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Yuma Kagiyama has ended coaching relationship with Carolina Kostner
Speaking with reporters on May 9, he revealed that he ended his coaching relationship with Kostner at the close of the 2025/26 season. He expressed his gratitude to her, saying that she always told him to not aim for records but for a performance that leaves a lasting impression. This changed his awareness of expression.
u/_Exegy_ — 6 days ago
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Update on quint GOE
As some including Jackie Wong thought, quint GOE for next season as originally listed in ISU Communication 2786 and discussed here was a mistake and has been corrected as of May 8, 2026. GOE is now the same as it was for previous seasons quints have been allowed.
u/_Exegy_ — 7 days ago
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Ilia announced for Sun Valley on Ice (July 25, 2026)
This will be Ilia's fourth year in a row doing Sun Valley.
The full schedule is as follows:
- July 1: TBA
- July 18: Isabeau Levito
- July 25: Ilia Malinin
- August 8: Ellie Kam & Danny O'Shea
- August 29: Madison Chock & Evan Bates
- September 5: Jason Brown
Source: https://www.sunvalley.com/things-to-do/sun-valley-on-ice/
u/_Exegy_ — 7 days ago
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For the SP, he went a record 10 straight competitions hitting at least 100 from 2023 US Nationals to 2024 Lombardia. After just barely missing the mark at 2024 Skate America, where he scored 99.69 with a time violation, he then went another eight competitions in a row scoring 100+. That’s 19 programs with only four negative GOE elements, no falls or pops on jumps, and all spins and step sequences at level 3 and above.
For the FS, Ilia went a record five straight competitions hitting at least 200 from 2025 Grand Prix de France to the 2026 Olympic Team Event. During this period, he posted 215.78 with a clean(ish) five-quad program at 2025 Grand Prix de France, a WR 228.97 with a clean six-quad program at 2025 Skate Canada, and another WR 238.24 making history with a clean seven-quad program at 2025 Grand Prix Final. Ilia is so far the only skater to go a whole GP series including the Final with 200+ in the FS, which he has done in both 2023 and 2025.
For total score, Ilia went five straight competitions hitting at least 300 from 2025 Lombardia to 2026 US Nationals, matching Shoma Uno’s longest streak from back in the +3 GOE era. As with the FS, Ilia is so far the only skater to achieve such a benchmark score for a whole GP series including the Final, which he has done in both 2023 and 2025.
Finally, Ilia matches Nathan Chen for longest streak hitting all 100/200/300 benchmarks in the same competition. He achieved three in a row in the 2023 GP series.
I realized I had not included the FS and total score streaks in my master list of Ilia’s accomplishments, so I added them!
Note: With upcoming BV increases for spins and step sequences, it should become easier to achieve 100+ SP scores. However, with the jump reduction in the FS, it may become harder to achieve 200+ FS scores.
u/_Exegy_ — 8 days ago