Figure Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[Ros 349]

2 minutes ago, phelps said:

in Italy 13 is considered a lucky number, it's 17 the nightmerish one

given our performance in today's events, maybe we should change that and align to the rest of the world 

Probably after this competition in  13th will be lucky number too

[Matteo92 360]

19 minutes ago, Ros said:

Shiffrin in slalom for sure

 

I think slalom is an inherently unpredictable race, so an upset there is 'less of an upset' than in other races, if that makes sense. DNFs are very frequent, the course and the slope can make a huge difference, the bib (or the starting order, more accurately, as it's mostly relevant in the 2nd run) can also be a factor.

 

Shiffrin, for instance, in spite of being clearly the greatest slalom skier of all time, has never won more than 7 in a row, I believe. Even at her best, she never managed to win all the slaloms in one season (she won every time she started in 2015/16, but she missed half the races because of an injury).

Edited February 13 by Matteo92

[copravolley 635]

2 minutes ago, phelps said:

we were talking of these Games or at least winter sports

Now it'll probably be even harder to beat Norway in the cross country relay, because they have Klaebo. Back then, there were no sprint specialists, and even Daehli was beatable. Even in 2002, Zorzi came very close to beating Alsgaard in the relay race finish.

[szy123 139]

27 minutes ago, phelps said:

we were talking of these Games or at least winter sports

Good ol' Bradbury, because Shaidorov also was the only one that managed to not have a hard contact between the ice and his butt

[pdr4332 261]

Any idea what was the average betting odds for our good friend Mikhail Stanislavovich Shaidorov this evening or prior the race? Or could you even bet for him anywhere?

Even the simple yes/no bet for Malinin was going on on Kalshi (which is US only but would guess other betting sites or markets were similar) 93 cents vs 7 cents this evening (European time)

So 13+ times payout for simply betting that Malinin will not win

 

[Orangehair43 314]

The BBC didn’t show Shaidrov. Time they finished the skating they were only 4 skates left 

[Orangehair43 314]

46 minutes ago, Ros said:

Shiffrin in slalom for sure

Not after the combined and 2022. 

[clemsonbeav 540]

Uf.  Finally managed to watch the last few skaters.  That was painful (Malinin + all the others...).  Happy for Shaidorov  .  He had a great skate.  Now off to nurse some wounds...

 

(Can we get a reverse upset and have Campbell Wright pull off a biathlon medal?)  

[Topicmaster1010 6,500]

1 hour ago, Matteo92 said:

Copravolley's post had me thinking, what would be considered comparable to tonight's upset? Norway losing the men's relay or the men's team sprint in cross-country?

Jordan Stolz losing in the 1500m

Edited February 14 by Topicmaster1010

[Andre Han 182]

I just woke up. It's surprising that Malinin lost. Before the Olympics, I thought there was a 99% chance Malinin would win. I can only say that this is the charm of the Olympics.