2026 US Nationals Men's Free Skate "It's Raining Menning"

[Karen-W]

Uh, there were plenty of us arguing that the question should have been Zhou vs Malinin not Brown vs Malinin because of Zhou's previous Worlds...

Stupidly arguing since that was NOT the way the selection process worked and we kept telling you folks who wanted Zhou off the team rather than Brown that Zhou was on the team regardless of how you saw it.

 

[BittyBug]

Oh dear, disastrous start for Jason.

 

[susieB129]

This is a disaster

 

[my little pony]

Jesus Christina take me to the puppy therapy pen

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

Problem is, who’d thought that Torgashev was going to skate like THAT?

And what’s the odds that Brown and Hiwatashi BOTH have major mistakes?

Apparently the odds are pretty good.

 

[canbelto]

OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING.

 

[personwhoishere]

Disaster omg

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh dear.

 

[my little pony]

did an Etsy witch pick this music about stumbling and falling?

 

[MacMadame]

COME ON JASON!!!

You jinxed him.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

No one denies his BoW leading up to this, but if the axel is gone…

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Uh, there were plenty of us arguing that the question should have been Zhou vs Malinin not Brown vs Malinin because of Zhou's previous Worlds...

And then Zhou won bronze at worlds (which Malinin was also at). So bringing up what you argued at the time doesn't help you much.

 

[ChillSkate]

I thought I had made my peace with Jason being on the Olympic team no matter what as his international body of work is so strong, but I think I can no longer accept it.

 

[Lanie]

I’m really teary at how this is imploding

Love him so much as an athlete and a person

 

[Karen-W]

Oh my God... I had a premonition after Torgy's skate about how these results were going to play out...

 

[Citlali]

I always forget the even worse version of Say Something

If your music has the lyrics "stumble and fall" you should be squeaky clean

 

[Braulio]

Oh oh Jason, you making it difficult to keep you on that Olympic team... 4 jumping passes and disaster

Guess it will be Ilia for the men's sp and free skate in the Team event, the US cant afford to risk the potential gold medal

 

[floridaice]

Problem is, who’d thought that Torgashev was going to skate like THAT?

And what’s the odds that Brown and Hiwatashi BOTH have major mistakes?

well, it's 100% for one of those 2.

 

[overedge]

is he injured?

 

[alj5]

So hard to watch.

 

[slicekw]

Oh jeez.
Audience is palpably pulling him through jumps at this point.

 

[HaNguyen]

Does that apply to any skater who has a bad performance at one world championship? Like should Vincent Zhou have been left of the world team in 2022 because of worlds 2021 or is this special for Torgy?

Vincent had an excuse. Torgy had none.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Damn. Jason's trying to make team selections interesting and suspenseful.

 

[skatingguy]

This is the performance that would take Brown from a guaranteed spot to off the team.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh my God... There is no way the USFS can even consider relying on Jason for the TE...

 

[Lanie]

The energy in the building is done

Im a bit weepy right now for Jason

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh oh Jason, you making it difficult to keep you on that Olympic team... 4 jumping passes and disaster

Guess it will be Ilia for the men's sp and free skate in the Team event, the US cant afford to risk the potential gold medal

If Ilia's okay ...

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Doubtful unless USFSA wants a US man to be around 20th.

If this is anything to go by, it may not matter who they go with.

 

[Matryeshka]

Jason is not my favorite skater, but I did want him to at least have a shot at the TE medal.

 

[canbelto]

This is absolutely horrifying. Omg.