2026 Olympics: Men's Free Skate

[moonvine]

NBC is devastated. They were pinning all his hopes on him.

I blame this on NBC.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

Stephen came SECOND in the FS at the Olympics! Incredible feat!!!

 

[freedomlover]

And despite a field so strong as this one, no one cracked the 300.

I thought they were about to give it to misha... but he was held back in jump GOE a little.

 

[Skater Boy]

I'm sorry for Ilya but also he was so cocky. His program is white boy struggle with his own voice like, he didnt seem to embrace the storm much did he?

Today humility wins, very deserved win for Misha.

I am truly happy for Mikhail but it is kind o fvunfortunate he is not a well rounded sater and he did it when everyone else messed up. Part of the game but he is not going to be remembered as awesome medallist, or awesome progroa or awesome aristry or aesome tech. He just won because everyoen crashed. A win. The real winner and wih some proper judging really is the Canadian boy who was under 1.5 points from bronze now that is the story.

 

[Warwick360]

THIS SURELY HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST OLYMPIC UPSET IN FIGURE SKATING HISTORY??

Nah. Not for me. There was still a chance Yuma could catch up, if Illia made big errors.

Valieva on the other hand, before the drug bust, was coming up with Men's scores, I had her in as a shoo-in. And we know what happened there.

Still shocked he ends up as low as he has.

 

[moonkat]

Grassl to Italian TV : I had food poisoning yesterday.....after the skate....I had to run to the bathroom...

At home Olympics?!

 

[skatedreamer]

FRIDAY THE f**king 13TH

It really feels that way!

 

[museksk8r]

The men waited a long time between the SP and FS. I can’t think of another competition where skaters had to wait 3 days between both programs. This scheduling proved to be a nightmare for many of the men.

 

[Joe Mendoza]

Congrats, Shaidorov! And congrats to Yuma and Shun!

 

[yfan1]

Yeah. Jun was robbed.

He had a massive fall, took time getting up, and has a less difficult program than Shun. I'm fine with it, even if the scoring could be different.

 

[Karoltyna]

I'd be fine with it but different order

Nah, Yuma's jumps really weren't jumping.

 

[shan22044]

Wow, I was sure that Mallinin would win on one leg. And now he's only 8th!!!

I'm so happy for Mikael.

This was the craziest competition I've ever watched.

It's like women's snowboarding half pipe last night where there was heavy snow and none of the athletes could complete a run without hitting either the lip at the top or the ground at the bottom. The medalists were only to complete a single run out of three.

 

[freedomlover]

I am truly happy for Mikhail but it is kind o fvunfortunate he is not a well rounded sater and he did it when everyone else messed up. Part of the game but he is not going to be remembered as awesome medallist, or awesome progroa or awesome aristry or aesome tech. He just won because everyoen crashed. A win. The real winner and wih some proper judging really is the Canadian boy who was under 1.5 points from bronze now that is the story.

No awesome tech for Misha? Come on now. He is ofc no Patrick Chan but his jumps are SOLID!!!

 

[CellarDweller]

I didn't think I'd see the day that Kevin Aymoz would have a higher long program score over Ilia Malinin.

Ilia 156.33

Kevin 167.30

 

[Jennyf]

Oh Ilia. The anguish. I never saw him as cocky or arrogant, he is always so effusive about other skaters, he just knew he was capable of something special. Just not today. I hope we see him again in four years. And I hope he continues to improve his artistry and not focus solely on jumps, because when the jumps fail you, there's not much left.

I personally cannot feel pain over who wins or loses the Olympics because Michelle Kwan's first loss gutted me so badly it made me immune.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

...I need a drink. I need several drinks, in fact, I'm torn between being thrilled for Misha and Shun and heartbroken for Ilia and Adam and somehow not too sad for Yuma, even though he skated poorly here he still got a silver medal and his best friend is on the podium now.

2030 is going to be sooooo exciting though, I think most of the top men are going to stick around and they are all going to grow and learn so much.

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

Should have played it safe.

Other than the 4A, it was safe for Ilya

 

[shan22044]

He had a massive fall, took time getting up, and has a less difficult program than Shun. I'm fine with it, even if the scoring could be different.

True, I missed that fall. But the scoring on his short program was criminal.

 

[maofan]

What just happened? This was by far the strangest men competition I ever watch!
Heartbreaking for so many skaters!

 

[Gourlie]

That was shocking. Never proclaim a champion before the event. I don't think Shun was robbed in the team event but he was kind of robbed here. Given the skates, he should have higher PCS and a silver medal imho. Anyway, the Olympics is always different.

Just like Junhwan who was robbed even more in the short program PCS imo