Scoreography

Wendy & Adron Buske

Scoreography is a show about the art, athleticism, culture, and entertainment of Figure Skating. We discuss current competitions, the sports history and legacy, up-and-coming skaters and absolute legends, and the action outside of the rink. Our goal is to promote Figure Skating to a broader, casual audience, particularly in the United States. Whether you're new to the sport's fandom, a once-in-awhile watcher, or a seasoned skating veteran, you'll find something to enjoy in our program. Hosted by lifelong skating fanatic Wendy Buske and her skating-convert husband Adron Buske — along with guest commentators — Scoreography is your accessible and enthusiastic celebration of the greatest sport on ice!

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#116
Thursday · 56 min
Kinoshita Cup 2026 RECAP
Oh boy, we've been gone for awhile! But the new season has started and, like the Russians, we have returned! Kinoshita Cup gave us the first look at this new season, and we're gonna talk about it and some other figure skating news we've missed. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:55 Skating News Catch-Up 00:13:13 Kinoshita Cup 2026 Recap 00:14:01 Women's Event 00:27:53 Men's Competition 00:37:03 Pairs Competition 00:43:56 Ice Dance Competition 00:52:11 Some Other News and Wrap-Up A new skating season (and quadrennial) is here, and we are back and ready. This summer has seen lots of off ice news including Amber Glenn joining Dancing With the Stars to Alysa Liu taking a break from competition. We'll definitely be following their journeys, but today we're talking Kinoshita Cup. The second event in the Challenger series, this event was especially significant as the first senior international event that saw neutral Russian athletes in four years. In the women's event, Mao Shimada put on an incredible show in her first senior international. She was second in the short, just behind a brilliant Ami Nakai. In the free skate, however, Mao pulled away with a breathtaking skate that included her triple axel, quad toe loop, and the best spins we saw in the competition. In second place, after missing a full Olympic cycle, Alexandra Ignatova (Trusova) made her highly anticipated return. Her short program was refreshing and evolved, while her free skate was an absolute clinic of technical difficulty. Rounding out the top three with a strong overall showing was Anna Frolova of Russia.
#115
July 30 · 57 min
Off Season Skating News Catch-Up: New Teams, Retirements, and Return of the Russians
We were away for awhile, and a TON of off season skating news dropped. We catch-up on retirement announcement, exciting new ice dance and pairs teams, the return of the Russians, and more. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:42 Ilia Malinin's... Announcement? 00:05:11 Retirement Announcements 00:12:17 Riku and Ryuchi's Destiny Tour 00:14:12 Alysa Liu wins an ESPY award 00:16:15 New Ice Dance pairings 00:29:16 New Pairs teams 00:37:16 Return of the Russians 00:47:53 First International Events of the Season! 00:55:41 Next up: our annual Q&A episode 00:56:43 Wrap-Up
#114
May 26 · 33 min
Marin Honda and Shoma Uno Return as Ice Dancers
Marin Honda and Shoma Uno have officially announced that they are returning from retirement — to compete in Ice Dance for Japan. We dig into this exciting news, plus round up what else has happened in this wild off season: Italy's Team Bronze pairs team Conti and Macii have officially split, as have the promising Australian pair Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore. Starr Andrews has officially teamed up with Danill Parkman to compete for the USA in pairs, while Fiona Bombardier and Loucas Etheir have joined forces in Canada. Other retirements and team-ups have been announced, all while the competition plans for some of the US and Canada's biggest names remains in question. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:33 Marin Honda and Soma Uno Ice Dancers 00:12:07 Conti and Macii Split 00:14:12 Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore Split 00:15:44 Vladimir Litvintsev Retires 00:16:52 Starr Andrews and Danill Parkman Pairs Partnership 00:20:31 Fiona Bombardier and Loucas Etheir Pairs Team 00:22:01 Milania Kristina Vaananen and Fillipo Ambrosini Pairs Team 00:23:02 What will Team USA and Team Canada look like this season? 00:28:46 Free Agent Skaters Dropping Hints 00:29:34 Wrap-Up and Continued Call for Q&A Submissions
