Wednesday On Ice! Russian & Japanese Nationals Review

[@valyaleta2000]

I really don't think a teenager (Kamila in this case) gives a rat's ass about political views of any cast members across the globe. She watched a teenage show, liked it, danced to it and did it well. It's art and not politics.

[@lucilesautot7740]

And even if she is concerned about geopolitic, at the end of the day, she has no power at all, so we maybe should not blame her because she is russian.

[@maricelhonesto1421]

Indeed

[@queen_gucci]

As much as I love Aliona I don’t think my blood pressure can take it if she moves to pairs

[@feiflyawayy]

Samee

[@toxic-low-key-ghost7934]

She probably won’t, with all her injuries she won’t last long anyways, it will be more dangerous for her. She and her body couldn’t even last being a singles skater, there’s no way she will handle being thrown around in pairs. If she does do pairs she’s crazy and there’s 0 chance she will have a competitive career. She’s already 18,19 ( however old she is ) by now she should already have a partner and have her basic pairs skills down and consistent, not be learning them, so she can excel to a competitive level in her 20s

[@fsc4823]

@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 i wonder if she’s just practicing so much so she can perform more intricate shows and stuff but the throws are making me nervous 😭

[@My-hat]

@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 Valentina Marchei did it, and did it v well. But she seemed physically strong and I assume didn’t have all the injuries. Plus all god knows what happened with Eteri, drugs (allegedly), starvation, broken bones etc. Also Italy does not have the competition!

[@TiagoJoaoSilva]

@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 would Ice Dance be easier on the body? There's no tradition of it in Russia, but Aliona has always been a maverick

[@elizabethh767]

It's a miracle Elizabeta is still competing. Like I'm rooting for her just because she still exists in Russian skating conversations.

[@Виктория-с7ч5ю]

Jenna Ortega is not Russian, it costs her nothing to speak out about this war. Even tho I bet she doesn’t give it much thought. While Kamila would lost her career or even freedom if she made any public statement. The girl just tries to live her life and skate. She had a right to perform as any character. Besides she is not responsible for a war in any way.

[@EughhBrothereughh]

Finally someone with a brain. Outsiders dont know how in Russia if you even voice something against the regime you're getting imprisoned, tortured and killed

[@ytrewq12345]

At the time Jenna Ortega did speak leaving Scream. Russia vetoed the U.S invading Gaza, not stopping the cease-fire to "disarm" Hamas. Russia however abstained from voting earlier when Brazil presented and paid for the plan to stop the cease-fire to help Palestinians in Gaza, which the U.S vetoed when was presented two weeks if I'm not wrong, after the beginning of the assault. Brazil offered to pay but was vetoed, and Russia abstained. The U.S proposed and China and Russia at the time vetoed, Brazil abstained.

[@SouryaDP]

@@ytrewq12345 Well, Russia has been friends with Israel ever since Putin and Netanyahu were leaders in their nations. Israel had refused to sanction Russia during its war with Ukraine, so Russia is using some backdoor tricks to maintain its relations with Israel. Bottom Line: Palestine was never in the mind of the superpowers, it was more about taking sides for or against Israel.

[@quatele]

Kamila's gala performance and the Wednesday Dance blew me away. I have not seen such a crowd pleasing performance from her before. This raises the bar. I want to see more. ❤

[@niceloophole7782]

Have we just forgotten what happened at the Olympics with her?

[@Essylte]

It was a shock, that was for sure.

[@quatele]

@@niceloophole7782 Not forgotten at all. Her free skate was a re-creation of her traumatic experience at the Olympics.

[@cecily3797]

@@niceloophole7782 It's no surprise that people forget or more exactly don't care. The fandom often defends its idols even for the bad things they do

[@romanvalkovic3864]

@@niceloophole7782 No one has forgetten but there is very good chance that she is the victim who was influenced by some coach or team doctor. But you must respect the talent, love and joy for figure skating when we consider how hard its for her and even for other russian skaters nowadays they dont know if they will ever compete again

[@dalek1147]

I can't believe you haven't mentioned that men's podium ended up with equal scores of 2nd and 1st place. And Semenenko's k-pop free program! The men's competition was insane in a good sense but I feel bad for Mozalev and a little bit for Gumennik

[@TheEmmaSmith]

she isn't here to cover the sport but to talk trash about Russians, that is why she only focus on the bad things in Russian FS. Just pay attention on how she talks about injuries every time a Russian skater drops from a competition, mentioning abuse and all that crap, and how she (doesn't) talks when the injured one is a non-Russian.

[@silver-yh4ot]

pretty sure i saw that sasha's temperature was around 39.8, i might be a bit off, but still. even if she doesn't have a physical injury a fever so high is deadly. im glad she feels better now!

[@clareduffy6051]

you got me SO interested in figure skating, thanks to you!! These videos are so well made and fun to watch! cant wait to keep watching in 2023!!

