A pair of figure skaters at the Winter Olympics performed a brilliant tribute to Mortal Kombat during the event’s final days that’s well worth a watch.
The routine was created by Georgian skaters Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, who used their appearance in the Olympics’ more lighthearted Exhbition Gala to skate while dressed up as Kitana and Sub-Zero.
Together, the duo traded fake punches to the fighting game franchise’s classic Techno Syndrome music. Thankfully there was no actual blood or fatalities on the ice, though the routine did end with Sonya’s kiss of death. Friendship? Not likely.
Figure skaters Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava performed a Mortal Kombat routine at an exhibition gala pic.twitter.com/FwqvQhgJ5a
— SuperSisi (@SuperSisi) February 22, 2026
“Dude,” reddit user Filmmakernick wrote, “this made me cry. Maybe it’s my sentimentality in my old age, but this is something I never thought I’d see on such a grand stage and at the Olympics?! What a cool moment in MK fandom! What a stunning skating routine, too! Loved the costumes and Easter Eggs! It was beautiful, man. :)”
“No spine rip 2/10,” wrote umeys, who was seemingly less impressed.
Last year saw the launch of the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, a collection of numerous classic games in the series, newly-released across PC, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox.
Up next for the franchise in general is the Mortal Kombat 2 movie, which will see Karl Urban reprise his role as Johnny Cage, beginning on May 8. In December, the film’s producer Todd Garner responded to a barbed comment made at The Game Awards during an appearance by the cast of this year’s rival Street Fighter film, currently due for release in October. “I don’t climb over others to get ahead,” Garner declared.
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