#113
May 11 · 40 min
Stars On Ice 2026 Reaction + Skating News
The Stars On Ice 2026 Tour is in full swing, and we were fortunate enough to get ice-side seats at the St. Louis show. We give you a full breakdown and reaction to this (spoiler: FANTASTIC) show. Plus some skating news, including the announced split of Canadian ice dance team Lajoie and Lagha. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:46 Skating News 00:08:26 Stars on Ice Reaction 00:12:12 The Stargazer Experience 00:15:19 Andrew Torgashev 00:16:18 Isabeau Levito 00:16:59 Carreira and Ponomarenko 00:17:46 Zingas and Kolesnik 00:19:38 Jason Brown 00:22:32 Chock and Bates 00:23:53 Kam and O'Shea 00:25:10 Ilia Malinin 00:27:50 Amber Glenn 00:31:16 Alysa Liu 00:33:57 Final thoughts about SOI 2026 00:39:23 Wrap-Up
#112
April 24 · 58 min
Off-Season Skating News: Team Splits, Retirements, and More
After a week away, we catch-up on a ton of figure skating news, including dance and pairs team splits, retirements, and other surprises. We also recount our trip to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. And Adron talks about learning his oldest sister was also a big figure skating fan, just days before her untimely passing last week. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro, the passing of Adron's sister (and connection to skating) 00:08:36 Our Denver Twice Trip 00:11:36 Skating News: Team Splits 00:25:02 Skating News: Retirements and Gap Years 00:32:29 Skating News: Misc 00:41:29 Our Colorado Springs visit 00:55:12 Call for Q&A Episode Questions 00:56:22 Wrap-Up We're back with some offseason news after a short break. There's A LOT happening in figure skating for late April! This month has been a roller coaster for us personally. Adron lost his oldest sister suddenly, which has been difficult for many reasons. We discuss this and how it actually connects to figure skating in the first 8 minutes of this week's episode. We know this type of discussion is challenging for some, so if you prefer to go right to the skating news, the chapter breaks can skip you ahead. In terms of skating, the rumor mill has been going strong after video was shared by Marin Honda from Japan of her and Shoma Uno training at I.AM. The two have been doing ice dance routines in Shoma's tour, Ice Brave, and their time at I.AM. may be a continuation of that. Or, as we and many others are trying not to get too excited about, it could mean a possible return to competition. They have confirmed nothing, so let's keep it chill for now (with our fingers crossed). When it comes to factual news, we talk through the splits of both Korea's Hannah Lim and Ye Quan, as well as Olivia Flores and Luke Wang from the USA. We also get into our feelings over the un-surprising retirement of Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuchi Kihara. Following their victory at the Olympics, it was very much expected that they would hang up their competitive skates, but this one hurts. Others who have announced they are retiring are Ioulia Chtchetinina of Poland and Josefin Taljegard of Sweden. Not retiring but taking a break for a season is Japan's Yuma Kagiyama. His absence will be a significant loss for the men's field, but may open opportunities for other Japanese men like Kazuki Tomono — or Rio Nakata, who will be moving up to the Senior ranks next season. There are many other tidbits — like Alysa Liu's music video debut and Johnny and Tara hosting The Kelly Clarkson Show — which all makes for a very active month without competition. There's also discussion of our recent trip to Colorado Springs — the home of the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center for the U.S.. — which was admittedly not as exciting as we'd hoped for.