[@benk628]

I like your point that team tut didn’t really push for variety this season compared to past seasons where they really packaged well. I think they decided to stay basic this year because they took a longer break post Olympics and knew it would only be a domestic season.

[@deadoira]

I want Petrosian to become the next star, she has awesome vibes and charisma while on ice, and in my opinion, her programs and vibes are distinctive, just compare the voila program to the rest of the short programs featured there

[@martaszczesiak6606]

YES!!

[@dinifroggy]

Hi, Paola. Actually what happened to Shoma was that having popped his jump, he decided to improvise the Axel sequence, knowing he would get a minus, but save the scores. That's why he got delayed giving everyone that funny ending.

[@barsir]

Kamila Valieva won everyone with this Wednesday dance.

[@ericaamazing]

Hi, for clarification, K-Bao is Kamila’s nickname in Chinese. K stands for Kamila and “Bao” means the beloved child/ the chosen one. A lot of the merchandise used this name to appeal to her large Chinese fan base. The panda plushies are probably to represent the Chinese fan-clubs, since pandas are a national symbol of China ( this is my assumption) Btw, I literally cannot live without your content!!! Thank you so much for posting before the new year❤️‍🔥

[@maricelhonesto1421]

Beautiful kamila

[@qsvui]

I think Kamila deliberately didn't wear the hood at the end. She's "not hiding" anymore.

[@irinarus]

Она больше не страдает🎉🎉🎉

[@louise7115]

she just didn't make it on time but she thought it was like a sign

[@maricelhonesto1421]

Indeed

[@HaveanIcedaymx]

I think on the Kostornaia thing you are missing a couple of important things. First, if done properly you can be a pairs skater for a long long time. Many pair skaters stay in that discipline into their thirties. I think that it also has to do with the amount of psychological pressure, it is divided between two people on the ice. Vale Marchei transitioned very successfully into pairs after a long career being a solo skater and would have stayed if her partner, Ondrej Hotarek had not retired (what a shame they were marvelous). Even if the competition in Russia is so fierce, Aliona would have time to get the hang of it because she has what it really takes to be a female pair skater: you need to be fearless. However, I do think that injuries might be an issue. And also, finding a partner is not very easy. You need to find the right person to skate, in the right age range and the right nationality. That's a lot of qualifications.

[@natalietatar]

in adelia's defense, she was out of the most recent russian comps before nationals because of an injury, so i think the falls were partially cuz of that? idk i just love her lol

[@raenellvillamor2928]

ice skating fan, kpop stan, AND eurovision fan?? you are my bff now LMAO

[@paolala]

hahaha with kpop, Eurovision, and Ice Skating my theory has always been if you like one then you'll definwlty like the other two

[@valve2614]

when i saw that Wednesday performance i was like "time to wait for a Paola video ‼️" 💀💀

[@dario.cangelli]

Ma purtroppo qui è stato male giudicato a causa di un pregiudizio che si chiama russofobia

[@mariaritapieraccini3501]

Why, she didn't even know what K-Bao meant or how Kamila even got that name.

[@primalcritters]

Kamila's performance was amazing. She did the Wednesday dance better than anyone possibly could.

[@kvakva78]

omg i can`t believe you left out the fact that in men rusnats 1st and 2nd place scores were IDENTICAL, that`s insane that 2 boys could get exactly 295.07. and the one who got less in the free skate got the silver and he was extremely disappointed i feel so bad for him and also in pairs boikova/kozlovskiy got their moment becau se mishina messed up her jump, the difference was like 0.5 and there is a scorched field in ice dance because all the duets have fallen apart but it was still intriguing OH and also the hand in Kamila`s Wednesday performance in Dany G

[@akhenatenshat]

one more quick note, you are 100% right about the same programs and choreography. i still see echoes of Yulia Lipnitskaya and Zhenya in the one leg straight up spins

[@I_r_i_]

Да только Липницкой ставил программы не Глейхенгауз, потому что он не работал тогда у Этери😆

[@jessicamou]

‘K-bao’ is the Chinese nickname (K宝）her Chinese fans made for her, can be translated into something like ‘precious K’ or ‘baby K’ 😂

[@laughtersassassin2355]

Just a reminder as people tend to forget - fs is state sponsored in russia, meaning they're aligned with it's regime regardless. Also, let's remember that russia started the war *after* the olympics simply because china asked them not to do so during the games. Shoutout to Japanese ladies!! The field is so stacked and I'm so happy to see kaori and mai doing well, and rika coming back and getting better.

[@maryamli007]

Откуда информация, что Китай не просил начинать вторжение во время игр?

[@TheEmmaSmith]

Completely f4ls3. The skaters don't have to go along with the government, in fact many have shown that they are for peace. You are either a propagandist or a victim of western propaganda.

