2026 Olympics Team Event: Men's Free Skate

[EdgeCall]

Congrats to Italy for bronze! If there has been any doubt before from now on they are officially a figure skating powerhouse.

 

[freedomlover]

Let's hope Japan sees it the same way, because I bet their narrative will be Kagiyama beat Malinin, but Sato lost it.

Which is what I mentioned earlier. But apart from the spins, you cant really find a fault in this.... Only if he had the balls to go for a quad flip but I get it.

 

[Arriba627]

I hope Shun's tears are happy ones. He couldn't have done much better than that -- and his first time on Oly ice. Coach Kusaka should be proud. Great fight!

 

[lileychristie]

Would've loved to see team Japan with the gold medal here..... but at least this means I get a perfect score on my TE predictions

 

[Dreamer57]

If Shun was a better spinner, he could take it..As it is, Shun work on your meh spins. But, maybe I'm wrong. That was incredible from my fave.

Shun's spins were some of the poorest in this group though. I hate to say it, because I love this music and program and thought he absolutely did an amazing group. But those spins were pretty weak in comparison to everything else in his program...

Stephane and Shun please help him out here

I do think Shun deserved at least 196, 197 here

 

[Warwick360]

Poor Shun. But this event only making Ilia appear more human. Men's might really get interesting/close.

 

[4everchan]

Would Japan have won if the US pair had been fifth today?

depends on the tie breaker.

 

[freedomlover]

Would Japan have won if the US pair had been fifth today?

Yes. That point was crucial. As well as Ice Dance.

 

[elektra blue]

DON'T ROB HIM IN PCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this comment aged so bad...

 

[Lunalovesskating]

Rigged. In no world does Illia have better Pcs than Shun Sato

 

[Ichatdelune]

Well that was a ride, and now my responsibility free pleasure ends and soon it will be fear and loathing and hyperventilation and heart attacks in Milano Cortina... somebody do me a favor and shoot me, god how am I to survive. See you lovely folks if I'm not granted the favor of being unconscious for 2 weeks...

 

[Greengemmonster]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Gutted for Shun and the whole Japanese team. They deserved to win.

And I'm not just saying that because I put them top of my predictions.

Oh, no. He's absolutely devastated! Bawling his eyes out.



CaroLiza_fan

Oh the poor thing! I hope he knows he did what he needed to do! I think it was the US pairs who exceeded expectations so there’s nothing he could have done about that. Poor thing.

 

[Jammers]

In the end K/O made the difference. Who would have thought that?

 

[rollerblade]

Matteo had the Olympic moment of the night. Bronze medal glow is always the strongest.

 

[Karoltyna]

Oh well, oh meh, congrats to Italy and Japan

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Let's hope Japan sees it the same way, because I bet their narrative will be Kagiyama beat Malinin, but Sato lost them gold.

I still remember some of the comments about Mao Asada

 

[FlossieH]

Would Japan have won if the US pair had been fifth today?

They would have had the same highest two placements, so it would have gone to whatever the second tie break is.

 

[lariko]

Gold for the US. I didnt see Ilia skate, so I will need to see this again. Because wow.

It was flawed, but with his usual creative use of everything he can possibly through at it. People may knock Ilia down, but one of his biggest talents is thinking fast and changing his program when he makes mistakes.

 

[Mirunna]

Despite thinking Shun Sato was a bit robbed, to be honest I am glad Malinin isn’t going in the individual competition after his first defeat in years thinking that this costed the team gold medal. Or Amber - for the same reason - after losing it to Gubanova.
That would have been absolutely brutal and I am not even his biggest fan. Overall I think his last two jumping passes rightfully swing it in his favour.
Japan team has been strong and delivered the most beautiful performances so far.
And, like always, 1st and 3rd place are the happiest.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Rigged. In no world does Illia have better Pcs than Shun Sato

In no world does he deserve the same PCS as Jason Brown but look at how often that has happened