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It is officially the Beijing 2022 Olympics! It has already been incredibly eventful, but we are going to start with the Team Event short programs and rhythm dance events. This episode was full of math as we tried to add everyone’s points together, and we talked about the fight for the podium spots between ROC, USA, and Japan, as well as the fight for that 5th FS qualifying spot between China and Georgia. The Men warmed us up with notable skaters like Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, and a special shoutout to Boyang Jin who took his first step onto home Olympic ice. Then in Ice Dance, we saw Hubbell/Donohue’s amazing Janet Jackson program, and Mom and Dad (Guignard/Fabbri)’s Michael Jackson program. In Pairs, Moore-Towers/Marinaro had a redemptive skate, Miura/Kihara made us cry with Hallelujah, and of course, Sui/Han had the skate of their lives. Finally, in the Women’s SP, it was so nice to see Eliska Brezinova here, as well as a phenomenal skate from Madeline Schizas. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:55) - Men’s SP (25:37) - Ice Dance RD (46:40) - Pairs SP (1:00:25) - Women's SP (1:18:18) - recap of the standings after the SP (1:20:29) - Outro ------------------------------------------------ Follow our figure skating podcast on: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/] * Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod] And to work with us please contact lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com [lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagram xx Joce & Clauds

Four Continents already?! This year, it was more like Definitely Less Than Four Continents, as we had many withdrawals, but still an event with many podium finishes we loved. In the Pairs event, everyone stayed home, but we had a triumphant comeback from Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud with their bronze medal and wonderfully skated SP, and a gold medal for our dark horse team in US pairs, Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov. In the Men’s event, it was a mixed bag (as always), but Jun-hwan Cha was our clear winner with a fantastic SP and a solid FS. Unfortunately for the American men, they did not have the competition they wanted, but we were also very glad to see two pod faves Kazuki Tomono and Kao Miura on the podium in silver and bronze, respectively. In Ice Dance, we were so grateful to see Team KanaDai again, and also that INCREDIBLE FD from Caroline Green and Michael Parsons. And finally in the Women’s event, there were mixed emotions, as we cried about Korea only having two women’s Olympic spots, and the fact that Mai Mihara can’t even go? Criminal. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:38) - News (Olympic team selections) (03:22) - PAIRS (04:19) - Evelyn Walsh & Trennt Michaud (07:09) - Emily Chan & Spencer Akira Howe (10:08) - Audrey Lu & Misha Mitrofanov (13:15) - MEN (13:34) - Camden Pulkinen (17:46) - Jimmy Ma (19:00) - Tomoki Hiwatashi (22:37) - Brendan Kerry (26:02) - Mikhail Shaidorov (29:57) - Sena MIYAKE (34:18) - Kao MIURA (36:43) - Kazuki TOMONO (39:22) - CHA Jun-hwan (42:07) - ICE DANCE (42:17) - Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko (44:03) - Kana MURAMOTO & Daisuke TAKAHASHI (46:38) - Caroline Green & Michael Parsons (48:52) - WOMEN (49:06) - Gabrielle Daleman (51:22) - Starr Andrews (53:58) - Gabriella Izzo (55:16) - Yuhana YOKOI (57:07) - YOU Young (1:00:06) - Rino MATSUIKE (1:02:14) - Audrey Shin (1:04:36) - KIM Yelim (1:07:03) - LEE Hae-in (1:10:58) - Mai MIHARA (1:14:27) - Outro ------------------------------------------------ Follow our figure skating podcast on: * Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/]https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/] * Twitter: [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod]https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod] And to work with us please contact lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com [lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagram xx Joce & Clauds

