With women’s figure skating on the horizon for tonight’s Sochi Olympic broadcast, there’s never been a better time to be reminded that, while figure skating might look glamorous, it’s actually intensely weird looking up close. Thankfully we have the Internet to grab awkward stills of spinning faces and contorted bodies to remind us that sometimes it hurts to look graceful.


Sad And Useless posted a ton of screencaps of figure skaters in all their weird glory. A few of our favorites are below, but if you’re interested in investigating each one in minute, intense detail, check out the Sad site.



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