I cannot explain why I root for Sota so much. His style is usually too dull for my taste but I love watching him skate and am so glad he nailed both programs here. Sounds like he is continuing but I suppose he will need a higher quad to make it. #4ContsFigure

My personal #4ContsFigure men's podium would be Jun 1st, Kazuki 2nd and Sota 3rd. Jun was out of this world, Kazuki had his mistakes but was otherwise magnificent. Sota was clean throughout but dull. For me Kao's mistakes took away much of the excitement in his skating.

I love Roman Sadovsky's skating. Who wouldn't. But yeah. He always left something behind. It was enough 4 years ago but not this time. Is this his last competitive skate? #4ContsFigure

My personal 2026 Olympic men and women podium: G: Yuma Kagiyama, Isabeau Levito S: Junhwan Cha, Ami Nakai B: Kevin Aymoz, Jia Shin

Absolutely majestic in every way m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOoPdW…

It's fun and all, until it is drug test time. Please don't breathe too heavy when standing near him. Ilia!

argh would have been perfect if Grassl lost another point or so and got replaced in the final group by Kevin. His pre-rotations never got the dings they deserved. All in all an exciting men's short program. Well done US boys but :( for Kao Miura and Shun Sato.

Then there's Michelle and the Fields of Gold gold dress...

#WorldFigure 1. Most delighted that Yuma finally nailed Turandot. It was divine. Medal colour be damned. 2. So happy that Ilia redeemed himself here, not that he really needed to prove anything. So he fluke-tanked at the Olympics, big deal. He dominated the entire quad.

3. Love Shun's jumps but he was quite dull, as is Sota. Kao was much more exciting but hey, results matter. Let's see how Rio goes in seniors. 4. Jun was much missed here by me and supposedly by his Fed. No KOR men made the free and they are back to 1 spot next season. Oops.

5. Have to hand it to Stephen Gogolev. Absolutely nailed it at the Olympics and here. Height be damned. 6. Kevin deserved 3rd in the free with 2nd in PCS and maybe 5th overall. Neither he nor Adam are reliable so the Fed shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket.

7. Happy that we will likely see both Selevkos at World's next season. Sasha was magnificent here. 8. Well everyone about Grassl's skating was, well, ugly. The judges have always been reluctant to score him well and it is time for the Fed to wake up.

#WorldFigure 1. Much deserved redemption for Kaori here. Too bad her skating never moved me but she was indeed the best overall skater this quad. 2. Hopefully no more Let's Dance again, ever. It was cute and all, but two seasons of high level exposure is more than enough.

3. Too bad Ami missed her 3axels here but I don't feel she should have placed or scored this low overall. 4th or 5th is more like it. It's like the Fed only had quota to clout for 2 girls so she missed out here just like Mone did at the Olympics.

4. Not a fan of Nina's skating. I would have placed her much lower. 5. Who convinced Isabeau to do 3lutz3loop combos when she wasn't even rotating 3lutz3toes? Love her skating, but now that the Olympics is over maybe she can take a real season off to fix those jumps?!

6. Also not a big fan of Lara. 7. Well can we have Amber' short here and her free from the Olympics? She is consistently inconsistent at big comps. Not getting my hopes up for her.

8. Jia Shin should have placed and scored higher overall. Fresh out of juniors, very underappreciated. 9. Quite meh with the 2 Euro champs. They are mostly reliable and clean but I always feel they are maxed out and not up to surprise.

10. My overall placement: G Kaori S Mone B Isabeau 4 Ami 5 Jia 6 Nina 7 Lara 8 Amber 9 Sarah 10 Niina 11 Anatasia

My Olympic men top 5 skating placements would have been: G: Misha S: Cha B: Yuma 4th: Shun 5th: Stephen

My performances of the season: Men: Yuma Kagiyama free skate at Worlds Women: Yuna Aoki free skate at 4CCs