2026 Olympics: Men's Free Skate

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Welcome back to "This Is Why We Put the Combo On The First Jump!" I'm your host, and today, we have the almost-spectacular skate from Andrew that could have scored 6-8 more points if he had gotten a combo off on that first 4T! He lost around 4 points for the combo itself, and another 3 or so in BV for the second 4T.

Apart from that (costly and very avoidable) error, this was a great skate from Andrew, and redemption after his meltdown at Worlds last year. He always does the best choreo sequences, he was on the edge of disaster throughout with his speed but it was sooooo exciting and I'm glad to see the judges running with his GOE on that element.

 

[elektra blue]

well the choreo sequence is just so explosive, too bad for the mistakes. good job overall

 

[Fetinia]

2 points lower than gumenikk yeahhh idk

Petr got 80

 

[Paulipau]

I loved the step sequence.

 

[yfan1]

TBH, I think Shun's steps are weak, so... I can understand the level call, even if I need to go scrutinize lol

 

[SnowWhite]

2 points lower than gumenikk yeahhh idk

Gummenik had 80.65 in PCS, not 86

 

[auser]

Beautiful skate with dynamic stsq from Andrew.

 

[yelyoh]

Could barely have asked for more from Andrew.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Torg's choreo sequence is FIRE, but everything outside of it is so boring to me

 

[16Olympics]

Well, that was energetic and metallic......Very cool, Andrew. Bravo!!

 

[shan22044]

He rocks this part of the program, I love it.

That cartwheel scared the crap out of me.

 

[Jeanie19]

Andrew. Great outfit and program. Great step sequence and a good skate.

 

[FlossieH]

That was decent skate for Torgashev. Shame that he will (I think) have a 4T+Rep.

 

[museksk8r]

I’m guessing Andrew will slot into 5th with that effort.

 

[Ares]

Naumov's choreo seq wowed me

 

[freedomlover]

Gummenik had 80.65 in PCS, not 86

My head had him at 86 for some reason, sorry

 

[Zora]

german talking about "the small japanese" girl ENOUGH

She's so annoying.

 

[Demandred]

Amazing choreo sequence, but he didn't have the tech to get in the top 3.

 

[TT_Fin]

I like skaters who pay attention to stsq and choreo sequence. I might be minority, but those are too low scored in basic. Good ones should get more reward.

 

[Warwick360]

Big Torgashev fan, but prefer last season's LP.

But the last section was fun to watch.