2026 Olympics Team Event: Men's Short Program

[saine]

Not sure if I'll be home to watch, I'll light some candles for Gogo ahead of time.

 

[elektra blue]

i'm not going to be able to watch tonight, i'm entrusting you with my son!

 

[Livi]

Does someone know the start time of each skater?

 

[Livi]

my dearest national broadcaster isn't streaming men SP live, I guess I'm going to be honorary German whole evening...

How will u watch it? I have the same problem beacause I have only the half of SP in live in my country

 

[Karoltyna]

How will u watch it? I have the same problem beacause I have only the half of SP in live in my country

here: https://www.sportschau.de/olympia/uebersicht-mailand-cortina,livestreams-104.html you need vpn set to Germany

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Does someone know the start time of each skater?

Here you go:

https://wmr-static-assets.scd.dgpla...XTEAM--------------QUAL0001MN--__C51A_1.0.pdf

That's from the IOC's Results page. The ISU's Entries / Results page hasn't got it up yet.

Hope this helps.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CoyoteChris]

Does someone know the start time of each skater?

All we know is the order unless Doris can find it tout de suite. My advice to Ilia is if, skating last, he has a comfortable looking lead, go ahead a put in the 4A. But the team event could end up being very very close and I would not risk my gold medal nor my team mates. It would be sad for the second US man, but if things look as close as I think they will be, I would put in Ilia twice.
Yes, figure skaters can and often do skate twice in the Olympic team event, performing in both the short/rhythm program and the free skate/dance segments if chosen. While teams are permitted to make up to two substitutions after the initial short program, top competitors frequently skate both segments to maximize their nation's podium chances.
Key Details on Skating Twice in the Team Event:

• Strategy vs. Fatigue: Teams must balance using their strongest athletes twice to secure high points against the risk of physical/mental fatigue, especially since the team event occurs before individual competitions.
• Event Structure: The team event consists of four disciplines (men, women, pairs, ice dance), with the top five teams advancing from the short programs to the free skates.
• Substitutions: Each nation is allowed to make up to two athlete exchanges after the initial short programs/rhythm dance.
• Maximum Participation: Athletes can potentially compete in both the team event and their respective individual events, meaning a skater could perform up to four times total (two team, two individual) over the course of the Olympics.

In summary, the same skater/pair can compete in both segments of the team event, though teams often use the substitution rule to manage athlete workload.

 

[CoyoteChris]

BTW, I agree with A. L.
There should be more team comps.
Stragety is important here. If Yuma has a bad day and Kevin brings his A game, the US still has alot more breathing room. Some may poo poo a team gold. I dont. I would STILL let Ilia and C and B skate twice.

 

[dorispulaski]

From the file CaroLizafan linked:

Start .Finish
Time Time


19:45:00 19:52:15 Warm-Up Group 1

19:52:45 19:59:05 1 APPLEBY Edward GBR

19:59:05 20:05:25 2 GOGOLEV Stephen CAN

20:05:25 20:11:45 3 SAMOILOV Vladimir POL

20:11:45 20:18:05 4 JIN Boyang CHN

20:18:05 20:24:25 5 CHA Junhwan KOR

20:24:25 20:31:40 Warm-Up Group 2

20:32:10 20:38:30 6 GRASSL Daniel ITA

20:38:30 20:44:50 7 AYMOZ Kevin FRA

20:44:50 20:51:10 8 EGADZE Nika GEO

20:51:10 20:57:30 9 KAGIYAMA Yuma JPN

20:57:30 21:03:50 10 MALININ Ilia USA

 

[Andrea82]