In our second 2022 Euros recap episode, there was no shortage of laughter or tears, as we nervously chuckled about Larry Loupolover’s choreography, but are so incredibly sad that Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius will not be going to the Olympics despite an incredibly hard struggle to obtain Allison’s Lithuanian citizenship. In the Men’s event, we continued to wish for Kevin Aymoz to rest (but it’s a little late now that we are right up against Olympics Eve), played some air guitar with Michal Brezina and his love for dad rock, and were SO happy for Jesus Christ Superstar, I mean, Mark Kondratiuk, who won the gold medal. In Ice Dance, there was a clear winner in the battle for the Spanish Olympics spot, with Smart and Diaz coming out on top, and an even clearer winner in Stepanova and Bukin’s RD in that teenage heartthrobs will get us every time. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:48) - News (Mikhail Kolyada COVID test, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva engagement, Sui & Han plans) (04:52) - ICE DANCE (06:20) - Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius (08:48) - Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin (11:59) - Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin (15:00) - Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson (16:52) - Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz (19:10) - Charlène Guignard & Marco Fabbri (21:01) - Aleksandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin (24:25) - Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov (28:33) - MEN (29:35) - Larry Loupolover (31:22) - Michal Brezina (34:12) - Gabriele Frangipani (36:40) - Kévin Aymoz (40:29) - Morisi Kvitelashvili (42:59) - Evgeni Semenenko (45:10) - Andrei Mozalëv (49:44) - Deniss Vasiljevs (52:25) - Daniel Grassl (58:14) - Mark Kondratiuk (1:01:26) - Outro ------------------------------------------------ Follow our figure skating podcast on: * Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/]https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/] * Twitter: [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod]https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod] And to work with us please contact lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com [lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagram xx Joce & Clauds

Welcome to our two recap episodes of 2022 Euros! Our Women and Pairs episode was full of Mambo Italiano, and celebration that Josefin Taljegård will be going to the Olympics! Really, all you need. In the Pairs event, it was the battle of the top three Russian teams, where we were confused by our overwhelming enthusiasm for Boikova and Kozlovskii’s Malagueña, and the general nature of Mishina and Galliamov’s Snowstorm program. In the Women’s event, we continued to bop our heads along with Ekaterina Ryabova to the second rendition of Mambo Italiano, and prayed that our parents would never compare us to the true grit of Anna Shcherbakova. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:05) - News (04:30) - PAIRS (05:33) - Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini (07:43) - Karina Safina & Luka Berulava (10:22) - Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitri Kozlovskii (13:57) - Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov (16:27) - Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov (20:31) - WOMEN (20:40) - Josefin Taljegård (23:40) - Eva-Lotta Kiibus (25:18) - Alexia Paganini (27:37) - Viktoriia Safonova (29:54) - Niina Petrokina (32:08) - Anastasia Gubanova (34:23) - Ekaterina Ryabova (36:05) - Ekaterina Kurakova (39:16) - Loena Hendrickx (42:13) - Alexandra Trusova (47:54) - Anna Shcherbakova (50:41) - Kamila Valieva (53:29) - KISS & CRY SEGMENT (54:55) - Outro ------------------------------------------------ Follow our figure skating podcast on: * Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/]https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/] * Twitter: [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod]https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod] And to work with us please contact lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com [lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagram xx Joce & Clauds

It’s our second U.S. Nationals recap episode, this time with the Women and Pairs’ events, and there was no shortage of positive COVID tests. After the sad withdrawals of Alysa Liu, and the heartbreak of Amber Glenn, we were able to watch on the edge of our seats as Mariah Bell won her first nationals title, Karen Chen made her way to her second Olympics, and Isabeau Levito made a splash at her first senior nationals. The pairs’ event was a short one after many withdrawals due to injury and COVID, but we celebrated with Timothy LeDuc as they became the first non-binary American gold medalist (!!!!). We also cheered for our favorite dark horse team, Lu and Mitrofanov, and marveled at Jessica Calalang’s phenomenal dresses. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:58) - News (Michelle Kwan’s baby, Withdrawals) (05:50) - PAIRS (06:04) - Audrey Lu & Misha Mitrofanov (09:30) - Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson (13:34) - Ashley Cain-Gribble & Tim LeDuc (18:55) - WOMEN (19:04) - Gracie Gold (21:37) - Starr Andrews (23:30) - Audrey Shin (26:22) - Amber Glenn (29:38) - Lindsay Thorngren (33:32) - Gabriella Izzo (35:56) - Isabeau Levito (38:17) - Alysa Liu (40:15) - Karen Chen (43:40) - Mariah Bell (48:15) - Kiss & Cry: Team Selections (50:25) - Kiss & Cry: Canadian Nationals & Korean Nationals (51:43) - Outro ------------------------------------------------ Follow our figure skating podcast on: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/] * Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod [https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod] And to work with us please contact lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com [lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com] Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagram xx Joce & Clauds