OD Start list is up

[Ptichka]

OD start list is up

Good for B&A, not so good for D&V. The best possible draw for C&S as well given their low CD placements.

I've actually never been so close to wanting skaters to perform poorly as I am now to wanting FP&M to not do too well. Then again, I don't hold out much hope - Barbara has the style and Maurizio has the look that go very well with the Latin dance theme; if they were put in first after compulsories, I can imagine how high their scores could be after the ODs!

[Sk8n Mama]

Well, that seems wrong. You mean they don't put the top 5 ranked teams in the final group? When did they start doing that? Why are Grushina/Goncharov skating in the second-to-last group???

[mzheng]

Strange, why the OD drwaing not according to the CD placement?

[Engwaciriel]

Isn't it the 10 best in the 2 last groups, in random order. It was like that at euros at least..

[mzheng]

Yeah. just noticed.

How about after OD into FD?

[IS79]

This top ten random draw for the last two groups is just in the OD. In the FD the top five will be in the last group.
I hope that the standings will get mixed up after the OD...

[rain]

What a horrible draw for Wing/Lowe - skating first in the very first group. Could not have been worse for them.
Interesting that the judges will have a chance to see the Italiens and Russians one after the other....

[Antilles]

With COP, the draw doesn't matter nearly as much. There's no need to hold back marks. I'm glad to see D&L in the last pack though.