Figure skating association game

[Seven Sisters]

My all time favorite Italian skater—

The one and only Barbara Fusar-Poli

 

[iluvtodd]

the "death stare!"

 

[Ichatdelune]

2006 Torino Olympics

 

[invisiblespiral]

Shizuka Arakawa

 

[Ichatdelune]

Turandot

 

[Seven Sisters]

2003 Worlds, where Shen and Zhao delivered the greatest pairs program of all time to that music (IMHO)

 

[LadyB]

The music that to me will always be associated with

Shoma Uno.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Cantilevers

 

[iluvtodd]

^ Ilia Kulik

 

[LadyB]

Mikhail Kolyada

(Ilya reminds me of him on various pictures of his youth)

 

[Seven Sisters]

What I associate first and foremost with Kolyada:

beautiful, balletic posture

 

[Ichatdelune]

His Carmen FS (showed his balletic posture well)

 

[LadyB]

Stolbova/Klimov (Carmen, their last ever FS :sad21

 

[Seven Sisters]

SOOO many Carmens...where to begin?

Battle of the Carmens, 1988 Olympics

 

[iluvtodd]

Samantha Caesario (skated to Carmen)

 

[invisiblespiral]

Black Swan

 

[Seven Sisters]

Volosozhar/Trankov had my favorite Black Swan, but staying with the Ladies for a moment:

Kaetlyn Osmond, won a World Championship with it

 

[iluvtodd]

Ashley Wagner

 

[LadyB]

Adam Rippon

 

[invisiblespiral]

Arrival of the Birds