2026 Olympics: Men's Free Skate

[TallyT]

He's a kid.

While I can understand the disappointment and urge to lash out (and have probably behaved badly in my moments of this) he is 21 years old. He is an adult. Can we stop calling him a kid?

 

[Arigato]

Did you read the rest of what I wrote, about his interaction with Shaidorov?

Shaidorov interaction or perhaps saving a puppy in the street has nothing to do with him blaming his problematic skate today on not being sent to Beijing in 2022. Come on, now.

 

[YagsFan]

While I can understand the disappointment and urge to lash out (and have probably behaved badly in my moments of this) he is 21 years old. He is an adult. Can we stop calling him a kid?

OK fine; he's a YOUNG man. Legally reaching "adulthood" has nothing to do with emotional control or the ability to immediately put crushing losses into perspective. He should have kept that thought to himself, but as you said, his urge to lash out in that moment was understandable. I was disappointed in that lapse, but then a moment later he showed great sportsmanship with his warm words to Shaidorov. So for me, it balanced out.

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

Plus, if I'm remembering the order of things correctly, he landed the 1st quad and probably felt all was well, so decided to go for the 4 Axel even though thinking he didn't need it. I think he was tight from the get go, maybe because it looked like he could walk to the gold, and when he singled the axel it so thoroughly shocked him that he couldn't recover.

I think the first three passes went as expected as a "worst case, but very possible, scenario". He should have been prepared mentally for not hitting the 4A. He did 3 of his 4 toe quads well, but 0 of his 3 edge quads, so I'm wondering if complaints about the team podium damaging the skaters' blades either had an actual impact or got in his head that there was an impact. If that's the case I could see the team not being prepared for that.

 

[yume]

Never seen an implosion of that magnitude. That's way worse than Sochi.
At least the one who skated cleanly in both programs won. Congrats to Shaidorov and my baby Sato. Also congrats to Gogolev who is a revenant for me.
Hope that Malinin and Adam will overcome those traumatic performances.

 

[reneerose]

I wonder if Yuma is kicking himself thinking he had the chance for the gold and I blew it. He could've skated a relatively clean program with a couple of bobbles or maybe just a fall and still win overall.
Evan Lysacek also bombed his short in 2006, but redeemed himself in the free, finishing 4th. Well, we know what happened in 2010.

I don't think Yuma could have overcome Shaidorov's FS score even if he did skate clean. But then we will never know.

 

[sisinka]

I don't think Yuma could have overcome Shaidorov's FS score even if he did skate clean. But then we will never know.

Yuma scored over 193 points at GPF Free Program 2025. He didn't have 4flip there.

With clean program 4flip including, score would rise, so he would most probably win Free Programs.

Yuma had 10 points advantage from Short Program comparing to Mikhail.

 

[skatedreamer]

I always felt that way too! I think I was crying most of the way through Paul's free skate, it was so wonderful! And to be honest, I never cared for Petrenko's style; I understand he was very talented, but his skating always seemed stiff to me.

...This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
...But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day...

Henry V
Act IV, Scene iii

I was crying, too. And smiling until my face hurt. Those split jumps!

 

[Imagine]

Me thinking these Olympics would be a good reintroduction to the sport...and casually watching dance & mens instead of just ladies would be a fun, drama-free way to ease back into things:

 

[Greengemmonster]

Now that I’ve had time to process I think if I put aside the shock of what went down with Ilia, it is a reasonably straight forward podium.

I don’t know much about ice dance but that felt waaaaay more hokey to me. I rewatched all of the top 3 performances and felt that it was fine the way things shook out. I mean I could make a case for Shun in silver (visibly much cleaner than Yuma) but I think Yuma’s spins and movement was better.

Plus my warm and fuzzy moment was how tense Yuma looked after getting his scores compared to his absolute joy in celebrating Shun’s Bronze while Shun was looking somewhat traumatised

 

[Allikat]

Replays are available on Peacock if you have it.

Thank you--but no Peacock here. Don't believe I'd ever want it after I read of the problems with it. Plus I only have a PC--no TV,thus noCable TV, no Smart phone, etc. I'm very wary of signing up for anything, then needing to cancel--it's nearly impossible. Once 'they' get your credit card or checking account info, you can be stuck. I'm deep in that situation right now, trying hard to get an ATT landline subscription totally cancelled...I just keep getting billed.

 

[Allikat]

What you need to do is look for "re-live".

Eiskunstlauf: Kür Männer, Entscheidung

Mit der Kür fällt die Entscheidung über Gold, Silber und Bronze. Im Eiskunstlauf-Wettbewerb der Männer gilt der US-Amerikaner Ilia Malinin als Favorit. Deutsche Teilnehmer sind nicht am Start.

www.zdf.de

Well thank you! Would it help if I turn on my Translator extension? I just learned that while I have that extension turned on, I cannot see any comments on the YouTube channels I subscribe to. Odd--but that's why I need to turn if on and off, as needed. Sure do wish I could understand some German!

