r/MikhailShaidorov

Post originally shared on Instagram by kazakhice 🔗

Text of post:

“I am writing to bring to your attention an issue regarding the availability of ISU sports broadcasts in Kazakhstan.

ISU's official YouTube livestreams are currently geo- blocked in Kazakhstan because the broadcasting rights for Kazakhstan, along with Russia and Belarus, have been granted to Okko.

However, there is a significant problem: Okko does not make its sports content available in Kazakhstan. According to Okko's own information, sports broadcasts are available only within Russia and Belarus.

This creates a situation in which viewers in Kazakhstan effectively have no legal way to watch ISU competitions:
- ISU's official YouTube broadcasts are unavailable because Kazakhstan is treated as an Okko territory.
- Okko does not provide access to its sports content in Kazakhstan.

In other words, Kazakhstan is included in Okko's broadcasting territory from ISU's perspective, while Okko itself does not actually provide the relevant service to viewers located in Kazakhstan.

This situation is particularly unfortunate at a time when interest in ISU sports in Kazakhstan is understandably very high. Kazakhstan is currently home to the reigning Olympic champion in figure skating, while our speed skaters have also delivered outstanding performances on the Olympic stage. These achievements have brought renewed attention to skating sports across the country, which makes it especially disappointing that fans in Kazakhstan are unable to legally watch major international ISU competitions.

The success of Kazakh athletes on the Olympic stage has the potential to inspire an entirely new generation of figure skating and speed skating fans in our country. Ensuring that those fans can actually follow international competitions through official channels would seem especially important at this moment.

I would therefore kindly ask ISU to review the broadcasting arrangements for Kazakhstan and clarify how viewers in Kazakhstan are expected to access ISU competitions.

If Okko is unable to provide ISU sports broadcasts in Kazakhstan, I would greatly appreciate it if ISU could consider removing the geo-restriction on its official YouTube streams for Kazakhstan, so that viewers here can once again watch the competitions legally.

Figure skating and speed skating have dedicated and growing audiences in Kazakhstan, and it is extremely disappointing to be prevented from watching ISU events despite being willing to use an official service and, if
necessary, pay for access.

I hope this territorial rights issue can be reviewed and resolved.

Thank you for your attention. I would appreciate any clarification you can provide.”

New video featuring Misha shared by the Kazakhstan clothing brand ARGYMAQ. Translations created and shared by _Di_Tao_ on X (big thank you’s as always!)

Him talking about how much he loved the shirt with the children’s designs on it and how he pretty much never took it off…like yes Misha, WE KNOW 😂 King of having only one outfit ❤️

Video reshared by Misha, originally posted by aisultan on Instagram.

We're not getting any hints about the programs or quad flex videos so I decided to dress Misha like a paper doll instead. This is an idea for the free skate (since we don't know what the short is 🙄). 2 and 3 look similar in color but they're like blue black and green black. Sorry that skates and portraits aren't real.

Created and shared by shaidorovgroup on Instagram.

Two fans on Telegram collaborated with Misha to make a playlist with 70+ of his favorite songs.

“Music is limitless. I tried to choose what I’ve been listening to lately!” he shared.

Links to listen below!

Apple Music

Spotify

YouTube Music

They say that the program is very beautiful. The pictures look great. It's so Misha.

Sorry if some of these are redundant.

For me, it's Bangladesh

Well, it's Thursday the 13th today, and exactly six months ago, Misha became the first figure skater from from Kazakhstan to win an OGM, the second figure skater from Kazakhstan to win a medal at the Olympics after our late Denis Ten, the second Winter Olympic champion from Kazakhstan, and the only athlete from Kazakhstan to medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

This day came with a new PB in the free (198.64) and a new PB overall (291.58) for Misha. His combo, 3A+Eu+4S from this day, is the tenth highest scoring combo of all time (seventh is also held by Misha). Misha remains the first and only person to do a quad as the second jump in combination.

I think at this point all of us have seen the photos I've attached here, but I think we can see them one more time. It's really really low effort but I literally had to go to the bingo post here to find the second last photo (thanks u/tereyaglikedi).

Is this too niche or something others have noticed??? Anyway I love when he exits a jump with that little neck roll move he does idk what to call it even. It’s just very fluid and cool and honestly probably one of the first things that stood out and made me like his skating.

(source of the first clip is guillaumemodard on Instagram)

You may recognize some of the choreo like the shimmy at 0:43 from the clip of Misha and Benoit putting it together. I cannot wait to see this in competition with an actual costume 😭

Short program by Shae-Lynn: still a mystery

🎥: glenmackayfilms on Insta

Video shared by Di Tao on X, footage originally by gwen16_t3 on Instagram.

Also does it sound like the announcer is counting “3” and then “4” in English? Like Misha just went out and did four quad toes in a row???