it's just a sheet of paper with a bunch of names on it.
The only event I stayed up late for was the Nationals SP. Before that, probably have to go back to 2006 or earlier the last time I stayed up 'till the wee hrs of the morning to "follow" a skating event.
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True, but it's not like I have anything else exciting going on. I watch every astros game on tv even though they suck, just because i'm a sports fanatic. It's too bad too, I don't get a lot of sleep because i'm always up late watching random sporting events.Originally Posted by R.D.
The only event I stayed up late for was the Nationals SP. Before that, probably have to go back to 2006 or earlier the last time I stayed up 'till the wee hrs of the morning to "follow" a skating event.
There's always the World Cup... :3
Now it's less than 3 and a half hours away. They already have the result so North and South Americans are just being forced to stay awake so that the ISU web admin can get decent sleep before publishing it.
Hmm. Mixed Reactions. NHK seems to be the biggest challenge, and if anyone was given a gift, I'd say it was Czisny. When she is on, she is one of the greatest figure skaters ever....it's just those nerves. However, we know that she CAN do well on the GP Circuit, and she was placed into GPs that give her truly a great chance to do well...she may not win them, with Kim and Asada, but she could do well enough for GPF. Wagner has a good battle for her first, but her second isn't as difficult. Surprising to see Musademba...no Meissner, but there is that blank USA spot at Skate America. And, just for the record...I miss when the GPs were in the exact same order every year, starting off with Skate America.
And, have there always been only 8 spots for Pairs? I feel like that's real small...maybe it's just me, haha. McLaughlin/Brubaker seems to have a showdown for Silver with Denney/Barrett at SA, and their first competition not as difficult, so they too could see the GPF. And while Davis/White should be fine, I'm excited to see the new Russian couple and how they will match up, as well as where Chock/Zuerlein are now. =]
Yuna, Miki, Akiko and Alena ... the're all together in BOTH CoC and CoR !!
Yuna may still be undecided as to her participation in the GP series, no?
While we don't see JoRo's name on the list.
16 slots for USA and 13 for Japan.
Kanako got 2 but is alone without her compatriots in Skate America.
Both Fumie and Haruka got 2 assignments each which is a surprise for me !!
One TBA for Team Japan at NHK.
Several TBAs here and there as usual.
Don't forget Mirai!
I was hoping Miki would get Skate Canada.
But I'm satisfied with the drawings!
I'm guessing we'll see plenty of withdrawals....I'm thinking Johnny, Yu-Na, Plushenko, Pang/Tong & the Zaretskis.
For TBA spots:
FRA: Amodio in the men; Marroco & Meite if they have good outings in their first event. Canac/Bonheur for the pairs??
RUS: Ladies, no clue. Men, no idea. Pairs and dance, I'm thinking Khoklova/Andreev and Mukhortova/Blanchard, if they're ready.
USA: Men, not sure...Ladies, one of Gilles, Dobbs or Musademba if they do well earlier. Maybe Maxwell, as a really long shot, and if she does well over the summer. I'm guessing Zhang/Toth for the pairs, as they were the junior champs, did well last year and didn't get an initial assignment.
JPN: Takahashi/Tran :lol: maybe Nana Takeda in the ladies. But I also like Ayumi Goto, and unlike Nana, she's got all of the triples, and beat her a Nationals.
CAN: Ladies is kind of a mess...maybe Adriana DeSanctis. Duhamel/Radford for pairs.
CHN: Cong/Han, since they only got one event.
Other thoughts.
- The NHK dance field is really deep. I hope Ilinykh/Katsalapov can do well here and medal! I agree that it's the toughest event overall. Love the mens field; it has all my favorites except Joubidoo and Tomas.
- SA has great fields in dance & men. Pairs is nice, and it has Aliona & Robin, the new world junior champs and a battle between D/B & M/B. Ladies is a snoozefest...I'm hoping for a Laura/Kanako/Kostner or Kwak podium in that order, but I'm guessing it won't happen.
- I hope Alessandrini/Vaturi can get a second event.
- I'm glad Frohberg/Giesen and Turoczi/Major both got assignments, as they has quite respectable seasons last year, and were my favorites among the ice dance teams outside the top 10 at JW. Nice to see Tibbetts/Brubaker get one too, as they're probably my favorite of the American junior teams last year.
- Nice to see that all the Russian young teams that were eligible for an event got one. Novik/Kuznetsov are voidy.
I was really suprised to see some names like Jonny and Rena/John .
Plush has 1 spot and that's of course CoR. He's not invited elsewhere, which probably is his own wish.
And no Evan. Is he retiring for good?
Just so it's easier to copy them into different discussion:
Ice Dance
NHK
Weaver & Poje CAN
Yu & Wang CHN
Zaretsky & Zaretsky ISR (I thought they had retired)
Capellini & Lanotte ITA
TBA JPN (Why not Reed & Reed, since they are down for Skate America??)
Ilinyk & Katsapolov RUS
Bekhnazarova & Zuev UKR (I thought they had split/retired)
Davis & White USA
Samuelson & Bates USA
Shibutani & Shibutani USA (So they went senior. I wondered.)
Skate Canada
Crone & Poirier CAN
Paul & Islam CAN
Virtue & Moir CAN
Carron & Jones FRA
Beier & Beier GER
Kerr & Kerr GBR (They did not retire!)
Gorshkova & Butikov RUS
Alessandrini & Vaturi ITA
Chock & Zuerlein USA
Tibbetts & Brubaker USA
Cup of China
Ralph & Hill CAN
Guan & Wang CHN
Huang & Zheng CHN
TBA CHN
Pechalat & Bourzat FRA
Hoffman & Zavozin HUN
Faiella & Scali ITA
Bobrova & Soloviev RUS
Cannuscio & Lorello USA (They got a spot!)
