2026 Olys Team Event PBP Day 1 - There Is An I(AM) in Team

[thvu]

The 2nd set of twizzles were a mess. This is going to be 3rd behind Canada. Much more attack than we've seen all season, but it was sloppy in alot of places.

 

[tony]

Off to find Marco cleaning up all the flowers for queen Butyrskaya when she won her first European title in Milan

 

[Theatregirl1122]

The hello fellow kids meme is exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Skaterbob]

I thought peacock was going to allow multiangle viewing?

 

[Karen-W]

Ouch, that score is not good.

 

[Hanna]

CAROLINA

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Charlene's face really said it all on that one.

 

[MacMadame]

Ollie really likes ChoBat.

 

[annie_mg]

Chock and Bates twizzles were clean, but they were also super slow and not covering any ice. Yet they get 3+ GOE.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Commentators reminding us that Madi and Evan are old enough to be nostalgic for the 90s, unlike many skaters at the Olympics.

 

[Sylvia]

I thought peacock was going to allow multiangle viewing?

Not for the team event AFAIK?

 

[tony]

Chock and Bates twizzles were clean, but they were also super slow and not covering any ice. Yet they get 3+ GOE.

 

[honey]

GOE is criminally high for that set of twizzles.

 

[thvu]

Belinda slyly calling out the ice coverage of ChoBat's twizzles.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Chock and Bates twizzles were clean, but they were also super slow and not covering any ice. Yet they get 3+ GOE.

Technical commentary?? In my ice vibing????

 

[NinjaTurtles]

This is going in first

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Belinda slyly calling out the ice coverage of ChoBat's twizzles.

If she worked for NBC, she'd need to pull up a video of another team with better ice coverage and explain why less ice coverage is actually strategically better.

 

[MacMadame]

They seem pretty relaxed and really performed the heck out of that.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Initial call on the pattern step was a level 4.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Holy TES. See if it holds.

 

[annie_mg]

Are the judges preparing us for the Chock and Bates' gold already?

I have to say though, from an artistic perspective, this dance is a million miles ahead of anything else we've watched. It just works. It doesn't look like they are trying to make a 90s song music choice watchable.

 

[Karen-W]

Very well performed and that TES!!!!! That's crazy. Go Madi & Evan!!!

 

[thvu]

LOL. This score is absurd.

 

[MacMadame]

Lv 4 in the Pattern Dance.

 

[miffy]

Who can we all complain to very publicly about the zoomed in filming being completely useless for viewers?

 

[skatingguy]

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Coach: P. Lauzon, M.F. Dubreuil, R. Haguenauer
Music: American Woman, Fly Away, Always on the Run, Are You Gonna Go My Way (Remix)

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:3 M:3
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 4 (3 after review)
Choreographic Rhythm Sequence
Rotational Lift 4

Not perfect with a couple of issues for Madison on the twizzles, and the pattern dance step. Strong performance quality which is being rewarded by the judges.

91.06 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

Lv 4 in the Pattern Dance.

No.

 

[Spikefan]

Lopareva reaction continues to serve.

 

[MacMadame]

Lv 4 in the Pattern Dance.

Oop, just went down. Took them a while.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Are the judges preparing us for the Chock and Bates' gold already?

It's entirely possible things completely reverse in the individual. I absolutely could see Madi and Evan winning segments of the team event and then FB/C pulling the "upset" in the individual.

The team event 4 years ago gave many of us a lot of hope that S/K wouldn't medal in the individual, but it was not to be.