2026 Worlds Womens SP PBP - The Unbearable Shiteness of e-ing

[Karen-W]

Well, Kaori's given the judges a good opportunity to put this world title out of reach of everyone else going into the FS.

 

[Sally1214]

Kaori ... That was just SOOO beautiful. I simply adore her.

 

[skateycat]

Yay Kaori!!!!!!!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Tomas is doing a wonderful job of interviewing himself

 

[Matryeshka]

I don't know that Kaori actually regarded it as a crushing disappointment to get an Olympic silver medal. She seemed pretty happy on the podium.

Can we bring back pro skating pleeeeaaaaseeee? Just for Kaori? I feel like Japan should just make up some event that gives us the skaters we still want to see.

 

[slicekw]

Chiba’s the big unknown right now.

 

[Matryeshka]

Lord, that was so emotional, I forgot about Mona

I can hang on for Last Dance

 

[Sally1214]

Lord, that was so emotional, I forgot about Mona

Me too.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I will not believe Mona is skating last by chance.

 

[JoannaLouise]

I vastly prefer this version of Mone's costume; the feather trim one looked like it was swallowing her.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm so glad that's the last time I'll have to see Mone skate that SP.

 

[Colonel Green]

That spin exit into final pose is the best of the season.

 

[honey]

Best I’ve seen Chiba I think. I feel she had more spark than Sakamoto today. Might have this leading for me.

 

[Citlali]

Great ladies SP (at least since I woke up)

 

[victorskid]

Final SP results:

1​

Q​

Kaori SAKAMOTO

JPN

79.31​

41.42​

37.89​

9.46​

9.46​

9.57​

0.00​

#32​

2​

Q​

Mone CHIBA

JPN

78.45​

42.43​

36.02​

8.93​

9.04​

9.11​

0.00​

#33​

3​

Q​

Amber GLENN

USA

72.65​

38.93​

33.72​

8.32​

8.71​

8.32​

0.00​

#31​

4​

Q​

Isabeau LEVITO

USA

72.16​

37.77​

34.39​

8.68​

8.79​

8.39​

0.00​

#29​

5​

Q​

Nina PINZARRONE

BEL

71.82​

39.18​

32.64​

8.25​

8.29​

8.00​

0.00​

#25​

6​

Q​

Anastasiia GUBANOVA

GEO

69.92​

36.71​

33.21​

8.25​

8.54​

8.18​

0.00​

#28​

7​

Q​

Lara Naki GUTMANN

ITA

69.33​

36.08​

33.25​

8.61​

8.25​

8.14​

0.00​

#30​

8​

Q​

Ami NAKAI

JPN

69.10​

35.99​

33.11​

8.11​

8.32​

8.46​

0.00​

#27​

9​

Q​

Sarah EVERHARDT

USA

68.74​

37.34​

31.40​

8.00​

7.68​

7.93​

0.00​

#23​

10​

Q​

Haein LEE

KOR

68.50​

36.12​

32.38​

8.07​

8.21​

8.07​

0.00​

#20​

11​

Q​

Niina PETROKINA

EST

67.29​

34.17​

33.12​

8.32​

8.54​

8.04​

0.00​

#26​

12​

Q​

Sofia SAMODELKINA

KAZ

66.95​

35.93​

31.02​

7.64​

7.93​

7.75​

0.00​

#24​

13​

Q​

Jia SHIN

KOR

65.24​

33.90​

31.34​

7.82​

7.71​

8.04​

0.00​

#19​

14​

Q​

Iida KARHUNEN

FIN

61.40​

33.89​

28.51​

7.36​

7.04​

7.04​

1.00​

#16​

15​

Q​

Madeline SCHIZAS

CAN

61.35​

31.10​

30.25​

7.68​

7.71​

7.36​

0.00​

#22​

16​

Q​

Olga MIKUTINA

AUT

60.11​

32.65​

28.46​

7.32​

6.96​

7.11​

1.00​

#13​

17​

Q​

Lorine SCHILD

FRA

59.14​

34.10​

26.04​

6.50​

6.57​

6.50​

1.00​

#21​

18​

Q​

Ruiyang ZHANG

CHN

58.96​

32.70​

26.26​

6.71​

6.43​

6.61​

0.00​

#5​

19​

Q​

Ekaterina KURAKOVA

POL

58.10​

29.17​

28.93​

7.14​

7.61​

7.00​

0.00​

#17​

20​

Q​

Alexandra FEIGIN

BUL

58.05​

32.34​

25.71​

6.54​

6.25​

6.54​

0.00​

#12​

21​

Q​

Nataly LANGERBAUR

EST

56.56​

30.06​

26.50​

6.61​

6.46​

6.86​

0.00​

#9​

22​

Q​

Livia KAISER

SUI

54.91​

28.37​

26.54​

6.57​

6.68​

6.71​

0.00​

#14​

23​

Q​

Julia SAUTER

ROU

52.67​

24.68​

27.99​

6.93​

7.00​

7.11​

0.00​

#18​

24​

Q​

Barbora VRANKOVA

CZE

50.59​

27.56​

24.03​

6.07​

5.93​

6.07​

1.00​

#1​

25​

​

Anastasia GRACHEVA

MDA

49.91​

28.68​

22.23​

5.57​

5.64​

5.50​

1.00​

#3​

26​

​

Kristen SPOURS

GBR

49.20​

25.12​

24.08​

6.04​

6.18​

5.89​

0.00​

#11​

27​

​

Nargiz SUELEYMANOVA

AZE

49.00​

26.35​

23.65​

5.96​

5.86​

5.96​

1.00​

#2​

28​

​

Niki WORIES

NED

48.41​

25.66​

22.75​

5.68​

5.61​

5.82​

0.00​

#4​

29​

​

Julija LOVRENCIC

SLO

47.81​

27.06​

22.75​

5.79​

5.61​

5.71​

2.00​

#8​

30​

​

Jade HOVINE

BEL

47.05​

23.35​

23.70​

6.07​

6.00​

5.75​

0.00​

#10​

31​

​

Meda VARIAKOJYTE

LTU

45.47​

24.18​

21.29​

5.39​

5.50​

5.11​

0.00​

#6​

32​

​

Mia RISA GOMEZ

NOR

42.51​

21.18​

23.33​

5.93​

5.57​

6.04​

2.00​

#15​

33​

​

Stefania YAKOVLEVA

CYP

38.53​

16.97​

21.56​

5.46​

5.11​

5.64​

0.00​

#7​

Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[slicekw]

