2026 Olys Womens FS PBP - Missed Full of Horrors

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Browning seems to be a fan of choreographic sequences.

 

[millyskate]

Ida's jumps are so tiny after Julia but she has the contents

 

[MacMadame]

Jump technique is very Lipnitskaya; she’s almost horizontal on the flip/lutz takeoff

Most of these jumps just don't look right. Or sound right.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Choreographers consistently wasting great, dramatic music on loooooooong jump setups.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I am really impressed by the technical callers for this competition: they manage to say which ones of Iida's jumps are lutzes, and which ones are flips. I can't.

 

[Matryeshka]

This is more chicken than swan, but I still like Ida. I see a potential thank-you-for-hosting Euros bronze in her future.

 

[alj5]

Iida has some absolutely beautiful qualities and has skated well, but no way that should be up there with Lara or Julia.

 

[skatingguy]

Iida Karhunen
Coach: M. Shirshova
Music: Swan Lake by Petr I. Tchaikovski

3S
3F+3Tq
3Lz
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
3F
3Lz+2T+2Lo
3Lo+2A+SEQ
2A - step out
Step Sequence 3
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Layback Spin 4

Another strong skate in this flight. The jumps were pretty good, but the program was lacking.

SP: 65.06 = 15th Place
FS: 127.73 = 3rd Place
Total: 192.79 = 2nd Place

 

[peibeck]

Iida needs a bit more polish, but the basics are there for her to be a big star in the next O cycle.

 

[overedge]

Gem is showing an ad for Dragon's Den Canada. Looks like the judges would approve a product involving lots of Botox and lip filler.

 

[Messalina]

This entire event is good enough reason to get rid of q. Q is exactly. Exactly 90 degrees short. Not 89, not 91. Yet 95% of the "short" jumps are landed exactly 90 degrees short, and we hear that panels "only have one camera so it's too hard to tell" every season. So what is it, you can see exactly 90 degrees or you can't tell so you're just throwing out this phony symbol?

Now the q just seems to be saying "eh, we can't really tell so we'll assume that jump was somehow dubious"

I mean, she specifically said her goal was to be memorable, so I don't know that she would agree.

Overlooked beforehand but memorable AFTER skating

 

[Lara]

This is more chicken than swan, but I still like Ida. I see a potential thank-you-for-hosting Euros bronze in her future.

I want to see her four years from now.

 

[Reuven]

Bit of a “jumping bean” performance to my eyes.

 

[Rob]

Nice skate for the young Karhunen- looking forward to seeing her do more
original content in the future. But really nice!

 

[Karen-W]

Bit of a “jumping bean” performance to my eyes.

Just a bit? I'd say it was a lot of jumping bean.

 

[Hedwig]

to put Sauter's skate into perspective: that was around the score from Loena at Euros which won her the Bronce!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Browning likes the tutu

 

[Jay42]

I like Iida and she has lots of potential but this program feels like she's being overpowered by the music

 

[slicekw]

Swan stuffie is almost as adorable as the pierogi. Iida has something that screams she could become a Euros medalist, maybe more. I hope she sticks around.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

This is more chicken than swan, but I still like Ida. I see a potential thank-you-for-hosting Euros bronze in her future.

"But a chicken vouldn't do, neither vould a duck"

 

[Wyliefan]

Cute swan stuffie!

 

[skatingguy]

Jia Shin
Rank: 14 SP: 65.66
Coach: H.J. Chi, J. Kim
Music: Lieberstraum by Franz Liszt

First Olympic appearance with a best finish of 7th in Team Event in 2026 in Milano Cortina. Finished 6th in Women Single Skating in the 2026 Four Continents Championships. Winter Youth Olympic Games: 1 x gold and 1 x silver. Junior World Championships: 4 x silver.

Free Skate
PB: 138.95
SB: 133.98

Total
PB: 212.43
SB: 208.45

 

[MacMadame]

Iida has some absolutely beautiful qualities and has skated well, but no way that should be up there with Lara or Julia.

TES is falling but is still. above Julia's.

Now the q just seems to be saying "eh, we can't really tell so we'll assume that jump was somehow dubious"

I'm actually okay with a way for the tech panel to tellskaters they are pushing the edge of a rotation call but not if it impacts the score. Either the jump is rotated enough or it's not.

 

[Rob]

I can’t remember why Shin placed so low in the SP.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

NBC is US Olympic Medalist spotting in the crowd. There are many!

 

[tangerine dream]

Choreographers consistently wasting great, dramatic music on loooooooong jump setups.

Well to be fair to the choreographers, sometimes they choregraph interesting entrances and the skaters drop them because they can't consistently land the jumps out of them.

 

[flyingsit]

Shin’s dress gets an A+ in my living room

 

[slicekw]

Wow put a ballgown skirt on that skating costume and it’s a wedding dress. Hey, a reusable costume!

 

[alj5]

Jia looks expensive in that dress.

 

[mini_mim85]

Did Simon really just say she only got a level one on the choreo sequence?