2026 Olympics Team Event - Strategy, Predictions & Discussion

[tony]

I still think it's a bad idea. They don't need to for USA to win and I think they'll lose to FRA in the TE which doesn't set them up well for the individual. Plus there is Evan's back.

Huh? FB/C aren’t doing the free dance and France is still a question mark to make it to the free programs anyways.

 

[Karen-W]

Huh? FB/C aren’t doing the free dance and France is still a question mark to make it to the free programs anyways.

Agree. If Canada makes the FS/FD then the US needs ChoBat to skate the FD segment - ZingKol aren't beating GilPoir and may not beat LajLag in the FD.

 

[MacMadame]

Huh? FB/C aren’t doing the free dance and France is still a question mark to make it to the free programs anyways.

I forgot.

I still think they should save Evan's back. And CAN isn't getting into the final, not without SteDu.

 

[tony]

I forgot.

I still think they should save Evan's back. And CAN isn't getting into the final, not without SteDu.

How do you figure exactly? Canada was looking at 5th in the short program in pairs with them. With Pereira/Michaud, they are slotting in basically the same place, maybe higher with what just happened with the Chinese.

 

[Karen-W]

I forgot.

I still think they should save Evan's back. And CAN isn't getting into the final, not without SteDu.

Eh, France didn't do itself any favors deciding to go with Aymoz in the SP based on season averages. But, like @tony said, China just handed both Canada & the USA a huge gift in pairs if they can capitalize on it.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh boy... Ilia's bound and determined to get that 4a+3t landed cleanly in the SP sometime this season.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019742217460424911

 

[Debbie S]

Someone needs to talk him out of it. He can do it at Worlds. The TE is not a throwaway event and he won't be able to erase a 3rd place in the standings like he did at the GPF.

 

[honey]

It wouldn’t surprise me if he did try it, but let’s all remember the planned elements isn’t worth the (electronic) paper it’s written on. Remember when Aliona had planed a bunch of quad throws and twists she never had any intention of doing?

 

[rfisher]

I can understand why they'd go for it. Let's be honest, the team event is kind of a throw away for him. The prize is the individual OGM. If he was going to try it, I'd do it in the team event. If he lands it, he goes in the record books and Malinin is all about the glory. If he doesn't, no big deal to him as the US will still medal. You don't get endorsements for the team event medals. You do for the individual event. This lets him and his parents evaluate his success during competition which isn't the same as practice. If it works, he can do it in the individual SP and rack up an insurmountable lead over the rest of the field. If it doesn't, he can decide if it's worth it in the SP or not. I'd do it if I were him. They are risk takers to be sure, but they are strategic about the risks. He's said the layout will depend on how he feels.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

OK, checking the results off the coast of Dominican Republic, I hope the team event results stay how they are.