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Congrats to Chock/Bates on their individual Olympic medal How nice that all 3 of the Shibs, Hubbell/Donohue, & Chock/Bates--who duked it out with each other for years--now have an individual Olympic medal

And I'll always wonder if she would've been able to learn the quad at all without the assistance of performance-enhancing drugs

I thought about Germany as well. Still a lot of question marks there. Will the pairs stick around? Will Gerke or anyone else keep her jumps? Will something come of any of the new German dance parnerships? But definitely, if these questions resolve in Germany’s favor, then they would be in...

It's never too early to start a thread about the next Olympic team event. At least I didn't want to clog up the 2026 threads with speculation about next time. :lol: Who might qualify? -Usual players such as USA, JPN, CAN, RUS if they're allowed back -Italy? My guess is that many of the...

I was referencing the performances and not solely jumps. Obviously, the Japanese dance team wasn’t as impressive, but their man, woman, and pairs team performed better than the Americans did.

I’ve been impressed with Japan’s performances so far. For the USA, only Chock/Bates hit it out of the park. If the U.S. wins, I hope it’s because they have stellar performances today. A bit sad that Japan didn’t split ladies as Chiba and Nakai are also top ladies in the women’s discipline.

Can they just let both of these gymnasts keep their bronzes and move on?

They could start by actually judging PCS based on the published criteria. There should be larger variations in scoring of the three different components. See if that helps encourage more creativity, artistry, and well-rounded programs.

France was using 2 additional athlete quota spots solely for the team event. Since the Kovalevs have bumped up to real competitors in the pairs event (and they will also still do the team event), there are now 2 additional quota spots available solely for the team event. Poland was next in...

Sanchez is essentially in the same position as he was pre-4CC: a good skater who is fairly consistent who doesn't have a quad. I don't see him beating either Seo (KOR) or Nakata (JPN) at Jr. Worlds unless they meltdown--not to mention that both countries have back-ups with quads--so the USA is...

Congrats, Hiwatashi on a wonderful career! My favorite moment was his shock in the kiss & cry after winning Jr. Worlds.

I’m really not a fan of having a jump-free long program. I want to see mastery of all the big aspects of skating, including the full jump vocabulary along with spins and footwork combined into a performance. That said, if they wanted to add a different event for artistic skating and judge it...

Who is commenting on dance at the Olympics for NBC? Will there be no former ice dancer on the team? Belbin’s got the experience, but her own conflicts of interest. Maybe Maia Shibutani?

Seriously? Also, note which dance team represented Ukraine at Euros :slinkaway

I don’t think she could objectively commentate on her prior partner, and she basically limited herself to intros/music ID when she has done so thus far. Weir handled the color commentary for F-B/C.