[@a.lionne5257]

Actually, Russia violated Olympic Truce because they started war after the Olympics started but before Paraolympics ended

[@letstalkaboutit3195]

LOL the war has been going on for way longer, since 2014.. but the invasion did start after the olympcs..... and Im sorry I think there is some actuall motive for why it started for when it did but IM sure that P*tin had many more priorities before thinking about the Olympics and respecting them, like bfr. Also I disagree with you, it is state sponsored but they have no other choice. There are skaters who have tried to speak out (subtly) about how they dont agree with what their governenment is doing (like zhenya and liza), participating in the only thing they know and the only way that they know how to make a livelyhood out of is not a simile to supporting the war and the regimen.

[@TheEmmaSmith]

@@a.lionne5257 there is no such thing as Olympic truce 😆

[@chuuu4610]

Ma’am how could you skim the Japanese Ladies Nationals? The field is so stacked. I don’t want to jinx them but Mao Shimada, Ami Nakai, and Hana Yoshida are really dang impressive. Rika didn’t do it in competition but she has her 3lz back, and I can’t wait to see her the next time she gets to compete bc her recovery seems to be going well.

[@paolala]

the holidays make it hard to find time to watch & edit. If i watched and reviewed the full Japanese ladies and Russian Mens this would have been posted in 2023 😅

[@Griffw06]

I have no doubt that Sasha probably unconsciously gave Mark what she probably had since they do live together (feel free to fact check me, I’m like 90% sure that’s right but it might not be) I just feel like I remember hearing that from someone on Instagram but idk

[@tomkroh2712]

We stan a Queen who delivers the news we need. Thanks, Paola!

[@Eva-pe1oz]

In the recent interview Kostornaya actually said that she would consider pairs not ice dance because it’s more exciting and she loves jumps. Pretty much all figure skaters are injured in some ways, take Sui Wenjing and their Olympic gold. tbh I’d be more than thrilled seeing her compete in anything.

[@TheEmmaSmith]

And paola insists in spreading lies, this time she said Kostornaya broke her 2 arms trying to restore her triple axel, which is a complete lie.

[@thefandomtraveler2082]

I think Yuma was and is still not fully recovered. He made a tweet and a post on instagram that he will rest and let his injury heal

[@nnbb6736]

Team Svetlana Sokolovkaya actually did quite well, Alexander Samarin took bronze in the men's. He is also European silver medallist a few years ago. Sokolovskaya also coaches a junior Georgy Fedorov who is the winner of the jumping contest and took bronze at the Russian juniors.

[@giovanapistoia]

I really don’t understand why Kamila changed her SP dress, the blue one was GORGEOUS and the purple one makes her look kinda old 🥴

[@emilyyp]

i think k-bao is a chinese thing bc 宝 which means baby or is like a general term of endearment can be translated into bao and i've heard a lot of chinese fans call kamila k宝 online

[@lailahart7501]

K-bao means baby K, it's a nickname for Kami that originated on Chinese twitter

[@i-just-threw-it-away]

i ADORE adeliya's sp she's far and away my fave currently competing skater (bar sasha but who knows how long she's lasting)

[@dopefrivolity]

My friggin’ worlds are colliding! I am a HUGE Enhypen fan! They are my ult group! Btw, they were covering a BTS song, Black Swan which is about the darkness that would overcome someone who realized that producing their art was no longer rewarding.

[@tiziankempe4890]

I understood the hoodie thing as not a clothing malfunction but as Kamila being over her trauma and not needing to hide under it anymore. Also, surely I can't be the only one who is in love with Sofyas programms right?! Anyway thank you for getting me into this dumpster fire of a sport, I never thought I would be so invested in this sport and the skaters. And since you are literally the only person in my life (it is painful making a fs reference to your friends and they just look at you weirdly) who talks about this sport, I hope there are many more years of great content, laughs and drama to come ❤

[@taciturnbark]

As a Sunghoon fan I wanted to add some details: the song they dance is Black Swan which incorporates a first death topic: losing the passion for your art, the fear of it. Sunghoon & Jun trained together as kids so their dance is a direct contrast, one kept the passion for ice skating, the other decided on another path. The way the choreo is done is also showing this, esp when they dance alone, Sunghoon is more conflicted while Jun tries to pull him in. Off topic but Sunghoon has been able to use his ice skating skills for shows like when he roller skated on MAMA or taught his group mates to ice skate. It was so nice to have this JunHoon reunion. /anyway back to watching thanks so much for your videos 🙏🏻

[@clairedavis5415]

as a Kpop girlie who is just now getting into figure skating, I was not expecting the enhypen mention lol, was a fun surprise! and the nct dream song linked in the music was also fun lol :)

[@nikitashaitan9984]

8:00 The thing is most of the top athletes don’t go for the post-olypmic season. It’s not just Tutberidze girls. It’s all of the athletes around the world

[@TheEmmaSmith]

You can't say that, that goes against of paola's propaganda! Don't you even dare to say that ALL gold medalists of Beijing 2022 went on a break after the event! 😆

[@nikitashaitan9984]

@@TheEmmaSmith i just hope to bring clarification so Paola sees it’s not just Eteri thing Same with the amount of seasons girls do this years. It’s not just russians

