#womens-figure-skating

#womens-figure-skating

After performing on Friday (6 February) in the Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance event, Canada's Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles' routine circulated around the internet filling multiple feeds. The pair danced to a mash up of RuPaul's "Supermodel (You Better Work)" and Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy". And when we say it's stunning, it's stunning! The program is full of death defying twirls, lifts, and jumps. There's some hairography and even a bit of voguing before the routine closes as RuPaul demands: "You better work."

Only the women's event remains, and the U.S. squad, also known as the Blade Angels, is the strongest in decades. Going in, I thought they might snap Team USA's 20-year medal drought in women's figure skating by leaving the 2026 Games with two of the three medals. After the short program, however, two angels have fallen, and only one American, reigning World Champion Alysa Liu, remains in the hunt for gold.

Alysa Liu delivered the U.S. its first women's figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years, performing a near-flawless free skate Thursday night in a glittering golden dress to upstage Japanese rivals Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai at the Milan Cortina Games. The 20-year-old raised in Richmond, who had walked away from the sport after the Beijing Games four years ago only to launch a remarkable comeback, finished with a career-best 226.79 points.