2026 Olympics Team Event: Men's Free Skate

[ruffledgrouse]

Damn, well now I really don't know what's going to happen...

It's all in Sato's hands

 

[SnowWhite]

Imagine if everyone skates to voiceovers in their own language.

As long as it's a language I don't speak, then it wouldn't be so bad

 

[GGFan]

It was a nail biter until Ilia landed those last two jump passes. Not his best but he was clearly determined to get the gold.

 

[FlossieH]

Even though there were mistakes, I can't see Shun Sato beating that, and I don't think Kagiama would be able to either.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Way to go Ilia!!! Champion mindset with those last two jumping passes!

 

[shan22044]

Wow that was awesome.

The audience gasp when he fell out of the one quad. I was making the same noise. This was intense!!!

 

[yelyoh]

Meh. Lol. He needs to clean up and toughen up but good enough to give it to US.

 

[freedomlover]

And this, is why you focus on the individual. But still, congrats on team gold. but now ilia has the jitters for both the short and the long.

 

[Karoltyna]

Ehhhhhh, actually it isn't over yet

all my candles Mr Rizzo didn;t ude for Shun and his coach

 

[museksk8r]

Way to fight, Ilia! Great display of determination! Well done!

 

[Warwick360]

Jeez. That was a strong recovery.

 

[Demandred]

Not a perfect Ilia, but he did enough, this 4S-3A late pretty much seals it.

That voiceover is still cringe though.

 

[snowflake]

Oh dear

 

[discodisco]

Wow. Looks like Ilia really did need these two performances before the individual event to get his jitters out. I didn't find either of his programs so far to be particularly convincing, although there is no denying his technical superiority when on. It's just really impressive

 

[Arriba627]

Wow, I didn't know Raf was there. Hi Raf.

 

[lariko]

That might not be enough, but a gutsy fight from Malinin.

 

[Dreamer57]

Louise thinks juniors go up to 21, though...

Yes I was a little puzzled by that...I knew pairs has gone up but couldn't remember whether singles had too!

Ilia was good but honestly I do think Yuma has a slight edge in the individual event - if the scoring was done fairly.

Wasn't expecting to see Djokovic in the audience haha

 

[Jeanie19]

Ilia. Great outfit and a good program. A really good skate.

 

[SnowWhite]

Probably enough, but didn't fully shut the door.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Is it just me or does the slomo make it look like the second 4Lz could be counted as a fall