2026 Worlds Mens SP - Czech-ered His-tory

[Elisheba]

Donovan has come really far to have a second quad attempt. Good for him!

 

[JoannaLouise]

Yu-Hsiang Li, the busiest guy in skating!

 

[miffy]

Yu-Hsiang Li, the busiest guy in skating!

It's just a shame they won't let him do Euros

 

[Elisheba]

No Li! I love him.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Li is nice, and probably one guy I don't mind not making it into the long.

It's going to I be tough to pick 12 guys not to make the cut.

 

[Karen-W]

It's no figure skating competition without at least one Michael Jackson program every single day.

 

[Sally1214]

It's no figure skating competition without at least one Michael Jackson program every single day.

You are right about that. It's a good thing for me that I like almost all of his music.

 

[beckab81]

Weird music cut right before the combo - since we've heard this song several times this season, it was even more noticeable to me. Good for Zandron for going clean in his final skate.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Ok, Zandron:
So, it's going to be tough to pick just 11 guys not to make the cut.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Kiryusha

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Slava Ukraini!

 

[Sally1214]

I see lots of people in the audience all bundled up in toques and scarves. Good to see that Nova Scotia isn't the only place STILL having snow .... almost every freakin' day. (sigh) Overall, I don't mind winter weather but this "just enough to ensure that you have to clean off your car and clear the walkway" this late in March is bordering on "harrassment!"

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Kyrylo is so nice, I can even forgive the emo dreck with repeats of "Fall, fall, fall"

 

[JoannaLouise]

Lovely soft arms, and nice low position in his sit spin

 

[Hindernisse]

It'll be interesting to see who makes the FS. Last year the lowest score to make the FS was 73.00 - we'll see if bar will be higher or lower than that. Even if Daniliants doesn't make the FS he's improved his SP score from Worlds last year by 20 points!

Daniliants really struggled to deliver in SP when it mattered lately (Worlds 25 and Beijing qualifier), it's good to see him finally produce a decent SP skate at a major championship. I see he changed coaching camps. His ISU bio now lists Alexei Vasilevski and Julia Lavrenchuk as coaches. He was previously with Alexander Volkov and Martine Dagenais.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I see lots of people in the audience all bundled up in toques and scarves. Good to see that Nova Scotia isn't the only place STILL having snow .... almost every freakin' day. (sigh) Overall, I don't mind winter weather but this "just enough to ensure that you have to clean off your car and clear the walkway" this late in March is bordering on "harrassment!"

....I'm in my tshirt...

 

[thvu]

Marsak makes me cry again.

 

[miffy]

I love how pleased he was at the bunny with his FS costume on

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Figure skating is literally the only sport where it's normal to see a man hugging a toy bunny while waiting for his results.

 

[Aceon6]

I love how pleased he was at the bunny with his FS costume on

It seems to be a very cuddly bunny.

 

[Sally1214]

....I'm in my tshirt...

Oh, now, that's just annoying.

Well, right now, I'm still in my pjs ....so there!

 

[Firedancer]

Beautiful program for Marsak

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of 6 groups we have the first ice resurfacing of Day 2.

The Men SP results so far:
1 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR 83.36 47.04 36.32 7.18 7.25 7.32 0.00 #12
2 Donovan CARRILLO MEX 79.65 44.08 36.57 7.25 7.36 7.29 1.00 #9
3 Yudong CHEN CHN 74.36 41.13 33.23 6.50 6.50 6.89 0.00 #4
4 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE 72.59 35.84 36.75 7.43 7.29 7.29 0.00 #6
5 Semen DANILIANTS ARM 70.94 39.45 31.49 6.29 6.32 6.25 0.00 #1
6 Younghyun CHA KOR 70.92 37.70 33.22 6.61 6.57 6.71 0.00 #3
7 Tomas GUARINO SABATE ESP 69.12 33.47 35.65 7.14 7.25 6.96 0.00 #8
8 Maurizio ZANDRON AUT 67.82 35.42 32.40 6.61 6.54 6.25 0.00 #11
9 Yu-Hsiang LI TPE 64.74 33.11 32.63 6.43 6.54 6.57 1.00 #10
10 Edward APPLEBY GBR 64.30 32.39 31.91 6.36 6.36 6.39 0.00 #7
11 Alp Eren OZKAN TUR 60.10 30.53 29.57 5.96 5.93 5.82 0.00 #5
12 Dias JIRENBAYEV KAZ 59.34 27.38 31.96 6.14 6.54 6.46 0.00 #2


With the next group we will start to see the Qs appear.

 

[miffy]

Ok. So we need 2 men to sacrifice so Donovan can make it through. Any volunteers?

 

[Sally1214]

Figure skating is literally the only sport where it's normal to see a man hugging a toy bunny while waiting for his results.

I know a few folks who would not consider that to be "normal" but that's THEIR problem. We don't need those people.

 

[Aceon6]

Groups 3 and 4 must stand up without my input. I hope to be back for the big (but likely less interesting) boys.

 

[Sally1214]

Okay ... a short break now. Time to make the bed and grab some cereal/juice. Be rght back.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Can someone please fire the person who hired Ashley Wagner as the event’s official screamer?

 

[Aceon6]

Ok. So we need 2 men to sacrifice so Donovan can make it through. Any volunteers?

There are at least 4 between now and group 5. Then there are the wild ones.

 

[ks1227]

Daniliants really struggled to deliver in SP when it mattered lately (Worlds 25 and Beijing qualifier), it's good to see him finally produce a decent SP skate at a major championship. I see he changed coaching camps. His ISU bio now lists Alexei Vasilevski and Julia Lavrenchuk as coaches. He was previously with Alexander Volkov and Martine Dagenais.

I did not even realize that Lavrenchuk was coaching anyone these days! Blast from the past for sure.