2026 World Figure Skating Championships | Men's Short Program

[CaroLiza_fan]

Pronouncing names correctly is commendable. Putting on a fake Italian accent while speaking English during the presentation, eh, not so much.

That's interesting, because I always cringe when people speaking English say words from other languages with an Anglicised accent. I appreciate it more when they attempt the accent that goes with the word.

But, maybe that is because we sound so bad!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Arriba627]

Tamir made the free! Whew. A couple big mistakes. Do better in the free.

 

[snowflake]

Good start for Andrew

 

[Seven Sisters]

Only Andrew would conceptualize a program set to heavy metal music as “a story about love.”
Never change, Andrew. We love you just the way you are

 

[Mista Ekko]

Torgashev super solid

His Footwork always makes me feel he should be one of the highest PCS scorers

 

[Ruthypegs]

Go, wonderful Deniss!

 

[auser]

Lovely and dynamically expressive skate from Andrew especially the stsq.

 

[Jeanie19]

Andrew. Great outfit and program. Really good skate and great step sequence.

 

[jgg220]

Torgashev needs to invest more in an authentic Scorpions look for this program. Someone please InstanTok him this picture for inspiration in case he keeps it for next season.

 

[lileychristie]

I love this Scorpion song - the build up works really well for a skating program, and it suits Andrew very well.

Though I can't help but wonder, did he get inspired by Australia's Julio Potapenko skating to it earlier in the season, or whether it was just a coincidence

 

[YuBluByMe]

Andrew…..CLEAN! That was a very confident and relaxed skate. Love his flow across the ice; he has such great skating skills.

EDIT: Brezina’s with him in the K&C!

 

[elektra blue]

In my family there are many accents and when we were kids/teens (and even occasionally after) we would imitate reciprocally. I think that I've also imitated other accents. Not to denigrate the people! And there was more self-derision than anything. Humour can take many forms before really lacking respect. These TV hosts who pretend to pronounce names in the "original" way but fail, in my opinion, either try sincerely to be kind to people of these countries, or are snobbish and pose as educated people (and, I confess, make themselves laughing stock). Not everybody have historical or people prejudices against Italy and the Italian, actually I believe that few have! I chose my pseudonym without believing that it would give a smile to many people, we are so many people on Earth, with so diverse cultures even in a given country.
Sorry for the digression.

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

 

[elektra blue]

go Deniss!

 

[Mista Ekko]

There should be more of a difference in PCS between Torgashev and Gogolev imo

As cheesy as his music choice may be

 

[Arriba627]

Beautiful 4T and 3A from Andrew. His step sequence is . Almost 90! Good job.

 

[nickp91]

andrew torgashev i put down for spins in fantasy skating

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Right, now that I have eaten, I can comment more.

Andrew TORGASHEV (USA) wearing a brown vest, purple jacket with sparklies, and black trousers.

Skating to "Maybe I, Maybe You" by the Scorpions.

I'm biased because I love this song (and this band). But I loved that!!!

Hang on - that's Březina with him?! I didn't recognise him!

Andrew goes into 2nd position.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[bartlebooth]

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

The main point is that it is unprofessional when done in an official context, such as a skating competition.

 

[elektra blue]

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Just a beautiful program from Deniss, he's such a gorgeous skater and this was him at his best (save for his camel spin, I don't know what happened there)