2026 Olympics: Women's Free Skate

[museksk8r]

Alysa vaults from 3rd to 1st, matching her finish at Worlds last year.
Kaori is 2nd in both the SP and FS, matching her finish at Worlds last year.
Amber has the 3rd best FS and vaults from 13th to 5th, matching her finish at Worlds last year.

 

[Karoltyna]

one more sympatische sportlerin and I'll lose it...

 

[Blades of Passion]

Personally I feel like Alysa was overscored on PCS, she was crawling over the ice.

She was very noticeably slower than Ami.

I just watched Ami's last spin and this judging is 100% fraudulent. She did a perfectly good Level 4 combo spin. All positions complete and solid. But they randomly downgrade her to CCoSp3V. This needs to be investigated.

 

[cocteautwin]

Anyway, we're in so much better place than four years ago. Let's celebrate this amazing competition and our lovely champions!

 

[Demandred]

Kazakhstan's judge had Petrosian in first in the free.

 

[museksk8r]

Alysa Liu is the first American Olympic Champion since Sarah Hughes in 2002.

 

[Krislite]

Congrats to Alysa, Kaori and Ami!! And congrats to Alysa for such an amazing comeback. Maybe this will set a healthier example for women’s champions, mentally and physically? The Russian jumping prodigies from last cycle were technically more exciting to watch but it came at a cost they should’ve been protected from.

 

[Artistry]

Kaori didn't deserved that ..
The only good thing is Gubanova and samoldekina got top 10

“the only good thing”? Lol

 

[brblja]

I think the judges wouldn't have given her the gold for a single, at least I wouldn't have. It would have been a close loss at a fraction of a point which arguably probably would feel worse haha (as I say through my tears as a Kaori stan)

Thinking judges can calibrate placements when the differences are so tiny is not realistic. It's just over two minutes and you'd need 12 people coordinating hundredths of a point. Even if they wanted to, if they could pull that, that's superhero levels of group project work.

 

[nguyhm]

Amber has the highest TES - congrats to her

 

[Mista Ekko]

What can you say, Alysa always manages to go clean and Kaori always has
at least one major mistake per competition and that's the decider -
Worlds, GPF and Olympics.

 

[Minz]

#24

Ami Nakai | JAPAN

Age: 17 | ISU SB/PB: 149.08
Coaches: Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue, Niina Takeno
Music: "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, performed by Lexi Walker & The Piano Guys; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto

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1. 3 Axel
2. 3 Loop + 2 Toe
3. 3 Lutz + 2 Toe (step)
4. 3 Salchow
5. Flying Sit Spin 4
6. Choreo Sequence
7. 3 Lutz + 2 Axel + 2 Axel + SEQ3
8. 3 Flip
9. 3 Loop
10. Step Sequence 4
11. Layback Spin 4
12. Chanage Combo Spin 3 V

TES: 72.53
PCS: 67.92
Deductions: 0.00

Total Segment Score: 140.45

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SP: 78.71 PB
FS: 140.45

Total Event Score: 219.16

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

 

[Arigato]

The medal looks good with that dress.

 

[Jammers]

Kazakhstan's judge had Petrosian in first in the free.

Well of course he did.

 

[skatedreamer]

I'm thrilled for Alyssa but sad for Kaori. Kaori looked so nervous for this; not like the team event when she totally skated lights out.

This sort of reminds me of Midori Ito in 1992. All of Japan was holding its breath and counting on her that year. I think it was too much for her to bear.

Both gave their all and their incredible sportsmanship brought so much honor to Japan.

 

[Karoltyna]

Kazakhstan's judge had Petrosian in first in the free.

they are so funny they should be banned...

 

[Placebo11]

Big congrats to the medalists and all the other skaters. It was an amazing competition.

 

[Ares]

I had a gut feeling that Alysa Liu dressed in gold was gonna win Olympic Gold and it came true. Saori Sakamoto barely missed it by missing one intended combination. The delayed realisation & reaction to getting bronze by Nakai was priceless. So adorable

 

[FunsizedFlier]

Kaori so sweet helping Alysa arrange her mascots on her medal. I love that that has caught on as a trend

 

[reader3]

Well I'll be....... so happy for Amber and our Gold, U.S. Medalist!! Congrats to her!! Well done to Kaori and Ami as well.