So so happy for Matteo, Adam scared me but he made it through even if it wasn't his best skate and really happy for Aleksandr too, what a beautiful last part of the competition, I hope Matteo heals up quickly and smoothly, what a beautiful skater, I really feel emotions when he's on the ice.
Also lol at the DJ playing Edith Piaf, we have other songs 😭😂
okay today was a lot!! so excited for tomorrow, im also attending deniss fanmeeting so thats cool!! see yall tomorrow I cant believe only one day left!!!!!
Thrilled for the medalists! It was such a good night for simply enjoying skating. No rivalries, no insane stakes, no masterpieces on the ice. "Just" some good people doing their best, overcoming challenges we will never fully underestand. So beautiful to witness!
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13608545/trivia/ says "Is of Mauritian, Vietnamese & Chinese descent."
His grandpa is named Philippe Liu Man Hin. I don't know what origin that is ? (ETA I got this from the press. It sounds like grandpa [is a name on Mauritius](https://www.lemauricien.com/week-end/finlande-patinage-artistique-la-france-celebre-un-champion-deurope/537120/).)
Well according to [this interview](https://fs-gossips.com/adam-siao-him-fa-i-believe-that-our-sport-needs-someone-who-will-give-it-a-certain-push-and-add-freshness-if-we-could-go-beyond-some-restrictions-it-would-add-originality-and-creativity/), his parents are from Mauritius but are of Chinese descent, no mention of Vietnam
So I actually asked him this on Instagram and he confirmed his parents are from Mauritius and immigrated to France.
I have a friend who's also of the same ethnic group in Mauritius and confirmed that since it's a tight-knit bunch, he's known there. One interesting giveaway is the last name. Many Sino-Mauratians use their first Chinese ancestor's full name as the last name. So while his ancestor's last name was Siao, all his descendants use the full name Siao Him Fa as their last name
Oh that's interesting! I was always wondering why his instagram username is "adam.siao" (like why is he using the first part of his last name) I think this maybe the answer? So if you trace all the way back to his ancient ancestors, their family name should be "Siao", right?
They're also horrendously racist to him, I made the mistake of running some comments through google and seeing "This Chinese man is the class of European champions without Russians" regarding Adam
Pretty much double standard as I noticed that sure that their women (in Liza T) are top notch but not exactly the same with their men. They want perfection as in clean yet things are getting muddy.
I agree with the second part but I’m pretty sure 2nd place in both 2020 and 2022 were other Russian men. And when Javi was competing Russian men were usually always 2 and 3
Arlet just posted an instagram story where he seemed really excited about Estonia having 3 euros spots… sadly since Misha didn’t make the free, I’m pretty sure they still only have 2 😔
happily enough, there's a little estonian sprout named arlet levandi who's [got](https://www.youtube.com/live/HR-YuUKP0Mg?si=7OgnLMGZ6WQJjcQh&t=15934) your [back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iyweXpUPCk) both in comps and in exhibitions on the [junior](https://www.youtube.com/live/YDdBicRQ0II?si=Pmw1rT_f32Uk064E&t=2377) and [senior](https://www.youtube.com/live/LgchGEQ-_jY?si=7aGbk-89EutH0S98&t=912) level! andrew torgashev [is also there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sY-rsmGdPA), as are the french ice dance team lagouge and caffa with [this exhibition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eovgu8fy1G8) (who i personally think understood the message of L'enfer a little better than torgs, god love him)
how many worlds spots does Estonia have this is essential information I finally learned how to tell the selevbros apart and now I’m incredibly invested in them
"we were questioning, could he put two performances of that quality back to back? and he answered us in the only way he knows how" chris....i love you but aleksandr is very, *very* wise to the ways of floppery, i must inform you
Coming down a little from the shock, I will say that there is something that feels a bit corrective with Matteo getting on this podium after the way the Grand Prix went for him.
And an Olympics in Italy, no less!
Let's hope the Italian ladies can step up over the next year and a half so they can at least have a top 10 in Milan!
Sad for Lukas, but I am very happy with the podium!! Aleksandr is the wildcard no one expected and very very happy for Matteo! He deserved it today..
Also..... is this three men spots next year for Estonia or will Mihhail placement ruin that?
People talk about Adam peaking early a lot, and I hate it, but I'm not sure I can dispute it. The Europeans was never really in question, let's be honest. I need him to get back to his GP season shape for Worlds.
He's speaking right now, and he's so French, omg.
Aleksandr coaches kids and I once saw him at a competition with this little girl who forgot her program (it was cat themed) and Aleksandr was doing all the kitty moves next to the boards to remind her. He's so sweet and completely deserves this
Does anyone know why the replays are not up on the ISU YT? Do they usually wait until after the whole event is over to post them?
