Beijing2022 Stories

Anastasia-Yulie Sokolovskaya is a Canadian figure skater who seems to embody excellence. As the middle child of three extraordinary sisters, she's spent her entire life under the pressure of living up to their success. Every medal, every performance, every mistake has been measured against an impossible standard-and somehow, she has never felt like she's done enough. She's also never known another coach. For years, she's trained under someone whose relentless pursuit of results has come at the expense of her skaters' health, leaving Anastasia convinced that pain is something to endure and failure is something to fear. After two disastrous seasons-including a devastating tenth-place finish at the 2022 Beijing Olympics-Anastasia begins to question everything. Her abilities. Her future. And whether the people she's trusted for years ever truly had her best interests at heart. Then, after a serious injury at Skate Canada International, her parents make a decision that changes everything. They're sending her to the United States. Not because they're worried about what years of relentless training have done to her. Not because they want her to recover. Because she's no longer performing the way they expect her to. They believe she needs better jumps, better results, and a better coach. So Anastasia finds herself training under the Malinins, alongside one of the most talked-about young skaters in the world: Ilia Malinin. A new country. A new training environment. New coaches. And, unexpectedly, a person who might make her question everything she thought she knew about skating-and herself.

"When we first met, you told me you knew no fear when holding a camera. I told you that I knew no fear when I was on a snowboard. But I was wrong. I felt all kinds of fear on a snowboard. The only place I truly feel no fear is by your side. I love you, Rowan Atwood, you're the best thing that has ever happened to me." 4 years after they first met, Snowboarder Red Gerard and photographer Rowan Atwood are asked how they met on Jimmy Fallon. Follow their story from the embarrassing moment they first met, to their first fight, to their true love. This story takes place in 2022 after the Beijing Olympics, so none of this actually happened and I only take ownership for Rowan Atwood and any original events.

"𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚" . . . . "𝙎𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩" . . . . "𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣" . . . . "𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚" . . . . L̶̶o̶̶v̶̶e̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶h̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶l̶̶o̶̶v̶̶e̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶k̶̶i̶̶l̶̶l̶̶i̶̶n̶̶g̶̶ ̶̶m̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶o̶̶ ̶̶c̶̶a̶̶r̶̶r̶̶y̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶h̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶w̶̶e̶̶i̶̶g̶̶h̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶o̶̶f̶̶ ̶̶u̶̶s̶̶.̶̶ ̶̶B̶̶u̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶t̶̶'̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶b̶̶e̶̶t̶̶t̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶h̶̶a̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶o̶̶ ̶̶l̶̶e̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶y̶̶o̶̶u̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶o̶ . . . . . 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩? The Figure Skating event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics may be over, but there is still the closing ceremony and then a month gap before World Championships. It has been an amazing journey, getting to know 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Yuzuru Hanyu and other skaters, going back to competitive skating and even getting 4th overall at your very first Olympics!! Everything seems to be going well, which is what one may think. But, this is real-life, it's not a fairy tale. Sure there may be happy endings, but at what cost? Especially when you're caught in a situation beyond what you first expect. Are you really as innocent as people think you are?

Yekaterina Tolkachyova is on the journey of being an Olympic figure skater at the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing, her second last competition before the Olympics is being held in Vancouver, Canada. While running late to her training she bumps into a group of teens that appear to be the same age as her, not knowing that she would become extremely close with the group before her time in Canada is over. As this is the Beijing Olympics, Anna Shcherbakova and Aleksandra Trusova will be with Yekaterina but Kamilla is not (Yekaterina will basically take Kamilla's place at the Olympics but a bit different).