Mark’s talking about +5 on spins. My brother is my barometer of fair-weather, generic fans, and he only understands the jumps; everything else is fluff that must be done. But I love the fact that spins, chore and footwork count like they do now.

Nice job, women! Not necessarily exciting, but good skates!

 

[Sally1214]

WOW ... such close scores. The free skate should be EXCITING!! Well done, ladies. What a delightful way to spend an entire morning (for my time zone).

So, now we have almost 2 1/2 hours before the Pairs. Time to go for a long walk and get some stuff done. See you all later.

 

[Matryeshka]

So now I'm going to just go with my idea and imagine Pro Japanese Nationals. Imagine:
Wakabi, Kaori, Aoki, Yukari Nakano (shut up, this is my fantasy and I'm still bitter she never went to the Olympics and I will never get over it), Asada, Miyahara, Akiko, Yuka Sato, Murakami, and special exhibition by Fumie, who first did Paint It Black orchestral and dueling swans Shizuka and Daisuke.

So besides Olga, Kurakova, Sauter, Lee, Karhunen, and Shin, is there anyone else I should go back and watch from groups 1-4?

 

[Dobre]

Random thought that I feel needs to be addressed & better now than later:

Jia Shin. She really needs to finish her arm movement. Everything needs to be stretched further, held longer, and expressed out through her hand movement/choreography. It's all a bit short & leaves every movement with the same feeling. She's young. Someone should address it now.

 

[SidelineSkater]

Kaori and Mone getting the same GOE (2.02) for the 3Z is...a choice.

 

[4rkidz]

I don't know that Kaori actually regarded it as a crushing disappointment to get an Olympic silver medal. She seemed pretty happy on the podium.

Can we bring back pro skating pleeeeaaaaseeee? Just for Kaori? I feel like Japan should just make up some event that gives us the skaters we still want to see.

I loved the pro comps, I would much rather pay for a ticket for a competition like that than stars on ice.

 

[Cachoo]

Well that was satisfying. I am especially thrilled for Nina. I find her captivating on ice. I am so glad Kaori and Mone are happy. And well done Isabeau with upping the technical content. I guess Sofia gets downgraded on her footwork? But I truly enjoy her joy on the ice. To me she is much like Alysa in that way. Great job ladies.

 

[PRlady]

Had to miss the last two groups and there’s no replay up!

I’m actually rooting for Isabeau to get the designated American medal. She was underscored and overlooked in Milan, and at 8 years younger than Amber, she’s a big part of the future.

 

[tony]

Nina and Isabeau are the two I constantly go on rants about being underscored PCS-wise, so I’m pretty thrilled with these results.

Amber got a bit of a benefit IMO.

 

[Wyliefan]

So now I'm going to just go with my idea and imagine Pro Japanese Nationals. Imagine:
Wakabi, Kaori, Aoki, Yukari Nakano (shut up, this is my fantasy and I'm still bitter she never went to the Olympics and I will never get over it), Asada, Miyahara, Akiko, Yuka Sato, Murakami, and special exhibition by Fumie, who first did Paint It Black orchestral and dueling swans Shizuka and Daisuke.

10/10 would watch. I always liked Nakano too.

Looking at the Golden Skate interviews as they go scrolling through my feed. Katya Kurakova was injured, Lara had back pain, Amber was sick ... the skaters go through so much just to make it to a post-Olympics Worlds, I feel like they should all get medals.

ETA: Oh, and Julia had a panic attack before the short -- that's why she was crying. But in her interview she was really happy she could fight and make it to the free.

 

[Private Citizen]

No ! or e calls for Sakamoto or Chiba; ridiculous. They're each getting several points of GOE from these non-calls. +4s are ridiculous. They should be at 0 or -1, or at most one GOE integer higher than Levito, who did receive an edge warning for a takeoff edge that was no worse.

 

[Skaterbob]

No ! or e calls for Sakamoto or Chiba; ridiculous. They're each getting several points of GOE from these non-calls. +4s are ridiculous. They should be at 0 or -1, or at most one GOE integer higher than Levito, who did receive an edge warning for a takeoff edge that was no worse.

Yes I have no problem with them leading but the GOE on those jumps in particular are LOL and will always be LOL

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Wow, did Amber get hosed on PCS, that low behind the others all of a sudden?

 

[Skaterbob]

Wow, did Amber get hosed on PCS, that low behind the others all of a sudden?

I don't think Amber was ever a PCS powerhouse.

 

[tony]

Wow, did Amber get hosed on PCS, that low behind the others all of a sudden?

I know we circle this a lot but Amber doesn’t really excel in any of the PCS like the Japanese skaters do. She skates quite slow and careful, and you can really see it in her step sequence approach. Composition of program is super light also, starting with that 10 second back edge waiting to go into the 3A.

Mone Chiba’s skating skills are out of this world. Seriously. She can fly around the rink after the most simple turn. And her composition of program is much, much higher.