2026 Worlds Mens SP - Czech-ered His-tory

[slicekw]

That’s one of the worst waxels I’ve ever seen.

That’s what HE said!

(He in this case is Mark Henretty)

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Has anyone had such a spectacular waxel fall before?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Wow, 93... That's required some next level judging magic.

 

[PRlady]

What a shame.

 

[Spikefan]

A rut you say, Hanyu enters the chat.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Shunchik.

 

[Karen-W]

So, how well is he going to be held up? I say somewhere around Grassl is the best the judges can do.

Well, his TES was higher than both Grassl & Torgy when it left the screen, so I'm sure he'll be over 90.

Yup - 93.80 - PCS is only 2nd to Ilia.

 

[Lizziebeth]

Papa coach looked like he was gonna cry, poor guy

 

[Reuven]

Yuma might have caught a rut.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh, the look on that lady fan's face says it all .... exactly how I feel right now.

 

[Sally1214]

Yuma might have caught a rut.

That's what Mark said.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Poor Shun having to follow that; it seems like he and Yuma are good friends

 

[Habs]

Holy sh!t, Gogo is going to be in the top 5 after the SP

 

[Karen-W]

Alrighty then... Shun is having his Milano SP redemption skate today!

 

[miffy]

Poor Shun having to follow that; it seems like he and Yuma are good friends

Yuma celebrating Shun medalling was one of my fave Olympic moments. Yuma will be rooting hard for Shun right now.

 

[Private Citizen]

Massively held up and lucky to still be in the final group.

Way out of gold medal contention, barring a repeat of Friday the 13th! I think Kagiyama is even worse than Sasha Cohen in being a consistent medallist but winner of almost nothing. I guess he'll always have Four Continents, which is more than Cohen had.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

As much as I appreciate Shun in the LP, this SP is such a drag.
Lutz rotated? I'd say not so much.

 

[Sally1214]

Holy sh!t, Gogo is going to be in the top 5 after the SP

And so he should be. A case could be made for him placing one place higher than he is but I'm forgetting whether Selevko did 1 or 2 quads. They both skated great programs.

 

[fan]

Has anyone had such a spectacular waxel fall before?

Me.

 

[genevieve]

SATO!!!

 

[slicekw]

Sato is the only skater of the men that skated to classical music and made skating to classical music look good.

 

[Spikefan]

Sato as solid as ever. At the start of this quad I thought this is where Kao would be. The mental game counts.

 

[beckab81]

OMG, Selevbro small medal!

 

[barbk]

Sato is the only skater of the men that skated to classical music and made skating to classical music look good.

Agreed. On most of the guys, it looks like a coach or choreographer picked the classical music and pasted it on the skater. He skates like he really understands the music.

 

[Citlali]

Shun

I just like him more and more every time I watch him skate

 

[Karen-W]

Holy crap! SP small medal for Selevko!

 

[slicekw]

Did anyone have this top 3?

 

[Sally1214]

Well, the placements are as they are but the skate of the day for me was Adam Siao Him Fa ... by quite a bit. Actually, his was the only program I will eventually go back and watch again.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I'm highly content with this segment. Selevko on third wasn't on my bingo list, but I'm not mad.

 

[Citlali]

Is it too much to ask for Selevko The Elder to stay mentally strong in the Free?