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

[tony]

Aymoz gets 0 points for world standings, won't get into the final group. He has an entire block unused in ISU Championships but alas..

Egadze up to 3654 points --> jumps into final Olympic warmup group
Britscghi up to 3610 points
Rizzo up to 3336 points
Grassl gets only 141 points, also had an open block. Up to 3191 points

So final group:
1-3 to skate: Egadze, Sato, Shaidorov
4-6: Siao, Kagiyama, Malinin

Second to last group:
1-3: A Selevko, Miura, Grassl
4-6: Rizzo, Aymoz, Britschgi

I think the penultimate group is correct. Don't see anyone else having moved up enough.

Of course, still 4CC to go if any skaters Olympic-bound attend.

 

[my little pony]

how does that math out if Luka is his godfather? is this just an arrangement they concocted on the bus over or is Luka lying about his age?

 

[tony]

how does that math out if Luka is his godfather? is this just an arrangement they concocted on the bus over or is Luka lying about his age?

He said it happened last year I think.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

how does that math out if Luka is his godfather? is this just an arrangement they concocted on the bus over or is Luka lying about his age?

And more importantly - will Luka skate to Godfather next season?

 

[MsZem]

So, if any of you had this podium on their bingo card, you best buy a lottery ticket/place your bet on the ponies.

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[Kateri]

And more importantly - will Luka skate to Godfather next season?

As long as he finally stops gate-crashing junior worlds!!!

 

[Kaz7714]

Mark in a kilt - swoon!

He definitely pulls it off!!

 

[Kaz7714]

4 jumping passes, 50 TES. Congrats Nika!

I really am excited for him. So many 4th places, so many falling apart when he had an opportunity. So supportive of all other skaters, so fun in exhibition skating that hasn't quite crept into the performances. But he's TRYING. Hopefully this gets him the confidence.

When he knew that he had it in the bag, his performance ability started coming through . He definitely has a lot of Charisma. Great to see him live .

 

[Miezekatze]

If they are using the ISU feed, Chris Howarth is accompanied by Tonia Kwiatkowski.

She‘s the best commentator I remember in ages!

 

[MacMadame]

Just got through the last two groups. Anyone in the first two groups worth going back to watch? (I assume there are some.)

 

[Karen-W]

Aymoz gets 0 points for world standings, won't get into the final group. He has an entire block unused in ISU Championships but alas..

Egadze up to 3654 points --> jumps into final Olympic warmup group
Britscghi up to 3610 points
Rizzo up to 3336 points
Grassl gets only 141 points, also had an open block. Up to 3191 points

So final group:
1-3 to skate: Egadze, Sato, Shaidorov
4-6: Siao, Kagiyama, Malinin

Second to last group:
1-3: A Selevko, Miura, Grassl
4-6: Rizzo, Aymoz, Britschgi

I think the penultimate group is correct. Don't see anyone else having moved up enough.

Of course, still 4CC to go if any skaters Olympic-bound attend.

Cha could move ahead of Selevko into the penultimate group with a win at 4CCs. Miura could move into the 4-6 slots of the penultimate group with a win at 4CCs.

As you said, Sato & Shaidorov are already set for the final group. Those four, plus Jin, Kim and Carrillo are the only other Olympics-bound skaters competing next week and the last three have no shot of the penultimate group.

 

[Vagabond]

Just got through the last two groups. Anyone in the first two groups worth going back to watch? (I assume there are some.)

Kessler all the way.

Lindfors and Kulish too.

 

[Kateri]

Just got through the last two groups. Anyone in the first two groups worth going back to watch? (I assume there are some.)

Lindfors!

 

[MacMadame]

Lindfors!

Lindfors is the only SP I watched who wasn't in the top 13 or the last two groups. Should have known.

 

[SlavicaK]

Kessler has missed the free skate three of the four times he's been at Euros. He was 19th the other time. He'll finish no lower than 14th. Fantastic.

And he is 29! Truly an inspiration.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Aymoz gets 0 points for world standings, won't get into the final group. He has an entire block unused in ISU Championships but alas..

Egadze up to 3654 points --> jumps into final Olympic warmup group
Britscghi up to 3610 points
Rizzo up to 3336 points
Grassl gets only 141 points, also had an open block. Up to 3191 points

So final group:
1-3 to skate: Egadze, Sato, Shaidorov
4-6: Siao, Kagiyama, Malinin

Second to last group:
1-3: A Selevko, Miura, Grassl
4-6: Rizzo, Aymoz, Britschgi

I think the penultimate group is correct. Don't see anyone else having moved up enough.

