ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2026

[Rich]

I thought Jason Brown was replacing Maxim Naumov. Jacob sanchez seems to have replaced him and is so far in 10th. Nice to see Ilia back in first. Torgashev is now in 7th which is good for him.

 

[RedBirdie]

Jason Brown was originally named to the world's team. He then withdrew from worlds.

 

[JDB]

The competition featured Kaori Sakamoto's final skate and fourth world championship victory. It was a great way to end her competitive career.

I think the ice dance replay is worth watching. Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) won ice dance and performed way better than at the Olympics. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (CAN) won the silver and were great as well.

A lowlight was active duty soldier Spencer Akira Howe (USA) competing in pairs.

 

[irichluck21]

A lowlight was active duty soldier Spencer Akira Howe (USA) competing in pairs.

Why is this a lowlight?

 

[MaryClare]

The competition featured Kaori Sakamoto's final skate and fourth world championship victory. It was a great way to end her competitive career.

I think the ice dance replay is worth watching. Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) won ice dance and performed way better than at the Olympics. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (CAN) won the silver and were great as well.

A lowlight was active duty soldier Spencer Akira Howe (USA) competing in pairs.

Why would you add a snide, irrelevant, political footnote to what was until that point an interesting summary of the competition?

 

[MaryClare]

Why is this a lowlight?

I know, I’m so f*cking tired of it too. Absolutely zero need for that comment. I thought you guys were banning people for that?

 

[irichluck21]

I think we can give the benefit of the doubt for some explanation first.
What did Howe do on the ice that was a lowlight?
Otherwise the comment will be removed.

For example, for me Amber Glenn was a lowlight because she was set up to medal in the short program and then failed to capitalize in the long program to win a medal. Same as in the Olympics. Such talent not able to come through when a medal is on the line.

Chan and Howe replaced Kam and O'Shea who were injured.

 

[JDB]

My comment was caused by how inconsistently rules are being applied across sports; I should've added an explanation there. Some other countries' athletes are being inspected for military affiliations. The USA violating the Olympic truce is relevant to sports as it affected Iran's participation in the Paralympics. I won't comment on this further.

 

[RichardL]

For example, for me Amber Glenn was a lowlight because she was set up to medal in the short program and then failed to capitalize in the long program to win a medal. Same as in the Olympics. Such talent not able to come through when a medal is on the line.

Opposite of the Olympics actually! If she could've done the same short program she did in Prague at the Olympics, and the same long program she did in Milan at Worlds, she would have won two medals. Instead, nothing at all. Definitely a lowlight and a heartbreak, but there's always heartbreak...

 

[JDB]

Screwing up post-Olympics worlds is a rite of passage. Amber Glenn achieved it late in her career.

 

[Sasha]

I don't know how they turn around and do a second major competition a month after the Olympics. Setting aside the physical considerations for a moment, the emotional exhaustion ALONE after the Olympics must persist for a while.

Unless you're Alysa Liu, hah.

 

[irichluck21]

Opposite of the Olympics actually!

Oh duh.

I knew that too. I don't know why I mixed it up.