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Skate America: Predictions

mishieru07

On the Ice
Joined
Oct 23, 2009
I was 7/12 correct on NHK ... Let's see how correct I'll be this time.

Men:
Kevin REYNOLDS (CAN)
Shawn SAWYER (CAN)
WU Jialing (CHN)
Tomas VERNER (CZE)
Florent AMODIO (FRA)
Yasuharu NANRI (JPN)
Andrei LUTAI (RUS)
Igor MACYPURA (SLO)
Adrian SCHULTHEISS (SWE)
Ryan BRADLEY (USA)
Evan LYSACEK (USA)
Brandon MROZ (USA)

Ladies
Elena GLEBOVA (EST)
Susanna POYKIO (FIN)
Elene GEDEVANISHVILI (GEO)
Sarah HECKEN (GER)
Julia SEBESTYEN (HUN)
Fumie SUGURI (JPN)
KIM Yu Na (KOR)
Joshi HELGESSON (SWE)
Tugba Karademir (TUR)
Sasha COHEN (USA)
Rachael FLATT (USA)
Alexe GILLES (USA)

Pairs
Megan DUHAMEL/ Craig BUNTIN (CAN)
SHEN Xue/ ZHAO Hongbo (CHN)
ZHANG Dan/ ZHANG Hao (CHN)
Stacy KEMP/ David KING (GBR)
Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR/ Stanislav MOROZOV (UKR)
Brooke CASTILE/ Benjamin OKOLSKI (USA)
Keuna McLAUGHLIN/ Rockne BRUBAKER (USA)
Amanda EVORA/ Mark LADWIG (USA)

Ice Dance
YU Xiaoyang/ WANG Chen (CHN)
Caitlin MALLORY/ Kristian RAND (EST)
Zoe BLANC/ Pierre- Loup Bouquet (FRA)
Alexandra ZARETSKI/ Roman ZARETSKI (ISR)
Anna CAPPELLINI/ Luca LANOTTE (ITA)
Jana KHOKHLOVA/ Sergei NOVITSKI (RUS)
Kristina GORSHKOVA/ Vitali BUTIKOV (RUS)
Tanith BELBIN/ Benjamin AGOSTO (USA)
Madison CHOCK/ Greg ZUERLEIN (USA)
Kimberly NAVARRO/ Brent BOMMENTRE (USA)

Predictions:
Men
1. Evan Lysacek
2. Tomas Verner
3. Brandon Mroz

Ladies
1. Kim Yu Na
2. Rachael Flatt
3. Julia Sebestyen

Pairs
1. Shen/ Zhao
2. Zhang/ Zhang
3. McLaughlin/ Brubaker

Ice Dance
1. Belbin/ Agosto
2. Khokhlova/ Novitski
3. Cappellini/ Lanotte
 

Bennett

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 20, 2007
Ladies
1. Yuna
2. Rachael
3. Fumie
4. Julia
5. Suzanna
6. Gilles
7. Sasha

Men
1. Tomas
2. Evan
3. Mroz
4. Ryan
5. Kevin
6. Nanri
7.Shawn
 

Buttercup

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 25, 2008
OK, I'll play, though I'm awful at these things; in fact, I think I'll adopt Tuesday Morning Quarterback's "all predictions wrong or your money back" line*:

Men
1. Lysacek, because he is well-feathered and because Tomas hasn't won anything in forever.
2. Verner
3. Amodio (gotta have a left field choice ;))
4. Lutai
5. Mroz

Ladies
1. Yu-Na :bow:
(huge gap)
2. Flatt
3. Elene
4. Poykio
5. Suguri
6. Sebestyen
No way does Sasha show up.

Pairs
1. Shen and Zhao :love:, but I want them to get dinged for that crappy LP so that they'll fix it.
2. V/M, but only because of Tatiana. Why can't Tatiana have a partner who can actually skate? It's not right.
3. Zhangs, because the skate gods will wreak vengeance for the LP costumes.
4. M/B
5. D/B

Dance
1. B/A
2. K/N
3. C/L
4. Z/Z


* disclaimer: I will not be giving anyone money if my picks win, especially not if Yu-Na wins.
 

Hsuhs

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 8, 2006
Looks like men are my biggest problem when it comes to predictions. But I'll try again this time anyway.

Men:

1. Evan Lysacek
2. Tomas Verner
3. Brandon Mroz / Ryan Bradley
 

MKFSfan

Medalist
Joined
Mar 15, 2006
My predictions:

LADIES:
1- Yu-Na
((BIG gap))
2- Sasha (if she shows up)
3- Rachel

If no Sasha:
2- Rachel
3- Fumie

MEN:
1- Evan
2- Verner
3- Mroz

PAIRS:
1- S/Zh
2- Z/Z
3- M/B

DANCE:
1- B/A
 

R.D.

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
This should be an easy one for Yuna. Still, it'll be interesting to see if she shows some vulnerability or not...

