Key Highlights
- In my roundup of the pairs figure skating short program, I called these athletes gladiators, warriors who had to enter the arena to fight for their Olympic lives.
- All that, and I had forgotten that two of the top teams on the Italian ice would be skating to the Gladiator score, making the situation all the more literal.
- After a rousing pairs free skate that featured music ranging from Bollywood to Meat Loaf, I am giving a firm thumbs up to Monday’s proceedings in Milan. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter a rocky season where their spot on the U. S.
- Olympic team was seriously in doubt, Emily Chan and Spencer Howe turned in a performance that showed that they belonged.
- Skating to selections from Ghost: The Musical, they pulled off an emotionally resonant program that featured strong level 4 lifts, a side-by-side triple salchow, double axel, double axel sequence and a throw triple flip.
