2026 Olys Mens FS PBP - Habemus Pop-am

[VGThuy]

Huh?

People are talking about karma and that’s what skaters get because of what happened in ice dance, etc.

 

[floridaice]

Shun had taken off those broken skates -- glad he had to put them back on!

 

[peibeck]

Gogolev finished 2nd in Free Skate. Wow!!

He skated great, but honestly that is also a testament to how badly others skated.

 

[skatfan]

Legacy. I feel sorry for Ilia's parents. This is a hard lesson for all of them and no way to console your child and he's still a child.

Please stop everyone with the child language. He’s 20 years old. Fully adult and drives himself and will be able to drink soon.

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

He should have just left out the 4axel after he missed that it was over he fell apart he didn't need it.

This times one million.

 

[barbk]

I'm sorry Peacock didn't show the medal ceremony.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

The German commentators said it could have been the ice - so chewed up from so many hard jumps. It does make sence as Yuma made mistakes and general sloppyness. He`s never like that.

Oh well, Illia now will be doing the Chen 4 year wait.

 

[allezfred]

TBH I think Ilia has been flying too close to the sun for awhile. Including with his music choices.

No, you don’t get to walk it back!

 

[tony]

I thought in the practices Petr had a shot at the podium and after this night I kinda think he should’ve been.

And shaidorov PCS is a big lollll but he’s the only one deserving of gold

 

[slicekw]

I’ve been saying that he’s been off since the GPF. He was way off his best at the US comp. Even in the TE, he was off. I blame the federations and the push to do all the media. Leave athletes in their bubble. Le sigh.

OTOH,
Three great skaters that each had one great skate, and the best skate of the night (with a solid short) won. Can’t argue with that.

 

[beckab81]

He’s never even been to Worlds yet.

Outstanding.

Is there a woman or pair competing who hasn't been to worlds yet? If so, they should get ready for 5th place (Jia Shin maybe?)

 

[YourBorneo]

I'm sorry Peacock didn't show the medal ceremony.

Venue Feed is your friend

 

[Theatregirl1122]

In good news, Gogo is top 5!

I'm talking to my Canadian friend as we watch and she was like "For Canadian men, a top 5 finish is pretty good!"

And I was like "for Canadian men, a top 5 finish is as wild as Shadirov winning."

 

[Aceon6]

I have $20 that says that someone is scrambling for the Kazak anthem.

 

[tangerine dream]

The German commentators said it could have been the ice - so chewed up from so many hard jumps. It does make sence as Yuma made mistakes and general sloppyness. He`s never like that.

Oh well, Illia now will be doing the Chen 4 year wait.

It is interesting that the last three all skated poorly.

 

[skategal]

I feel bad I told DH I didn’t care about the men’s because it was predictable who would win.

 

[Jammers]

He hasn't score 156 points in almost 5 years since he was a Junior. I'm speechless.

 

[parisvalia]

D:

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

What an insane free program with the men menning. Such a poor quality of skating when I compare this to the last time I saw the biggest championships of the year at Montreal Worlds.

This result feels like Sarah Hughes and Evan Lysacek winning, and to a lesser extent Tara and Shizuka winning. Shaidorov is just jumps with not much else going on.

Stephen should have been 3rd overall if not 2nd after these performances. When Shun barely beat Stephen I had this sinking feeling Stephen would be oh so close.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

The curse of the current European champion (Egadze) and the current World Champion (Malinin) continues.

Technically the curse is that the reigning world champion never wins the gold UNLESS they are American, in which case they always win. So Ilia didn't follow the pattern.

 

[Sally1214]

If Gogolev had landed that triple loop cleanly, he'd be an Olympic bronze medalist.

I had said previously he couldn't have asked for more from Milano, but that's going to haunt him now, I think.

I don't think it will haunt him. At least, I hope not. Finishing 5th here is only going to consolidate his belief in himself that he has found this season. This is the FIRST season (since he was a junior) that I have not been nervous for him at all when he skated. He has finally found the confidence he didn't have before. HUGE congrats to him. He sure did himself and Canada proud.

 

[YourBorneo]

What a forgettable event for the men. Fluke champion and nothing legendary worth watching in the decades to come.
Congrats to the medalists.

 

[Wyliefan]

Well, I've always liked Shaidorov. Huge congrats to him. But I'm going to be sad over this for a while. Not as gutted as I was for Nathan, but sad.

 

[MsZem]

And why are people cursing actual individual skaters and their performances due to the shenanigans of the judges? People are happy Adam and Ilia imploded?

I mean by this logic what is Ilia paying for? Chock/Bates supporters whining about the results? This is stupid and mean.

Adam and Ilia are great skaters who had a horrible night. They don't deserve it and I hope they can bounce back successfully because skating needs them both.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Well on the plus side there won't be anything for us to fight about on the off day tomorrow.

 

[BlueRidge]

That gave me a headache.

I'm just going to think about the facial expressions for Shaidorov. Congratulations to him!!

 

[MacMadame]

People are talking about karma and that’s what skaters get because of what happened in ice dance, etc.

One person.

 

[aemeraldrainc]

Wow.
I don’t think anyone expected this result.
But I think maybe this is what Ilia needed to happen. We will see what he’s made of going forward.

 

[rfisher]

Please stop everyone with the child language. He’s 20 years old. Fully adult and drives himself and will be able to drink soon.

Your brain isn't fully developed until you're 25.

 

[just tuned in]

Good thing for the US that the Olympics does not determine Worlds spots.