#111
April 6 · 54 min
ISU Awards 2026 and Scoreography Awards
With the season finally complete, we reflect on the post-Worlds ISU Awards, catch-up on the latest skating news, and hand out our own 2nd annual Scoreography Awards. After an amazing Olympic season of figure skating, it feels appropriate to give out awards to the skaters, programs, and costumes we loved most. Inspired by the ISU Awards, which we discuss in this episode, we give out our own Scoreography awards that, while involving no actual trophy or medal, we are sending from our hearts ti the skaters. The ISU Awards, given out directly following the Gala Exhibition at the World Championships, is still a fairly young award show but appears to be something the skaters are enjoying — and even campaigning for in a few cases. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:55 Skating News 00:12:12 ISU Awards 00:28:25 The 2026 Scoreography Awards! 00:49:20 Gold in our Hearts — Season Edition 00:52:49 Wrap-Up
#110
April 1 · 1 hr 53 min
World Championships 2026 RECAP
The 2025-2026 figure skating season finally wrapped up with the World Figure Skating Champions in Prague, and it absolutely lived up to the promise of Olympic redemption for many skaters. Unfortunately, it also provided more scoring confusion in the ice dance competition. Chapters 00:00:00 Motion Graphic 00:01:15 Podcast Chapters vs AI Slop 00:03:41 Women's Competition 00:31:41 Pairs Competition 00:45:34 Men's Competition 01:08:27 Ice Dance Competition 01:21:01 Fear and Gibson and Controversy 01:46:45 Gold in our Hearts 01:51:27 Wrap-Up
#109
March 25 · 35 min
Worlds 2026 Ice Dance PREVIEW
Ice Dance at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships could set the stage for the next Olympic cycle. Two of the three Olympics medal-winning teams are in Prague, along with teams from the US, Lithuania, and Great Britain all vying for medals. The ice dance competition in Prague promises to tell several different stories! One will very likely be a victory lap for the Olympic Champions, Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. With Chock and Bates not coming to Worlds (and possibly retiring soon), the biggest threat to a first World title will be Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada. However, it would be quite an upset at this point for "GuiLo" to be defeated after a dominant season and the wave of momentum off of their Olympic victory. They have kind of indicated they will be continuing after this season, so this could be the start of a new World's dynasty. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:51 Withdrawals: Who Won't Be Competing 00:03:08 Fournier-Beaudry and Cizerone 00:04:35 Gilles and Poirier 00:07:34 Fear and Gibson 00:09:14 Zingas and Kolesnik 00:11:31 Lopareva and Brissaud 00:13:03 Reed and Ambrulevicius 00:14:55 Davis and Smolkin 00:16:18 Smart and Dieck 00:18:08 LaJoie and Lagha 00:21:04 Carreira and Ponomarenko 00:22:30 Turkkila and Versluis 00:23:48 Rest of the Field 00:31:34 Podium Predictions 00:33:05 Wrap-Up
#108
March 24 · 37 min
Worlds 2026 Men's PREVIEW
The men's event at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships is all about redemption. Ilia Malinin comes in as the favorite, but with questions around the effect his Olympic experience may have on what he delivers in Prague. Best case scenario is he "goes ham" and holds nothing back. Ilia is almost always at his best when he's going for the biggest and boldest programs. Also looking to have two consecutive clean skates are the Olympic Silver and Bronze medalists from Japan, Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato. Both of these men had one brilliant skate in Milan, and several that were less than they would have wished for. If they can bring great short and free programs to the competition, they will try likely both be getting medals on this podium as well. There's a long list of others that are sure to make this an exciting — and likely nerve wracking — event to watch. Who gets their redemption arc?! Only time will tell. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:52 Withdrawals: Who WON'T Be There 00:05:32 Ilia Malinin 00:12:21 Yuma Kagiyama 00:16:14 Shun Sato 00:18:12 Daniel Grassl 00:19:07 Adam Siao Him Fa 00:21:11 Stephen Gogolev 00:24:52 Kao Muira 00:26:12 Nika Egadze 00:27:51 Kevin Aymoz 00:29:15 Andrew Torgashev 00:31:19 Other Men in the Competition 00:33:55 Podium Predictions 00:36:38 Wrap-Up
#107
March 23 · 28 min
Worlds 2026 Pairs PREVIEW
