Booky wrote:

vmmmomof3girls wrote:

I think that mentally he has been going back and forth about the quad axel. After seeing Yuma's skate, he knew he didn't have to do it to win. But he wanted to make history. It looked like he decided to go for it, but that little bit of doubt made him pop. Then, he started doing mental calculations to figure out how to maximize points. You see it when athletes miss a combination and then add it later, But he was overthinking everything. He accidentally did 2 quad flips (or maybe lutzes, I forget which), neither in combination. So Tara & Johnny were saying that was a deduction, most skaters aren't even doing quad flips or lutzes. But when he popped his quad salchow into a double and then fell on it, that was really the end. I am still shocked that he was 15th in free skate, even with falls. But that last fall was a big oof.

I still can’t believe he went for that quad axel. He was winning everything without it. I read he had a very good warm up so I’m guessing the fall on that quad axel must’ve thrown him off. I wonder what his father thought about that decision. Someone said he didn’t appear to comfort Ilia afterwards. I also heard that immediately after his skate, Ilia told his father that they should’ve sent him to the Beijing Olympics. I remember there was a lot of talk back then that the U.S made a big mistake in not sending him so that he could get some experience under his belt for the next Olympics. 
 

I agree with whoever said that HIs father didn't say anything or comfort him in any way after he came off the ice.  He did seem uncomfortable and a bit mad......IMO.....I wonder if that is why Ilia said that if they had sent him to Beijing that he wouldn't have skated like that......did he feel like he needed to "justify" his performance to his father?  It just seemed a bit odd that that was one of the first things out of his mouth.  I kind of am taking that comment a bit different now than when I first heard him say that.

Glad that Danny and Ellie had a pretty decent skate.

Proud of both our Team USA pairs making the top ten! 
 

Booky wrote:

https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/ilia-malinin-compete-2026-world-championships-agent-confirms

Glad that he is going to Worlds.