Figure skaters are God on ice …
They jump and ware their fancy dress up
Man can’t match women’s outfits … can they?
Fans give them a thump up and standing ovation

Illia Malinin, just 21
… could jump unlike anyone
The quadruple axel
… The triple lutz

I paused …
He gets the extra jump all in half rotation
As fans from all nations will scream
Awaits to his magnificent jumps

Will he triumph or fail
He failed establishing
… to 8th
Instead of first place

What is a quadruple?
As you take off like a plane
Facing forward
… making the quad axel

A quad
… and a half
You got to have
More than extra energy

Dorothy Hamill, in Austria
Yea, in Unbrick Austria
Feb 16, 1976 to be exact
50 years ago …

Ladies single figure skating
1976 Olympic gold …
Today as she reminiscence
How the sport has changed

Present in Milan, wished all the skaters
Their ultimate best, may the best win
Jumps and elements rated
+5, excellent and/or -5, poor

Alysa Liu, USA won scored 150.20
What happened score of 6.0, retired in 2006
Illia Malinin, favorite coming at 26
… no at 21 years of age finished 8th

Anything can happened
In the Olympics …
All angelic great sportsmanship …
They match that of the goddess

They skate …
Without debating
They pray not to fall
But, to win gold …

Minerva A. Garcia, your Poet