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[SailorGalaxia518]

I agree, but they'd have to skate out of their skin.

Yep. I agree with you

 

[Tinymavy15]

I can't see them medaling, but top 5 is doable. I see more like 6th place though. Don't forget that Keauna was sick at nationals. If they had been healthy, no doubt they would have skated much better.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

If we accept the German and 2 Chinese teams as locks there is also Dube/Davidson, Duhamel/Buntin, Kawaguchi/Smirnov, Murkhortova/Trankov Given the aforementioned, what place do you see them in now?

I'm still going for a great showing in Worlds, their First.

 

[all that]

If anyone other than K/N end up winning, I will eat my hat! And also my scarf and gloves.

I sure hope your hat, scarf, and gloves taste good.

 

[beep_beep]

If anyone other than K/N end up winning, I will eat my hat! And also my scarf and gloves.

I would say too that K/N look like the front runners
But we'll keep this post for future reference...

 

[LeCygne]

I sure hope your hat, scarf, and gloves taste good.

Haha yeah, I was about to say...

 

[LeCygne]

^ I'd say Dube/Davidson and Kawaguchi/Smirnov will probably be ahead of them, maybe Murkhortova/Trankov...

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

^ I'd say Dube/Davidson and Kawaguchi/Smirnov will probably be ahead of them, maybe Murkhortova/Trankov...

Mukhortova and Trankov however connot bombed the free skate.

They remind me so much of Petrova and Tikhonov whereas they are so good in the SP but tendo to make mistakes in LP

 

[gold12345]

If we accept the German and 2 Chinese teams as locks there is also Dube/Davidson, Duhamel/Buntin, Kawaguchi/Smirnov, Murkhortova/Trankov Given the aforementioned, what place do you see them in now?

I'm still going for a great showing in Worlds, their First.

There's also Volosozhar/Morozov. The pairs field is actually quite deep, so it should be a good competition.

I think top 5 or 6 for M/B is definitely possible. It's Worlds, there will be a lot of added pressure on the "veterans", and there will most likely be plenty of mistakes, especially in the LPs. Obviously M/B would have to skate very well and others would have to make mistakes, but that goes for anyone gunning for the top 5 (except the two Chinese and the Germans, who are locks for top 5 unless they have complete meltdowns).

One of the keys for M/B will be to skate a good short so they are in decent positioning heading into the long. In the long, anything can happen, and I expect plenty of mistakes from the field. It really depends how everyone skates. M/B have beaten V/M, D/B, D/D, M/T before, but they could easily lose to all of those teams, too, if they don't skate all that well. We'll have to see who makes the fewest mistakes. Should be fun though and a great experience for them.

 

[lcd]

Umm... I would agree not to be too bothered by the absence of some obvious contenders who we all know will be 'in the mix'

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

Korean, Japanese sports fans eye L.A.

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090323&content_id=62719&vkey=ice_news

The eyes of two Asian nations are focused squarely on Los Angeles this week, and not just because of the much-hyped showdown between reigning world champion Mao Asada of Japan and two-time world bronze medalist Yu-Na Kim of the Republic of Korea.

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

Lysacek hopes to strike gold in adopted hometown

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090323&content_id=62720&vkey=ice_news

The thought of winning the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships at the Staples Center, the same arena where he attends Lakers games, leaves Evan Lysacek almost speechless.

"It would just mean a lot," the two-time U.S. champion said after his morning practice today. "It would be, well, just a really emotional thing."

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

Notes from backstage at world championships - 3/23/09

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090323&content_id=62745&vkey=ice_news

Since his sixth-place finish at worlds last season, it's been one injury after another for Kevin van der Perren. Still, the 26-year-old Belgian champion has been making the best of his time on and off the ice.

"Whatever happened, I knew I had to do Europeans and worlds, because if I didn't, I might never come back," he said.

 

[i love to skate]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Sports/Ottawa+born+Chan+tired+Joubert+complaining/1419918/story.html

This could get interesting....I love Vaughn Chipeur's comment at the end!

 

[gopatrick]

Thank you for posting that, i_love_to_skate (me2)!
Love it!

Oh, my. Bless his frankness

I would say it's mostly the media's fault

 

[Wrlmy]

Oy, that was juicy I wish he'd not gone on personal level, but I guess the Canadians can't go on goody-goody forever after Joubert's so many criticisms/sarcasms. Let the drama begin!

 

[mycelticblessing]

The media's hungry for yet another rivalry. I can't imagine what Joubert's going to say to this. He doesn't seem like the sort to keep quiet about a comment like this!

Now its ''Chan complaining about Joubert complaining''

 

[Tesla]

And they all sound like two-year-olds. Just shut the eff up and skate!

 

[Medusa]

At least Chan isn't boring! I hate boring people. I still want Joubert/Kozuka/Takahashi/Ponsero/Borodulin/Brezina/Rippon kick his butt in the next 5 years or so.

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

Joubert, Chan square off in war of words

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090324&content_id=62751&vkey=ice_news

Last season, Brian Joubert shrugged off Jeffrey Buttle, saying there were only a few skaters capable of winning the world title and the quad-less Buttle wasn't among them.

The Frenchman made a lot of noise off the ice, but the soft-spoken Canadian took home gold, defeating Joubert by nearly 14 points after his rival took a tumble in the short program.

Buttle is retired from competition, but his successor, two-time Canadian champion Patrick Chan, has taken up the cause.