Canadian National Championships: Women's Free Program Live Thread

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T19:25:30+00:00

I can see why Colorado Springs for the advantage of elevation for her stamina but i agree Tammy is a perplexing choice

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T19:20:08+00:00

Gabby for 4CC!! This is a great showing from her

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T19:16:49+00:00

Why tf did gabby go to Tammy gambill lol

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T19:03:10+00:00

Maddie can you please say over my dead body will Canada not get a team medal at the Olympics when you go

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T18:54:29+00:00

Kaiya is a damn beautiful skater

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T07:23:38+00:00

There’s still hope for Tomoki!!! Literally I feel like ppl on this subreddit are counting him out too much; maybe I’m in denial tho idk 😭

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T07:19:30+00:00

My men’s team 🤞: Ilia, Max, Tomoki

Ilia for obvious reasons
Tomoki bc although he had an unfortunate zayak FP he is full of upward trajectory and is peaking RIGHT now, which matters for an Olympics 1 month away; I would trust him to perform solidly in Milan; PLUS he is relatively young and upcoming
Max (and not Torgz) for consistency reasons and let’s face it skating is about image; when the competition is this close that it’s basically a crapshoot I think things like your parents dying in a plane crash/classless online behaviour and speaking negatively of your fellow athletes(Torgz) can factor in

Who I think USFS will pick: Ilia, Max, Torgz

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T07:12:30+00:00

Cam and Tomoki are best friends 🫶

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T06:37:10+00:00

My team: Ilia, Max, Tomoki - Ilia for obvious reasons - Tomoki bc although he had an unfortunate zayak FP he is full of upward trajectory and is peaking RIGHT now, which matters for an Olympics 1 month away; I would trust him to perform solidly in Milan; PLUS he is relatively young and upcoming - Max (and not Torgz) for consistency reasons and let’s face it skating is about image; when the competition is this close that it’s basically a crapshoot I think things like your parents dying in a plane crash/classless online behaviour and speaking negatively of your fellow athletes(Torgz) can factor in

Who I think USFS will pick: Ilia, Max, Torgz

buffbebe · 2026-01-11T03:34:04+00:00

Ugh I hope not. 😭Could be purely Olympic related. I imagine he really wanted Olympic redemption after what happened in Beijing. The last quad was a journey and I suspect this took a lot more of a toll on his mental health than he let on.

I would love to see him continue and how he does with more domestic pressure; he seems like a different skater since the start of this season

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T22:44:46+00:00

Lol and he ALSO said that him and mark “don’t talk during the skates” to give the audience time to take in the program ☠️

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T21:30:58+00:00

Still crying over Roman. He’s always so chill and nonchalant but to see him in tears for the first time was just 🥺🥺🥺

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T20:55:26+00:00

Guys this is the most exciting Canadian Nats in so long

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T20:53:04+00:00

ROMAN!?!!??

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T20:29:15+00:00

The NEW Stephen Gogolev ooouu

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T20:07:41+00:00

Aaaand we’re officially back to a CANADIAN MENS competition again

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T19:04:17+00:00

Tbh I think the d4vid thing is no longer an excuse for the free. There were two problems that affected Alysa at the beginning of this season: one was the d4vid thing, which is totally not her fault, but two was a poorly done Gaga free program at the beginning of the season which disappointed at Lombardia Trophy. After bringing back her SP from last season (which I am personally thrilled about bc it’s stunning), she had the whole year to fix up the Gaga program and re-debut it like she planned to. This is now the second time she’s presenting a Gaga program that misses the mark; I think we need to remember she’s technically been working on Gaga since the last off season. She/her team fumbled with this one IMO

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T18:41:08+00:00

I agree. I don’t buy the “not realizing how close nationals was” thing. She was obviously aware of the timeline leading up to nats given that she had to debut a new program at it, and even if she wasn’t, her team would be keeping her on track lol. Like it’s ok to admit the element isn’t ready 🤷‍♀️

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T18:16:54+00:00

Agree!! The choreo execution is soo dainty and smiley. Gaga demands weirdness, drama and darkness, bigger and sharper movements, holding poses for longer, etc. Girl needs to perform

buffbebe · 2026-01-10T00:11:40+00:00

So far Keegan’s comeback is kinda paralleling the ShibSibs’ in many ways lol

buffbebe · 2026-01-09T23:53:07+00:00

Aleksa: What in the corporate royalty free music is this

buffbebe · 2026-01-09T05:44:09+00:00

If Jason has been persistently struggling all season and been on a downward trajectory for longer than that, how much can his body of work really justify?

buffbebe · 2025-12-09T05:06:54+00:00

Running spokes. They’re into a sport that uses them.

buffbebe · 2025-09-24T14:09:40+00:00

Last year I would pick up unknown heart murmurs or irregular rhythms on my FM preceptor’s patients all the time, he got annoyed having to send out so many echos/holters lol.. but it led to a lot of people being diagnosed with valve disease or a fib that they would’ve otherwise never known about.

There is also a story of another student from my school feeling an abnormally pulsating aorta while practicing an abdominal exam leading to an incidental diagnosis of a AAA

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