Practice news & notes, photos, etc. - Milan 2026

[Sylvia]

IliaCam was brief; after he left the practice rink it was back to KaoCam: 3A, 3Lo to 2A, 3?Lo hand, camera keeps zooming in on his HEAVILY duct taped right boot! 4Lo hard fall, 3?Lo opened up and fell & lay on his back, 4Lo fall, 2Lo (wrapped leg), 1Lo then fall oh boy, 3S+3Lo, 2T, closeup on his feet as he entered 4T+3(?)T landed pitched forward and then 4T+3T good. Camera shifts to Ilia who is back to watch rinkside with his dad and Raf.

Rizzo & Grassl are on this practice too (ETA that this is SP group 4 of 5).

ETA2 IliaCam: warming up with stroking/edge exercises, backspin.

 

[Sylvia]

IliaCam, cont.: 1-handed cartwheel, turns into 1S, slo mo into 1T, 1Lo, 1F, 1Lz, 1.5?A step out & smiles, 1A, awkward looking 1S, 2S, 2T, 2Lo, 2F, 2Lz smooth & easy (assume he’s testing out his blades on this session after last night’s podium jumping), 2A step out, backwards alternate stroking to easy 3A, 3A, 4S, 4T, talked to Raf & dad, 4Lo off balance landing, 4Lo good flow out, consulted at boards again, 2Lo, 4Lo good, outside edge spreadeagle to 4F, 4Lz+3T good, interruption for ads, 4Lz+3T, 4Lz+3T, 3A, 3A looked overrotated so 1Lo hop out (Hershey’s ad with Jason saying “I really want to be a part of winning gold” ), 4A 3turns out, talked with Raf and done, bows at 2:59 ET.

 

[Sylvia]

Peacock is showing the Men's SP warmup (final 2 groups) now, starting with Matteo Rizzo.

Jackie Wong's practice notes: https://live.rockerskating.com/practice

 

[Sylvia]

I hope skaters in this backstage warmup know they are being filmed. It all feels super-stalkery watching this.

Skaters are supposed to know which are the warmup areas in which there are cameras (ISU has had Worlds backstage livestreams on YT in the past). Earlier I caught a glimpse of Aleksandr Selevko napping on the floor - that was the most amusing thing I've seen so far on Peacock's Training stream that's scheduled to run until 21:15 (3:15 pm ET).

 

[Sarah]

Ilia isn’t on this practice session?!

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/2021261076013208050?s=46&t=5ASy4KsdtMx1LiLn801XlA

 

[BaileyCatts]

I was just coming to ask that too as I tuned in late. Is this normal for him to skip the warm up sometimes?

 

[Sylvia]

Jackie's follow-up: "We are all trying to figure out what's happening" (hopefully he's just running late or something trivial).

So we're getting YumaCam instead on Peacock.

 

[Karen-W]

Ilia isn’t on this practice session?!

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/2021261076013208050?s=46&t=5ASy4KsdtMx1LiLn801XlA

Doesn't appear to be - camera's been focused on Yuma and if Ilia was there, it would certainly have been on him the entire session.

 

[Sarah]

Jackie: “We have found out nothing”

 

[sus2850]

It is really odd that he is not here. His music was played

 

[Sarah]

Practiced off-site today:

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/2021266428389642332?s=46&t=5ASy4KsdtMx1LiLn801XlA

 

[Karen-W]

From Jackie - "Malinin practiced off-site today"

https://x.com/i/status/2021266428389642332

Which is what I was thinking happened - he went to Bergamo to get in a longer practice session.

 

[Wyliefan]

Whew. I was getting nervous. Now we need him not to get stuck behind Vance's motorcade on the way over.

 

[Karen-W]

Whew. I was getting nervous. Now we need him not to get stuck behind Vance's motorcade on the way over.

LOL.

I was going to say "can't blame Vance since he's already left Italy".

Also, just to clear things up regarding Alysa - she was, per the article itself, diddling around & missed the earlier bus as a result of her own time mismanagement and then got caught up in the motorcade delay.

 

[Hedwig]

Practiced off-site today:

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/2021266428389642332?s=46&t=5ASy4KsdtMx1LiLn801XlA

ah, I thought that was forbidden once offical practices started? Or is that only for gymnastics? (I am pretty sure it is not forbidden now, otherwise he would not do it but does anyone else have this kind of half knowledge that might be wrong or am I starting to make up stuff in my middle ages? )

 

[just tuned in]

Practiced off-site today:

https://x.com/rockerskating/status/2021266428389642332?s=46&t=5ASy4KsdtMx1LiLn801XlA

I also thought that was not permitted... but maybe that is only after the short program?

 

[Karen-W]

ah, I thought that was forbidden once offical practices started? Or is that only for gymnastics? (I am pretty sure it is not forbidden now, otherwise he would not do it but does anyone else have this kind of half knowledge that might be wrong or am I starting to make up stuff in my middle ages? )

It's definitely not forbidden for Olympic figure skating. Lots of skaters/teams have practiced elsewhere during the time between the Opening Ceremony & their competitions. It might be forbidden once the actual competition starts, but I haven't heard anything definite.

 

[Hedwig]

I also thought that was not permitted... but maybe that is only after the short program?

ah that could be it?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

ah, I thought that was forbidden once offical practices started? Or is that only for gymnastics? (I am pretty sure it is not forbidden now, otherwise he would not do it but does anyone else have this kind of half knowledge that might be wrong or am I starting to make up stuff in my middle ages? )

I believe it is forbidden at ISU events, but the Olympics isn't an ISU event.

 

[Sylvia]

Peacock's Training Livestream is showing ice dancers warming up off ice, including CarPom, Madi H. & Scott. Earlier I saw Ruiyang Zhang and Meda V. practicing alone(?) on the ice.

ETA: Kurakova is warming up now.

 

[Sylvia]

Free Dance Warm-Up is underway on Peacock (ZingNikCam ).

 

[terisa]

The practice cam GRRRRRRRR I got to watch Z/K stroke around the ice for S/D's entire Dune program, but NOW they're finally showing whose music is playing...

 

[Karen-W]

Evan has a different costume than he wore for the TE - the outer side of the sleeves is a grey-ish color that ombres into a dark brown at the wrist. It's similar to the one he had at CoC but I'm fairly sure it's new.

 

[skipaway]

Evan has a different costume than he wore for the TE - the outer side of the sleeves is a grey-ish color that ombres into a dark brown at the wrist. It's similar to the one he had at CoC but I'm fairly sure it's new.

Isn’t Madi’s new also with the red on the outside now?

 

[Karen-W]

Isn’t Madi’s new also with the red on the outside now?

oooooo - Hmmmmm... I'm trying to figure out what is going on with her skirt . Yes, it definitely is different. The inside is fully lined in red but the outside ombres from black at the waist to red at the hem. I like this version the best of all the skirt iterations she's had this season.

 

[tony]

Charlene and Marco doing runthrough and Madison and Evan were directly in the way of their pattern. Both Italians with their arms up in the air pissy about it and the Americans with no acknowledgement. They just skated off to the boards.

 

[skipaway]

Peacock not showing any run throughs…just cameras on C/B

 

[terisa]

Peacock not showing any run throughs…just cameras on C/B

They showed a few, but Z/K are getting a lot of camera time. There will probably be big fluff on them tonight.

 

[just tuned in]

Peacock not showing any run throughs…just cameras on C/B

It is offensive, actually.

 

[Evgeniafan]

It is offensive, actually.

Its been that way on all the practices.