[@TheEmmaSmith]

@@nikitashaitan9984 I agree with you but paola has is on a mission to trash talk everything related to Russia, so don't expect a coherent opinion from her

[@goldenhime8404]

About surname of Svetlana, guide: the root of this surname is sokol (сокол) , which means falcon And the rest of the surname is just makes this word feminine and adjective and we get: sokolovskaya (that "aya" is feminine adjustive thing). Also, about "why they so disappointed, she is little girl", I mean this is sport, really harsh one, this is not show. We also had really great coaches, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, where tough coaches achieve incredible results in these sports. If you don't get why tough is normal, I don't know... I recommend you to dive into Russian history (spoiler: it is not so happy, a lot of harsh moments). Search about Great Patriotic War, five-year plans (these are plans to restore the country after World War II). Maybe then you can understand the Russian character more.

[@sngray11]

I loved Kamila’s Wednesday performance. 💞

[@Kiridiam]

Im pretty sure its not that kamila's hood had a malfunction because you can see it open, but i think she just decided not to wear it to get over her trauma since its been almost a year. You also forgot to talk about kamilas quad comeback!!

[@maricelhonesto1421]

Indeed

[@cer371]

The song that Yuma skated to in the SP is actually Believer by Imagine Dragons (the one from Arcane is called Enemy lol) and it's actually not a show tune at all, believe it or not! I agree with you: it really didn't sound too great since it's a remix/not the original version. I was kinda put off by it when the second verse came up, and I'm speaking as an Imagine Dragons fan.

[@matchaeylle]

I’m so happy that you have uploaded, Paola!!

[@joccskates4497]

What you said about the russians not having anything intresting about their programs this season i feel like that is just happening cause of olympic burnout nobody is really giving it 100% this season not even kaori or loena

[@iosebdzamukashvili5360]

If youwatched Kosto's interview in Russian, she said that if she fails in singles she will definitely move to pairs.

[@valievafan_13k78]

You always make my day 10 times better. Your comments are hilarious ❤ Love you paola la!

[@paolala]

thank you for watching♥

[@ДжейнБелл]

The name on the Russian TV that you forgot what it’s called it’s actually called ice age 🎉❤ before it was called, dancing with the stars on ice but they wanted to invent their own name, and they changed it to ice age

[@mx3362]

You are seeing it so wrong about Russian team. Your comments about the girls is so off, starting from Sasha, having fever at the day of competition and missing it only for that reason and nothing else, Kamila telling her story with the hoody which didn’t put on in the last performance to symbolize that the story is over now and she is moving on. I was really surprised that you mentioned ‘war’, ‘pro-Ukraine’ etc. so many times. Kami’s performance has nothing to do with all of that: Wednesday’s dance gone viral on social media and it’s a response to the trend with great choreography, made for her fans, who accepted it with appreciation. All the girls are truly loved in their country, all of them are actively participating in many ice skating shows which are given all year round, where the girls offer public new images demonstrating not only skating skills but also great artistic talent.

[@prisonisinourminds8070]

Well I’m Russian and I can confirm what she said is true. So shush

[@margauxf4321]

What kind of pro-Russian, anti-children's physical and mental health propaganda is this??? 🤮

[@lagmasha]

Hey, people in comment section are saying that Sophia Muravieva's dresses are taylored by her mother! Don't offend the dress! :))) Looks like she made a new one for the long program

[@arizona19swim22]

i think that kamila has met with putin but not with anything about the war it was some sort of medal or something though after the olympics but nothing pro war. i think that people are mad because they think that the program will make more people like kamila and once she recieves her her punishment there will be much more people sympathizing and defending her

[@annadumas]

Kamila asked for an autograph during that meeting, doing this actively during a genocide is pro-war kamila is a russian propaganda tool

[@ziminaevgez]

@@annadumas propaganda? Are you kidding?)) this is Russian Skate Championship, this competition for Russia not for other. If you don’t watch it, you can just stop searching information about Russian skaters and enjoy “not propaganda”😂

[@annadumas]

@@ziminaevgez if you dont understand how sport works as media propaganda in russia just say it, this is coming from a russian by the way.

[@konshem784]

почему ваши спортсмены не высказываются против того, что творит нато?

[@eljj7968]

Muravieva's free is to Romeo and Juliet not an action thriller lolol. But yes the dress is bad. The whole of Russian nationals was a hard watch tbh, Japanese Nationals was so much more enjoyable.

