2026 Europeans - Men Free Skate - “To Be Or Not To Appleby - That Is The Quadstion?”

[victorskid]

Start Order/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/ec2026/SEG002.htm

Detailed time schedule: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

ISU YouTube Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBCl3axxH4&pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv
Commentators: Chris Howarth & Tonia Kwiatkowski

Start Order:
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Genrikh GARTUNG GER 24 64.45
2 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL 23 64.55
3 Edward APPLEBY GBR 22 64.95
4 Davide LEWTON BRAIN MON 21 65.28
5 Jari KESSLER CRO 20 66.32
6 Maurizio ZANDRON AUT 19 67.68

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Matias LINDFORS FIN 18 67.80
8 Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE ESP 17 67.94
9 Fedir KULISH LAT 16 68.52
10 Ean WEILER SUI 15 68.92
11 Adam HAGARA SVK 14 68.96
12 Francois PITOT FRA 13 73.09

Ice resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 3
13 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE 12 76.78
14 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR 11 76.92
15 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 10 77.77
16 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 9 77.80
17 Georgii RESHTENKO CZE 8 78.62
18 Tamir KUPERMAN ISR 7 79.82

Warm-Up Group 4
19 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 6 82.12
20 Daniel GRASSL ITA 5 84.82
21 Matteo RIZZO ITA 4 88.00
22 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 3 88.28
23 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 2 88.71
24 Nika EGADZE GEO 1 91.28

 

[victorskid]

The stream is now live but not yet with the official ISU opening & commentary.

PANEL OF JUDGES
Referee Ms. Asa NORDBACK ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Yukiko OKABE ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Sari HAKOLA ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Vera VANDECAVEYE ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Helene CUCUPHAT ISU
Judge No.2 Ms. Kadi ZVIRIK ISU
Judge No.3 Ms. Hedviga FIALKOVA ISU
Judge No.4 Ms. Zivile MOCKUVIENE ISU
Judge No.5 Ms. Saara EHALT ISU
Judge No.6 Ms. Almila ARIKAN SARBANOGLU ISU
Judge No.7 Ms. Natasa SKOK ISU
Judge No.8 Mr. Akos PETHES ISU
Judge No.9 Ms. Christine BLANC ISU

Data Operator Mr. Xander GIJTENBEEK ISU
Replay Operator Mr. Martin PAULMICHL ISU

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I hope TBA doesn't stand for totally bad action.

 

[Kateri]

I hope TBA doesn't stand for totally bad action.

Or "too bad, Appleby"

 

[victorskid]

I hope TBA doesn't stand for totally bad action.

"to be announced" - I haven't yet received the message from @SHARPIE and the

 

[Sally1214]

Gosh .... can't believe I'm here for the very first of the men's SP. Thanks to Edward Appleby for that. I wanted to see him skate "at home." So, another long and enjoyable day of fs. It's going to be a bit of an ajustment to get back to "normal" life after this four-day stay-at-home vacation to England.

Good luck to all.

 

[Hedwig]

Gartung
4f nice
2z
3a
3l
he is technically very proficient but I do hope that he finds some voidiness in him or it will be a long few years where we will see him everywhere since there are no other German men to speak of
4z stepout
3f2a2a
3f2t
oh missed a spin apparently? I have to admit, I zoned out a bit

and now the last one does not count? maybe that will be readjusted, no idea, because I have no idea what happenend

 

[Nadin]

That kilt could be dangerous the way he’s sitting.

 

[Hedwig]

so apparently he did a butterfly in the steps and they marked it as a flying camel spin and then he got nothing for the last spin.
strange

 

[Private Citizen]

Made it to the arena just in time. Garteng’s flip and lutz technique is so ugly. Did he miss a spin? Or was it a choreo move?

People act like Malinin is Garteng. If you want to see a skater with difficult quads who should be getting PCS in the 5s, here you go. There’s nothing redemptive except for the quads.

 

[miffy]

Next is the guy I promised to root for for letting Ed go through. So come on Samoilov

 

[victorskid]

That kilt could be dangerous the way he’s sitting.

We don't see the K'nC interviews on the stream - I presume Mark is in his kilt today???

 

[Hanna]

Yikes, not sure I ever saw a skater miss the last minute of the program like that (after missing and then restarting the spin). He was basically trying to catch up and therefore ditching revolutions and footwork throughout.

Gartung is a talented jumper for sure! Hope he can improve the rest of his skating in the upcoming years.

 

[Hedwig]

Samoilov
Music: "really slow motion human" I hope not.
4z ur fall
4sal3toe
3a fall, weird fall, he just crumpled
3l
3f step out
I really like his long strokes and smooth skating
3z step out
3f euler 3sal
so much more interesting to watch than Gartung

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

He's only human after all.

 

[Private Citizen]

Samoilov - do a jump, miss a jump…. He’s only human after all. Honestly the quality of the programs and the music has become so bad we should just do improv. At least for the first few groups.

 

[Hedwig]

He's only human after all.

Malinin should really use that music (or did he? I am a bad skating fan and not sure now)

 

[Nadin]

We don't see the K'nC interviews on the stream - I presume Mark is in his kilt today???

Yup!

 

[Kateri]

so apparently he did a butterfly in the steps and they marked it as a flying camel spin and then he got nothing for the last spin.
strange

It really looked like a spin entrance, not just a butterfly. I can see how the call happened, but I'm not sure what he intended

 

[Hedwig]

It really looked like a spin entrance, not just a butterfly. I can see how the call happened, but I'm not sure what he intended

Normally I would rewatch but watching Gartung once was enough

 

[Sally1214]

GO, EDWARD!! Awww ..... what an audience welcome to the ice.

 

[Hedwig]

Appleby

3a turn out 2t
3z nice
3a very smooth!
when skating myself I always noticed that jumps that went as well as this one hardly took anything out of me but the ones that were a struggle took a lot of stamina
3l
bit stiff in the footwork
2flip step out
2flip
he really does look tired with half a program to go
2a euler 3sal

 

[victorskid]

The stream went black for a few seconds during the replay
My temporary title didn't last - got the message

 

[Kateri]

Well done Ed!! Second 3A was great!

 

[beckab81]

Not the skate he wanted, but glad Aplby got this experience at home.

 

[Nadin]

Haha and there’s our thread title. Nice one

 

[Hanna]

Great first half from Edward, good for him! Especially the solo 3a and 3lz.

OMG RFAD, haven't heard this in years!! With audience happy clappy to go with it

 

[Private Citizen]

I admit I’m only half paying attention but Appleby’s score seems low. Did he have an invalid element?

And is Lewton Brain “Daveed” as the announcer says or Davide as in the Italian pronunciation. I always assumed and believed I heard the latter.

 

[Sally1214]

He got a SB score. Good for him. He was dog-tired in the 2nd half but that crowd was SO supportive. I'm happy he got to savour the huge ovation and partial standing O at the end.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I admit I’m only half paying attention but Appleby’s score seems low. Did he have an invalid element?

And is Lewton Brain “Daveed” as the announcer says or Davide as in the Italian pronunciation. I always assumed and believed I heard the latter.

Wasn't he born France so it would be the French pronunciation?