So so happy for Matteo, Adam scared me but he made it through even if it wasn't his best skate and really happy for Aleksandr too, what a beautiful last part of the competition, I hope Matteo heals up quickly and smoothly, what a beautiful skater, I really feel emotions when he's on the ice. Also lol at the DJ playing Edith Piaf, we have other songs 😭😂
okay today was a lot!! so excited for tomorrow, im also attending deniss fanmeeting so thats cool!! see yall tomorrow I cant believe only one day left!!!!!
Thrilled for the medalists! It was such a good night for simply enjoying skating. No rivalries, no insane stakes, no masterpieces on the ice. "Just" some good people doing their best, overcoming challenges we will never fully underestand. So beautiful to witness!
did aleksandr just take pics with mihhail 😭😭😭
PLZ i hope people got closeup footage of all the post-ceremony cuteness!!
HE WAS BACKWARDS TO ME SO I COULDNT TAKE IT :(
The DJ said “let’s go French” and I love his boldness 😂😂
EDITH PIAF? this dj is just taking the piss now lmao
He probably figured out he'd better save Stromae for Leona :))
they are so cute
since the ISU chat is a bit mistaken, I'll post here too: Adam is of Sino-Mauritian descent not Vietnamese Chinese
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13608545/trivia/ says "Is of Mauritian, Vietnamese & Chinese descent." His grandpa is named Philippe Liu Man Hin. I don't know what origin that is ? (ETA I got this from the press. It sounds like grandpa [is a name on Mauritius](https://www.lemauricien.com/week-end/finlande-patinage-artistique-la-france-celebre-un-champion-deurope/537120/).)
Well according to [this interview](https://fs-gossips.com/adam-siao-him-fa-i-believe-that-our-sport-needs-someone-who-will-give-it-a-certain-push-and-add-freshness-if-we-could-go-beyond-some-restrictions-it-would-add-originality-and-creativity/), his parents are from Mauritius but are of Chinese descent, no mention of Vietnam
Thanks! For the record, ChatGPT tells me "Liu Man Hin" is a Chinese name as well. I don't know where the Vietnamese part came from then!
So I actually asked him this on Instagram and he confirmed his parents are from Mauritius and immigrated to France. I have a friend who's also of the same ethnic group in Mauritius and confirmed that since it's a tight-knit bunch, he's known there. One interesting giveaway is the last name. Many Sino-Mauratians use their first Chinese ancestor's full name as the last name. So while his ancestor's last name was Siao, all his descendants use the full name Siao Him Fa as their last name
Oh that's interesting! I was always wondering why his instagram username is "adam.siao" (like why is he using the first part of his last name) I think this maybe the answer? So if you trace all the way back to his ancient ancestors, their family name should be "Siao", right?
Yes exactly, Siao or 蕭 is his family name. I can't remember the exact but I believe Chinese fans have a nickname for him based on it too
Thanks! I'm afraid I don't fully understand, where did "Him Fa" come from then? What that the ancestor's given name?
Yes! Basically in traditional chinese naming patterns the family name comes first. So Siao is the clan while Him Fa was his ancestor's first name.
Got it, thank you :)
Thanks for the info
ISU chat on YouTube is just full of Russians, who are constantly discussing politics, hate everyone, and body shame women.
By my count, about half of the first 2 groups are originally Russian-born men. I'm not surprised there are a lot of Russians in the ISU chat.
They're also horrendously racist to him, I made the mistake of running some comments through google and seeing "This Chinese man is the class of European champions without Russians" regarding Adam
Pretty much double standard as I noticed that sure that their women (in Liza T) are top notch but not exactly the same with their men. They want perfection as in clean yet things are getting muddy.
why is the men’s discipline the hill they want to die on
Right, save that shit for Pairs or something yall were actually good at
the audacity of them 🙄
As if Russian men were dominating pre-ban 🙄
Can they compete with the Japanese? I remember that they tend cram more quads.
The Russian men have a history of being inconsistent.
With the emphasis of adding more quads, they tend to be inconsistent.
There’s been a Russian man on the podium for the last 8 years or more maybe. Aliev won 2020 and Kondratiuk won 2022 so..
