2026 Olys Womens SP PBP - Cheated Rivalry

[Carolla5501]

I'm ashamed of myself for thinking it might not be as bad with no RUS or BLR judges on the panel. I was clearly wrong.

Yep, the holding up of this one particular skater is blatant. It’s amazing how the scores are coming in just under her

 

[MsZem]

It's like all the Italian skaters worked so hard to get their team medal and have nothing left in the tank

But Lara is still fab.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Well…..

 

[ilovesalchows]

She should still make it, just

 

[Aussie Willy]

I love Lara's choreography. She just knows how to pace a program to complement the music. It is intuitive. Damn about that lutz.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Lara needs to beat Maddie to qualify. TES about 0.5 ahead right now, and PCS should be higher so she should be safe.

 

[Jay42]

Her TES is still above Maddie's so I could see her still making the FS but I was really hoping we'd see her in the final flight

 

[Bunny Hop]

I don't usually agree with skaters being propped up with PCS but I will make an exception for Lara.

 

[Spikefan]

Italian TE skaters all deflated in individual.

 

[Rob]

Not at her home Olympics :

 

[Private Citizen]

Feeling slightly better after seeing she's still well ahead of Schizas TES, but it may not beat Seniuk or Repond.

 

[Hedwig]

I think I posted a few weeks ago in a rebuttal to people complaining about me complaining about PCS and how the judges don't agree with me, to just wait until a Russian woman is there and then this board suddenly gonna decide the judges don't know shit

Ugh. Lara I was hoping to get into the final group and kill it with Jaws

we need to bubble wrap Euro men judges panel and sent them to every competition. they would have never done this....

I am about to give up my skating fandom if this is what we are getting again in the next few years

 

[miffy]

It's like all the Italian skaters worked so hard to get their team medal and have nothing left in the tank

But Lara is still fab.

Totally! At least they all have that medal forever though. Good to see her coaches being so supportive too.

 

[Karen-W]

Lara won't have a problem qualifying for the FS.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I don't usually agree with skaters being propped up with PCS but I will make an exception for Lara.

Her TES is higher than Maddie's so she doesn't need to be propped up.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Gotta love the top 2 US helping each other prepare for their group.

 

[MacMadame]

At this point, I don't think any amount of time would convince the judges not to throw out joke PCS for the Russian skaters. They'd have to actively be stopped.

I really want to know what their justification is. Like what happens at the judges' meeting after the event. Does anyone push back on those marks?

I thought we mostly all thought the judges didn't know shit. Except sometimes when the judges give good scores to our favorites and then 'the judges agree with me" becomes the ultimate defense.

Sometimes it's just teasing. As in, you disagree with me? Well, the judges agree with me. So there.

 

[PRlady]

I hope they are as kind to her as they were to Jia.

Eta: yes they were, that could have been worse.

 

[Aceon6]

Sniff. I wanted the shark in 5th after the short, just to mess with the universe

 

[Private Citizen]

Stays out of the first group, even. Happy to see her PCS justifiably rewarded.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Barely made the second group.

 

[Karen-W]

So, that puts Pinzarrone into the penultimate group. Now the only question is whether or not Gubanova will give Samodelkina a spot in that group also.

 

[tangerine dream]

I don't usually agree with skaters being propped up with PCS but I will make an exception for Lara.

It's not propped up, she deserves high PCS.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Phew! Guess I'll have to watch the earlier Free skate groups now to not miss the shark.

 

[Colonel Green]

The numbers add up for the WS, but it's still strange to see Gubanova in the final group.

 

[Rob]

Jaws lives!

 

[annie_mg]

Mone Chiba not looking very comfortable being in the spotlight in that intro, which is ironic, as she is a singles woman figure skater.

 

[Skaterbob]

Poor Chiba, only my dogs are clapping, no one in the arena.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

OMG I’m so nervous for this group can feel the excitement and nerves in the arena.

 

[tangerine dream]

Not at her home Olympics :

Well, it wasn't as bad as Kostner's SP in Torino.