This might be my favorite episode yet — a nearly 3-hour deep dive covering all four disciplines of figure skating as we look ahead to the 2026 Olympics. Go with it. You won’t regret it.
In this episode, I debut my Olympic Power Rankings, breaking down the Top 10 in the world, plus the five closest challengers who could shake things up by February.
Over 60 skaters and teams are discussed, along with an updated look at who’s actually most likely to be at the Games based on eligibility, citizenship, and federation movement.
It’s my most fired-up episode yet — especially when it comes to dance. And yes, I had a total “oops” moment and forgot to cover Kevin Aymoz. He’s getting his full segment next week.
- You can view my Current Olympic Prediction Tracker I discuss in the video here.
- View my live scoring result details from the Grand Prix Season here.
We’ll keep tracking all of this for the rest of the season, because February 2026 will be here before we know it.
Deep-Dive Coverage Includes:
Women: Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵, Amber Glenn 🇺🇸, Adeliia Petrosian 🇷🇺, Alysa Liu 🇺🇸, Mone Chiba 🇯🇵, Ami Nakai 🇯🇵, Isabeau Levito 🇺🇸, Loena Hendrickx 🇧🇪, Jia Shin 🇰🇷, Chaeyeon Kim 🇰🇷
Men: Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸, Yuma Kagiyama 🇯🇵, Adam Siao Him Fa 🇫🇷, Daniel Grassl 🇮🇹, Mikhail Shaidorov 🇰🇿, Shun Sato 🇯🇵, Petr Gumennik 🇷🇺, Jason Brown 🇺🇸, Nika Egadze 🇬🇪, Junhwan Cha 🇰🇷
Pairs: Miura/Kihara 🇯🇵, Metelkina/Berulava 🇬🇪, Conti/Macii 🇮🇹, Hase/Volodin 🇩🇪, Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps 🇨🇦, Sui/Han 🇨🇳, Pavlova/Sviatchenko 🇭🇺, Kam/O’Shea 🇺🇸, Ghilardi/Ambrosini 🇮🇹, Nagaoka/Moriguchi 🇯🇵
Ice Dance: Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron 🇫🇷, Chock/Bates 🇺🇸, Fear/Gibson 🇬🇧, Gilles/Poirier 🇨🇦, Guignard/Fabbri 🇮🇹, Reed/Ambrulevicius 🇱🇹, Zingas/Kolesnik 🇺🇸, Lajoie/Lagha 🇨🇦, Carriera/Ponomarenko 🇺🇸, Smart/Dieck 🇪🇸
Unranked challengers are also in the mix — plenty of potential shakeups coming before the Games.
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