[@user-xj695]

я думаю, k-bao возможно связано с 宝(bǎo), камила популярна в китае и возможно это прозвище пошло оттуда. типа к - первая буква в её имени, а bao переводится с китайского как драгоценный ребёнок sorry for foreign language. my english knowledge isn’t enough to explain it

[@beejarmedia5037]

Paola I started watching your videos to get a better understanding of what happened at the 2022 olympics and now I'm super excited whenever I see you've uploaded! Thank you for getting so many of us more invested in figure skating

[@khalisi2024]

I don't understand why you are so unfair to Russian figure skaters especially girls. Why the retirement at 16 in some other countries is considered normal (remember Alisa Liu)? While Russia is not allowed to participate in the major figure skating competitions I wonder how do these athletes motivate themselves? I highly appreciate Kamila and Sasha for moving on with their careers and at least TRYING to train, compete and keep their bodies in shape. I also understand Anna and her absence from competition this season like how can she motivate herself, trying to win cup of Moscow or smth like that? After she won Olympics and world's? This is ridiculous and I really wish you were more objective in judging these girls. A real athlete can work hard and sustain all the pains only for a greater dream ahead of them. As for Kamila if I were her I would probably throw my skates out of the window or smth like that after every thing she survived but she is still here and I have a huge respect for that. Looks like you are paid to throw shade on these girls, why not apply the same high expectations to other skaters? Like Mai Mihara for example, every season I see her skating almost the same program with the same elements in it, there's no improvement in both jumps and choreography. And the Gran-Prix final was simply boring apart from Levito maybe but she is also a product of Russian figure skating school.

[@MrGenexxx]

Agreed 1000% I finally unsubscribed because of her hate speech and blatant russophobia. And she's definitely getting paid to keep pushing this hate. I remember her sitting at 25k subscribers for like a year and a half, not moving up at all. Then all of a sudden she makes a jump to 75k!!! literally in the last month or so. She's clearly being supported for her anti russia propaganda.

[@fringe9068]

I’m not Russian but I see where you’re coming from 100%. I’m Saudi and we’re a harassment target for every western entertainer out there because of our leadership choices. These people don’t understand the average citizen is just trying to get by. They’re so mad about our countries human rights violations against citizens yet also bully us because of us benefiting from our government, which they claim is abusive to us. Very elitist and always annoying listening to them trash us every chance we come up for any reason in the media. Wish they’d just shut up and stick to the entertainment subject at hand instead of pretending to be woke experts at politics and ruining everyone’s mood with (sometimes) laughable misinformed assumptions

[@AliasAliix]

The music from kageyama's short was believer by imagine dragon (so nothing to do with 50 shade 🤔?) and not from arcane either the arcane opening is another song by imagine dragon named enemy (just to clarify cause i went to check when you say it was from arcane lmao)

[@mharlon09.]

Thanks for your commentary, it has been a great year, thank you for introducing me to the drama of this messy but beautiful sport ♥️♥️

[@paolala]

thank you for watching! And joining the circus that is figure skating haha

[@mharlon09.]

@@paolala you're welcome and for more years to come 🎉🎉🥂

[@michellecontreras8301]

3:35 I swear that the fact that they were childhood friends and now they are seeing again but in other circumstances and not skating 😢❤️ I love them both, Im so happy for them meeting again and hopefully they can keep being friends 😍

[@laurismith198]

I enjoy your videos and thoughts on the skating world. Thank you for sharing! Have a safe and blessed New Year.

[@anaespiral3265]

Se pronuncian: Akátieva, con el acento en esa "a". AdeliYA, no Adelia, aunque en castellano sea Adelia (creo) Petrósian, con la tilde en la "o". :) Espero que te sirva. Y discrepo absolutamente de que no se hayan esforzado en diferenciarlas y que no son diferenciables. Para los que venimos siguiéndolas desde Juniors tenemos que discrepar abiertamente. Lo siento :) Y que Jenna Ortega, muy respetablemente, sea defensora de Ucrania, no le da ningún derecho de posesión sobre un personaje y una historia que haya protagonizado ella. Cualquiera puede coger cualquier cosa de Miércoles. A Kamila le habrá gustado la serie, si es que la ha visto, o a Daniil, o lo por lo que sea que lo hayan hecho y están en su total derecho de inspirarse en lo que quieran. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@dvinedzine]

I've become a big Kamila fan from seeing her recent skates.

[@nataliarusia2241]

Kamila is amazing ❤

[@JFRIGER]

Thanks to drugs

[@rn_lvlss]

​@@JFRIGER just tell me what drugs could give me that flexibility and stretching, i'd like to buy them all

[@rn_lvlss]

@Una Lily I don’t. Drugs could help with the jumps, but she is way more when just that

[@aizhanyeshova2191]

Love your videos so much ❤

[@L_k08]

I think anya is taking a break from competing this season, as well as recovering her jumps, but I think anya said she still wanted to compete

[@nicnoodles]

She put on some healthy weight and she looks normal now, I don’t think she will want to go back to competing if I had to guess. And go back on that crazy Eteri diet with liquid or powder meals 😂

[@Vortex20000]

I don't think she will come back because for that you must train very hard and pushing yourself to the limit to be consistent ,to have a special diet and risking up potential injury... And for what ? She already won everything that she dreamed for , she is Olympic and World champion.... It's just not worthy...

[@L_k08]

Isn’t there some competition in china that it was rumoured that anya was going to?

