Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik lead the Skate America Everett field after rhythm dance
Nov 15, 2026
Two to go, and it's going
to be fascinating,
I can tell you.
Hang on to your hats.
The team that won four continents last year,
bronze medalists at the World Championships,
the wonderful Zingas and Vadim Kolesnik.
Figure
skating,
as
I'm
sure
you
are,
if
you
think
about
it
over
the
years,
How many times have you seen the calm and sweet...
Interpreted in different events,
whether it's freeskating or whether it's ice dance,
but have you ever seen it performed with that intensity?
And I can tell you, when you're giving it that much,
you're making every movement larger than life.
You're pushing your skates to the absolute limit.
And the skill required to do that is phenomenal.
The other thing I really love about this team,
and I respect them so much for it, is the upper body strength.
It's so difficult to generate speed when your hips are underneath you,
and you've really got to push down into the ice.
And you keep your shoulders over your hips, and they do it brilliantly.
Yeah, the intensity of this,
right from the beginning beat of the music.
Look at the unison between them on those twizzles,
so fast across the ice, so fast with the rotation as well.
Hello.
The chemistry between them,
attention to detail,
just sensational.
These two training, Nobby with Igor Spielband and his team there,
and he's a master, isn't he?
He's been there, done it, written the book,
made the film, you name it, he's done it.
And he's done it again with these two, and I love it.
I absolutely love it.
Oh, come on.
Couldn't you watch these two skate all day?
Yeah, that was special.
That really was special.
Loved it. Okay. And there he is. Igor sat alongside.
Very, very well done. And he choreographed that program.
So well done, mate. Really, really good. 76-33.
They're going to blow that out the water.
Yep, they're in the 80s. 82-52.
And to be honest, I thought they might have got more.
Brilliant. You wouldn't want to follow that, would you?

