2026 Olympics Team Event: Men's Free Skate

[readernick]

Hard for Shun or anyone to beat that but it wasn't his best. If Shun ( my fave) manages to do it, I'll be thrilled. No hate for Ilya, I just love Shun the introverted !.

 

[freedomlover]

Maybe me not seeing Shun Skate is for the best

 

[SnowWhite]

PCS above Matteo is a choice (though not a surprise)

 

[4everchan]

89 pcs for this ? ok... that's a choice I wouldn't make

 

[museksk8r]

200.03! Terrific score for Team USA!

 

[EdgeCall]

200.03 oh dear. Shun's PB is 194. He will need to have the skate of his life.

 

[discodisco]

Kurt gets it right when he said that the strength in his choreography is that he takes risks. That's very true. I don't think he deserves the high component score said he gets just because his skating skills when it comes to Blade on Ice contact or just not as good as others, but I think that's a great way of describing his choreography - he takes a lot of risks and does new/unusual things, and that's what sets him apart as well as his jumps.

 

[lileychristie]

Ilia not clean, but provisional TES was still like 111

If Shun has a skate of his life, can he beat that I wonder........

 

[Warwick360]

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

That voiceover is still cringe though.

For me, I thought it was fine. But then again, the bar has fallen very low for me. As long as it's not Greta Thunberg or Jack (Titanic) not pspeaking, I can't call stuff cringe no more.

 

[4everchan]

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

it should be a fall all his weight on the ice with his hands.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Okay - if Shun is squeeky clean he can do IT - what a nail biter!

 

[Dreamer57]

Go Shun!!

 

[YuBluByMe]

Okay Sato just stay calm and pretend this is the GPF. You got this!

 

[Minz]

#4

Ilia Malinin | TEAM USA

Age: 21 | ISU SB: 238.24
Coaches: Tatiana Malinina, Roman Skorniakov, Rafael Arutiunian
Music: "The Ball" by Asaf Avidan, "The Smell of the Sea" by Alan Mayer, "Code Duello" by Power-Haus and Sergiu-Dan Muresan; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne

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1. 4 Flip
2. 3 Axel
3. 4 Lutz
4. 3 Loop*
5. Change Camel Spin 4
6. Step Sequence 3
7. 4 Lutz + REP (step, hand) x
8. 4 Toe + Euler + 3 Flip x
9. 4 Salchow + 3 Axel + SEQ x
10. Choreo Sequence
11. Flying Sit Spin 2
12. Change Combo Spin 4

TES: 110.32
PCS: 89.71
Deductions: 0.00

Total Segment Score: 200.03

KEY: * = Popped Jump | SB = Season's Best | PB = Personal Best | WR = World Record | x = bonus

 

[lariko]

His technical score didn't go down, fortunately.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Jeez Louise, 200 is a low score for him that's crazy. No wonder he throws all those quads

 

[GGFan]

If Shun goes clean we may be having an endless debate about PCS . . .

 

[Mirunna]

His face at getting “only” a bit over 200+ points shows you exactly that what we saw today is Ilia at his 50%.

 

[discodisco]

90 is a bit too high for PCs I would say, but good for him. That is technically beatable by Sato if he skates lights out.

 

[freedomlover]

my phone coming in clutch