The pairs competition at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships will be missing some of the top competitors from Milano Cortina — including Olympic Champions Riku Miura and Ruche Kihara. Olympic silver medalists, Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, have the advantage of momentum being on their side to take their first World title in Prague, but several other extremely talented teams are standing in their way. Most notably, the German pair of Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin are fresh from earning bronze at the Olympic Games and were first after the short program in Milan. They are more than capable of taking their first World title here, but will likely need a very strong free skate to beat the Georgians. Also in the running for a Worlds medal will be Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko of Hungary. They are the season's most improved pair and have taken big steps forward. Making their first World podium is definitely within their grasp. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:38 Withdrawals: Who WON'T Be There 00:06:17 Metelkina and Berulava 00:08:57 Hase and Volodin 00:11:04 Pavlova and Svietchenko 00:13:10 Efimova and Mitrofanov 00:15:37 Nagaoka and Moriguchi 00:18:20 Chan and Howe 00:19:26 Pereira and Michaud 00:21:38 Other notable teams competing here 00:25:50 Podium Predictions 00:27:29 Wrap-Up
#106
March 19 · 31 min
Worlds 2026 Women's Competition PREVIEW
The 2026 World Figure Skating Championships are just a week away, and the women's competition may again be the most hotly contested event! While Olympic Champion, Alysa Liu, has withdrawn, there will be a wildly talented group of women competing for the title, including 3-time World Champion and reigning Olympic silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. This will be Kaori's last time on competitive ice, so emotions are sure to be running high for her and all of us watching! Japan could very well sweep this podium, as Olympic bronze medalist and rookie of the year, Ami Nakai, will be bringing her triple axels to Prague. And Mone Chiba will be hunting for the elusive medal she just missed in Milano Cortina. Likely seeking a little redemption is one of Milan's "Blade Angels", Amber Glenn of the USA. Amber is entirely capable of taking this title or getting on the podium. We expect she'll be coming in hungry after one small mistake in her Olympic short program lost her a medal. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:55 Alysa Liu is too famous for Worlds (j/k) 00:04:51 Kaori Sakamoto 00:07:15 Ami Nakai 00:10:00 Mone Chiba 00:12:26 Niina Petrokina 00:13:50 Amber Glenn 00:15:53 Isabeau Levito 00:17:06 Sarah Everhardt 00:18:32 Haein Lee and Jia Shin 00:20:16 Sofia Samodelkina 00:21:48 Nina Pinzaronne 00:23:01 Kimmy Repond withdrawal and coaching change 00:23:58 Olga Mikutina 00:24:17 Maddie Schizas (and Gabby Daleman pairs girlie?!) 00:26:18 Iida Karhunen 00:26:48 Anastasiia Gubanova 00:27:48 Lara Naki Gutmann 00:29:16 Podium Predictions 00:30:29 Wrap-Up
#105
March 10 · 1 hr 1 min
Junior World Championships 2026 RECAP
We're still in the afterglow of the Olympics, but one of the final major ISU events of the season just went down in Estonia. The 2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships featured a record breaking short program from Rio Nakata, and an incredible 4th consecutive win from Mao Shimada. While Japan took the top spots in the men's and women's event, the rest of those podiums were no less impressive. Korea's Minkyu Seo delivered two gorgeous programs, even though his total score lagged almost 25 points behind Nakata. Australia's new superstar Hana Bath gave stunner skates on her way to a Silver. American ice dancers Hana Maria Aboian and Danniil Veselukhin edged out terrific French and Ukrainian teams for Gold. With huge charisma and sharp skills, this young US team could be dominant in Juniors for several years to come. Canada took the top two spots in Pairs, with the win going to Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov. But the big surprise for us was the Bronze finish of terrific new Ukrainian team Hannah Herrera and Ivan Khobta. (Also, how many Hana's and Hannah's were in this competition?!?) After we wrap the Juniors, we catch up on other skating news — primarily who's in, or out, of the upcoming senior Worlds competition. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:28 Junior Women's Competition 00:19:06 Junior Ice Dance Competition 00:25:09 Junior Men's Competition 00:37:47 Junior Pairs Competition 00:46:26 Gold in our Hearts 00:47:52 Other Skating News 00:58:36 Wrap-Up
#104
March 4 · 1 hr 22 min
Olympics 2026 Airing of Grievances!