Flatt should be on the podium. I take it she'll be 2nd, but if she slips up she could be 3rd or lower. I think it's anyone's game after that. Suguri is probably the favorite out of the rest to round up the Medals.
 

MikiAndoFan#1

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 30, 2009
Ladies
1. Yu-Na Kim
2. Elene Gedevanishvili
3. Rachael Flatt

Men
1. Evan Lysacek
2. Tomas Verner
3. Brandon Mroz

Pairs
1. Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao
2. Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang
3. Tatiana Volosozhar & Stanislav Morozov

Ice Dance
1. Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
2. Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski
3. Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte
 

Tinymavy15

Sinnerman for the win
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 28, 2006
Men:
Evan
Verner
Mroz

Ladies:
Kim
Flatt
Cohen

Pairs:
Shen/Zhao
Zhang/Zhang
Mclaughlin/Brubacker

Dance:
Belbin/Agosto
Cappellini/Lanotte
K/N
 

*Sniper*

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 17, 2006
This should be an easy one for Yuna. Still, it'll be interesting to see if she shows some vulnerability or not...

Yeah, it will be intriguing to see how she scores in SA.
Will it be such a big gap again?
And looking at the field, I would think that even if everybody else went clean, she would lead by 30 pts or more as long as she skated clean.

As for the rest of the field, no prediction from me.
I wish everyone the best of luck.
 
Joined
Mar 14, 2006
I suck at this too. But that's no reason not to pontificate.

Men:
Verner
Lysacek
Wu (let's hear it for Chinese champ!)

Women:
Kim
Cohen :clap: :agree: :love: :party2: :biggrin:
Gedevanishvili :)

PAIRS:
S/Z :clap: :agree: :love: :party: :bow:
V/M
M/B :rock:

DANCE:
K/N
B/A
C/L :love:
 

Tango_D_R

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 24, 2009
Men
1. Evan Lysacek :yes:
2. Brandon Mroz
3. Tomas Verner
- As for men, I think it could either be 1-2-3 or 3-2-1. but if i'm on a bet, i would go with Lysacek in the 1st.. Verner actually winning a competition rarely happened.


Ladies
1. Yu-Na Kim :bow:
2. Rachel Flatt
3. Elene G, Fumie, Julia, Alex(you go girl!)
- To win the competition over Yuna, the ladies need decent two long programs. As for Sasha, I doubt she'll stick through the whole competition even if she shows up.


Pairs
1. S/Z :rock:
2. Z/Z
3. V/M or M/B
- I'm not sure about the 3rd place. we'll just have to see how well V/M performs.


Ice Dance
1. B/A
- not my best field. i hardly even watch the Ice Dance..
 

life684

Final Flight
Joined
Nov 8, 2007
Men
1) Lysacek
2) Verner
3) Mroz
would prefer Bradley to medal ahead of Mroz, which is highly unlikely

Ladies
1) Yu Na Kim
2)Julia Sebeysten
3) Flatt
Sasha Cohen, I don't know what to expect from her. if it is disastrous skating behind yu na i think cohen can win silver with her spirals and spins, jumps let the technical specialist decide.

Pairs
1) Shen/Zhao
2) Zhang/Zhang
3) Volosozhar/ Morosov

Plz no WR for if they skate slowly.

Ice dancing
1)Belbin/agosto
2) Khokhlova/Novitski
3)Capalline/Lanotte
K/N, Please drop those hideous costumes, judges will score at least 2 to 3 points more for your programs.
 
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Charlotte Elizabeth

On the Ice
Joined
Sep 25, 2009
Ladies.

1. Kim.
2. Cohen...Oh please!!! :bow::love::bow:
3. Flatt.

Men.

1. Lysacek.:love:
2. Verner.
3. Mroz.

Pairs.

1. S/Z.
2. Z/Z.
3. M/B.

Ice Dance.

1. B/A.:clap:
2. K/N.:cool:
3. C/L.:biggrin::love:
 

herro

On the Ice
Joined
Oct 17, 2009
I really think Cohen can medal if she shows up. The rest of the field seems a little bland right now. It's the perfect timing for her to show up and rack up points under the new system. CoP has been pretty good to her in the past.

Ladies:
Kim
Cohen
Flatt
 

Tinymavy15

Sinnerman for the win
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 28, 2006
Is there anybody who thinks that Kim won't win this? Or shall I make it more realistic and ask who think she will win by fewer than 15 points?
 

prettykeys

Medalist
Joined
Oct 19, 2009
Men --> Verner, Lysacek, Mroz
Women --> YuNa, Sasha, Alexe
Women w/o Sasha: YuNa, Alexe, Rachael
 
Joined
Jul 11, 2003
Not just the consistency. It's also that Road Runner Speed.

The contest is between Sasha and Rachael for silver and Rachael needs that silver or goodbye to GPFinal. :yes:
 
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