Early prediction.
Men
1. Johnny
2./3. Oda / Ponsero
I am afraid that Dai might withdraw from this as well.
Ladies
1. Mao
2. Mirai (I think that she could get the second best PCS after Mao because her programs are extremely complex and performed very well. If she recovers from her injury, perhaps she could more fully rotate in her triples and land 3-3 as well).
3./4./5./6.
Ashley (Hope she can control her speed here. I also wonder if she twitches her second lutz with flip)
Laura (She was brilliant at CoC. If she does not try out the lutz and just try to be all clean, I think that she may do better than Yukari)
Suzuki (Hope she lands all of her jumps)
Nakano (Even though she did fine at SA, I am concerned about her busy schedule with her sponsor and school. Waseda is a top university and if graduate studies there are doable while serving her sponsor and training enough to remain a top skater, I would lose some of my respect to the school. If she wants to do all of these competitions, I think she should take a leave of absence ASAP).
Men
1. Johnny
2./3. Oda / Ponsero
I am afraid that Dai might withdraw from this as well.
Ladies
1. Mao
2. Mirai (I think that she could get the second best PCS after Mao because her programs are extremely complex and performed very well. If she recovers from her injury, perhaps she could more fully rotate in her triples and land 3-3 as well).
3./4./5./6.
Ashley (Hope she can control her speed here. I also wonder if she twitches her second lutz with flip)
Laura (She was brilliant at CoC. If she does not try out the lutz and just try to be all clean, I think that she may do better than Yukari)
Suzuki (Hope she lands all of her jumps)
Nakano (Even though she did fine at SA, I am concerned about her busy schedule with her sponsor and school. Waseda is a top university and if graduate studies there are doable while serving her sponsor and training enough to remain a top skater, I would lose some of my respect to the school. If she wants to do all of these competitions, I think she should take a leave of absence ASAP).
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