2026 Olys Team Event PBP Day 3 - When Your Bum Hits the Ice and Your Legs In the Sky - That's Errore!

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

The flower kids are cracking me up.

 

[canbelto]

Ok I think he skated off his Olympic nerves.

 

[MacMadame]

The current trend towards weird shirts is probably NOT Ilia's fault, but I like to imagine it is. I imagine all the men saying, "Ilia wore a weird shirt and he won the world championship so I have to wear a weird shirt, too!"

And their lucky underwear.

my video has been behind the skating all day

And at every comp for several seasons.

Not me, that's for sure. Make up your own mind

Not anyone. Stop being weird.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

He is either sick/getting over an illness, or injured.

Why do you think that? He had one fall. That's not abnormal.

 

[Spikefan]

Chock and Bates finally showed up in the box. Missing until now.

 

[umronnie]

Ilia is anticlimactic. There, I said it.

Another day in the office

 

[Colonel Green]

LOL, even with a mistake he can just throw in something like that to make up for it.

 

[Karen-W]

Crap! Come on, Ilia!!!!!! Keep it together!

Okay, I'll take 4 clean quads and 2 clean 3As today from him.

Shun's going to have to skate better than he ever has to beat this and that still might not be enough.

 

[slicekw]

The flower girls screaming Ilia on is everything the sport needs.

 

[allezfred]

Well that should be enough.

 

[beckab81]

This kid is unreal, massive tech score even after losing 10ish points on the 2nd lutz

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Chock and Bates finally showed up in the box. Missing until now.

They were standing next to the box a few minutes ago with Alyssa.

 

[skatingguy]

Ilia Malinin
Coach: T. Malinina, R. Skorniakov, R. Arutiunian
Music: The Ball, The Smell of the Sea, Code Duello

4F
3A
4Lz
3Lo
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
4Lzq+REP - big step out, hand down
4T+1Eu+3F
4S+3A+SEQ
Choreo Sequence
Flying Sit Spin 3 (2 after review)
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Okay, he was holding back in this performance, but the one foot landing on the back flip was special. Will it be enough to beat Shun Sato - probably, but not certain.

200.03 = 1st Place

 

[RoseAugust]

I'm glad Ilia is skating before Shun. I enjoy him more if he doesn't follow a Japanese skater.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Ilia is feeding off of crowd energy and ramping up with them

 

[Bunny Hop]

Not perfect but I think Malinin has done more than enough.

 

[rfisher]

Well, Malinin can tell everyone to STFU and let him focus his energy on the individual medal.

 

[ryanj07]

Not Ilia's best but it should be enough...

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Crap! Come on, Ilia!!!!!! Keep it together!

Okay, I'll take 4 clean quads and 2 clean 3As today from him.

Shun's going to have to skate better than he ever has to beat this and that still might not be enough.

He only has three quads planned, right?

 

[marbri]

First time seeing this program and my god the pretentiousness of it all, what a diva

 

[ilovesalchows]

Can Shun beat this?

 

[Amy L]

The flower kids are cracking me up.

After Ilia did his weird little arm waggle there were at least 2 flower girls that copied him

 

[Spikefan]

Ok Sato, just go out and skate like you have been. Silver it is.

 

[peibeck]

Not perfect, but Sato is unlikely to reach that tech mark. Smart to not go for the 4A or 4 loop.

 

[flyingsit]

L3s are unusual for Ilia

 

[floridaice]

Why do you think that? He had one fall. That's not abnormal.

energy level, attack and stiff -- especially when coming off the ice

 

[Private Citizen]

4Lz+REP and no third combo will be very costly in the individual but fine for the team event. I’m glad Japan isn’t using Kagiyama. Program much more effective than the short despite the voiceovers.

 

[Wyliefan]

Felt like Ilia took us on a whole journey there, from nerves to fight to triumph. Really proud of him. He made mistakes but he fought through.

 

[Skaterbob]

That triple axel was beautiful from Ilia. Probably his best ever?

 

[Aceon6]

No sperm map today. Maybe someone got the message.