2026 Olympics Team Event: Men's Short Program

[Arigato]

well. Yuma > Ilia here

Yup.

 

[yelyoh]

Good thing this is not the individual comp.

 

[ladyjane]

Whatever the result...Hurrah Steven and Yuma! So good, the both of you.

 

[GGFan]

Ilia definitely has charisma and difficulty but parts of the program looked sloppy. Yuma should win the PCS.

 

[RatedPG]

Yuma!!! Clearly deserves first!!
Shame about the status of Japan’s ice dance. Japan clearly won Pairs, Women’s and Men’s. To me, they deserve the team

 

[freedomlover]

Kagiyama won the SP or I’m going to unbearable for the next few days.

real lol

 

[moonvine]

I’ve never seen Ilia get that many yellow and red boxes…

 

[shan22044]

He sure seemed to not be going very fast and just launched into the 4A.

It was messy, he seemed tense during warmup. I actually preferred Yuma!!

 

[SmileHappy34]

I have to bow down now that Stephen finished 3rd .

So here

I don't. Overscores compared to rest of field that was a bit underscored

 

[Ziotic]

wow who will be first???

For the good of skating, it better be Yuma

 

[discodisco]

Ilia trying to look calm, but he does not look over his skates. I'm pretty sure I saw a stumble in the step sequence, and there was that weird step out thing on the triple axle, and his spins were not great either. His flip and lutz looked under as well...

When his jumps aren't on, you can see where his skating is more labored. I'm not sure that deserved over 100 but it probably will..

 

[Skating91]

Malinin cracked under pressure. This is why we watch. 3/4 wins for Japan.

Lutz looks under

 

[SmileHappy34]

I’ve never seen Ilia get that many yellow and red boxes…

Yes they waited till olympics.
His practices i thought was triples not quads or that many

 

[Demandred]

The quad lutz was called UR according to the official score.

 

[Skatingcat]

Malinin looks more serious than I've ever seen him. Olympic pressure getting to him? His jumps looked tight. I thought Kaigama skated way better.

 

[4everchan]

Good point. I was trying to think of all the possibilities in my head, and forgot about that. Shoot. I wonder if they will put Piper and Paul back in given how Stephen skated, and the improved position Canada is in?

I would but....

 

[RatedPG]

USA versus Japan for gold (1 point)
ITA versus Canada for Bronze (1 point)

If Nika and Gubanova were judged fairly, it should have been France into top 5

 

[yuumagical]

Lol, they're playing Believer on the venue feed...and that song makes me think of Yuma

 

[brens78]

I’m off to work, will miss the free dance so have fun all

 

[ruffledgrouse]

I've been hearing a lot of people talk up Yuma's artistry in favor of Ilya, and after finally seeing them side to side... they're about the same, Junhwa's my favorite come at me

But Yuma was cleaner today and should be ahead