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

[marbri]

I keep thinking Ben Agosto is skating...

 

[MsZem]

Hobbies: playing ping pong like a pro.

 

[Vagabond]

TLGS makes showmanship on ice look easy, and it really isn't.

 

[Hedwig]

Sabate
and his macho macho program
2.5 axel fall
3flip landed forward 2toe
3sal
1l

this program is looking so extra cheap after LIndfors

3z3toe
3z2a2t
jumps getting better as the program progresses
3flip

I do not like these types of programs as much as the "artistic" ones but I love how different the skaters and the programs are and that is why the 90s theme with the narrow requirements was such a bad idea.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I really appreciate the music choice and the fun choreography, but the technical gets Tomas demoted to Lunes.

 

[Nadin]

Crowd went mad for this

 

[Sally1214]

Well, that was fun. Had me dancing in my chair (which is needed, from to time, given the length of these events). Tomas does indeed know how to sell a program.

 

[Sally1214]

CLEARLY the participants in the Euros would have appreciated a full-size couch in the K/C. So many times, we are seeing 3 people sandwiched onto that ridiculous love seat.

 

[Hedwig]

Fedir Kulesh
4z2toe
4z very nice one
just imagine if you could make one skater out of him and Lindfors!!

1a
3a2a2a
3f1toe
2z

3sal

He is not really an extra expressive and engaging skater but he tries and is much more interesting to watch than Gartung

 

[Wyliefan]

Beautiful quads and several pops. Menning indeed.

 

[Sally1214]

"Mind-blowing" is probably not exactly how I would describe Fedir's performance...but there's the Chris we all know and love.

 

[susieB129]

Some brilliant jumps, some popped jumps, nonexistent choreo. European men!

 

[tony]

The judges are surprising me with their use of the PCS

 

[tony]

I guess I should like this guy since supposedly we share the same pronunciation of our last names

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

oh, how lovely to see Lambiel's work on that 3a.

 

[susieB129]

Does Chris not hear the rink announcers saying the skaters' names? Has no one from production given him a pronunciation guide or corrected him between the short program and long?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

The judges are surprising me with their use of the PCS

As in giving the actual PCS of what is deserved?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I guess I should like this guy since supposedly we share the same pronunciation of our last names

The way Chris prononces the names, half of the field are my relatives.

 

[Hanna]

Weiler has beautiful flow and glide. There's definitely something a little Hanyuesque about him.

 

[Vagabond]

This is getting hard to watch.

 

[Hedwig]

Ean Weiler

3a way ur fall
3z3t nice
3l step out
3f stumble out of it
nice and quick feet
3a again ur and fall
3z2a2a
3sal2toe

Lindfors had his lowest component in the skating skills. I think for Ean it might actually be the other way around. He has beautiful feet in skating

 

[Hedwig]

The judges are surprising me with their use of the PCS

I know! I am pleasantly shocked!

 

[Sally1214]

Weiler has beautiful flow and glide.

I was thinking the same thing. This was not his day but, given time to develop, there's definitely something there. He's talented.

 

[Vagabond]

I hope the judge remain consistent on their application of PCS for the remainder of the event.

 

[mini_mim85]

Kessler is in the audience now - if these guys don't start bringing their game he's going to have to do a quick change back into costume for the leaders chair!

I'm impressed so far at the judge's ability to separate TES and PCS. Of course they'll immediately forget how to do this when it comes to Egadze...

 

[Aceon6]

This is getting hard to watch.

Hmmm. You’ve been around for a bit. It’s menzzz and they are menning

 

[tony]

As in giving the actual PCS of what is deserved?

Yes, rewarding skaters like Kessler and Lindfors and then barely giving Kulish 6's for his program. Usually by now they are just phoning in based on the skating order. In fact, it was Euros last year where Chris went on some wonderful tangents about the PCS and how some skaters literally had NO choreography.

 

[Sally1214]

Is the rink in Milano Olympic-sized? If it isn't, we are going to have some accidents with the boards. (My husband said that some of the NHL hockey players who will be there were complaining about the rink size).

 

[Vagabond]

Hmmm. You’ve been around for a bit. It’s menzzz and they are menning

I don't always watch the first half of the Men's Event.

 

[tony]

Is the rink in Milano Olympic-sized? If it isn't, we are going to have some accidents with the boards. (My husband said that some of the NHL hockey players who will be there were complaining about the rink size).

It's the Olympics... yes it'll be Olympic-sized

But apparently the practice rink is being put in a literal tent somewhere outside the main rink. So I've heard.