2026 Winter Olympics

[rlayt]

Too bad. Brown is a beautiful skater but figure skating has changed a lot and beautiful isn’t enough.

 

[RichardL]

Too bad. Brown is a beautiful skater but figure skating has changed a lot and beautiful isn’t enough.

He certainly made it easy for them with that free skate, though. I'm honestly surprised they are sending him to Worlds and not giving someone else some experience.

 

[makam]

I think his season record is superior. Aren't all the guys not named Ilia (and Jason a decent percentage of the time) pretty known for choking internationally?

 

[LMB]

I am not an expert at all, but rankings at Worlds determines how many spots you have at the following year's Worlds/Olympics. The past three years, Ilia and Jason have scored well enough to earn three spots for men for the US. Only the top two count, which is good because the third US man has placed poorly each year. They could be sending Jason to 2026 Worlds because he has been solid in the past and can help earn three spots for the 2027 Worlds.

2023
3 Ilia Malinin
5 Jason Brown
21 Andrew Torgashev

2024
1 Ilia Malinin
5 Jason Brown
20 Camden Pulkinen

2025
1 Ilia Malinin
8 Jason Brown
22 Andrew Torgashev

 

[RichardL]

I am not an expert at all, but rankings at Worlds determines how many spots you have at the following year's Worlds/Olympics. The past three years, Ilia and Jason have scored well enough to earn three spots for men for the US. Only the top two count, which is good because the third US man has placed poorly each year. They could be sending Jason to 2026 Worlds because he has been solid in the past and can help earn three spots for the 2027 Worlds.

2023
3 Ilia Malinin
5 Jason Brown
21 Andrew Torgashev

2024
1 Ilia Malinin
5 Jason Brown
20 Camden Pulkinen

2025
1 Ilia Malinin
8 Jason Brown
22 Andrew Torgashev

This makes perfect sense to me, thank you!

 

[rlayt]

Yes. Thanks for that thoughtful analysis.