[@aidenchen1275]

@@L_k08 It was another Anna Scherbakova, same name but a junior ice dance skater

[@aidenchen1275]

@@nicnoodles Anna in her interview said she eat whatever she want almost all the time except during Olympic games, your "liquid or powder meal" comment makes me confused

[@debbied2715]

I'm a day late but THANK YOU Paola for giving us such great content all year long!!

[@aleksandrgamer1787]

Wednesday - its amazing

[@SophiaZhang-bb1jf]

Akatieva's Saltoe tho… I don't get if she does a quad toe with full blade assist and moving blade, why didn't her coaches just let her do a legit quad sal...

[@DireWoof33]

Happy New Year, Paola 💜!! Thank you so much for all your amazing content! I've learned so much more about the sport, and have so many new favs now, like Shouma and Kaori. I started watching before the Olympics this year (thanks for helping us though that), and really wanted to get back into skating after my fav Evgenia retired. Looking forward to another year of videos! 💜💙💜 Thank you again! ☺

[@primalcritters]

Who gives a hoot what Jenna Ortega thinks. She's an actress, ok? People really need to stop idolizing celebrities. Kamila is dancing Art

[@dalek1147]

7:16 yes, she was expected, not rumoured. It was sudden, she had already had starting number from a draw but she had to withdraw as she's got high temperature in the last moment 17:47 because it is strange when a high-level skater, espesially from team Tutberidze, jumps 3A but then falls from the very next jump which is 3 lutz. I would understand if she fell from triple jump in the end of free when it's expected to get tired, but that is surprising. Maybe it is connected with not so recent injury, she missed one RGP stage and Jumping Tournament because of it 25:16 Does anyone give a fuck? It literally means nothing. If Camila was anti-war, she would do Wednesday program. If Camila was neutral, she would do Wednesday program. lf Camila was pro-war, It would be only Camila's problem but I guess... She would do it anyway. If the actress wasn't vocal about the war, nothing would change. How is this even an ethical issue? Maybe Russians should completely isolate themselves from the world and dance to the russian ballet music exclusively? In my opinion, that would be a nationalistic move. Who the fuck cares about relations between Camila and Jenna Ortega's views on the war more than actual war? Even in tough times not everything is about morals She is NOT a pro-war simbol, for fuck's sake. The war has begun right after the doping scandal when Russian media still have been trying to cover her back, the events got twisted between each other in people's minds, I have no other explanation on why she is seen as pro-war simbol. Russian goverment would protect athlete with positive probe anyway, as always

[@dalek1147]

@@martinlesya what evidence have you seen? I am from Russia, I haven't seen any relations between Kamila and the war. She is protected by RUSADA, Putin as usual once said something about how everyone was unfair and hostile to her at the Olympics, nothing particularly interesting. It looks like she keeps distance

[@dalek1147]

@@martinlesya no, you also said that she is a big pro-war simbol. Do you want to say that Ukraine considers her a simbol?

[@dalek1147]

@@martinlesya It is not polite to refer to unknown person as "hon"

[@dalek1147]

@@martinlesya I don't watch TV. If you were asked to act politely, it doesn"t mean it is used as an argument

[@anya_ola]

​@@martinlesya hon, you were asked to back up your nonsensical comments with evidence - yet here you are, spewing nothing but blather. Did any other countries put "sanctions" on her simply for not speaking up? Don't think so. Have fun with Lukashenko, you, propaganda-free person 🤣

[@mb11]

Wanted to say thank you for putting out some excellent commentary. Also I’m currently wearing your “here goes nothing” sweatshirt (got it for xmas) and will wear it to all my practices in 2023. 😁

[@CodeDeb]

Happy New Year! 🎉

[@fx4426m]

fake love on ice is crazy😭😭😭 AND THE SUNGHOON CAMEO??😭 wow

[@madelinelestrange7496]

@Paola La -disclaimer this is not a hate comment just a door to leave open for conversation TBH as a Kamila fan I’m sad and angry that people can’t talk about Kamila Valieva without talking about the doping scandal or in this case the damn war.I feel like people don’t understand that Kamila has the occupation that she has which is a FIGURE SKATER and not someone we should negatively comment on every time she gets on the ice because of things that happened to her.People don’t even talk about how she does when skating anymore,They just talk like they think she is still doping currently while on the ice or they talk like they think the drug is still in her system. TLDR-Maybe we should talk more about Kamila's skating and not just what happened with her.

[@Figureskating_music]

100% agree!!

[@TheEmmaSmith]

paola does this on purpose, don't let her fool you. In this video she lies saying Kostornaya broke her 2 arms trying to restore her triple axel (she never said that), she shows parts of Eteri rolling her eyes to the cameras and she says that she was disgusted with her skaters performance when in fact her and Danny were being put all the time on camera even when they were wiping their noses, so at some point they got fed up of being on the spotlight all the time. I'm sure she makes these videos without watching the whole competition.

