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

[skategal]

Tell him he needs to choreograph an entrance!

Will do!

And maybe a little dance.

 

[Karen-W]

Standings 3/4 of the way through the SP/RD -

Country	Dance RD​	Pairs SP​	Women SP​	Men SP​	Subtotal​
USA	10​	6​	9​	​	25​
JPN	3​	10​	10​	​	23​
ITA	6​	8​	8​	​	22​
GEO	5​	9​	6​	​	20​
CAN	7​	7​	5​	​	19​
FRA	9​	4​	4​	​	17​
KOR	4​	0​	7​	​	11​
GBR	8​	2​	1​	​	11​
CHN	2​	5​	3​	​	10​
POL	1​	3​	2​	​	6​

 

[Rob]

Wow Sakamoto. That was beautiful.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Things are awfully tight among the top 6 going into day 2.

 

[MsZem]

Hordes of Americans loudly leaving the arena before Sakamoto. For shame!

Their loss.

 

[dancefan17]

What a great event so far! Very glad I woke up early to see it streamed live. Wonderful skates by all!

 

[MacMadame]

I'm falling asleep... yes, it's time to get up, but my all-nighter days are long gone.

 

[Finnice]

I'm such a sap in my old age. I could feel the tears forming before Kaori started.

We are too, then.
I usually find ladiezzzz the least interesting competition, but in these Olympics there are so many I would love to medal.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Catching up on the RD because I just wasn't going to get up that early and work today.

I had to watch Fear/Gibson Vogue after watching the French. Lila vogues better than Laurence. I think Guillame and Lewis provided about the same levels of vogue. Advantage Brits.

 

[Rob]

Things are awfully tight among the top 6 going into day 2.

Yes, doesn’t US need Chock/Bates and Malinin to do both rounds?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I will be happy as a clam if the results stay as they are.

 

[Asli]

Kaori has already made my Olympics and I don't even like the music!
x infinity!

 

[Matryeshka]

Well, hmph. RD is on replay. Women's is already on replay on Peacock. BUT NO PAIRS!!!! I need to at least see the top three


So I'll watch Gillter and Gold ice dance documentary instead.

 

[BittyBug]

Well, hmph. RD is on replay. Women's is already on replay on Peacock. BUT NO PAIRS!!!! I need to at least see the top three


So I'll watch Gillter and Gold ice dance documentary instead.

This link should work, despite the way it summarizes as being “unavailable."

Unavailable In Your Region

www.peacocktv.com

 

[fsfann]

The British Ice Dance judge should be suspended...did anyone see his/her protocols??? Put Fear/Gibson in 2nd and Gillis/Poirier in 6th!! Insane.

 

[mtnskater]

What a fun exciting first day of the Team event. I recorded it all overnight on USA and watched after I got up. Had nearly 8 hours of sleep, which surprised me because I felt nerves and excitement for this event.

Random thoughts:
Thought Chock & Bates hit it out of the park. LOVE her new dress. Very soft buttery knees and seamless skating. Giles & Poirier were robbed. That was easily my second favorite RD of the event. Best I’ve seen them skate it. Should have at least been ahead of the Brits…who I certainly enjoy.

Ellie and Danny did their job but were lucky Sui & Han did not factor in. Watching practices she is rarely hitting her throws and having jump trouble so at least she hit her jump here. Husband preferred the Georgian pair to the Japanese. I think Miura & Kihara couldn’t have skated that better. Conti& Maci willed that program and it was fun to see.

Lari Naki Gutman and Jia Shin were great to watch. Happy for them! Alysa skated great but took a risk with the lutz/loop that didn’t completely pay off. She did her job though as I expected her to be second unless Kaori made mistakes. Kaori hit it out of the park overall, although it burns me every time she gets away with doing two flips in the short. If Alysa is going to be properly called, so should Kaori.

The look on Ilia’s face at the end of day one was “Crud I gotta do both segments”

 

[Hedwig]

The German commentator (wish I had Belinda....) was pronouncing Jia Shin as Shin Shin - is the pronounciation of her first name actually Shin? It would be a weird mistake to make otherwise and the rest of the competitors she pronounced correctly.

 

[miffy]

The British Ice Dance judge should be suspended...did anyone see his/her protocols??? Put Fear/Gibson in 2nd and Gillis/Poirier in 6th!! Insane.

That’s so embarrassing

 

[fan]

Where does Stephen need to place in relation to others in order to make it yo the free?

 

[AYS]

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere in this thread, but where can we access protocols? I'm only seeing Olympic site event results without details.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Where does Stephen need to place in relation to others in order to make it yo the free?

He needs to be within 2 places of Kevin to have a tie. Anyone know what happens in that case?

ETA: According to the googles "In Olympic figure skating team events, if two or more teams are tied for placement, the tie is broken first by the highest total segment scores from the team’s best performances in each discipline, and if still tied, by further predefined rules focusing on the highest placements achieved in individual segments."

 

[Karen-W]

Where does Stephen need to place in relation to others in order to make it yo the free?

He needs to finish no worse than 2 places behind Kevin and then hope Canada can win the tiebreaker (France has the advantage due to FBCiz's 2nd place in the RD).

 

[ilovesalchows]

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere in this thread, but where can we access protocols? I'm only seeing Olympic site event results without details.

Olympic Winter Games 2026

Event results for Olympic Winter Games 2026

results.isu.org

ETA: Sorry you asked for protocols and I realize they aren't here.

 

[Karen-W]

He needs to be within 2 places of Kevin to have a tie. Anyone know what happens in that case?

ETA: According to the googles "In Olympic figure skating team events, if two or more teams are tied for placement, the tie is broken first by the highest total segment scores from the team’s best performances in each discipline, and if still tied, by further predefined rules focusing on the highest placements achieved in individual segments."

From Jackie Wong -

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019751874677629191

 

[Coco]

@fan and @ilovesalchows I believe France holds the tiebreaker by virtue of the highest placement (dance - 2nd) vs Canada's highest placement (dance or pairs - 4th)

 

[fsfann]

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere in this thread, but where can we access protocols? I'm only seeing Olympic site event results without details.

The details are on the ISU website.... There is a chart floating out there on twitter that show the British Judge's ridiculous scoring.

 

[Coco]

@AYS here are the traditional results with protocols

Olympic Winter Games 2026

Event results for Olympic Winter Games 2026

www.isuresults.com

 

[Karen-W]

@fan and @ilovesalchows I believe France holds the tiebreaker by virtue of the highest placement (dance - 2nd) vs Canada's highest placement (dance or pairs - 4th)

Right now, Canada holds the tiebreaker by virtue of the sum of their two highest placements - 7+7 = 14 vs France 9+4 = 13; but if Kevin finishes two places higher than Gogolev then he's certainly going to have a high enough finish to bump France's aggregate total higher than Canada, so they have the advantage in the event of an overall points tie.

 

[victorskid]

For everyone who is asking, the protocols are available on "Wedgie" as usual - they are labelled as "JUDGES SCORES" beside each completed part of the event. Here are the links for today's events:
RD: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------QUAL0004DC--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
Pairs SP: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------QUAL0003PR--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
Women SP: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------QUAL0002LD--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[LilJen]

I wish Kaori had better programs over the last couple of years.

And better costumes.

Replays on Peacock: 9 ads in 1 hour of women. 12 ads in 1:15 of pairs. Gotta love American TV