2025 Skate Canada Men's Short Program

[Kris135]

Well ilia is skating to his usual standards here.

 

[4everchan]

Oooh!!!

The President of Skate Canada will be interviewed in regards to the skate criteria selection for the Olympics for our Canadian skaters

I will be listening attentively

@saine posted them already ... I am sure I have seen them

 

[saine]

For anyone watching the interview about Canadian Olympic team selection, the criteria is here - https://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/u...ation-Procedure-2026-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf

I had good timing, heh.

 

[Karoltyna]

Looks like Ilia got a tech call... ?? I thought the ticker was 62 and he got 59 in the end... but the real deal is that he get 45 in pcs which shouldn't really ever happen

q on lutz, PCS are a joke, at least they don't matter that much...

 

[Ruthypegs]

OK who had Selevko in third after the short? Show yourselves

Me (back in post #8 - I thought he might pull a blinder and get a medal - and he has got a small medal! Didn't have him in my Skate Pick predictions, though, which was foolish of me....)

 

[moonvine]

She kind of waved its hand as well. What has come over her?

I had to rewind to see this Halloween miracle

 

[labgoat]

My carefully thought out predictions are an absolute mess

 

[Arriba627]

Wow, my picks are totally in the dumper!!!!!

 

[moonvine]

It’s really too bad Nathan retired; can you imagine sending them both?

 

[Karoltyna]

My carefully thought out predictions are an absolute mess

I on the other hand just make random guesses and include my personal fav, so every medal is like a little miracle

 

[moonvine]

My carefully thought out predictions are an absolute mess

That’s why I draw mine out of a hat.

 

[Seven Sisters]

I had to rewind to see this Halloween miracle

To be fair, I do suspect that Eteri has some affection for Egadze. She often seems a tad warmer towards him than she does towards her young female skaters. I think I’ve even seen her smile in the KnC with him on rare occasions!

 

[Demandred]

Looking at the protocols, there is only one underrotation call for all 12 skaters (on Roman's combo), only 2 "q"-s too, this is very unusual.

 

[Ziotic]

I wouldn't worry about predictions at the moment, the scores are super close and who knows if we will be back to regular men programing in the FS.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Looking at the protocols, there is only one underrotation call for all 12 skaters (on Roman's combo), only 2 "q"-s too, this is very unusual.

Do we have the same tech panel for the Women later on?

 

[labgoat]

To be fair, I do suspect that Eteri has some affection for Egadze. She often seems a tad warmer towards him than she does towards her young female skaters. I think I’ve even seen her smile in the KnC with him on rare occasions!

True she really loved Morisi too

 

[Jontor]

True she really loved Morisi too

Maybe she just loves men?

 

[4everchan]

Maybe she just loves men?

Don't tell me I have something in common with Eteri.

 

[lariko]

What boggled my mind is Hiwatashi's score. The rest seems okay from what was delivered live

 

[apgold]

I missed the Japanese men but looks like Kao and Kazuki did well.

Romsky pulled a Romsky - hit the 4S and 3A but the lutz toe didn't work for him. He was the only skater with a fall in the SP which is pretty rare.

I expect lots of movement in the free - and nice that most of the skaters scored at least 80 points - competitive field here.

I watched the Skate Canada livestream and I really like Kevin Reynold's commentary. He wasn't my favorite skater but he does a great job of explaining strengths and weaknesses of each skater.

Of the performances I saw, Emily Chan's boyfriend's Prince program was my favorite. I have yet to see Kevin, so that might change.

Ilia is on another planet competitively. His backrolls into the 3A gave me Hanyu vibes, which is a good thing.