Hubbell & Hubbell USA
SKate America
Crone & Poirier CAN
Weaver & Poje CAN
Frohberg & Giesen GER
Zaretsky & Zaretsky ISR
Capellini & Lanotte ITA
Reed & Reed JPN
Riazanova & Tkachenko RUS
Davis & White USA
Shibutani & Shibutani USA
TBA USA
Cup of Russia
Paul & Islam CAN
Blanc & Bouquet FRA
Kerr & Kerr GBR
Hoffman & Zavozin HUN
Faiella & Scali ITA
Bobrova & Soloviev RUS
Ilinykh & Katsapolov RUS
TBA RUS
Verbillo & Zadorozhniuk URK (I thought they had retired/split?)
Hubbell & Hubbell USA
Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire
Ralph & Hill CAN (Nice they got a spot!)
Virtue & Moir CAN
Huang & Zheng CHN
Carron & Jones FRA
Pechalat & Bourzat FRA
TBA FRA
Turoczi & Major HUN
Rubleva & Shefer RUS (Perhaps they have not retired?)
Chock & Zuerlein USA
Samuelson & Bates USA
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NHK
Diane Szmiett CAN
Kiira Korpi FIN
Lena Marocco FRA
Elene Gedevanishvili GEO
Carolina Kostner ITA
Mao Asada JPN
Kanako Murakami JPN
TBA JPN
Viktoria Helgesson SWE
Rachael Flatt USA
Ashley Wagner USA
Caroline Zhang USA
Skate Canada
Cynthia Phaneuf CAN
TBA CAN
TBA CAN
Sarah Hecken GER
Haruka Imai JPN
Fumie Suguri JPN
Sarah Meier SUI
Ksenia Makarova RUS
Laura Lepistö FIN
Alissa Czisny USA
Alexe Gilles USA
Agnes Zawadzki USA
Cup of China
Yan Liu CHN
TBA CHN
Miki Ando JPN
Akiko Suzuki JPN
Yu-Na Kim KOR
Alena Leonova RUS
Joshi Helgesson SWE
Amanda Dobbs USA
Kristine Musademba USA
Mirai Nagasu USA
Anastasia Gimezetdinova UZB (I thought she retired?)
Skate America
Amelie Lacoste CAN
Laura Lepistö FIN
Mae Berenice Meite FRA
Jenna McCorkell GBR
Elene Gedevanishvili GEO
Carolina Kostner ITA
Kanako Murakami JPN
Min-Jun Kwak KOR
Viktoria Helgesson SWE
Rachael Flatt USA
Caroline Zhang USA
TBA USA
Cup of Russia
Myriane Samson CAN
Elena Glebova EST
Valentina Marchei ITA
Miki Ando JPN
Akiko Suzuki JPN
Yu-Na Kim KOR
Alena Leonova RUS
Ksenia Makarova RUS
TBA RUS
Sarah Meier SUI
Ashley Wagner USA
Agnes Zawadzki USA
Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire
Cynthia Phaneuf CAN
Kiira Korpi FIN
Candice Didier FRA
TBA FRA
TBA FRA
Sarah Hecken GER
Mao Asada JPN
Haruka Imai JPN
Fumie Suguri JPN
Sonia Lafuente ESP
Alissa Czisny USA
Mirai Nagasu USA
NHK
Kevin van der Perren BEL
Jeremy Ten CAN
Jialiang Wu CHN
Florent Amodio FRA
Yuzuru Hanyu JPN
Takahito Mura JPN
Daisuke Takahashi JPN
Denis Ten KAZ
Artem Borodulin RUS
Adrian Schultheiss SWE
Jeremy Abbott USA
Ross Miner USA
Skate Canada
Patrick Chan CAN
Kevin Reynolds CAN
TBA CAN
Alban Preaubert FRA
Paolo Bacchini ITA
Yasuharu Nanri JPN
Nobunari Oda JPN
Artur Gachinsky RUS
Javier Fernandez ESP
Kristoffer Berntssen SWE
Adam Rippon USA
Johnny Weir USA
Cup of China
Jinlin Guan CHN
TBA CHN
TBA CHN
Tomas Verner CZE
Michal Brezina CZE
Brian Joubert FRA
Samuel Contesti ITA
Takahiko Kozuka JPN
Tatsuki Machida JPN
Sergei Voronov RUS
Ross Miner USA
Brandon Mroz USA
Skate America
Viktor Pfeiffer AUT
Kevin van der Perren BEL
Shawn Sawyer CAN
Nan Song CHN
Daisuke Murakami JPN
Nobunari Oda JPN
Daisuke Takahashi JPN
Denis Ten KAZ
Adrian Schultheiss SWE
Stephen Carriere USA
Adam Rippon USA
TBA USA
Cup of Russia
Patrick Chan CAN
Tomas Verner CZE
Alban Preaubert FRA
Samuel Contesti ITA
Yuzuru Hanyu JPN
Tatsuki Machida JPN
Artur Gachinsky RUS
Evgeni Plushenko RUS
TBA RUS
Javier Fernandez ESP
Anton Kovalevski UKR
Jeremy Abbott USA
Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire
Alexandr Kazakov BLR
Kevin Reynolds CAN
Nan Song CHN
Michal Brezina CZE
Chafik Besseghier FRA
Brian Joubert FRA
TBA FRA
Pieter Liebers GER
Takahiko Kozuka JPN
Sergei Voronov RUS
BrandonMroz USA
Johnny Weir USA
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Maybe the 2010 - 2011 Grand Prix should be given its own subforum.
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