The Olympic Games are complete — but our complaints are not! In the spirit of good faith critique, we recount some of our least favorite aspects of the figure skating competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games. It's an Olympic Airing of Grievances! And these aren't just OUR opinions. We asked our audience for their concerns, quibbles, and frustrations with the games, the scoring, the broadcast commentary, and more. And YOU delivered! These Olympics were exhilarating, heartbreaking, stunning, and confounding. Some moments are going to be LEGENDARY. But there's a lot that could have been done better, and plenty of things to fix in the future. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:01 Attack on Iran and impact on figure skating 00:10:04 Let the Grievances Begin 00:10:34 The Media 00:22:51 Questionable Judging 00:32:00 Olympic Quality Control 00:37:18 Commentary and Broadcast 00:51:28 NBC-ification 01:00:02 Listener Grievances! 01:15:21 Coal in our Hearts?! 01:18:29 Look ahead to Junior Worlds 01:19:54 Wrap-Up
#103
February 23 · 1 hr 3 min
Olympic Figure Skating Gala REACTION
Olympic figure skating competition is complete at the Winter Games in Milano Cortina — but the show wasn't over! The Olympic Exhibition Gala allowed medalists and other notable skaters to perform a wide range of entertaining programs, showcasing artistry, acting prowess, and lots of humor. Women's champion Alysa Liu dazzled with a new dress and new dance number. Men's winner Mikhail Shaidorov delivered his fan-favorite Kung-Fu Panda program, complete with full-body panda suit! Pairs silver medalists Metelkina Berulava combined Mortal Kombat with Spandau Ballet. Korea's Haein Lee transformed into a Kpop Demon Hunter. Estonia's Niina Petrokina unalived her male counterparts in the theatrical Cell Block Tango. And USA's Ilia Malinin mesmerized with a high impact performance addressing the pressures and media attention athletes face in the spotlight. We also highlight some of our favorite moments from Olympic figure skating overall, and pick our ultimate Gold in our Hearts recipients from these Games. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:45 Your Input Needed! 00:03:12 The Olympic Gala 00:04:35 Carolina Kostner and Team Italy 00:06:36 Ami Nakai 00:11:05 Amber Glenn 00:13:32 Junhwan Cha 00:15:25 Adeliia Petrosian 00:17:01 Metelkina and Berulava 00:19:11 Niina Petrokina 00:21:54 Adam Siao Him Fa 00:24:46 Haein Lee 00:27:26 Yuma Kagiyama 00:29:58 Kaori Sakamoto 00:32:06 Ilia Malinin 00:37:44 Mikhail Shaidorov 00:40:13 Alysa Liu 00:45:01 Figure Skater Flag Bearers 00:45:57 Other Favorite Olympic Moments 00:59:48 Gold in our Hearts 01:02:14 Wrap-Up
#102
February 20 · 56 min
Olympics 2026 Women's Figure Skating RECAP
The figure skating competition at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games comes to a glorious conclusion with the women's event! USA's golden girl, Alysa Liu, comes through in the clutch with a flawless free skate and climbs to the top of the podium. Queen Kaori Sakamoto holds onto Silver with two incredible skates, and claims her home in our hearts forever. And while Ami Nakai can't maintain the first place ranking she earned in the short, she still brings home the Bronze with abundant charisma and joy. What an event! Everyone in the top ten was terrific, and there are performances to celebrate even down into 20th. The women of figure skating dazzled, showed courage and grit (looking at you, Amber Glenn), and finished off Olympic competition in grand style. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:38 The Women's Olympic Podium 00:22:39 The Rest of the Top 10 00:41:49 Outside the Top 10 00:53:03 Gold in our Hearts 00:54:39 Wrap-Up
#101
February 17 · 47 min
Olympics 2026 Pairs RECAP
The Olympic Pairs event was everything we needed to restore our faith in Milano Cortina figure skating. An astounding, World Record breaking, come-from-behind victory for Miura & Kihara earned the first-ever Japanese Pairs medal. Two terrific skates from Metelkina & Berulava garnered Silver and Georgia's first-ever Winter Games medal. And Hase & Volodin followed up a magical short program with a shaky free skate that just managed to lock a Bronze for Germany. The rest of the top ten was populated with strong performances and a few disappointing finishes, but still so much to be proud of. With so many displays of great sportsmanship and good vibes, the entire event left us feeling warm and happy — which we hope carries over into the Women's event... Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:08 Olympic Pairs Podium Results 00:17:01 4th-6th placements 00:25:52 Teams 7th and below 00:37:33 Gold in our Hearts 00:41:30 Look ahead to the Women's event 00:44:01 Wrap-Up
#100
February 16 · 57 min
Olympic Women's Figure Skating PREVIEW
