World's Prediction Thread

[jBroxton7001]

I'm just pumped up for men's event.
Sorry for Plush's injury, but he just made it much more interesting.

Men:

1. Jeremy
2. Joubert
3. Oda

[seniorita]

Oh I want Takahashi to win this and all, although I was hoping for him to win also next year in his country, but If Kozuka wins somehow magically you will see an hysterical happy girl on tv jumping on ice and hugging him!

[silverlake22]

Me too. Can't bear another hit just one month after the Olympics.

Yeah. I actually think that's why Verner pulled out. He said he "wasn't in form" but he landed a gorgeous quad in Vancouver (before he imploded the rest of the program) so I tend to think he was referring to his mental form, the kind of reasoning that "If I go to worlds I will likely bomb again and get badly beaten by my younger teammate who does not have a quad....for the 4th time this season". Yeah. I'm just hoping at least one of the headcases performs well here.

[aurora100]

I just did that to make you happy, and you go and change your mind on me.... I can't swallow the Bradley Kool-AId, though. And Brezina winning a worlds medal that eluded Verner for so long would be cruel to the older Czech skater.

Other predictions.....

1. If Virtue/Moir win worlds, they'll retire. And I will cry.

2. If Chan scores about 0.00, someone will complain he was overscored.

3. Kim will land three triple axels, a quad, grow to 50 feet tall, be nicknamed "Kimzilla" by an overzealous reporter, take over the world, bring world peace, win an Oscar and at least three Nobel Prizes (in economics, literature and peace, of course). Then she'll retire on a spaceship hovering earth so as to avoid the nuttily obsessed media.

.... or maybe not

Very very funny on Kim. I agree with you on 1 and 2 too. It would be a shame if V/M retires, but what can we do? It would seem logical.

[gmyers]

Yeah. I actually think that's why Verner pulled out. He said he "wasn't in form" but he landed a gorgeous quad in Vancouver (before he imploded the rest of the program) so I tend to think he was referring to his mental form, the kind of reasoning that "If I go to worlds I will likely bomb again and get badly beaten by my younger teammate who does not have a quad....for the 4th time this season". Yeah. I'm just hoping at least one of the headcases performs well here.

Scott Hamilton said Brezina planned to do one after his triple axel in the LP but instead did a triple flip or something. Will Brezina ever actually pull the trigger on it?

[silverlake22]

Scott Hamilton said Brezina planned to do one after his triple axel in the LP but instead did a triple flip or something. Will Brezina ever actually pull the trigger on it?

I think he will here, he has nothing to lose and has an outside shot at a medal.

[louieb2009]

Men:
1. Takahashi
2. Abbott
3. Chan
4. Oda
5. Joubert
6. Kozuka
7. Breznia
8. Rippon
9. Amodio
10. Reynolds

Ladies:
1. Kim
2. Nagasu
3. Asada
4. Suzuki
5. Ando
6. Flatt
7. Lepisto
8. Kostner
9. Leonova
10. Makarova

Pairs:
1. Pang/Tong
2. Kavaguti/Smirnov
3. Savchennko/Szolkowy
4. Zhang/Zhang
5. Dube/Davison
6. Langlois/Hay
7. Mukhortova/Trankov
8. Bazarova/Larinov
9. Evora/Ladwig
10. Denney/Barrett

Dance:
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Davis/White
3. Faiella/Scali
4. Pechalat/Bourzat
5. Kerr/Kerr
6. Khoklova/Novitski
7. Samuelson/Bates
8. Zaretsky/Zaretsky
9. Cappellini/Lanotte
10. Bobrova/Sloviev

[mystichaze]

Pairs
1. Pang-Tong
2. Savchenko-Szolkowy
3. Kavaguti-Smirnov
4. Zhangs
5. Mukhortova-Trankov

Men
1. Takahashi
2. Chan
3. Abbott
4. Joubert
5. Oda

Dance
1. Virtue-Moir
2. Davis-White
3. Faiella-Scali
4. Pechalat-Bourzat
5. Khoklova-Novitski

Ladies
1. Kim
2. Asada
3. Lepisto
4. Nagasu
5. Ando

[snowflake]

Men
Takahashi (If he is clean, nobody beats him)
Chan (could actually win if he lands his jumps. His skating is awesome)
Oda (I believed in him at olympics too, but there is always something about him )

Abbott will be too nervous and unfocused again

Surprises(in a good way); Reynolds and Schulteiss

Ladies
Kim (she is simply the best)
Ando
Asada
Surprises; Meier and Hecken


Pairs
S/S (They will pull it together this time … revenge!)
Pang/Tong
K/S

Surprises; Langlois/Hay and James/Bonheur

Dance
V/M
D/W
F/S

No surprises.

[Jaana]

Men
Takahashi
Chan
Abbott

Ladies
Kim
Asada
Nagasu

Pairs
Pang/Tong
Savchenko/Szolkowy
Dube/Davison

Dance
Davis/White
Virtue/Moir
Faiella/Scali

[hongligl]

Pair:
D/D
S/S
Z/Z
Maybe a record in fs history? all pairs with the same initial for both partners, and in alphabetic order. Just kidding

My predictions:

Pair:
P/T
S/S
Z/Z

Ladies
Yu-Na
Mao
Mirai
I don't mind these three in any order

Man:
Jeremy Abbotte
Dai
Oda

Dance:
V/M
D/W
Italians

[Phoenix347]

kinda late for predictions but I don't really do ice dancing or pairs (but I do watch) so here's just men and ladies predictions:

I think it's going to be a historic almost complete Japanese sweep of the medals at this world championship:

Men:

1. Takahashi
2. Oda
3. Kozuka

I think Takahashi will be the champ unless he tries to go for a quad flip. He does, all bets are off.

Ladies:

1. Nagasu
2. Asada
3. Ando

I can't imagine how Kim can really get up for this competition. She just won the top prize in figure skating so it has to be really hard to get motivated for Torino. And it's gonna be a break out competition for Mirai!

[wallylutz]

kinda late for predictions but I don't really do ice dancing or pairs (but I do watch) so here's just men and ladies predictions:

I think it's going to be a historic almost complete Japanese sweep of the medals at this world championship:

Men:

1. Takahashi
2. Oda
3. Kozuka

I think Takahashi will be the champ unless he tries to go for a quad flip. He does, all bets are off.

Ladies:

1. Nagasu
2. Asada
3. Ando

I can't imagine how Kim can really get up for this competition. She just won the top prize in figure skating so it has to be really hard to get motivated for Torino. And it's gonna be a break out competition for Mirai!

An All-Japanese podium for both men and ladies? I don't know about that, this seems highly improbable given the assumption that somehow Kim will bomb pretty badly for this to happen and several other men will have to bomb too for Kozuka to get a medal.

[jenaj]

An All-Japanese podium for both men and ladies? I don't know about that, this seems highly improbable given the assumption that somehow Kim will bomb pretty badly for this to happen and several other men will have to bomb too for Kozuka to get a medal.

Mirai is American.

[wallylutz]

Mirai is American.

Not entirely correct, Nagasu is a Japanese name and Mirai Nagasu also holds Japanese citizenship and is a dual citizen, hence I was factually correct to lump her with the other 5 skaters.