{"id":1828659,"date":"2023-01-30T10:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828659"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:20:24","slug":"video-gender-neutral-woman-ice-skater-falls-cant-get-up-during-shows-opening-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-gender-neutral-woman-ice-skater-falls-cant-get-up-during-shows-opening-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: \u2018Gender-Neutral Woman\u2019 Ice Skater Falls, Can\u2019t Get Up During Show\u2019s Opening Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-gender-neutral-woman-ice-skater-falls-cant-get-up-during-shows-opening-ceremonies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The clip, which is now viral, drew strong reactions from viewers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/finland\">Finland<\/a> Showcasing is a \u201cgender-neutral\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sports\">figure skater\u2019s<\/a> disastrous results.<\/p>\n<p>The ISU European Figure Skating Championships theme was \u201cjust be you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the diverse group of performers, we want to show that the ice has space for everyone,\u201d synchronized skating coach Helena Tienhaara <a href=\"https:\/\/espoo2023.com\/en\/2023\/01\/15\/the-spectacular-opening-ceremony-praises-equality-and-diversity\/\"><\/a> in the program\u2019s description. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opening ceremony will present skaters at various levels from non-professionals to top athletes. On the ice, we will see Single Skaters, Synchronized Skaters, and Pairs. Included among the performers is Figure Skater Minna-Maaria Antikainen, who defines herself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\">gender-neutral woma<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\">n<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antikainen is a aspiring skater aged 59. He was previously a farmer. The previous competitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/01\/stunning-performance-trans-figure-skater-opening-ceremony-european-figure-skating-championships-goes-viral-video\/\">performed<\/a> while dressed as a geisha at a 2019 skating show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s not uncommon to see skaters at varying levels of skills during certain segments of these events, fans were still surprised at what happened when Antikainen fell and wasn\u2019t able to get up without assistance. The show participant ended the appearance by waving the flag of Finland.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Finland has introduced the world&#8217;s first transgender national figure skater <\/p>\n<p>They fall down in the first 45 seconds and no one is allowed to act like anything at all happened <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/12n8ubKZ1c\">pic.twitter.com\/12n8ubKZ1c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1619560033985130496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are men who are incredible figure skaters. This guy doesn\u2019t even know how to ice skate. I\u2019m so confused how this even happens,\u201d Christina Pushaw, an official with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 2022 re-election campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1619563780333240320\">tweeted<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Outi Wuorenheimo, executive director of the Finnish Figure Skating Association and Secretary General of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships, explained why the organization decided to include Antikainen in the flag ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to change the figure skating world by showing that talking about a skater\u2019s weight is not the top priority, but muscular, healthy athletes may also succeed at the top level. It is important that we have different-looking skaters of various sizes in the competitions,\u201d Wuorenheimo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFigure skating is a very conservative sport with various strict rules. In international competitions, same-sex skating pairs are not allowed, and there is no category for non-binary skaters. I hope that every country will start working for equality and diversity in the field,\u201d the skating official continued.<\/p>\n<p>She said they\u2019re working to \u201cchange the world\u201d by creating rules \u201cthat match our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the beginning of the journey, but we have the possibility to go on and lead the way,\u201d Wuorenheimo concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The program description also touted how they were the first to host the Special Olympics category for disabled skaters at the ISU CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo competition in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers had some strong reactions to a now-viral clip of Finland showcasing a \u201cgender-neutral\u201d figure skater\u2019s disastrous results. The theme for the ISU European Figure Skating Championships was \u201cjust be you.\u201d \u201cWith the diverse group of performers, we want to show that the ice has space for everyone,\u201d synchronized skating coach Helena Tienhaara said in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1828662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3680,13073,3836,11200,8364,3710,16918,4440,3983],"class_list":["post-1828659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-cant","tag-ceremonies","tag-falls","tag-gender-neutral","tag-ice","tag-shows","tag-skater","tag-video","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}