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38 Pictures That Will Completely Alter Your Perception Of Figure Skating Forever, Like It's No Joke

Your four-year reminder that figure skating is absolutely, positively no joke.

Every four years, I feel like it's my duty to remind the world that figure skating is THE most athletic and physically wild sport in the world...

1. First of all, this guy literally chucked a whole woman.

He's like, "Bye, queen"....

...and she's like "I'm ded."

2. And look right here...

3. ...SHE'S TWO INCHES FROM HER IMMINENT, ICY DOOM AND SHE'S LIKE, "The chicken was lovely."

4. Honestly, terrifying.

5. Weeeee!!

6. And like, he's just waiting there — wishing, hoping, and praying that he can catch her.

7. Also, holy my cannoli...

8. ...THAT'S CLOSE!

9. Sorry, but I don't trust this guy...

He DOES NOT look confident in his catching abilities.

10. It's just wild to me how they are FLINGING people out there.

11. That's a long-ass way to be throwing a human being!

12. She's basically trying to harvest his organs with her skate.

13. And that skate is awfully close to her head.

"Please don't fall."

14. What is he even holding on to?!

15. Like, how is this physically possible?!

16. This picture also isn't making sense to my brain. Like, how is she not falling?!

17. She's basically crying out for help, people. HELP HER.

18. It's giving major "never let go" Titanic energy.

19. He's casting a spell on someone while she's just, you know, being spun around the ice.

I'd be sh*tting myself.

20. This picture makes me incredibly uncomfortable for the both of them. This is some Evel Knievel witchery.

21. I can't even tell you what's happening here.

22. DON'T DO IT!!!

23. It's like he's using her as a weapon.

24. She's two inches away from death and totally just like...

25. "I love the cool breeze."

26. She is two centimeters away from the worst thumb jam of her life.

27. *Grandma voice* BE CAREFUL!

Like, she's climbing on him with her skates!

28. What the?!

29. How the?

30. That was close!

31. It's like she's trying to off her own head!

32. And really, I just have NO IDEA how someone could be that flexible.

33. WHAT IN TARNATION IS EVEN GOING ON HERE?!

34. He's basically sweeping the ice with her hair, like...

BROOM, BROOM.

35. His face is seriously giving me anxiety, like he can't breathe or something.

36. YOU DO REALIZE THAT'S A BLADE, RIGHT?!?!

In conclusion, wowowowow.

37. SHEESH MCGEESH.

38. Figure skating is WILD. Like, you can't look at these pictures and tell me it's not the most challenging sport in the world.

The end.