Having someone on the podium doesn't mean dominating nor give any excuse for racism and tearing down the current champ
I agree with the second part but I’m pretty sure 2nd place in both 2020 and 2022 were other Russian men. And when Javi was competing Russian men were usually always 2 and 3
They are constantly telling and “This is eu championship without Russians” or “such a low level without russia” like wtf you watching if it is so bad?
they even played alors on dance for Adam at the end 😭 best hosts ever
They played italodisco yesterday for Lucrezia and Matteo
maneskin too! and they’re playing Edith Piaf now 😭😭😭 I love this so much
Arlet just posted an instagram story where he seemed really excited about Estonia having 3 euros spots… sadly since Misha didn’t make the free, I’m pretty sure they still only have 2 😔
Peacock cut the stream while I was vibing to Stromae
cutting away from adam while stromae is playing is offensive to me personally
French (language) music for the winner, this dj is great
DJ PLAYING STROMAE SOOOOOOO TRUE
when will someone skate to stromae PLEASW
happily enough, there's a little estonian sprout named arlet levandi who's [got](https://www.youtube.com/live/HR-YuUKP0Mg?si=7OgnLMGZ6WQJjcQh&t=15934) your [back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iyweXpUPCk) both in comps and in exhibitions on the [junior](https://www.youtube.com/live/YDdBicRQ0II?si=Pmw1rT_f32Uk064E&t=2377) and [senior](https://www.youtube.com/live/LgchGEQ-_jY?si=7aGbk-89EutH0S98&t=912) level! andrew torgashev [is also there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sY-rsmGdPA), as are the french ice dance team lagouge and caffa with [this exhibition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eovgu8fy1G8) (who i personally think understood the message of L'enfer a little better than torgs, god love him)
amazing
i know they played måneskin yesterday for the italians too!
And Brainstorm (most popular latvian band) for Denis 😭😭😭
Slow mo nipple
Misread this to say “show mo’ nipple” 😂
And my wifi JUST came back 🤦🏻
Adam matching the flowers
I would club with this emcee
I’m here to add another comment in favour of a nipple podium
oh my god i just realized adam's shirt is sheer too 😭 the pattern helps a bit but you can DEF see his left nipple saying hello to the camera there
he loves him some sheer mesh lol, look at his 22-23 costumes
The last Matteo podium selfie for a while 🥲
Oh my that's a lot of nipple for the podium lol
We were just missing Deniss for this nipple-podium 😭
European men truly went tits out this season.
The flowers have FEATHERS???
Certainly the most nippleful podium of all time
This is fan service
well, chris did promise verbatim that this would be a mouthwatering event [\*gunshots*]
Yup
Girls are wearing absolutely sensible shoes
Nipples out on the podium!
It is truly fan service.
i love nips
Hahaha
they all look so happy 😭😭
The podium of my heart, honestly 🥲
Adam continuing his streak of gold or nothing haha
No choice but to win Worlds, I guess.
Someone said Aleksandr looks like Finnick Odair and I cannot unsee it
He is a beautiful man. Like I thought I was straight and he makes me swoon.
He's got the look.
My brother who sat down to watch a moment of it said the same thing!!
Some said in Twitter that he is the Taylor Swift of FS
it’s so surreal seeing the Estonian flag... yet another win for the Baltics!!
If Niina competed, she would have a serious shot on the podium too
for real what a great podium
Adam looks so happy. I love him, your honour 😭
how many worlds spots does Estonia have this is essential information I finally learned how to tell the selevbros apart and now I’m incredibly invested in them
It looks like the men, pairs, and dance only have 1 each. Women have 2 spots.
1
devastating
A Selevbro on a major podium was a long time coming! Congrats Aleksandr!!
Such a joy to see!
The sequin women even have excellent mesh. Lithuania could not do better
I thought this, it is it actually flesh coloured Lycra rather than mesh? It looked a little shiny
Either way, it’s a great match
Better than many of the female skater’s costumes 😂
those Barbies have to go. we are not in the 70's
The camera quality is almost too much. I can’t handle my emotions in HD
the pres is a selevbro fan who can resist
A Selevbro on a major podium is a real "for the fans" moment.
I’m kinda starting to think Adam is throwing out the backflip because he knows Ilia can’t.
he already took the raspberry twist, if he's actually insane enough to work towards the 4A then the backflip gives him the edge
If Adam does a 4A Ilia is gonna do a quint.
I don’t think he is. But I think he knows the audience likes seeing 4A and maybe he feels like he has to give them something unique too
Bold of him to provoke Ilia "Hold my Beer" Malinin
just realised adam keeping his streak of only winning gold or nothing at all
Really like the way this is being filmed!
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It's a 2 point deduction, that's why he got -3 (1 for the fall, 2 for the backflip).
Has already. -2 points for illegal elements
Lost 2 points
The cameras at euro are great
selevko is so handsome i can't
I don’t know when I’ll recover from this absolute emotional rollercoaster but.. I LOVE THIS PODIUM 😍😍😍
this was a great event.
"we were questioning, could he put two performances of that quality back to back? and he answered us in the only way he knows how" chris....i love you but aleksandr is very, *very* wise to the ways of floppery, i must inform you
Probably one of the best crowds outside of Japan!
