2025–26 Canadian Men: News and Updates

Skate Ontario article on Tracy Wainman & Roman Sadovsky "tackling another Olympic season":
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Coach Tracey Wainman Ready to Tackle Another Olympic Season with Roman Sadovsky - Skate Ontario

By: Dylan Nazareth It’s been nearly two decades of partnership for Roman Sadovsky and his coach, two-time Canadian champion Tracey Wainman. She was there for his first national championship, his debut on the world stage, and his Olympic introduction four years ago in Beijing. Now with the Milan...
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Skate Ontario article on Stephen Gogolev
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Stephen Gogolev back at full-strength to kick off Olympic season - Skate Ontario

By: Dylan Nazareth At just 20 years old, Stephen Gogolev has already had a storied skating career, coloured with record-breaking scores and international medals. But he’s also faced great adversity in battling a number of season-ending injuries, including over the past two years. Now, things are...
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Stephen Gogolev just won Nebelhorn - first in both programs. Roman placed 5th overall, less than 3 points off the podium. He was 5th in the short and 2nd in the long.

These men are doing everything they can in the fall season to state their case for why returning Keegan should not get the Olympics spot. Even if Keegan wins Canadians, I think SC is going to have some thinking to do with the results Roman (winner of Cranberry Cup) and Stephen (winner here) are putting out.

Stephen's scores here would have won last year's GP France, been 3rd at NHK, Cup of China, and 4CC, and would have been 4th at Euros.
 
screech said:
Stephen Gogolev just won Nebelhorn - first in both programs. Roman placed 5th overall, less than 3 points off the podium. He was 5th in the short and 2nd in the long.

These men are doing everything they can in the fall season to state their case for why returning Keegan should not get the Olympics spot. Even if Keegan wins Canadians, I think SC is going to have some thinking to do with the results Roman (winner of Cranberry Cup) and Stephen (winner here) are putting out.

Stephen's scores here would have won last year's GP France, been 3rd at NHK, Cup of China, and 4CC, and would have been 4th at Euros.
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I agree, all the other years they have also used 'body of work' and Keegan won't have one. However, having said that.. if the others don't bring this to nationals and Keegan does? Then the bets are off.
 
victorskid said:
Skate Ontario article on Stephen Gogolev
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Stephen Gogolev back at full-strength to kick off Olympic season - Skate Ontario

By: Dylan Nazareth At just 20 years old, Stephen Gogolev has already had a storied skating career, coloured with record-breaking scores and international medals. But he’s also faced great adversity in battling a number of season-ending injuries, including over the past two years. Now, things are...
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I forget he is only 20!
 
4rkidz said:
I agree, all the other years they have also used 'body of work' and Keegan won't have one. However, having said that.. if the others don't bring this to nationals and Keegan does? Then the bets are off.
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If they all make the podium (which wouldn't be surprising), it's going to be very interesting and may lead to a 4CC skate-off, which is not something you really want to do just 10 days before the start of the Games. It also means that the GP series will be very important for Roman and Stephen this year too, especially for Stephen as he currently has just 1 assignment.
 
screech said:
If they all make the podium (which wouldn't be surprising), it's going to be very interesting and may lead to a 4CC skate-off, which is not something you really want to do just 10 days before the start of the Games. It also means that the GP series will be very important for Roman and Stephen this year too, especially for Stephen as he currently has just 1 assignment.
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oh that does notch up the stakes.. didn't realize Stephen just had one? So these challenges will be key! A clean Roman I am still putting at the top, but Stephen's technical is better and he is improving his second mark all the time. I am surprised Keegan isn't doing some domestic competitions like the Podium Pathway invitational this weekend even if he would have been the only senior man there are some good general skaters there like Lia Cho and Breken - although I see Breken has withdrawn - the point being he could be on the radar.
 
4rkidz said:
oh that does notch up the stakes.. didn't realize Stephen just had one? So these challenges will be key! A clean Roman I am still putting at the top, but Stephen's technical is better and he is improving his second mark all the time. I am surprised Keegan isn't doing some domestic competitions like the Podium Pathway invitational this weekend even if he would have been the only senior man there are some good general skaters there like Lia Cho and Breken - although I see Breken has withdrawn - the point being he could be on the radar.
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Does Keegan have to do the Challenge event or can he go straight to Nationals?
 
screech said:
If they all make the podium (which wouldn't be surprising), it's going to be very interesting and may lead to a 4CC skate-off, which is not something you really want to do just 10 days before the start of the Games. It also means that the GP series will be very important for Roman and Stephen this year too, especially for Stephen as he currently has just 1 assignment.
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I expect he'll wind up with a 2nd assignment, unless one of the Nepela men currently with just 1 come from out of nowhere and blow Stephen's Nebelhorn score out of the water.

I don't foresee there being a 4CCs skate-off for the Olympic spot - not with Canada only having 1 spot, so that man is going to need to be prepared to compete in both the TE and then the Men's individual event in the first week of the Olympics.
 
danafan said:
Not if he gets an international assignment within a week (or whatever the rule is) of Challenge which I predict will happen.
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yes I knew that but based on what Keegan said (that he would be doing the challenge etc) I assumed no international for him?
 
SENIOR MEN
Stephen Gogolev 255- Nebelhorn
Roman Sadovsky 243- Cranberry
Aleksa Rakic 221- Kinoshita
Grayson Long 221- JGP- junior score
John Kim 214- Cranberry
Matthew Newnham 207- BC Summer
Shohei Law 207 - BC Summer
Anthony Paradis- 200 Cranberry- junior score
David Shteyngart 195 -Ontario July
Bruce Waddell 194- Ontario August
 
Messing's score from a US domestic competition doesn't really matter. The technical content was pretty weak, though. So far, Gogolev looks the best of the Canadian men in international competition.
 
I don't want to be the contrarian, but has anyone actually seen the skate?

The triple toe had negative GOE. The triple Axel had a +2 GOE, less than what he was accustomed to before. The Lutz/toe has a +1 GOE. Two spins were called level 3. It's not like they overdid the elements with massive GOE.

PCS is another thing, but it's not all that out of line with what he got before or what I expect him to pull with his comeback. The lesser jump content doesn't mean a massive PCS dip, either.
 
Double post, but now having seen Keegan's short (it's on Youtube), I think this is the most he's ever pushed himself in a program yet. Some really, really unique transitional stuff in the first minute, very minimal prep for the jumps, and he hasn't really slouched on overall skating quality. There's a quick backflip in there for the sake of showing a backflip, but even that goes directly into the final spin.

Much more impressed than I thought I'd ever be when it comes to him, as I expected more of that tightrope goofy steps stuff.
 
Did he seriously include R.O.C.K. in the USA in that SP? When he's trying to go back to the Olympics for Canada? That's... Wow... Really, really out of touch.

Well, I certainly won't be cheering for him with that in the program.
 
RoseRed said:
Did he seriously include R.O.C.K. in the USA in that SP? When he's trying to go back to the Olympics for Canada? That's... Wow... Really, really out of touch.

Well, I certainly won't be cheering for him with that in the program.
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I confess that music selection did hit me negatively initially but I'm not going to write off Keegan or the enjoyment I get from his skating just for that. Since Keegan has dual citizenship I think he has a right to be proud of both countries and does not bear responsibility for everything going on right now.
 
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