Milano Cortina 2026 - Team USA - Figure Skating Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[bmo 195]

Looks like Malinin will skate the SP and USA will re-asses ahead of free skate.

 

Edited Monday at 09:20 PM by bmo

[clemsonbeav 280]

I feel like if Malinin did LP alone, we'd win regardless of who else skated.

[bmo 195]

44 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

I feel like if Malinin did LP alone, we'd win regardless of who else skated.

Malinin doing short instead of long will give him more rest ahead of his individual competition.

[clemsonbeav 280]

15 minutes ago, bmo said:

Malinin doing short instead of long will give him more rest ahead of his individual competition.

Yep, for sure, and probably they know his stamina.  (But he's so young, and surely he can handle an extra couple of minutes!)    (Not me telling an Olympic athlete what he should do...haha.

[Triplecast 174]

On 2/2/2026 at 10:31 AM, clemsonbeav said:

Team event starts Friday:

Rhythm Dance 03:55 EST

Pairs Short 05:35

Women's Short 07:35

 

Any thoughts as to who we'll send to compete in these?

 Rhythmn Dance is obvious, I think.  The key to the whole team event for me is how many placements can C&B gap the Japanese.  

[clemsonbeav 280]

39 minutes ago, Triplecast said:

 Rhythmn Dance is obvious, I think.  The key to the whole team event for me is how many placements can C&B gap the Japanese.  

But our ice dance pairs are all better than Japan, so I wonder if C&B will do both, or let someone else take over.

 

By comparison, our third best ice dance team scored 70 points better than Japan's entry in the Grand Prix (source)

Edited 14 hours ago by clemsonbeav