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podium predictions!

silverlake22

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 12, 2009
Yay, the first competition of the JGP series is only a month away and the list of competitors has finally been posted!

MEN
1 Kevin ALVES BRA
2 Andrei ROGOZINE CAN
3 Viktor ZUBIK FIN
4 Simon HOCQUAUX FRA
5 Romain PONSART FRA
6 Thomas SOSNIAK FRA
7 Franz STREUBEL GER
8 Harry MATTICK GBR
9 Saverio GIACOMELLI ITA
10 Ryuju HINO JPN
11 Takuya KONDOH JPN
12 Rayn Zhi Jwen YEE MAS
13 Zsolt KOSZ ROU
14 Stanislav KOVALEV RUS
15 Mark SHAKHMATOV RUS
16 Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP
17 Noah SCHERER SUI
18 Suchet KONGCHIM THA
19 Max AARON USA
20 Jason BROWN USA

LADIES
1 Vanessa GRENIER CAN
2 Amanda SUNYOTO-YANG TPE
3 Sindra KRIISA EST
4 Cecilia TÖRN FIN
5 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORY FRA
6 Yretha SILETE FRA
7 Anais VENTARD FRA
8 Jessica FÜSSINGER GER
9 Kirsty RICHARDSON GBR
10 Maria TSAKIRIS GRE
11 Rebecca SKOLNICK ISR
12 Caterina ANDERMARCHER ITA
13 Kana MURAMOTO JPN
14 Roannasari OSHIKAWA JPN
15 Alina FJODOROVA LAT
16 Raya M. WILLOUGHBY MAS
17 Manouk GIJSMAN NED
18 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR
19 Sabina MARIUTA ROU
20 Anna OVCHAROVA RUS
21 Polina SHELEPEN RUS
22 Kai Jing LEONG SIN
23 Nika CERIC SLO
24 Celia ROBLEDO ESP
25 Malin MAGNUSSON-RUF SWE
26 Tina STÜRZINGER SUI
27 Taryn JURGENSEN THA
28 Sila SAYGI TUR
29 Anastasia KONONENKO UKR
30 Nina JIANG USA
31 Yasmin SIRAJ USA

ICE DANCE
1 Carolyn MACCUISH / Tyler MORRIS CAN
2 Gabriela KUBOVA / Dmitri KISELEV CZE
3 Geraldine BOTT / Neil BROWN FRA
4 Sofia GASSOUMI / Arnaud PASZTORY FRA
5 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA
6 Sarah COWARD / Michael COWARD GBR
7 Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN RUS
8 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
9 Xenia CHEPIZHKO / Sergei SHEVCHENKO UKR
10 Lolita YERMAK / Alexander LIUBCHENKO UKR
11 Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON USA
12 Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS USA

My predictions:

Men -

1.) Jason Brown
2.) Max Aaron
3.) Takuya Kondoh

I'm not too familiar with most of the male competitors but from what I have seen of the two Americans going, they seem pretty strong.

Ladies -

1.) Polina Shelepen
2.) Anna Ovcharova
3.) Yasmin Siraj

I think these will likely be the medalists, with the possibility of Nina Jiang or Yretha Silete medaling, but I'm less sure about the order. Last I heard Polina Shelepen was injured, but if she's back in form with 3-3s intact, she'll be tough to beat, Yasmin hasn't been the most consistent with her jumps this season but was fantastic at nationals in the winter and could surprise and win it all, Anna I haven't heard much about recently so I don't know how her condition is or how her jumps are looking, if she's added a 3-3 to her arsenal, etc - that being said, if she's having an on night I think she could definitely win gold here.

Not so sure about pairs and dance.
 

gmyers

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 6, 2010
I would be surprised if the ladies wasn't exactly in that order.

With the men Rogozine did pretty good at Jr worlds. I think maybe Rogozine, Shahkmatov and probably one of the Americans.
 

silverlake22

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 12, 2009
I would be surprised if the ladies wasn't exactly in that order.

With the men Rogozine did pretty good at Jr worlds. I think maybe Rogozine, Shahkmatov and probably one of the Americans.

I hope Anna wins, I think she totally can, but it seems like she comes in 2nd a lot and Shelepen has lots of tech in her programs to give her an edge. If Shelepen is replaced by one of the alternates though - Roza or Sofia - then I think Anna's chances of winning increase even more.
 

oleada

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 27, 2007
If Shelepen competes:
1. Ovcharova
2. Shelepen
3. Siraj

If she doesn't:
1. Ovcharova
2. Biryukova (if she competes)/Siraj
3. Oshikawa

Men:
1. Brown
2. Aaron
3. Kovalev

Dance is extremely up in the air, so I'm going to hold my predictions on those until I do my personal analysis :laugh:
 

yangjie

On the Ice
Joined
Apr 17, 2009
japanese skater roannna-sari oshikawa also have the potential to get a medal.
she is artistic and also have nice jumps after she have trained with B.Orser although her jumps are not constant.
 

Lucky Star

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 27, 2009
OK, let's try!
Ladies:
1. Shelepen (doesn't really need 3-3 to win, 2A-3T will be enough)
2. Ovcharova (can win the SP, but I'm not sure about FS)
3. Siraj/Oshikawa (never saw her, but her scores from summer competition are higher than Siraj's)

Men:
1. Rogozine
2. Aaron
3. Kovalev
only because they all have 3A

Dance:
1-2. Stepanova/Bukin (strong and very interesting team, but very young and will compete at the JGP for the first time) or Cannuscio/McManus (already been at the JGP and have more experience)
3. Kubova/Kiselev
 

silverlake22

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 12, 2009
Now with Anna out and Shelepen definitely in, I change my predictions.

1.) Polina Shelepen
2.) Roza Sheveleva
3.) Nina Jiang
 

Kutien

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 28, 2007
Ladies:
1. Shelepen
2. Yasmin Siraj
3. Roza Sheveleva

Men:
1. Jason Brown
2. Andrei Rogozine
3. Max Aaron

Dance: Don`t know =)
1. Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN
2. Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
3. Geraldine Bott / Neil Brown
 
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