Recent content by Sk8swan

Now with the Challenge Cup's results, we can be pretty sure that Conti & Macii will be @ Worlds ;) (not that we needed further confirmation:sekret: but still...)

🤫 In one of the post-Euro interviews, Italian Eurosport commentator would remark over and over how consistent B&G were in the short always going clean and Lucrezia always nailing the throws... Today on their first competition after Euros... she fell on the throw...:yikes: So please 🤫 :D

A bit more info about them has been added to the MilanoCortina2026 IG page. For those wondering about their names: Tina is supposed to be short for Cortina and Milo abbreviation for Milan... I like the idea of having the Paralympic and Olympic Mascotte so linked together.

They are stoats (I had to look up in a dictionary as I didn't know the English translation! :COP:) If someone asked me what is the most "meaningful" Italian animal I would have trouble to name one tbh... Stoats live only in the Alps here, so I guess they are just fine for the Winter Olympics ;)

Oops... Thanks I edited it

The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Mascottes have just been revealed. Tina & Milo 😍 They are the "winners" of a contest for Italian school kids who had to draw a mascotte for the Games.

For the pairs I do agree with getting rid of 1 of the sbs jumps in the FS, it's enough for testing the skaters jumping in synch (which imo is far more important than the skaters single jumping ability). Why not getting both the pair and sbs spin instead of having 2 sets of sbs jumps I never...

Now that she has posted a picture herself, I think it's okay to post here too. Nicole Della Monica is expecting a baby 😍

Oh yes, not a word when our skaters win medals but a full page when a "scandal" happens... Anyway, I won't bet the article is fully reliable especially this quote doesn't make much sense to me :huh: Anyone who has been following this issue more closely can understand this?

In almost all interviews they talk about how they teamed up and how they became such a good match in a short amount of time, considering their age gap and Lucrezia being new to the discipline. They also talk about what they value about each other, their short and long terms plans.

Sharing here a few very nice interviews with the new Euro Champs Beccari & Guarise. GoldenSkate interview in Kaunas Live interview from Kaunas with Italian Eurosport commentator Ambesi A drink with... Lucrezia Beccari & Matteo Guarise interview from Bergamo tv channel the day after they got back...

He's facing a very long recovery 5-6months before he can jump again, so the sooner the better... Now let's hope the rehab goes has planned!

It make me smile reading people excited about solo dance on the ice! 😄 Solo dance in roller skating is equal as the other four discipline, meaning they have their world champs and all and, well, in the roller world not everyone is too excited about that as they consider it a less 'difficult'...

Usually Italian Nationals are scheduled around mid-december and not so close to Christmas... But this season many Ita skaters had chance to qualify for the GPFinal and GPFinal is taking place in China which means long journey and jet leg. Having nationals the week after the GPFinal it wouln't...

About the army sports groups they weren't interested in figure skating athletes up until Carolina brought attention to the sport. She was the first figure skater to be recruited. After her it hasn't been equally easy for the top skaters to join the army sports clubs: some of them were "lucky"...