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

[Karen-W]

Well that should lead by a LOT. The flourishes in the lift were something I hadn’t appreciated before, so good!

I noticed those too! Really just quality throughout.

 

[susieB129]

Brilliant by M/K. Just brilliant. (Ollie's tortured puns are less so.)

 

[genevieve]

Marcotte. Ew.

 

[rfisher]

I guess 20% of the pair short programs being quality is better than 0%, but that's kind of sad.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Belinda says "they have the crunch"

I'm unsure about the the crunch.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

They were hitting the music points - Don`t remember them being good at this before. H/V better watch out.

 

[Wyliefan]

Great score, great reaction!

 

[genevieve]

I just hope they didn't waste their only phenomenal Oly performance on the Team event

 

[genevieve]

Team Event - Women Single Skating - SP
Wedgie Data

Start Order
1 Ruiyang ZHANG CHN
2 Kristen SPOURS GBR
3 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL
4 Jia SHIN KOR
5 Lorine SCHILD FRA

6 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN
7 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA
8 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO
9 Alysa LIU USA
10 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN

 

[Karen-W]

Current standings half way through the SP/RD phase -

Country	Dance RD​	Pairs SP​	Women SP​	Men​	Subtotal​
USA	10​	6​	​	​	16​
GEO	5​	9​	​	​	14​
ITA	6​	8​	​	​	14​
CAN	7​	7​	​	​	14​
JPN	3​	10​	​	​	13​
FRA	9​	4​	​	​	13​
GBR	8​	2​	​	​	10​
CHN	2​	5​	​	​	7​
KOR	4​	0​	​	​	4​
POL	1​	3​	​	​	4​

 

[Wyliefan]

I just hope they didn't waste their only phenomenal Oly performance on the Team event

Jackie posted the other day that they had such a fantastic runthrough in practice that his jaw was on the floor. So you could say they've brought it twice now. Hope they can keep it going!

 

[MsZem]

I just hope they didn't waste their only phenomenal Oly performance on the Team event

I have the same concern. Fingers crossed for them in the individual!

 

[victorskid]

Jackie posted the other day that they had such a fantastic runthrough in practice that his jaw was on the floor. So you could say they've brought it twice now. Hope they can keep it going!

Sandra Bezic said that "this is how they practice".

 

[rfisher]

I just hope they didn't waste their only phenomenal Oly performance on the Team event

I read an article about competing at the Olympics and how unpredictable it is from event to event for an athlete. It's all about being able to keep your focus and the Olympics are harder than any other competition. They can be extraordinary or have a total meltdown. Like Lindsey Vonn is planning to ski without an ACL. They removed it. That's either amazing or crazy.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Ladies is going to give us a bronze tiebreak!

 

[Karen-W]

MiuKih's problems this season haven't been with the SP. They've had two 79+ scores and one 77+; they've had more issues in the FS because her SBS jumps are almost always called at least q or worse.

 

[honey]

I really wish we could have Sandra on CBC for more than just the pairs. While I generally find Carol Lane to be relatively inoffensive in her singles commentary, I just prefer Bezic’s voice. Bezic also seems to be leaning into technique and insight on CBC more than she did on NBC in the past.

 

[Karen-W]

Sandra Bezic said that "this is how they practice".

Well, that's what Meagan Duhamel says. She also said the same thing about ShiNagy after the SP at US Nats, so I give much of what she says publicly at least a little side eye, though I will say that I find it more believable about MiuKih.

 

[skipaway]

Off topic, but I'm bawling watching NBC’s Mikaela Shiffrin/Simone Biles sit down with each other.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I am shocked to discover it is now

MiuKih's problems this season haven't been with the SP. They've had two 79+ scores and one 77+; they've had more issues in the FS because her SBS jumps are almost always called at least q or worse.

Depending on if we have rotation calls at the Olympics for the top skaters. Sometimes those disappear.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

For a new senior like Jia Shin, I feel like a chance to get out on Olympic ice with no pressure is great.

 

[Karen-W]

Alrighty then, we've got the first group of women on the ice now!

 

[Karen-W]

Three Two of the women in this group in unitards is yet another sign of how figure skating culture & fashion has changed over the last decade.

Whoops - forgot Schild isn't in a unitard, technically, in this group. Just ugly sheer blue tights that match her dress.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Wagner saying she’s a “Liuser,” lol. I hadn’t heard that one yet.

 

[Karen-W]

Wagner saying she’s a “Liuser,” lol. I hadn’t heard that one yet.

Glad I'm not hearing it since Alysa's fanbase calls themselves "Liunatics".

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Wagner saying she’s a “Liuser,” lol. I hadn’t heard that one yet.

Surely she can see the problem with this...

 

[TAHbKA]

Am annoyied there are so many unoccupied seats. What's the point selling htem for so much if they end up with half sold venue?

 

[tony]

Okay wtf is this jump map

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh Lord, what is this jump map thing??

 

[Theatregirl1122]

We are now getting a Jump Map in the bottom corner. I find it highly distracting.