Podium Predictions

[tulosai]

LADIES ENTRIES

1. Chantelle Kerry Australia
2. Jaimee Nobbs Australia
3. Zara Pasfield Australia
4. Amelie Lacoste Canada
5. Alexandrea Najarro Canada
6. Cynthis Phsneuf Canada
7. Bingwa Geng China
8. Kexin Zhang China
9. Qiuying Zhu China
10. Crystal Kiang Chinese Taipei
11. Choachin Liu Chinese Taipei
12. Melinda Sherilyn Wang Chinese Taipei
13. Mao Asada Japan
14. Haruka Imai Japan
15. Kanako Murakami Japan
16. Reyna Hamui Mexico
17. Zhaira Constiniano Philippines
18. Mericien Venzon Philippines
19. Victoria Muniz Puerto Rico
20. Min Jeong Kwak Rep. Korea
21. Chae Yeon Shur Rep. Korea
22. Yea-Ji Yun Rep. Korea
23. Brittany Lau Singapore
24. Lejeannae Marais South Africa
25. Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook Thailand
26. Sandra Khopon Thailand
27. Melanie Swang Thailand
28. Ashley Wagner USA
29. Agnes Zawadzki USA
30. Caroline Zhang USA

MEN ENTRIES

1. Nicholas Fernandez Australia
2. Brendan Kerry Australia
3. Mark Webster Australia
4. Kevin Alves Brazil
5. Luiz Manella Brazil
6. Patrick Chan Canada
7. Kevin Reynolds Canada
8. Jeremy Ten Canada
9. Jinlin Guan China
10. Nan Song China
11. Jialiang Wu China
12. Jordan Ju Chinese Taipei
13. Wun-Chang Shih Chinese Taipei
14. Harry Hau Yin Lee Hong Kong
15. Tatsuki Machida Japan
16. Takahito Mura Japan
17. Daisuke Takahasti Japan
18. Abzal Rakimgaliev Kazakhstan
19. Denis Ten Kazakhstan
20. Christopher Caluza Philippines
21. Maverick Eguia Philippines
22. Alex Kang Chan Kam Rep. Korea
23. Hwan Jin Kim Rep. Korea
24. Min Seok Kim Rep. Korea
25. Jeremy Abbott USA
26. Ross Miner USA
27. Adam Rippon USA
28. Misha Ge Uzbekistan

PAIRS ENTRIES

1. Jessica Dube/Sebastien Wolfe Canada
2. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford Canada
3. Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers Canada
4. Huibo/Dong/Yiming Wu China
5. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han China
6. Yue Zhang/Lei Wang China
7. Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran Japan
8. Caydee Denney/John Coughlin USA
9. Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig USA
10. Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker USA

ICE DANCE ENTRIES

1. Danielle O’Brien/Gregory Merriman Australia
2. Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam Canada
3. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Canada
4. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje Canada
5. Xintong Huang/Xun Zheng China
6. Xiaoyang Yu/Chen Wang China
7. Cortney Mansour/Darin Zhunussov Kazakhstan
8. Corenne Berhns/Ryan Van Natten Mexico
9. Meryl Davis/Charlie White USA
10. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue USA
11. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani USA
12. Anna Nagornyuk/Viktor Kovalenko Uzbekista

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And my predictions:

LADIES

1. Mao Asada
2. Ashley Wagner
3. A Canadian

MEN

1. Chan
2. Daisuke Takahasti
3. An American

Pairs

1. Duhamel/Radford
2. Lawrence/Sweigers
3. Marley/Brubaker (more of a wish hope than a real prediction...)

Dance

1. Davis/White
2. Virtue/Moir
3. Shibs

[jettasian]

Interesting that many top skaters are going this year. I believe many of them didn't go last year?

[ImaginaryPogue]

LADIES

1. There’s a couple of really interesting stories going on. The battle of the lone Canadians spot ends (?) here. Phaneuf has a stronger reputation with the international judges, but a spotty season and a coaching switch midway through means that you can’t rely on anything. Skate Canada is admittedly damned either way – I simply think that the ladies field is too broad to for Canada’s ladies to get that second spot. Oh well.

2. Alissa Czisny skipping 4CC is a HUGE surprise to me. However, that is a HUGE boost to Ashley Wagner. She could conceivably medal, and that would give her a boost in the eyes of the judges (worked for Duhamel/Radford last season, anyway). Should be fascinating to see if she pushes forward and continues cashing the cheques her mouth’s been writing.

3. No Suzuki means this is Mao’s to lose, though I’m very curious if Kanako Murakami can capitalize on her successful Nationals and score a silver.

4. Indeed, the lower registers, with Zhang, Zawadski, Phaneuf, LaCoste, Imai, and Kwak means this will be a pretty fascinating competition.

5. This is the last ISU event Zhang medalled at. Just sayin’

6. Should the podium echo the season best list, it’ll be:

• Gold – Asada
• Silver – Wagner
• Bronze - Murakami

MEN

1. The world podium can come from countries represented here, and it still manages to feel a little bit of a disappointment without Kozuka and Hanyu (and Oda, out with injury). I have to admit I’m a little stymied by this decision. Machida and Mura definitely deserve more chances to show off their skills, but Hanyu and Kozuka need to be competing with the best.

2. So, does anyone else think that Abbott could overtake Takahashi here and use that momentum to capture silver or gold at worlds (cue pangtonfan’s derisive laughter)? I know, he sucks dealing with weighty expectation, or at least he has in the past, but I really do think that he can garner some major excitement here.

3. Nan Song is the spoiler – two quads, two triple axels. He’s already beaten Abbott in the long program once. He’s really come on strong this year and I think he could be a major, major surprise at Worlds (top five type surprise).

4. Rippon could threaten the top three/four. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least. Also, the last event he medalled. Just sayin’

5. I’m very curious about J. Ten’s return to competition. I think a 60/130 score is quite doable, and would be a solid return. Have no idea about Reynolds’ potential, truthfully. My dislike of his style clouds my judgement.

6. Should the podium echo the season’s best

• Gold – Chan
• Silver – Takahashi
• Bronze - Abbott

[jettasian]

To some skaters, such as Kostner, or Abbott, podium here may NOT be a good thing for world. Why? They choke at big event, especially with great expectation.

[sky_fly20]

Ladies:

Mao Asada
Kanako Murakami
Caroline Zhang

Men:

Ptrick Chan
Daisuke Takahashi
Adam Rippon

Ice Dance:

Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir
Meryl Davies/Charlie White
Maia/Alex Shibutani

Pairs:

Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran

[jettasian]

After countless sleepless nights, pulling grey hair, biting nails and eating chocolates, I'm ready to make my bold prediction, LOL

WOMEN

1. Mao Asada
2. Cynthis Phaneuf
3. Kanako Murakami

MEN

1. Patrick Chan
2. Nan Song
3. Daisuke Takahashi

PAIRS

1. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
2. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
3. Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran

ICE DANCE

1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir
2. Meryl Davis/Charlie White
3. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje

[fairly4]

men

patrick chan 1st
daisuke murakami 2nd
jeremy abbott 3rd

dance

virture and moir 1st
davis and white 2nd
shibutani/weaver poje 3rd

pairs

zhang zhang 1st
duhamel radford 2nd
denny coughlin 3rd