 

[shan22044]

Thank you--but no Peacock here. Don't believe I'd ever want it after I read of the problems with it. Plus I only have a PC--no TV,thus noCable TV, no Smart phone, etc. I'm very wary of signing up for anything, then needing to cancel--it's nearly impossible. Once 'they' get your credit card or checking account info, you can be stuck. I'm deep in that situation right now, trying hard to get an ATT landline subscription totally cancelled...I just keep getting billed.

If you have Instacart+ or Walmart+ you can get it for free. It'll be worth the money to pay for a couple of months between the Olympics and Traitors.
But I know what you mean about the zombie subscriptions that will not die.

They are playing the final group right now on broadcast NBC though. You're welcome!

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[DizzyFrenchie]

Wouldn't it be upset if he won
Men is not done unexpected misques by Adam and yuma. I hope not from ilia

I don't know how GoldenSkate bets on competition results work, but I guess that the site is going to "save" a lot on their Awards stocks. May I suggest that in today's context, this post by SmileHappy34 is as close as can be found of a winning bet on the final result of the Olympic Men? Might they have an Award (which they haven't asked for) or an "honour award"?

 

[shan22044]

What a horribly dissatisfying event. In other circumstances I would feel bad for Ilia, Yuma, Adam, Kevin, etc., but for ALL of them to implode like that? It’s frankly embarrassing for all of them and for the sport.

I still wonder if it would have gone down like this if they hadn't just done team event. BUT they all did so well in the short program....

 

[Rikku]

Well thank you! Would it help if I turn on my Translator extension? I just learned that while I have that extension turned on, I cannot see any comments on the YouTube channels I subscribe to. Odd--but that's why I need to turn if on and off, as needed. Sure do wish I could understand some German!

I'm sorry, but I don't know the answer to that.
I'm watching via firestick, so I guess I'm seeing the app version, not the pc/desktop version. Of the two public providers, ARD and ZDF, I feel like the ZDF website is more straightforward and better to navigate, though, so I'd say try that one first.

 

[Azikin]

"Eteri Tutberidze's coach, Daniil Gleikhengauz, believes that Petr Gumennik should have won a prize in the individual competition at the 2026 Olympics.
Gumennik performed five quadruple jumps in his routine. The Russian finished sixth overall, with a score of 271.21 points for both routines. He earned 184.49 points for his free routine.
The victory was won by Kazakhstani Mikhail Shaidorov (291.58 points).
"I promised myself I wouldn't say anything, but I can't. My personal opinion: given Petya's situation, without a rating, without anything, he should have finished third today. Given his rating, and if we hadn't been suspended, he should have finished second at the very least.
What we see in his printout doesn't correspond to reality. I can say that for sure. We looked at all the participants. The number of "q's" and "checks" he got, we forgave the others.
Plus, he received 80 component scores for a flawless performance. He had no deductions or step-outs—he received 80 component scores. Great athletes Ilya Malinin and Adam Xiao Him Fa received higher component scores than Petya for their completely disrupted free skates. This isn't entirely accurate.
"It shouldn't work like this. It's a shame. For me, Petya at least deserves a medal," Gleikhengauz said on Okko."

Amen to that.

 

[TallyT]

"Eteri Tutberidze's coach, Daniil Gleikhengauz, believes that Petr Gumennik should have won a prize in the individual competition at the 2026 Olympics.

Colour me absolutely shocked.... or not.

 

[yfan1]

"Eteri Tutberidze's coach, Daniil Gleikhengauz, believes that Petr Gumennik should have won a prize in the individual competition at the 2026 Olympics.
Gumennik performed five quadruple jumps in his routine. The Russian finished sixth overall, with a score of 271.21 points for both routines. He earned 184.49 points for his free routine.
The victory was won by Kazakhstani Mikhail Shaidorov (291.58 points).
"I promised myself I wouldn't say anything, but I can't. My personal opinion: given Petya's situation, without a rating, without anything, he should have finished third today. Given his rating, and if we hadn't been suspended, he should have finished second at the very least.
What we see in his printout doesn't correspond to reality. I can say that for sure. We looked at all the participants. The number of "q's" and "checks" he got, we forgave the others.
Plus, he received 80 component scores for a flawless performance. He had no deductions or step-outs—he received 80 component scores. Great athletes Ilya Malinin and Adam Xiao Him Fa received higher component scores than Petya for their completely disrupted free skates. This isn't entirely accurate.
"It shouldn't work like this. It's a shame. For me, Petya at least deserves a medal," Gleikhengauz said on Okko."

Amen to that.

He has horrible technique, and he was one of the slowest skaters out there.

Literally he looked slower than Jin - who's been skating internationally for twice as long, and apparently whose skate laces broke during warm up.

Daniil should stick to choreography... actually, on second thoughts.

 

[TallyT]

Daniil should stick to choreography... actually, on second thoughts.

Please no, one of the benefits of less Team Tut is less of his 'creations'.