The final competitive figure skating event of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina is upon us! The Women's competition gives us the deepest field of skaters who are likely to challenge for a medal. Expect the competition to be fierce as these women all hunt for their Olympic moment. It's our 100th episode! We forgot to talk about it 😅 but we really appreciate you joining us for this milestone, and thanks to everyone who has supported us along the way! We discuss the women we perceive as the top eight contenders, based on best scores of the season: Kaori Sakamoto, Ami Nakai, Alysa Liu, Niina Petrokina, Amber Glenn, Mone Chiba, and Adeliia Petrosian. But we're not counting out any of the dark horse podium possibilities, including Jia Shin, Anastasiia Gubanova, Lara Naki Gutmann, Sofia Samodelkina, and Haein Lee. We also take some time to address feedback on our previous episode about the men's olympic final — specifically many commenters' misunderstanding of the episode's opening observations. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:16 Addressing the previous episodes and responses 00:12:26 Top Women's Competitors 00:37:41 The Dark Horse Candidates 00:49:04 Podium Predictions 00:51:40 Prediction Success So Far; State of the Games 00:55:44 Wrap-up
#99
February 14 · 1 hr 5 min
Olympics 2026 Men's Final RECAP
In a stunning, dramatic upset, Kazakstan's Mikhail Shaidorov won gold in the Men's competition at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina. Japan's Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato took the silver and bronze medals, as many predicted, but with shaky performances. Yet the skate most will be talking about was the shocking collapse of "Quad God" Ilia Malinin in the free program, plummeting the expected champion from 1st to 8th place overall. In this recap and reaction to the men's final, we do our best to celebrate the winners while examining how things went horribly awry for the star of USA men's figure skating. Looking ahead, we also preview the Pairs competition, starting this weekend, including our podium predictions. We're thrilled for Mikhail, who put together two fantastic skates, coming through in the clutch again as the hero of Kazakstan skating. But, of course, we're also incredibly heartbroken for Ilia, who had the worst skate of his career at exactly the worst moment. After 3 undefeated years, the pressure of Olympic ice overwhelmed him. It's a result nobody saw coming — though we should have listened closer to Wendy's "crystal ball" from our preview episode... Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:33 The Men's Olympic Podium 00:17:50 NBC-ification 00:23:04 Ilia Malinin 00:38:24 The Rest of the Men's Field 00:48:55 Gold in our Hearts 00:51:17 Pairs Preview 00:57:20 Pairs Podium Predictions 00:59:38 Wrap-Up
#98
February 12 · 56 min
Olympic Ice Dance RECAP
Olympic Ice Dance REACTION — 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games After a wonderful Team competition, Olympic figure skating in Milano Cortina hits its first big controversy. The individual Ice Dance event ends with France's Fournier-Beaudry & Cizeron in gold, despite several visible errors in both programs. Meanwhile, Chock & Bates are awarded silver even with two dynamic, clean performances. Gilles & Poirier take home the bronze, capping their Olympics with a magnificent, emotional free dance. We dig into why the outcome of this event felt neither fair nor surprising, after a season of shoddy, questionable judging. And, despite our anger and frustration, we revisit all of the memorable performances that made the competition great — including fantastic skates from Zingas & Kolesnik, Guignard & Fabbri, Smart & Dieck, and Lopareva & Brissaud. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro and Ice Dance Controversy 00:03:23 Ice Dance Podium 00:20:09 The Rest of the Top Ten 00:36:58 Outside the Top Ten 00:46:14 Overall thoughts on the competition 00:51:32 Gold in our Hearts 00:53:45 Wrap-Up
#97
February 10 · 1 hr 2 min
Olympics 2026 Men's Figure Skating PREVIEW
After a dramatic Team Figure Skating event, the Men prepare to take center stage in the individual competition at the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games. We walk you through the front runners, including USA's "Quad God" Ilia Malinin, and Japan's stars Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato. But there are plenty of dark horses in the mix who could shake up the results and the podium. Kazakstan's Mikhail Shaidorov, France's Adam Siao Him Fa, Italy's Daniel Grassl, Korea's Junhwan Cha, and Georgia's Nika Egadze are all capable of big jumps and big scores. Russian's "neutral" athelete, Petr Gumennik—largely unseen in international competition but highly successful at home—also presents a potential podium spoiler. Beyond the medals and even the battle for the Top Ten, though, are another dozen skaters worth watching and cheering on. The potential for record breaking scores exists side-by-side with looming disaster as these athletes throw the most technically challenging programs possible. Fortune favors the brave, but sometimes the ice has other ideas... Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:38 Podium Favorites 00:16:49 The Dark Horse Contenders 00:44:41 Other Men Worth Watching 00:55:10 Predictions 01:00:20 Wrap-Up

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