Figure skating would be a great second career for Sub-Zero. Don’t believe us? Then take a look at this choreography.
Even the Winter Olympics in Milan can’t escape the world of video games. A figure skating pair from Georgia chose the fighting game Mortal Kombat for their choreography. Instead of fatalities, however, there was plenty of applause and a bizarre feature from the game that can be used to end fights.
Ice fighting art
Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava chose a very special song from Mortal Kombat. They chose “Techno Syndrome” by Belgian techno duo The Immortals.
You probably know the track in one of its variations from one of the games. However, the original was written for the Mortal Kombat movie from 1995.
Want to know what it sounds like and, more importantly, what it looks like on the ice? Here’s a video of an older performance:
As you can see, the two athletes also fit the theme visually. While Luka Berulava appeared as Sub-Zero, who felt right at home on the ice anyway, Anastasiia Metelkina slipped into a Kitana costume.
The beginning of the choreography pays homage to the pixelated beginnings of the series, and the two demonstrate the not-so-smooth fighting moves that were due to the technology of the time.
At the end of some daring spins, Metelkina staggers like the characters in the game when they are defeated and waiting for the finishing move.
Instead of a fatality, in which a character is killed in the most brutal way possible, there was one of the Friendship Moves.
This curious element in the games allows players to finish off their opponent with an act of love, as in Mortal Kombat 11, for example.
Incidentally, there will also be a new movie soon. Mortal Kombat 2 is scheduled to hit theaters on May 14, 2026.
Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava may not have danced their way to a “Flawless Victory,” but they were very successful in the actual competition. The pair won their first Olympic medal, taking home the silver.
By the way: The title of the second part of the choreography is the ballad True by Spandau Ballet from 1983.