Of course, still 4CC to go if any skaters Olympic-bound attend.

Where does Deniss land?

 

[tony]

Wrong thread

 

[Vagabond]

And he is 29! Truly an inspiration.

Kessler also has a full-time job at his family's inn in the Italian Alps. Definitely inspirational.

 

[tony]

For those interested, I spoke to Kessler and he will skate in all of Merano, Oberstdorf, Belgrade, and Tallinn trying to achieve the TES minimum for Worlds.

 

[tony]

Where does Deniss land?

Group 3

 

[Evgeniafan]

For those interested, I spoke to Kessler and he will skate in all of Merano, Oberstdorf, Belgrade, and Tallinn trying to achieve the TES minimum for Worlds.

I hope Davide does too.

 

[Karen-W]

For those interested, I spoke to Kessler and he will skate in all of Merano, Oberstdorf, Belgrade, and Tallinn trying to achieve the TES minimum for Worlds.

Belgrade would be Skate Helena 2026 which is marked as "postponed" on the ISU Events page. There is no announcement, so it may be that it is rescheduled beyond the World CTES deadline.

 

[BittyBug]

Is the race for Estonia’s lone men’s spot now concluded? Or is it possible that since the outcome at Euros was so close they might want to do another skate off?

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

For those who are interested, these are the rankings of the skaters according to PCS:

1.Matteo RIZZO	ITA	168.37	82.75	85.62	2
2.Lukas BRITSCHGI	SUI	154.78	73.99	81.79	5
3.Nika EGADZE	GEO	181.72	100.86	80.86	1
4.Aleksandr SELEVKO	EST	143.75	65.56	80.19	10
5.Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	149.71	70.98	78.73	8
6.Mihhail SELEVKO	EST	142.02	66.77	76.25	11
7.Nikolaj MEMOLA	ITA	145.75	71.3	74.45	9
8.Jari KESSLER	CRO	135.14	60.81	74.33	13
9.Andreas NORDEBACK	SWE	139.3	65.47	73.83	12
10.Matias LINDFORS	FIN	115.83	45.24	71.59	24
11.Adam HAGARA	SVK	155.31	83.98	71.33	4
12.Georgii RESHTENKO	CZE	159.65	89.02	70.63	3
13.Tamir KUPERMAN	ISR	150.35	79.72	70.63	7
14.Daniel GRASSL	ITA	130.51	64.01	70.5	15
15.Davide LEWTON BRAIN	MON	127.59	57.33	70.26	18
16.Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE	ESP	127.48	58.22	70.26	19
17.Francois PITOT	FRA	124.78	61.22	69.56	21
18.Kyrylo MARSAK	UKR	152.33	84.3	68.03	6
19.Ean WEILER	SUI	121.71	56.5	67.21	22
20.Vladimir SAMOILOV	POL	128.94	65.07	65.87	16
21.Maurizio ZANDRON	AUT	128.57	64.93	63.64	17
22.Edward APPLEBY	GBR	116.77	53.87	62.9	23
23.Fedir KULISH	LAT	132.7	71.46	61.24	14
24.Genrikh GARTUNG	GER	124.87	64.46	60.	20

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And while I disagree with some rankings or margins, I think we can officially declare this as the best judged segment of the last century

 

[her grace]

Spots for next year

3 spots: GEO, ITA, EST
2 spots: CZE, SUI, ISR, UKR, LAT, SVK

From the Junior circuit, these men will be/are age-eligible to possibly use some of those spots: T. Vaclavik (CZE), N. Sheiko (ISR), L. Vaclavik (SVK) and Supatashvili (GEO).

 

[SlavicaK]

Spots for next year

3 spots: GEO, ITA, EST
2 spots: CZE, SUI, ISR, UKR, LAT, SVK

From the Junior circuit, these men will be/are age-eligible to possibly use some of those spots: T. Vaclavik (CZE), N. Sheiko (ISR), L. Vaclavik (SVK) and Supatashvili (GEO).

(FRA)

 

[zigzig]

Georgii on the podium was a refreshing surprise. Glad Matteo medaled and I'm assuming gets the Oly nod.

I thought Tamir was a little undermarked but seems like he left off a combo so left points on the table - thought overall he had done enough to be ahead of both Selevko brothers. Mihhail's PCS seemed overly generous.