2026 Olympics: Women's Free Skate

[museksk8r]

Japan finishes 2nd and 3rd in both the men’s and women’s disciplines along with 1st in pairs and team silver. What a successful Olympics for !

 

[rollerblade]

Could she? She did 2 2T already.

Yea probably not, but maybe a 2L?

The +REP on second 3F did her in..... if only she added a +1T to that jump (Shoma's specialty lol)

 

[Arigato]

Work that camera.

 

[Demandred]

Kaori is so gracious on the podium even after this massive disappointment, she is pure class.I will really miss her.

 

[SNAKSuyun]

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.

I mean, I don't think it'd have been like, intentional in the actual math crunching kind of way, I'm just saying I don't think the increase would have put her over, like they prob would just tack the single and the REP gains in and not touch the PCS, which would have come out to about a small difference but still losing as I said

 

[brblja]

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.

She probably got the V for the layback, it looked like she lost the position just under two rotations. The tech panel has been pretty strict with spins this comp. Tho judges gave her straight +4 GOE for it still.

 

[auser]

I refused to do predictions because I am a jinx.

Me too.

 

[skatedreamer]

Can you imagine NBC not showing the medal ceremony? Thank god for the venue feed on Peacock!

Peacock cut out on me, dogdammit. I'll have to catch the ceremony on replay.

 

[Jontor]

Ami looking at Alysa's gold medal..."I will get one of those eventually"

 

[Jammers]

I missed it Alysa dropped the F bomb?

 

[moonvine]

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?

Let’s hope so shall we?

Why don’t they have the flags of their countries?

 

[ilovebudgies]

There were no UR's in Ami's program.

Meanwhile, Alysa had her usual sketchy 3T executed with a huge reach-around, but no call.

The judges simply held Ami down because she's not the person who is "supposed" to win. Completely hosed her on PCS and also GOE for the 'q' calls on jumps that were totally fine.

Totally agree. Ami was hosed. Arbitrary application to q calls to get to the "right" result.

 

[Mista Ekko]

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

Let's keep an eye on that one

 

[Arigato]

Peacock cut out on me, dogdammit. I'll have to catch the ceremony on replay.

No way!

 

[auser]

Aww Riku crying watching Kaori and Ami.

 

[chepe]

I don't mind Liu winning, I think she was obviously the best today and points differences after short were small. However Nakai's treatment leaves a sour taste from this otherwise excellent free. Sure thing that was not the best free of the night, but no way it was 9th best. It was 4th best, at minimum.

This was just judges enforcing seniority, as if this was ice dancing. Nakai should have got silver.

 

[brblja]

I mean, I don't think it'd have been like, intentional in the actual math crunching kind of way, I'm just saying I don't think the increase would have put her over, like they prob would just tack the single and the REP gains in and not touch the PCS, which would have come out to about a small difference but still losing as I said

1T = .4, difference between second half 3F+REP vs 3F = 1.75.
She lost by 1.89.

 

[skatedreamer]

Anything can happen in 4 years, but right now I'd absolutely put money on a gold for Ami in 2030.

 

[badknees]

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

I'll never understand how judges can completely judge it wrong (cheat) and get away with it.

 

[Blades of Passion]

She probably got the V for the layback, it looked like she lost the position just under two rotations.

There was no layback in her combo spin, what on earth are you talking about. She goes from a sit to a camel and absolutely did the minimum 2 rotations necessary in that camel.

Her 3F and 3Lo were both perfectly fine too, and yet she gets ! and 'q' calls for no reason whatsoever, except to try and hold her down. Alysa got ! calls on her 3F's even and yet the judges gave her positive GOE, for a jump with worse technique than what Ami did.