[@watchmedo635]

@@TheEmmaSmith Aliona confirmed in an interview that she broke her arm whilst training

[@TheEmmaSmith]

@@watchmedo635 read carefully what I wrote, word by word because clearly, you didn't understand it.

[@lumpyspacecadet]

Why must you dis male Zhenya and fail to acknowledge that he is the Russian National champ now? That win literally had to be decided on a tie-breaker. Is that not exciting enough for you?

[@Tenorboy29307]

I’m so glad you touched on the Sambo programs. I literally watched Kostornaia’s exhibition programs the other day. They are so dynamic and interesting. I wish I could remember where I was reading that Tarasova isn’t as interested in the exhibitions now. It used to be a chance to try new things including things not allowed in competition due to rules. You could really have an artistic moment. Even Wednesday, despite going viral, wasn’t truly unique for me. It was the movie’s dance on ice. I had high hopes at the beginning. The hand thing was very cool. Maybe, it will grow on me. I wonder if the Eteri team is apprehensive about the age thing even if they return to ISU competition. They still have no skaters lasting competitively to a high enough age and haven’t ever. I doubt they want to be just a junior team of coaches. It’d be a real concern for me if I was them. No hate. Just trying to analyze how many things might be on their mind related to their reactions to skates happening.

[@Essylte]

The only reason I clicked on the video of Valieva skating to Wednesday is because it was easy click-bait. It was clear that Valieva copied and pasted Jenna Ortega's choreo for the school dance, but there is a clear lack of understanding of Wednesday Addams in her peformance.

[@Flora-vo9ds]

Oh, and yes, Mura’s free program is Romeo and Juliet. How did you mistake that as a… thriller music… It shows how little you know.

[@ashleymeggan]

You’re seeing Camila’s Wednesday skate on tiktok and in your feed? Well, that’s why she did it. Positive content for Russia. The extent to which Russian athletes are used as propaganda for Putin can’t be overstated.

[@znhurston]

It's unclear how ill Trusova was. A few days after nationals she was skating, flying on wire and dancing on toe shoes in a Plushenko show

[@iamsoverybored878]

She probably just lied and said she was sick. Good excuse like what's the point in going to Nationals if you can't compete internationally. If I was a Russian skater I would sit this season out and cut back on my training. But since their skating is State sponsored they can't.

[@vozism322]

She took a picture of her thermometer and posted it what more do you people want. There’s so many motherfuckers saying she was so scared shut the fuck up

[@znhurston]

@@vozism322 i am as entitled to my opinion as you are to yours. and, in my opinion, photo of a thermometer doesn't prove anything. also, i could do without the foul language.

[@evelyncowling]

Am I the only one who hears Adelia's short program music in Sofia's short? Her music literally sounds like Kamila+Adelia's short programs put together haha

[@TheFlowMind]

“We have been through s*** with Kamila”. Nope, we are having secondary PTSD with Kamila and the Olympics.

[@alperry02]

I had no idea about them doing the BTS Black Swan choreography! Very cool!

[@Angel-xe2tl]

i hate that people are forgetting that Kamila doped due to her EX.... like sure the Wednesday program is amazing. but i cant help like we are ignoring the fact that the teams still dont have their medals! and now people are praising her yet again! like i feel so bad for the teams. its not fair that they dont have their medals. Also it bugs me again like you said what is going on with Ukraine. like i feel like both issues are being ignored with all the praise Kamila is getting.

[@deadoira]

See? She gets praise even without doping (there’s no point for her to dope rn because there are no international competitions and risking her health for basically nothing is not worth it), because she simply really is a fabulous skater, no use to deny it.

[@TheEmmaSmith]

The case is not closed so don't treat people like guilty before the final verdict. Also, in case it is proved she is the one to blame, the lab that got the sample had the obligation to deliver the results a few days after since it was a priority one (due to Olympics), they ended up delaying in order to revel the results during the games, 1 day after she wins the team competition. Of course the excuse was lack of staff due to covid but it all smells like big time sabotage.

[@KamilaValieva-fan]

They don’t get medals because IOC illegally refused distribute medals, go sue IOC instead of bashing a genius of 16 years old.

[@mintchocolatelove]

I agree with you

[@polinamakarchuk4316]

Are we supposed to blame her for the length of the investigation? And dislike the way she skates? And blame her for the war as well? And finally, hate her for the all the above reasons+everything bad that happens in the world? Ya, sure, let’s do that. Hating and disliking someone is the easiest thing to do, unlike actually helping the people of Ukraine, being objective and analysing the info from the media.

[@babyyoda3072]

I wanted JSF press conference drama coverage 😔 great video tho I’m also so happy about Kaori comeback!!

[@julaya5977]

i watched the japanese nationals religiously on a chinese live stream, it was the most amazing stuff ever, i just love figure skating (also the only way i keep up with the russians is through your videos lol; and i started getting into fs twitter and i'm scared but excited)

[@MegLeb2010]

Couldn’t agree more with the not being able to tell the difference between the programs of Eteri’s girls this season. I just watched all of their programs the other day and even at that time I found myself thinking, “hmmmm didn’t I just watch this?” It’s like they just aren’t even trying this season.

