. As this portion of the event is practically old news by the time I'll have finished this post, I won't dwell too long on what transpired today.

Savchenko & Szolkowy change Short Program

The Pink Panther sneaks back onto the ice. I loved it!

German news report that Aljona and Robin are abandoning their When Winter Comes routine. The new short program will feature the music of The Pink Panther which they had previously used for their free program, during the 2010/11 season. The collaboration with André Rieu continues to remain somewhat problematic as his rendition of You'll never walk alone didn't make it onto Olympic Ice either. In 2010, after a couple of disappointing performances at the start of the season, S/S switched to a new program to Out of Africa.

Good luck to S/S. They will hopefully benefit from that move.

*ETA: Ingo Steuer is quoted hoping that the new short can increase their PCS by about 2 points.

Figure Skating Flagbearers - trivial trivia and a gallery

Javier Fernández of Spain.

Over the years, a lot more or less prominent figure skaters have been selected to carry their countries' flag during the parade of nations. Most people probably still remember Brian Orser being a flagbearer in 1988, or have at least seen pictures of it. Click "read more" to learn some exiting facts on figure skating and flag bearing. You won't regret it, and with all the knowledge you'll be sure to impress at the next tupperware party. (Pictures of this years' flagbearers appear in order of the parade of nations.)