2026 Olys Mens FS PBP - Habemus Pop-am

[Reuven]

Maybe it was a bad idea to allow singing during routines at all?

Yes. Never have liked it.

 

[slicekw]

If this medals I'll take it as the Skating Gods' tribute to Denis Ten.

I read that and said “effing A. Yes.”

 

[bardtoob]

Wow! Alexei Urmanov looks ... what's a man babushka?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Am I still receiving peanut butter cups if I root for him?

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Fumata nera in Vaticano?

 

[Perky Shae Lynn]

Grassl so tentative

 

[skategal]

OMG you guys, the Pope died….again!!!!

 

[MsZem]

I can't say anything about Shadirov seems like a tribute to Denis Ten to me...

The pope is dead, and the skating gods work in mysterious ways...

 

[Colonel Green]

This remains a very funny music choice for an Italian Olympics.

 

[flyingsit]

Grassl is really unwatchable

 

[MacMadame]

Am I still receiving peanut butter cups if I root for him?

No.

 

[Elisheba]

The pope is dead! Until he becomes stripper Pope.

 

[slicekw]

Grassl is Italian, skating in Italy, and his music begins with a voiceover “The Pope is Dead.”
How did I not know about this?

I. Do. Not. Have. Words.

 

[MacMadame]

This remains a very funny music choice for an Italian Olympics.

The Vatican is in Italy. That explains it for me.

 

[rfisher]

Awww... as much as it would amuse me for Grassl to get bronze, if Shaidorov and Urmanov managed it, I'd be so happy for them.

 

[MsZem]

Pope program, meh. If someone wants to do something about the church, use this as a concept

Priest (Priest, #1)

There are many rules a priest can't break: A priest can…

www.goodreads.com

(not Grassl obviously)

 

[Wyliefan]

I wonder how many of Pope Leo's friends and family will text this to him for a joke.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

The Vatican is in Italy. That explains it for me.

Well, for certain definitions of the word "in"

 

[Elisheba]

Grassl isn't praying quite hard enough here.

 

[Private Citizen]

Grassl’s basic skating is better than Shaidorov’s, and I’d give him the second and third quad as totally clean. And oh! Loses any chance on a TRIPLE lutz

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

And now the performance all of us cultural Catholics have been waiting for…

May the Skategods be with us all.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

The GOE he’s getting in the choreo sequence is insane relative to what he did.

 

[Karen-W]

Almost all of these jumps are tight, even if the tech panel hasn't marked them for review. Also, this program is just as bad in its own way as Shaidorov's.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

It seems he ran out of energy.

 

[Spikefan]

This costume reveal is just sad.

 

[made_in_canada]

Oof, that was messy.

 

[tangerine dream]

The Gumby spin positions really scream 'Pope'.

 

[barbk]

The costume change is the most interesting part of Grassl's skating.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I always feel like that costume change could be delivered in a way that is musically relevant, and yet, it is not.

 

[umronnie]

How is there any green in the technical box? ALL of his jumps seem suspect