2026 World Figure Skating Championships | Men's Short Program

[Seven Sisters]

keep it together, Vovan! we need to see your Joker

I concur. That he did not get to skate it at the Olympics disrupted the rich tapestry of men’s skating that event should have been

 

[elektra blue]

no Joker but Vovan is already a nominee in the most prestigious award of the century

 

[jgg220]

I hope all of the air cigarettes Litvintsev has been smoking during his Joker program haven't affected his stamina in real life. Between the smokeography and Nikolai Morosov in the kiss and cry, that's quite a set of vices.

 

[Jeanie19]

Vladimir. Nice outfit and program. Please make the free.

 

[cocteautwin]

Oh no, another rough skate from Vlad, it looks he lost his confidence

 

[lileychristie]

No Joker

Please keep it for next season, we need to see more of it!!

 

[elektra blue]

my son Daniel in next group...who's nervous? you're nervous

 

[Ichatdelune]

Hello everyone, I wanted to join but with the current situation I'm gonna have to empty a whole pint of ice cream and drink myself to sleep

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

one thing is an innocent joke among family member, one thing is when an announcer mock someone with a fake and offensive accent. again, think of the chinese accent with no R and all L. and italians, being immigrants, are prejudiced in many countries in Europe and North America, although now racists have different groups of immigrant as a target so we went kind of out of fashion. are you french, right? we were called Macaroni in your country up untill the 70s if i well recall. the swiss still call us rats (of course not every single swiss person, only the racist and xenophobe). the thing is that someone might even do it without realizing they're being offensive, that's just because some things are hard to die, like normalized offensive stereotypes

I had in mind prejudices against immigrants, I think that there are everywhere and for everybody, and interestingly, sometimes opposite for the same origin in different countries. I have read that Italian immigrants in France were called macaroni, and wasn't more shocked than when reading French people being called froggies (nobody around me have ever eaten frogs, French frogs have been protected for so long and imported frogs being killed so inhumanely we wouldn't even try), or snail-eaters (I've discovered this delight in Spain and eaten more in Spain than in France overall, I think that a few Italian villages have snails too)... To me these are acceptable nicknames per se but of course, any nickname or proper name can be used in a disparaging way, it's in the meaning of the locutor (and then, even when disparaging, often it's more ridiculous than hateful; as we say in France, better to laugh of it than to cry, it's not always possible but it's often so).

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Vladimir LITVINTSEV (AZE) wearing a black top and black trousers.

Skating to music from "Leon", by Eric Serra.

Not the best of skates.

He goes into 19th position. So no Q.

No reaction at all from either of them.

Somebody off camera was not at all happy with the scores, and Vladimir looked around to see what was going on.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Mista Ekko]

Hello everyone, I wanted to join but with the current situation I'm gonna have to empty a whole pint of ice cream and drink myself to sleep

Which flavor ice cream?

 

[momrk]

Just catching up (it's that thing called work that keeps getting in the way). Happy to see how Andrew and Stephen did, will try to watch the rest here and there. But Andrew skating well at Worlds.... good to finally see.

 

[elektra blue]

I had in mind prejudices against immigrants, I think that there are everywhere and for everybody, and interestingly, sometimes opposite for the same origin in different countries. I have read that Italian immigrants in France were called macaroni, and wasn't more shocked than when reading French people being called froggies (nobody around me have ever eaten frogs, French frogs have been protected for so long and imported frogs being killed so inhumanely we wouldn't even try), or snail-eaters (I've discovered this delight in Spain and eaten more in Spain than in France overall, I think that a few Italian villages have snails too)... To me these are acceptable nicknames per se but of course, any nickname or proper name can be used in a disparaging way, it's in the meaning of the locutor (and then, even when disparaging, often it's more ridiculous than hateful; as we say in France, better to laugh of it than to cry, it's not always possible but it's often so).

the origin of those nicknames is the centuries long rivalry with England btw, nobody associates France with organized crime i.e., you know how many times i've heard "oh! Italy! Mafia so cool!" (they're thinking of the Godfather of course, again stereotypes).

 

[Ruthypegs]

Don’t cry kid, you did great!!

He did! He's a beautiful skater - I agree with Mark's comments that Tamir is one to look out for the future - his skating is beautiful.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

LMAO they're doing a Sweet Caroline sing-along in the arena right now, and the crowd is INTO IT... I'm glad to see this is a universal experience. Also, the in-arena host is super into it as well and is currently belting his heart out into the microphone maybe this will bring good vibes for the last few groups

 

[ramurphy2005]

It only feels right that the arena should be playing Sweet Caroline on opening day during the zamboni break, lol.

 

[Ruthypegs]

Deniss
He deserves a skate like this after an uphill season!
Now, judges, don't kill figure skating!

the judges need to award him the PCS he deserves - 40.93 for that beautifully skated programme is way, way, too low

 

[elektra blue]

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Seeing that GIF is always the best bit of techno Dvořák!

What we are hearing certainly isn't the best bit!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Ruthypegs]

Deniss. Gorgeous shirt. Beautiful program and skate. I am actually tearing up. And so wonderful to see his scarves in the audience. His posture is so beautiful.

I loved that Mark positively compared Deniss's beautiful skating to Jason's - I also found Mark's insight into how Deniss's spine and posture were so important in drawing the audience into his skating.