[@akhenatenshat]

I am so happy to see this video. If there are athletes I try to keep track of and see how they're doing, it's these Russian girls. It's honestly so sad to see how quick they go. I started watching Team Tutberidze after Yulia Lipnitskaya at the Sochi 2014 Olympics. I loved her, I loved Zhenya after her, I loved the feature on Zhenya and Alina that they did coming up to PyeongChang, I like Alina well enough but I don't love her. I loved Alyona, Anna, and Kamila. I like Sasha a lot. AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE! Pretty much nonentities currently, except for Kamila, I suppose. I definitely have a favorite (Zhenya) and I love that Alyona actually talked a little bit about the behind the scenes of Team Tutberidze. Much love and respect for her and her decision to prioritize health over the Russian Robot Factory. It's just so sad to see how they go. And the last Olympics was crazy. I am happy for Anya, truly, but poor Kamila and that whole ugly mess and seeing Sasha so upset. They know they realistically have one shot at an Olympic gold and that they most likely will not see the next Olympics (competitively). I enjoy watching all these girls skate and watching the glimpses of them acting as young as they are and having fun, especially because that really isn't a thing anymore. I would much rather see skating go back to the artistic side, because that is what it is, an artistic sport. Unfortunately, we haven't seen that since Zhenya competed. Her skates were always beautiful and her ability to capture the tone of the program and the emotion and actually show all of it and use her whole body to perform was always such a joy to watch. But, people don't care much for that and just want to see who can jump the highest and spin the most times and it's proving that these young girls are suffering for it

[@butterfly6546]

Medvedeva skated the same program her entire career, only the music changed. It's not art if you repeat it year after year.

[@myjunkdrawer8014]

Would she potentially go into Ice Dance rather than pairs? That I think is much more creatively based than physically based which would really suit her. All I know is she needs to get out of Russia ASAP.

[@iamsoverybored878]

Also ice dance in Russia isn't as competitive as Pairs. Ice Dancers tend to have long careers and go to multiple Olympics.

[@anniekr184]

paola have you seen kaori's new love shack program? that's the gala program everyone should be talking about rn !!

[@AF-ie5mk]

I love her new programme!!

[@natalie_lucky]

1)Svetlana Sokolovskaya also has a figure skater Alexander Samarin, he took 3rd place at the Russian Championship 2) I think that Kamila's performance is connected only with the series and the fact that the Wednesday’s dance became popular on the network

[@Motshidi]

Feliz Año Nuevo Paola! 🥂

[@paolala]

gracias! Feliz Año y felices fiestas🤗

[@nicnoodles]

I haven’t watched Wednesday yet because I don’t like Jenna Ortega haha. But the gala performance looks pretty interesting, even though I’m not much of a Kami fan these days neither 😂

[@markovd86]

Зачем впутывать спорт в политику? Фигуристка не имеет никакого отношения с тем, что происходит на фронте.

[@annahyrtl8027]

Mark was already injured and hospitalized before nationals. He decide to go but noticed in the short that he couldn’t do it. I feel like tutberidze did the Wednesday Programm to swing the attention from the doping. Otherwise it’s good bc it brings attention to the sport and I think it’s sad that mostly Russia advertises the sport

[@nnbb6736]

K-bao is the nickname Kamila got by Chinese fans and panda is her totem being the simbol of Beijing Olympics

[@alexal.8184]

The majority of pushback for Kamila's exhbition from what I saw was due to the fact that a lot of American press and media was eating it up and sharing it all over the platforms when it was due to Kamila that the US figure skating team doesn't even have their medals, and Kami's drug case is still going on obviously so I think a ton of people found it super distasteful. None of the news sources I saw even mentioned Kamila's positive test, they were all praising her like "she holds multiple world records" "was the first to land quads at the Olympics" blah blah blah and that received a lot of pushback.

[@maricelhonesto1421]

Kamila valieva performance is magnificent

[@watchmedo635]

I adore Aliona. I hope that she is doing well, with the move to pairs.

[@dario.cangelli]

Super Alyona !!!! 😀🍒

[@natashapikoul5361]

Come on, Tuktamysheva is 26. Don't be catty.

[@ElizavetaPolianitskaia]

hey Paola! another breaking news: we have a first Japanese national 6 time? 5/1 time? ok nevermind I just wanna say DAISUKE "freaking love to do something first time in history" TAKAHASHI

[@AF-ie5mk]

So happy for Kanadai!!

[@drezlove]

All very well trying to rip some of these girls apart, since the Ban for alleged drugs at the Olympics I have followed Kamila . Her off the ice attitude is excellent. yes of course she has to smile when in the presence of Poo Tin but she is an inspiration to millions of children in her own and many other countries. Of course she pulls a face, its like being invited to a Party, you buy a new frock. shoes, hair style & a gift only to be told at the door, thanks for the gift, but your Not welcome.