What a Comeback! Stephen Gogolev Skates to "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Rachmaninov 🇨🇦🎶
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Stephen Gogolev of Canada, whose own personal journey is extraordinary.
He has fought back from appalling injury trouble.
He's so nearly retired and here he is at the Olympic Winter Games,
a crucial part of the Canadian team.
Canada's final performance in this team event.
Three quads in a row to open.
Salchow, repeating the opening Salchow but must be in combination and he has to get the double
toe off it. Well done. Good running edge up to the triple axel. Good sequence. Tight.
He's really showing why he's a contender into the top group of men's skaters this season.
Fully rounded. Spins, jumps, expression, step sequence.
That's quite a cluster of turns finishing the loop. Here's some record men and all.
Canada's Stephen Gogolev. One senses that this is just the beginning for him.
He started to find his feet through, you know,
2025 and he started off the season at a competition called Nebelhorn Trophy
with a really, with a really good win there. It was a good quality win and good quality skating.
And probably, that was actually real good, says Lee Barkel. Yes, it actually was.
I think Stephen Gogolev has a lot to offer the sport, those of us who enjoy it and watch it.
Those slow-mos are awesome. This is probably the only thing that he had a problem with at the,
which was in the second jump, which would attract a negative grade of execution from the nine
member judge panel. Here is the flip. It was the triple flip to the triple axel. Is it backwards?
Definitely is. It was a good sequence and it added, it really adds valuable points.
The composition of the program has got up into the eights, but the presentation and the skating
skills is still sitting down in the high sevens. I think he has, I think he has the capacity and
the potential to push these scores right through into the high eights in the near future.
It's been a great effort by Canada in this team event.
Oh, how well done. 171.93. That is the best score that he's ever achieved.