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So true! and this made the difference today.
2026 Olympics: Women's Free Skate
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I know how this topic began and if Russia doesn’t care about the skater and they don’t represent Russia or have anything do with Russia it does not count as Russian participation avoiding the ban. No one there cares about the polish skater
yes Or this Kazakh skater!
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You have a point, and I was thinking more of his SP PCs (they were quite low) than his LP PCs. I just felt they could rightfully have been a bit higher--certainly not in the 9s, just more reasonable than they were. Considering the poor guy had only a week or so to get used to skating to different music, and having to wear an inappropriate costume for his SP given the change to his music and no time to get a new costume made,
he did rather well. I've certainly seen better from him in the past.
But I do feel the judges in general had 'something to prove' regarding both AIN skaters. Instead of any 'Eteri bonus' both appeared to receive a 'Russian minus' at these Olympic games. Slight, but I noticed it.
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What i am astonished at . Is how many times I saw Alyssa Liu skate to MacArthurs Park.
It look refreshingly new at the Olympics.
Same jumps, same steps, same choreography. A bit different outfit
But skated it like new or 1st time people woukd see it.
Because she skated happy, glad.
I am here. I am skating for the joy of skating or why she liked skating or why she like music.
It look refreshingly new at the Olympics.
Same jumps, same steps, same choreography. A bit different outfit
But skated it like new or 1st time people woukd see it.
Because she skated happy, glad.
I am here. I am skating for the joy of skating or why she liked skating or why she like music.
Because the both have jumps? Because they are not the same.
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It really is a gift to be able to skate for one's self and for your own skating. In terms of nerves shown here, you would never have known she was competing at the Olympics - but rather PERFORMING at the Olympics. I think Amber did her a solid by winning nationals.
It has been pointed out that she doesn’t have a lot of ‘meat’ to her skating. It’s nothing new. She skates an impressive short, but skaters often have great short programs but lack the difficulty for the free.
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La Strada felt juniorish but I think she showed really nice skating, edges, and flow across the ice. Her styling doesn't really do her any favours though. But to your point, I felt exactly the same about Kaori back in 2022, and she did develop artistically. Ami is the future of Japanese skating (and Shimada), so it was nice to see a (hopeful) preview of many strong competitions to come. She's a fave to win Worlds, for sure.
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I wasn't referring to jumps and elements, more like everything in between
Alysa had an amazing free skate, and very deserving of the OGM here. I prefer Kaori's style and program overall, but Alysa was rock solid today where Kaori had a significant mistake. Alysa was genuinely enjoying her time on the ice and feeding off the audience's energy. I haven't seen anyone so carefree during any important competition, let alone the Olympics. I have to wonder if she is working with a sports psychologist? If so, they need to work with Ilia stat! I think a lot of Alysa's decisions contributed to her solid results- for instance, keeping a program that she is very comfortable with and not letting the constant media hype/coverage get to her. I think it was very wise of her to emphasize that she did not care about medals or placement, but just putting out a great skate, which she did.
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No, this is the max tech in the current scoring system for a program without 3A/Quad:
3Lz
3F
3S
3T
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2Lz+3Lo
3Lz+2A+2A
3F+2Lo
In other words, her 2T's would be upgraded to 2Lz and 2Lo.
What made the difference today is Ami Nakai getting unfairly scored, with 3 perfectly clean elements being given unjust downgrades. Even the one mistake she did make, double-footing the 2T, they went out of their way to hold her down with -4 GOE's. Doing a clean 3Lutz into a second jump that lands upright does not merit -4 GOE.
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I don’t think that’s the message at all. I’ve heard she’s doing 3A in practice. Maybe the message is to not put jumps in if they’re not ready.
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Her solo loop was pretty borderline, IMO she could have been called for a UR with last night's tech caller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnAevtVE54&list=PLDsQU3UFA4hWmG9fEEB-EkoQ5PlTKO-BG (around 21:00, slow it down 2x).
The caller was definitely more lenient today, but also the women skated with more attack today.
Also, so thrilled for Ami's Olympic debut! I can't wait to see how she develops artistically as a skater. She already has all the technical goods. Her 3A is beautiful.
