2026 Olympics: Men's Short Program

[Skater Boy]

Skating after Shaidorov makes Ilya look like a master of the blade. His spins are nice too. Not his most convincing performance but easy lead for now, I think.

Skating after Shaidorov makes Ilya look like a master of the blade. His spins are nice too. Not his most convincing performance but easy lead for now, I think.

While I am happy that Adam, Mikhail, cha, Daniel et al are skating so well; It is with them kind of they got lucky. Yes, they have talent but they could easily be out of the top 10 (I would include Kevin and others too of course. But that's life. Mikhail's skating skills leave a lot to be desired but Ilia is NOT Patrick Chan when it comes to mastery of the blade. And as an artist he is good like Chen bu not a master. Still Ilia seems reserved a bit. I guess he wants to get the job done with enough difficulty but not put himself in jeopardy.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

Surprised Daniil Grassl is where he is. I like him, but surprised he hit 90, when Cha wasn't higher than he is.

The judges got things mostly correct but Grassl over Cha (who didn't benefit from being only in the 3rd-to-last group) wasn't one of them.

 

[Olibritt]

I have no problem with the scores but, my personal ranking is Adam, Yuma and Ilia, in that order. And Kevin. And Donovan.
I know... but this is my personal ranking.
Great competition, I really enjoyed it.

 

[Blades of Passion]

Yuma scoring above Adam, what a disgrace. Full reputation judging.

Yuma should have been 3rd even with a clean Triple Axel. He does not have depth of performance. He's only able to perform cutesy. Adam also had the best footwork sequence, the use of edges was so challenging, engaging those edges in more difficult ways than what others attempt, and the expression throughout was absolutely superior to everyone else.

 

[JOHIO2]

exciting event. no horrible accidents a la Lindsey Vonne. favorites delivering and some who could have done better will deal with where they are. see y'all

 

[Paulipau]

The judges got things mostly correct but Grassl over Cha (who didn't benefit from being only in the 3rd-to-last group) wasn't one of them.

Cha PCS was the problem.

 

[readernick]

And he has difficult entries, which i believe get reflected in PCS.

They shouldn't be. That's purely GOE. I'm not claiming anyone was robbed. Ilya deserves his wins because his tech is incredible but I do wish judges would actually judge according to the rubrics. He'll still win with more accurate PCS.

 

[Skating91]

I think the podium is set with the only one who can challenge for bronze (or possibly silver if Kagiyama has a bad skate) is Shaidorov.

But Misha has had a bad season, I'm not even sure if he has that 3A-4T or whatever the quad was still. If he has his World's content he will challenge, but probably 90% probability the podium is set in stone. No-one below has the technical content to overcome except maybe Sato, but he looked tired and he's not getting bigger mushrooms than Kagiyama.

 

[Karoltyna]

PCS are a joke - as always. In ideal world Ilia would get PCS slightly below Jun, slightly above Shaidorov, because while he made tremendous progress, he still isn't above middle 8 and this program isn't good, so the standings would be Yuma-Adam-Ilia

 

[readernick]

Cha PCS was the problem.

My opinion too. Grassl's score is fine but Cha got early group PCS.

 

[lariko]

I watched the last group with my coworker, and please place me in that small bin that believes that Adam was robbed vs Kagiyama. Adam was so on today.

 

[brblja]

They shouldn't be. That's purely GOE. I'm not claiming anyone was robbed. Ilya deserves his wins because his tech is incredible but I do wish judges would actually judge according to the rubrics. He'll still win with more accurate PCS.

Except even the rubrics are ridiculous, because judges are actively discouraged to award scores with more than 1 point difference between the three PCS components.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Hope you guys had fun, I'm gonna go drown myelf in a giant bottle of sakura tea

I just might go jump off the nearest bridge if the bullsh*t I witnessed today happens again on Friday, but until then I will postpone shedding my mortal coil

 

[Charlotte 71]

I have no problem with the scores but, my personal ranking is Adam, Yuma and Ilia, in that order. And Kevin. And Donovan.
I know... but this is my personal ranking.
Great competition, I really enjoyed it.

I love Donovan, but he was lucky to make the free skate cut today, not going clean. I'm so glad he did though!

 

[museksk8r]

When Adam is clean, he is the combination of what both Ilia and Yuma do great. I am so glad I got to witness his brilliance today!

 

[Demandred]

A very ntertaining and strong competition today, hopefully Rinky won't come back with a vengeance for the free. Aymoz's skate was the most enjoyable for me, I am so relieved he not only didn't bomb, but nailed all of his jumps. Kagiyama was fantastic outside of the axel, that step sequence is a piece of art. Cha should have had higher PCS. Ilia would most likely win comfortably anyway with a more reasonable 8.5 instead of 9-9.25 in the individual components of the PCS, but the judges are always hell bent to give the best jumper huge PCS if he is from a big federation.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Lots more fun than a thousand superbowls, if you ask me. That was a cracker! They were all in.

 

[Ruthypegs]

Skating after Malinin makes Kagiyama look like a master of the blade.

Kagiyama is a master of the blade regardless of who he skates after

 

[labgoat]

I may disagree with the scores, but loved the performances and that is what I will remember in the end
See you all for dance

 

[Warwick360]

Yuma scoring above Adam, what a disgrace. Full reputation judging.

Yuma should have been 3rd even with a clean Triple Axel. He does not have depth of performance. He's only able to perform cutesy. Adam also had the best footwork sequence, the use of edges was so challenging, engaging those edges in more difficult ways than what others attempt, and the expression throughout was absolutely superior to everyone else.

Oh please. Adam could only wish the flow of Yuma's skating. For most, those choreo are clunky and over-wrought.