ALL SKATERS must reach a minimal TES score for both the SP and the FS. They must be in a qualified ISU competition in 2009-2010 or 2010-11 but can be earned on separate competitions. For the ladies that is 15.00 in the SP and 25 in the FS. This is more for the lower ranked skaters.
The ISU has put in a qualifying round, but not all have to skate it. The federations will be given one direct entry into the SP for each skate they had in the Top 18 in last year's Worlds. All other entries will have to qualify for the final 12 spots for a total of 30 entries.
DIRECTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE SHORT PROGRAM (direct entries are given to federations who had top 18 skaters from previous Worlds)
AUS 1
CAN 1 Cynthia Phaneuf
CHN 1
FIN 1 Kiira Korpi (likely)
GBR 1 Jenna McCorkell
GER 1
GEO 1 Elene Gedevanishvili
HUN 1
ITA 1 Carolina Kostner
JPN 1 Miki Ando
JPN 2 Mao Asada
JPN 3 Kanako Murakami
KOR 1 Yu-Na Kim
SWE 1 Joshi Helgesson
RUS 1 Alena Leonova
RUS 2 Ksenia Makarova
USA 1 Alissa Czisny
USA 2 Rachael Flatt
(Breakdown of direct entries: 3 JPN; 2 USA; 2 RUS making up 7 of the entries. 11 more federations have one direct entry).
Final 12 spots qualified via qualifying round (see below).
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QUALIFYING ROUND ENTRIES:
MULTIPLE-SKATER NATIONS:
The following second (or third) skaters from these countries will have to do a QR because there was no skater competing in that spot last year or a skater from that country failed to break into the top 18. The skater with the lower World Standing will be the one who will have to skate the qualifying round.
Here are the countries with skaters who will have to skate in the QR.
CAN 2 Myrianne Samson
FIN 2 Beate Papp (2nd at Nationals) or Laura Lepisto* if she recovers from injury.
ITA 2 Valentina Marchei (second at Nationals)
KOR 2 Min-Jung Kwak (third at nationals but other skaters not age eligible)
SWE 2 Viktoria Helgesson**
* FINLAND NOTE: Ironically though it was Kiira (by placing 19th in last year's Worlds) that caused the necessity of QR, Laura (despite being the reigning bronze medalist) currently has the lower WS thanks to Kiira's success on the GP circuit.
** SWEDISH NOTE: Yes Viktoria is the current National champion and was the one who earned the second spot in the first place. But she has lower WS than her sister Joshi, who has done relatively well on the GP circuit.
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKELY TO ENTER:
SWI 1 - Bettina Heim
ESP 1 - Sonia Lafuente
EST 1 - Elena Glebova
I will add other countries who will have a skater in the QR as I see it.
The ISU has put in a qualifying round, but not all have to skate it. The federations will be given one direct entry into the SP for each skate they had in the Top 18 in last year's Worlds. All other entries will have to qualify for the final 12 spots for a total of 30 entries.
DIRECTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE SHORT PROGRAM (direct entries are given to federations who had top 18 skaters from previous Worlds)
AUS 1
CAN 1 Cynthia Phaneuf
CHN 1
FIN 1 Kiira Korpi (likely)
GBR 1 Jenna McCorkell
GER 1
GEO 1 Elene Gedevanishvili
HUN 1
ITA 1 Carolina Kostner
JPN 1 Miki Ando
JPN 2 Mao Asada
JPN 3 Kanako Murakami
KOR 1 Yu-Na Kim
SWE 1 Joshi Helgesson
RUS 1 Alena Leonova
RUS 2 Ksenia Makarova
USA 1 Alissa Czisny
USA 2 Rachael Flatt
(Breakdown of direct entries: 3 JPN; 2 USA; 2 RUS making up 7 of the entries. 11 more federations have one direct entry).
Final 12 spots qualified via qualifying round (see below).
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
QUALIFYING ROUND ENTRIES:
MULTIPLE-SKATER NATIONS:
The following second (or third) skaters from these countries will have to do a QR because there was no skater competing in that spot last year or a skater from that country failed to break into the top 18. The skater with the lower World Standing will be the one who will have to skate the qualifying round.
Here are the countries with skaters who will have to skate in the QR.
CAN 2 Myrianne Samson
FIN 2 Beate Papp (2nd at Nationals) or Laura Lepisto* if she recovers from injury.
ITA 2 Valentina Marchei (second at Nationals)
KOR 2 Min-Jung Kwak (third at nationals but other skaters not age eligible)
SWE 2 Viktoria Helgesson**
* FINLAND NOTE: Ironically though it was Kiira (by placing 19th in last year's Worlds) that caused the necessity of QR, Laura (despite being the reigning bronze medalist) currently has the lower WS thanks to Kiira's success on the GP circuit.
** SWEDISH NOTE: Yes Viktoria is the current National champion and was the one who earned the second spot in the first place. But she has lower WS than her sister Joshi, who has done relatively well on the GP circuit.
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKELY TO ENTER:
SWI 1 - Bettina Heim
ESP 1 - Sonia Lafuente
EST 1 - Elena Glebova
I will add other countries who will have a skater in the QR as I see it.
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