11 hours ago
(Yesterday, 11:52 AM)Mister Obvious Wrote: You hear that, America??? Where's your fucking representation?!?!?
Well, it's Ilia Malinin, right?
Ilia's parents are Russian. He was born in Virginia, prolly on purpose.
The only way America could have a fucking prayer of getting good skating representation at the Olympics was by importing a Russian.
Ilia's RUSSIAN parents are behind his success, even if I do think they're physically irresponsible. Even though he's American, it's the FUNDING that RUSSIA put into figure skating (and other fine arts) that made him into a phenomenon.
The US is about brute sports... no class, no refinement, no delicacy. This needs to be remedied.