I was sad for Adelia. I know her team wanted her to go for the 4T but based on practice reports, it seemed she wasn't landing it consistently at all. I really wonder how her placement would have changed if she left the quad out and just skated clean? She has skated this program more expressively at the qualifying event. I hope she can enjoy the rest of her Olympic experience like Petr, and her team is not being too hard on her.
Sofia is the other skater of the night who genuinely looked thrilled to be out there like Alysa. I am still confused about her downgraded spins. Can someone explain this? Is she not holding the positions for enough revolutions? It seems to be such a silly thing to get downgraded. I can't believe an experienced coach like Raf wouldn't have helped her fix this already.
I was sad for Adelia. I know her team wanted her to go for the 4T but based on practice reports, it seemed she wasn't landing it consistently at all. I really wonder how her placement would have changed if she left the quad out and just skated clean? She has skated this program more expressively at the qualifying event. I hope she can enjoy the rest of her Olympic experience like Petr, and her team is not being too hard on her.
Sofia is the other skater of the night who genuinely looked thrilled to be out there like Alysa. I am still confused about her downgraded spins. Can someone explain this? Is she not holding the positions for enough revolutions? It seems to be such a silly thing to get downgraded. I can't believe an experienced coach like Raf wouldn't have helped her fix this already.
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Sometimes skaters get through all their jumps, realize they are in podium position and just skate free from then on. NC in the last Olympics is a good example. But she does it for the entire program. I’ve never seen a skater do that before and I LOVE IT.
I don’t have a problem with advancing the sport technically, but I don’t want it done at the expense of the skaters long term health. While Adelina hadHi everyone
I’ve been following figure skating for over 10 years (though I don’t usually post much), but after today’s event I felt like sharing my thoughts.
First of all, congratulations to Alisa — she skated well and delivered when it mattered. Huge respect to her.
That said… I can’t help feeling a bit sad about the overall level we’re seeing right now. I know this might be controversial, but to me the technical standard feels significantly lower than what we were used to a few years ago.
I think we can all agree that Adeliia didn’t have her best skate, and she probably wasn’t the strongest Russian option going into these Games, especially considering her recent injury. But beyond individual skaters, what strikes me most is the bigger picture. If I try to think of a comparable major event in terms of technical content, I almost have to go back to around 2014.
Between 2016 and 2022, the depth in Russian skating alone was incredible — multiple quads, consistent triple Axels, difficult jump variations, arms-overhead positions, speed, attack… Even programs that weren’t perfect still had huge technical ambition. Today, it feels like that intensity and complexity just aren’t there in the same way.
Even watching the recent Russian domestic competitions, you could see layouts with much higher base value than what we saw here. Plus, I truly belive that son Medeveva's programs had way more artistry and complexity that the ones that we show today.
It’s not about criticizing the current skaters, they’re talented, but from a technical standpoint, it feels like the bar has dropped.
Maybe this is just a transitional period for the sport, but as a long-time fan it does make me a bit nostalgic for that 2016–2022 peak.
Curious to hear how others feel about it!
S not tested positive for drugs, her coach has a history of, and her reaction to the skate gave bad vibes.
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Per Gracie’s book all Team USA’s figure skaters are given the opportunity to work with a sports psychologist. Whether it is the same one or not or how many of them take them up on it I don’t know.
She is talking about the team silver.
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Are you kidding? She literally bailed out of her backspin on the toe loop jump and landed it on the wrong foot (which is totally different and more egregious than a "double-footed" landing where the free foot touches down)... and the lutz had an obvious air lean and a low landing. And literally 2 judges gave her -4's.... while 6 others gave her -3 others gave her -3s and 1 gave a -2 for such a messy/bailed combo.
And one of those -4 judges (Judge 4) gave her the highest PCS 8.50/8.75/8.75 - that judge had Nakai ranked 3rd overall on PCS.
She also received no downgrades <<... only q's (not even <s). I think the 3F was sufficiently rotated (! was merited though), but the 3L was definitely at least a q for me. It's interesting how she holds her hands in her rotation with her elbows out, seems like it doesn't push her up as much but it works for her (I mean, she's able to do a 3A!).
The 9th place looks bad on paper, but 5th to 9th in the FS was separated by just 1.19 points. She still scored 140 points, which I think was pretty darn fair (would have been around 146 had she hit her combo).
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