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Olympic figure skating to The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog wasn’t on our 2022 bingo card
Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova scored a silver medal at the Olympics after dancing to The Stooges, and she wasn’t best pleased
If the idea of Kiss and Elton John soundtracking Winter Olympics ice dance routines came as something of a surprise, the sight of Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova performing to a cover of The Stooges classic I Wanna Be Your Dog was even more startling. Almost as startling as the furious tantrum the star skater threw after learning she would only score a silver medal for her overall performance in Beijing.
Trusova topped the leaderboard in her event after her free skate performance, which was set to a cover of The Stooges’ punk rock classic recorded by English actor John McCrea for the film Cruella, but the 17-year-old’s fourth place ranking in the short program meant she finished second overall, behind her team mate Anna Shcherbakova.
Russian skater Trusova performing to Iggy & the Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog” pic.twitter.com/kNC3yPWaVzFebruary 18, 2022
After missing out on a gold medal, according to Reuters, the distraught teenager was heard to say, “Everyone has a gold medal, everyone, but not me. I hate skating. I hate it. I hate this sport. I will never skate again. Never. It’s impossible. That’s now how it should be.”
Trusova later told the world’s press that after her routine she “wanted to cry, so I cried. I’ve been three weeks alone without my mom, my dogs. So I cry.”
Source: loudersound.com
