2026 Winter Olympics

[makam]

That’s what I was thinking. Ilia did have Olympic experience just days ago, and he did well. Did he need the quad axel to win?

I'm sure he probably wanted to be the first in history to land it at an Olympics. They don't name it after you, but they do remember it.

I haven't seen it (on a little vacay) but I know with Amber Glenn, it feels like she focuses her whole being on the triple axel and forgets she has the rest of the program to skate. But Amber probably needs the 3A to be in the medal talk, Illia didn't need the 4A but probably just wanted it bad.

 

[Nickp]

Nathan Chen had the same high expectations as Ilia Malinin going into the 2018 Olympics he finished in 5th place Chen came back in the 2022 Olympics and won gold