Briefly, I was able to forget all the troubles facing figure skating and revel in the athletes’ excellence and joy.
Next to skate were Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov, who performed to a compilation of music from Georgi Sviridov, a medley that might as well have been called “Now That’s What I Call Russia!” I admired the pure technique on display from this team. Among the elements in their error-free program was the most difficult side-by-side jump combination of the night, a triple-salchow half-loop triple-salchow, a combination so oddly difficult I raised an eyebrow in disbelief.
Despite lacking an explosive quality, it was a joy to watch this pair rise to the moment, check all the boxes, and finally earn an Olympic medal. After they finished,, overwhelmed. Off the ice, Maxim Trankov, one of their coaches, also burst into tears with pride for his students. For a team that had been counted out by many, seen as a team of yesteryear who were destined to be outpaced by the younger Russians, it was an extremely satisfying conclusion.
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