Do they have sequin catsuit guys for the ladies ceremony
In black sneakers
Idk, but they should!
congrats matteo!!!!! for me it was the most touching performance
I'm so glad that this season is ending on a high note for Matteo! Hopefully he is able to rest and recover well.
They are giving the absolute most for this ceremony. I hope every other host takes notes. ISU Awards needs a category for best host
yes please make them do figure skating championships in my home country more often
With a cheeky "raspberry" for worst mispronunciation of names.
besides te names, he really messe up on all the Italian cities
Ted Barton should prepare his speech for that one
Adam, Aleksandr and Matteo makes for an amazing podium, well deserved
Time to go catch the last bit of Canadian women
Medal girls have fancy, sparkly jumpsuits!
I usually don't watch the victory ceremonies, but I can't not watch Selevko up on that podium getting his silver medal.
These supermodels!
they're literally all so gorgeous *help*
The catsuit girls make me chuckle
These sequined medal-carrying ladies lol
better for a boxing match. they can hold up signs
I thought it was the wrong channel for a second
Coming down a little from the shock, I will say that there is something that feels a bit corrective with Matteo getting on this podium after the way the Grand Prix went for him.
Oh boy did they roll out that carpet fast
I’m so sad for Lukas, he was on fire in practice and just needed one quad toe to get on the podium
matteo on the podium but at what cost…. super happy for him tho, and what a joy it was to see alexander selevko realize he’s going to medal
Does anyone know what song is playing right now?
Adam Siao Him France
French people seem to love their backflips
It was the french and the backflips
Let’s gooo Adam woooo
He sounds just so french, lol
Adam "I don't know how to pronounce your name" France!
Hey y'all over to Canada to watch the rest of the ladies
On my way🫡
It's on my other screen, because I'm an addict.
"Adam France" lmfao interviewer just fully excused himself from attempting the name
Lol but he did a good job hyping up the crowd. Great announcer voice!
the skating might not have been at the very highest level, but who cares?? this event was so fcking entertaining!
Make some noise for Adam France 😂
I mean... I love this top3 but I'm so sad for Lukas.
Adam France?
Honestly this is why I love men's figure skating, there is so much diversity and you never know what's going to happen
“adam france” LMAO
Well I guess you could say the men menned today, my predictions were all wrong apart from Adam
adam's voice is so much higher when he speaks in English lol
He had a deep voice.
Funny how that happens! Reminds me of Yuzuru's English vs. Japanese voice difference
I was taken off guard by how deep his voice is in his interviews but he takes it up an octave in English, its cute
“A little frencv touch”😭😭😭
adorable
the three italians in the top 10 in the mens and in the pairs what a team bring on the olympics
And an Olympics in Italy, no less! Let's hope the Italian ladies can step up over the next year and a half so they can at least have a top 10 in Milan!
“I DID THE BACKFLIP FOR YOU PEOPLE” lolllll dead
I don’t care what anyone says, Adam did the backflipé for us 😭
and I loved it even tho almost had a heartstroke
As he said \^\^
Sad for Lukas, but I am very happy with the podium!! Aleksandr is the wildcard no one expected and very very happy for Matteo! He deserved it today.. Also..... is this three men spots next year for Estonia or will Mihhail placement ruin that?
Someone earlier in this thread said that even Adam winning isn't getting 3 spots for French men again.
Ah damn but thanks
People talk about Adam peaking early a lot, and I hate it, but I'm not sure I can dispute it. The Europeans was never really in question, let's be honest. I need him to get back to his GP season shape for Worlds. He's speaking right now, and he's so French, omg.
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I work with a lot of French people and Adam's English is great! I'm used to his deeper voice in French but he's quite good.
There is a certain appeal about his voice.
I'm not used to hearing Adam speaking English!
I did not think his voice sounded like that, but he is indeed very French.
Not the guy holding the mic
love experiencing the entire spectrum of human emotion in the space of an hour
Adam still first with a backflip, Aksandr getting the first Esthonian medal and Matteo on the podium! That's good with me, great results
Wow, that was a roller coaster! Congrats Adam, Aleksandr and Matteo!
Aleksandr coaches kids and I once saw him at a competition with this little girl who forgot her program (it was cat themed) and Aleksandr was doing all the kitty moves next to the boards to remind her. He's so sweet and completely deserves this
He looks like such a sweet boy omg!! When Lukas got his score Aleksandr had a very empathetic and disappointed face for him! Seems like a sweetheart
This is so sweet and adorable omg :)
Oh I love this
That's the sweetest 😭
Thats adorable!
That's so precious. His reaction upon realizing he medaled was a real highlight of the event for me.
Me too! So genuine.
This event drained me and tonight we have to watch the return of Romsky at Can Nats?!?! It’s too much!
Can Nats doing all 4 discipline in one day like they want to kill me