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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_ISU_Short_Track_World_Tour Nope - Jens took the 1000m in Stop 1, and Dubois took the 500m in Stop 2. But still quite impressive!

How we did in Montreal 2: Men: 500m - Andrew Heo and Brandon Kim made the QF - same as last week 1000m - Kim made the QF (an improvement) 1500m - Brandon Kim finished 3rd in the B Final (an improvement), and Clayton De Clemente finished 4th in the B Final (an improvement). Andrew Heo made the SF (same as last week). Relay - Made the A Finals! (We finished 4th, but a nice opportunity to skate in the A Finals.) Women: 500m - KSG with the Bronze, Corinne Stoddard with 4th. 1000m - Stoddard went down in the finals, finishing 4th. Again, KSG went out in the QF. 1500m - Stoddard in 2nd, KSG with a bronze! Relay - Finished 1st in the B Finals (5th overall). Mixed Relay: Made it to the B Finals and finished 3rd (so 7th).

And per commentators, they can't find another example of a male ever doing that at an event.

What is it with the YouTube stream and 1000m finals...mine is bugging out severely.

Results at the Grand Prix de France: Women: - Isabeau Levito - Finished fourth. Was third after the SP, but the 4th place athlete from had a better FP. - Elyce Lin-Gracey - Finished eighth Men: - Ilia Malinin - Gold medal, unstoppable. He still has room to up his points, too. - Andrew Torgashev - Had an unfortunate SP, but had the 5th best FP. Finished 6th overall. - Maxim Naumov - Finished 9th Pairs: - Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman - Finished 4th, but a distant one - Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy - Finished 5th Ice Dance: - Eva Pate and Logan Bye - Finished 7th - Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville - Finished 8th Coming up in China next week... Women: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu Men: Camden Pulkinen, Jacob Sanchez* Pairs: Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman Ice Dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

Got this post updated with the results. Congrats to the winners...see you all next weekend in !

Ilia Malinin is just at another level. I did notice that he left some triples out there...but I imagine they will all be quads by the time Milano rolls around. (His free program was worth more points than two skaters' short+free combined.) And Adam Siao Him Fa made it back on the podium after not having the best of short programs, and Lukas Britschgi almost clawed his way back. Andrew Torgachev likewise redeemed himself in the second skate. Looking forward to seeing more from these guys.

The free dance by Cizeron and Fournier was breathtaking. I was enthralled!

Yes, unfortunately. https://www.instagram.com/usagym/p/DP_AdI3iMpn/

They did upload the race separately. Enjoy!

I love how Ceccon is like "Yeah, this ain't the Olympics...I'm not gonna shave."

Yeah, they were having difficulties. I watched as the number of viewers dropped as it was happening, and even on the replay uploaded now, it cuts straight from the intro to the Final A into the M 1500m or whatever it was.

Too bad the YouTube feed cut out and I missed the W 1000m Finals to see what happened to Corinne Stoddard (looks like she was knocked down by another skater).

The Japanese women go 1-2-3 for the Women's program, leaving Isabeau Levito in fourth. The Japanese skaters all had amazing skates, and gold medalist Nakai Ami is just 17 years old! Gold - Nakai Ami Silver - Sakamoto Kaori Bronze - Sumiyoshi Rion

Bronze for !

Just realized that these two from San Marino were both medalists back in Tokyo. San Marino sent 5 athletes to Tokyo. Three of them (60%) won medals. (And those are the only medals they've ever won.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics

San Marino! Love seeing the small nations advance.

For those interested in watching the BMX Freestyle World Cup this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/@FISEWorld/streams

It seems to be an expanded edition of what Paris 2024 did with the surfers out in Tahiti...they still get to (kind of) be part of the ceremony, while not requiring that they all be at the same place. It will be interesting to see delegations that are split between locations, especially since there will only be one flag (though I'm sure there will be some marker/designation, probably just with a volunteer).

Results by Stop Results by Discipline

Announcements from USS&S about the teams: Freeski (Big Air, Slopestyle, Ski Cross, and Halfpipe): https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/2025-26-stifel-us-freeski-team-announced Freestyle (Moguls, Dual Moguls, and Aerials): https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/2025-26-stifel-us-freestyle-ski-team-announced Some athletes have pre-qualified for the Games given the USA's selection criteria, based on their results in 2024-2025: https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/dehlinger-ferreira-hall-kauf-qualify-2026-olympics-winter-games - Quinn Dehlinger: Silver in the 2023 and 2025 WCh for Men's Aerials - Jaelin Kauf: Silver in 2022 in Women's Moguls, WC winner in Moguls and Dual Moguls for 2024-2025, Gold in 2025 WCh in Dual Moguls - Alex Hall: Gold in 2022 in Men's Slopestyle (also made finals in Men's Big Air), Bronze in 2025 WCh in Men's Slopestyle (also finalist in Men's Big Air) - Alex Ferreira: Silver in 2018 and Bronze in 2022 in Men's Halfpipe, Bronze in 2025 WCh in Men's Halfpipe, undefeated in 2023-2024 WC

Team USA 2026 Halfpipe Women - Kate Gray, Svea Irving, Riley Jacobs, Abby Winterberger Men - Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Hunter Hess, Birk Irving Slopestyle & Big Air Women - Marin Hamill, Rell Harwood, Grace Henderson, Avery Krumme Men - Mac Forehand, Alex Hall, Troy Podmilsak, Konnor Ralph Aerials Women - Kyra Dossa, Kaila Kuhn, Tasia Tanner, Winter Vinecki Men - Connor Curran, Quinn Dehlinger, Derek Krueger, Chris Lillis Moguls Women - Olivia Giaccio, Tess Johnson, Jaelin Kauf, Elizabeth “Liz” Lemley Men - Charlie Mickel, Nick Page, Dylan Walczyk, Landon Wendler History The USA is one of the top medal collectors in this event. We're 1st in overall medals in 2nd in gold medals won. (Canada is the other top winner.) Last year, we won 8: Gold in Mixed Team Aerials and Men's Slopestyle; Silver in Women's Moguls, Men's Big Air, Men's Slopestyle, and Men's Halfpipe; and Bronze in Women's Aerials and Men's Halfpipe. So, our odds for medaling are good.

Update: It is happening, but not with the original 6 countries. Only Japan and the USA are in from the original announcement. Now, instead of Austria, GB, Slovenia, and France, we're getting Australia, Canada, South Korea, and Israel. Japan and Korea are sending their A team, but the USA is not. It's going to be an interesting team competition...we'll see how it plays out! https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/events/ifsc-nations-grand-finale-fukuoka-2025/news/world-class-lineup-confirmed-for-ifsc-nations-grand-finale-2025

While we're waiting for these WCh, the Para Worlds are happening now, and are streaming (in the USA at least) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ucichannel

Articles dealing with the announcement of the US Alpine team: NBC: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/mikaela-shiffrin-lindsey-vonn-headline-us-alpine-ski-team-roster-announcement USS&S: https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/news/2025-26-stifel-us-alpine-ski-team-announced