Podium Predictions

[sky_fly20]

here are the entry lists for boys, girls, pairs and ice dance teams

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011323.htm

[colleen o'neill]

No prediction, but best of luck to Orford/Williams , Aldridge /Eaton , Papadakis/Cizeron..my official ice dance adoptees this year.

[dorispulaski]

Ita!!

[koatcue]

Girls:
1-Julia
2-Adelina
3 - Polina (if she doesn't bomb the program)
4 - Gracie (she may be the 3d if Polina is meh)

[sky_fly20]

No prediction, but best of luck to Orford/Williams , Aldridge /Eaton , Papadakis/Cizeron..my official ice dance adoptees this year.

me too, this was probably a bad idea making this thread
I dont want to make my predictions too as I don't want to jinx anybody.

[ImaginaryPogue]

No predictions, just thoughts

Junior Men
This definitely feels like a four-into-three type situation with Tanaka (silver medalist last year), Yan, Farris and Brown duking it out for three spots. Of the four, Yan is my favourite, but I really want Farris to have a strong championship after missing out last season due to the unfortunate Nationals skate. I'm curious about Dolensky and Firius. The latter ages out this year, so I hope for a solid top-ten placement. Nguyen's here for the experience (as are most, admittedly) but it'll be interesting to see where he ranks as well.

Junior Ladies
Another four-into-three, with Julia, Adelina, Polina and Gracie going for it. If you asked me to guess, I'd go Julia-Gracie-Adelina, but I wouldn't be surprised if Adelina regrouped and won gold again. Shoji, Lam, Li, and Gao are all spot stealers and could get a medal with sterling skates and some misfortune to others. For Osmond, placing in the 4-6 member nations is an achievement as it allows Canada to send a junior skater to every JGP event - but even with the relative dominance of a few nations, we could see spoilers in Joshi Helgesson and Juulia Turkkila. Should all the mentioned skaters place above her, Canada loses out.

Junior Pairs
Another corronation for Sui/Han, and yes, it's ridiculous. After that, it's a gong show. Danankova/Deputat had a sterling Nationals, Yu/Jin have some high base value elements, Simpson/Blackmer have the JGP bronze (and two surprisingly good programs) and Bobak/Beharry have the silver (ditto).

Junior Dance
Another corronation, this time for Sinitsina/Zhinganshin (after which, lets hope they follow their new-to-senior training mates and ditch Kustarova). A Russian sweep is probable, but lets hope that Stepanova/Bukin make it interesting and come close to gold, because I like them more. Ditto colleen's wish

[DianaSelene]

No predictions, just thoughts

Junior Men
This definitely feels like a four-into-three type situation with Tanaka (silver medalist last year), Yan, Farris and Brown duking it out for three spots. Of the four, Yan is my favourite, but I really want Farris to have a strong championship after missing out last season due to the unfortunate Nationals skate. I'm curious about Dolensky and Firius. The latter ages out this year, so I hope for a solid top-ten placement. Nguyen's here for the experience (as are most, admittedly) but it'll be interesting to see where he ranks as well.

Junior Ladies
Another four-into-three, with Julia, Adelina, Polina and Gracie going for it. If you asked me to guess, I'd go Julia-Gracie-Adelina, but I wouldn't be surprised if Adelina regrouped and won gold again. Shoji, Lam, Li, and Gao are all spot stealers and could get a medal with sterling skates and some misfortune to others. For Osmond, placing in the 4-6 member nations is an achievement as it allows Canada to send a junior skater to every JGP event - but even with the relative dominance of a few nations, we could see spoilers in Joshi Helgesson and Juulia Turkkila. Should all the mentioned skaters place above her, Canada loses out.

Junior Pairs
Another corronation for Sui/Han, and yes, it's ridiculous. After that, it's a gong show. Danankova/Deputat had a sterling Nationals, Yu/Jin have some high base value elements, Simpson/Blackmer have the JGP bronze (and two surprisingly good programs) and Bobak/Beharry have the silver (ditto).

Junior Dance
Another corronation, this time for Sinitsina/Zhinganshin (after which, lets hope they follow their new-to-senior training mates and ditch Kustarova). A Russian sweep is probable, but lets hope that Stepanova/Bukin make it interesting and come close to gold, because I like them more. Ditto colleen's wish

Monko/Khaliavin finally got smart and left Kustarova for Zhulin. S/Z should do the same if they want to succeed. I cannot stand her. Why does she have so many pairs? There are other coaches in Russia.

[sky_fly20]

btw, Sui/Han winning 3rd World Junior Championships in a row is that a record for junior world pairs ?

Monko/Khaliavin finally got smart and left Kustarova for Zhulin. S/Z should do the same if they want to succeed. I cannot stand her. Why does she have so many pairs? There are other coaches in Russia.

what is weird about Kustarova is, her ice dance are actually successful at juniors level, Bobrova/Soloviev, Monko/Khaliavin, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin and yes even Yanovskaia/Mozgov are hers lol, but for some reason once they transition to seniors they get stagnant and never improve other than the ugly postures
see B/S