2025 Skate Canada Mens SP PBP - The Nightmare Before Quads Miss

[genevieve]

Wedgie Data

Starting Order
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Stephen GOGOLEV CAN
2 Aleksa RAKIC CAN
3 Roman SADOVSKY CAN
4 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL
5 Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
6 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Kazuki TOMONO JPN
8 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA
9 Kao MIURA JPN
10 Kevin AYMOZ FRA
11 Nika EGADZE GEO
12 Ilia MALININ USA

ISU Stream

 

[genevieve]

quick lunch break and then yeah mennnnnz!

 

[skatingguy]

Biographies

Music Selections

Planned Program Content

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Says a lot about the current state of Canadian men's skating that the 3 Canuck guys are up first.

 

[victorskid]

Panel of Judges

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Referee	Mr. Marco BUTTARELLI	ISU
Technical Controller	Ms. Leena LAAKSONEN	ISU
Technical Specialist	Mr. Clarence ONG	ISU
Technical Specialist	Mr. Raoul LEBLANC	ISU
Judge No.1	Ms. Yulia LEVSHUNOVA	GEO
Judge No.2	Ms. Veronique GOSSELIN	CAN
Judge No.3	Ms. Claire SHEPHERD	GBR
Judge No.4	Ms. Aniela HEBEL-SZMAK	POL
Judge No.5	Mr. Nicolo NOVARINO	ITA
Judge No.6	Ms. Zanna KULIK	EST
Judge No.7	Ms. Florence VUYLSTEKER	FRA
Judge No.8	Mr. Robert ROSENBLUTH	USA
Judge No.9	Ms. Yuko OGAWA	JPN
Data Operator	Mr. Cenap Mengü TUNCAY	ISU
Replay Operator	Mr. Christopher Richard STOKES	ISU

Now back to my seat in the family room
Kevin Reynolds is joining the commentary from Auckland, NZ where he currently lives.

 

[tony]

Says a lot about the current state of Canadian men's skating that the 3 Canuck guys are up first.

Or it says they don't get sent out enough internationally to earn points

 

[Citlali]

Mini Canadian nationals to begin with

 

[chewy]

I'm excited to see Gogolev honestly.

 

[Aceon6]

And yes, the Selevbros are alphabetical. A older than M

 

[beckab81]

What did Selevko do to his hair?

 

[peibeck]

I didn't recognize the elder Selevko with this Barbie blond hair.

 

[Desperado]

Kevin Reynolds commenting in Canada.

 

[Matryeshka]

Ah, Samoilov! I always forget about him, and then when he comes on the ice, I get excited cause I'm like, oh, I know him! I like him! That's a pleasant surprise.

I'm going to imagine Gogolev as a debonair hitman. He's giving off Russian Bond henchman vibes with the black gloves. I hope he pantomimes poisoning someone and/or using a silencer. (If that's not his theme, shhhhh, let me have my delusions).

My prosecco should be chilled and I feel like I need it for this

 

[tony]

Ugh, Aleksa just get away from McLeod. Even if she's a great coach in other ways. His skating has gone nowhere, it looks low budget, and now the costume does too.

I just do not understand why people won't make a change if there's very glaring issues in their skating, unless they are there to be mid-range and get trips to different countries a few times a year paid by their Federation.

 

[Matryeshka]

Selevko the Elder was always my favorite, but I'm not sure about his hair. I might have to rethink my sibling preferences.

 

[floridaice]

I need to hide the leftover halloween candy -- I like too many of these skaters!

 

[Desperado]

Roman has the best skating costume on the ice.

What is with the shiny green bolero of Aleksa?

 

[Sally1214]

Kevin Reynolds has just the BEST speaking voice for commentating. Love listening to him on Dailymotion. He's living in New Zealand now ... did not know that.

 

[genevieve]

I was cleaning up in the kitchen - who is this wearing a lime green box as a shirt?

 

[Sally1214]

Go, Gogolev!!

 

[genevieve]

that scoop neck vest on Gogolev is distracting

 

[Matryeshka]

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

 

[floridaice]

Nice to see some happy expressions from Stephen.

 

[tony]

4T maybe needs a review. 4S was a beauty. Spins are mid at best but the catchfoot held for so long was nice.

I find his carriage super sloppy still, but at least the program has choreography. In the last few years it wasn't always the case. I'd still have the PCS maybe ~7.5 at best.

 

[Desperado]

Stephen Gogolev!!

I swear he's twice the height he was when I first saw him skate.

 

[genevieve]

I'm more shocked the ISU allows the voiceover about a $20 bag than the curses in some other program talked about in another competition

Nice start!

 

[peibeck]

Gogolev's 4s was a beauty, but until the steps I felt like performance level was almost non-existent.

 

[Wyliefan]

That's a fun program.

 

[MacMadame]

I find his carriage super sloppy still, but at least the program has choreography. In the last few years it wasn't always the case.

B E N O I T

 

[Citlali]

Stephen

What a good way to start!