2026 Olys Mens SP PBP - A Minion Ways to Dies (Irae)

[MsZem]

Awwwww good for Boyang Jin! He's worked so hard for so long.

 

[dupa]

Go Vasiljiev, I always root for him, probably because Lambiel is his coach. Anyone who would agree to skate their gala performance to music with a swear word in it, just for us so we could see if NBC would edit it out is totally fun in my book

 

[MacMadame]

Love this program for Boyang. And to see him skate it so well at the Olympics has me a bit verkempt.

 

[Karen-W]

Really nice program for Boyang!!!

 

[slicekw]

Holy Boyang, Batman!

This is the best he’s skated in ages. That was pretty! He deserved the roar.

 

[miffy]

Boyang! He's grown on me so much over the years, so great to see him go clean at the Olys.

 

[miffy]

This song always makes me think of "Who Wants to Live Forever." That one melodic line is almost note-for-note.

Totally!

 

[kemc]

My heart grew three sizes bigger watching Boyang Jin. Kurt saying he was happy for this skate from an old buddy of his. Shout out also to Joey Russell for choreo.

 

[Sylvia]

The final is on Friday? So there is no skating Thursday? and the men have two days between parts of the competition?

Yes and yes. Free Dance is tomorrow and then Men FS on Friday.

 

[susieB129]

Boyang! !

 

[skipaway]

Jin is competent, but omg, it's like watching Moskvina doing the Pinnocio show.

I don’t know what that means but it sounds bad

 

[Private Citizen]

Workmanlike performance but can’t argue with all green, I suppose.

 

[MacMadame]

This song always makes me think of "Who Wants to Live Forever." That one melodic line is almost note-for-note.

It's a remake of it with Brian May of Queen.

 

[Lara]

Aw, good for Boyang. Glad he put it together here.

 

[miffy]

Really nice program for Boyang!!!

No TE curse for him

 

[skatingguy]

Vladimir Litvintsev
Coach: V. Butsaeva, E. Vlasov
Music: Leon by Eric Serra

One-time Olympian (excl. MiCo) with a best finish of 18th in Men Single Skating in 2022 in Beijing. Six
World Championships participation(s) with a best result of 11th in Men Single Skating in 2023. Finished 8th in Men Single Skating in the 2022 European Championships. Junior World Championships: 1 x 13th.

PB: 85.83
SB: 78.52

 

[Asli]

Looking at the very low GoEs most skaters get for their spins, if one of them put some serious effort into improving them, his mark would improve as much as if one of his triples were a quad.

 

[Sally1214]

"3 minutes of Heaven," says Carol Lane. So, I am NOT the only one who loves Boyang. So there!! That opening quad was HUUUGE!! The whole program flowed wonderfully. So, YAY, BOYANG!

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Was Litvintsev supposed to do this?

 

[Private Citizen]

Did he skate through the 4T and then do it later? Or was that choreo?

 

[JoannaLouise]

Whaaat was that from Litvintsev?? He just completely balked on the 4t approach.

 

[Sylvia]

Jin is competent, but omg, it's like watching Moskvina doing the Pinnocio show.

Some context : Tamara Moskvina recently skated the role of a Turtle in a show in Russia.

 

[umronnie]

Game of Groans

 

[Lizziebeth]

Did he skate through the 4T and then do it later? Or was that choreo?

looked like that to me but he got a score so the tech panel did not notice??

 

[Prancer]

LOL at Tara and Johnny screaming "Do it, do it, do it!" at Litvintsev.

 

[Private Citizen]

The weirdness continues. 3F - long glide - 1t. He could be on the bubble. And he’ll definitely be out if the call the first move a jump attempt.

 

[slicekw]

Did he skate through the 4T and then do it later? Or was that choreo?

My reaction entirely. Oh. Just saw his combo. Looks like his jumps aren’t his friends today.

 

[floridaice]

Nerves?

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Is Litvintsev trying to win the award for strangest technical performance?

 

[Wyliefan]

Gotta feel for Tara and Johnny here -- this skate is giving them massive anxiety!