Officials

Function	Name	Nation
Referee​	Ms. LOCATELLI Raffaella​	ITA
Technical Controller​	Ms. LAAKSONEN Leena​	FIN
Technical Specialist​	Mr. ONG Clarence​	AUS
Technical Specialist​	Mr. LEBLANC Raoul​	CAN
Judge No.1​	Mr. LEROY Anthony​	FRA
Judge No.2​	Ms. MORANDI Gloria​	ITA
Judge No.3​	Ms. FINDLAY Ann​	GBR
Judge No.4​	Mr. SOOS Attila​	HUN
Judge No.5​	Mr. DELFA Daniel​	ESP
Judge No.6​	Ms. HOWARD Karen​	CAN
Judge No.7​	Ms. BLANC Christine​	SUI
Judge No.8​	Ms. DAVIDSSON Laila​	SWE
Judge No.9​	Ms. JIANG Hailan​	CHN

 

[dorispulaski]

And it is now on the DETAILED RESULTS file:

https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/owg2026/FSKXTEAM--------------QUAL0001MN--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

Ilia's planned content for Team Short includes a 4A-3T combo. OK.

He skates last, so will have the benefit of knowing how the others did before finalizing this decision.

I don't like this. Doing a riskier combo in the individual event makes more sense because the excess points count towards your competition total. Here it doesn't matter if he finishes 0.01 or 100 points ahead of the next guy.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Day 2 of the Olympic Team Event starts with some Saturday night chaos!

Livestream for the Men's SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the BBC coverage on the iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l0057wpm/

The BBC don't tell us what they will be showing on each channel, or if it will include the skating. So I will hedge my bets and provide links to both broadcasts.

Here is the link for the BBC2 coverage on the iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002r8dw

Here is the link for the BBC Red Button coverage on the iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rby6

Here is the link for the "No Advert" coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/e395ff17-d704-5096-91ec-ba61000af5e2

Here is the link to the TNT Sports 2 coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/b464df7f-0c59-5af3-bdd3-1f6c1096f84b

Here is the link to the TNT Sports Ultra UHD coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/23f0d4e0-61c4-593e-92ed-4b4401784c75

All the other information you may need is in the OP of this thread.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[TontoK]

I don't like this. Doing a riskier combo in the individual event makes more sense because the excess points count towards your competition total. Here it doesn't matter if he finishes 0.01 or 100 points ahead of the next guy.

On the other hand, if he's got an open lane... meaning the others have made mistakes, why not?

That way, he could be the first to land a 4A combo. If he misses it, he's still probably in good shape. As you said, it doesn't matter the margin of victory.

It's probably a pointless discussion anyway, as Jackie Chan has reported he's not doing it. He's apparently practiced his regular layout.

As for my personal opinion? He shouldn't do it. There's no point in taking risks at the Olympics. Save it for the WC. He'll still be the first to do it, and it could add excitement to an otherwise sleepy competition.

 

[sissy7]

Eurosport/HBO Max started the lead in broadcast
As someone who watched yesterday's event via checking the results between 2 emails at work, I am so exited

 

[sissy7]

By the by, my national broadcaster threw shade on the Olympic techbox+ jump map, saying that viewers would better appriciate knowing which elements were called, and not watching a distracting little worm in the corner

 

[brens78]

Good morning from Australia! Gotta start work in 2 hours so cutting it fine and will do my best to keep up tech box scores

 

[Princessroja]

Here! So excited. I'm rooting for Canada to make the free skate... I have to be honest and say it doesn't look good but I want it so badly.

edit: Also, can I say how much I hate that the next stage of the team event starts today instead of being a day later? How are you supposed to prepare if you're one of the teams on the bubble? Treat it like a comp day, sure, but then at the end if you don't perform it would be so demoralizing. No time to prepare properly, no start orders until immediately before, nothing.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Eurosport/HBO Max started the lead in broadcast
As someone who watched yesterday's event via checking the results between 2 emails at work, I am so exited

Just out of curiosity, are you getting the same lead in as us in the British Isles?

We just had Tiffany Zahorski in the arena talking to Radzi Chinyanganya (former presenter of the BBC's flagship children's programme "Blue Peter"). And now we have a recorded feature on Ilia Malinin

CaroLiza_fan

 

[sissy7]

Interview with Ilia: parents didn't want him to skate initially, he wants to compete at the top level, Olympics is the begining, lots of opportunities for the future,wants to watch other sport as well, wants to do his best