2013 Four Continents Gala Exhibition
The men invited to perform are:
- Reynolds
- Hanyu
- Yan
- Takahashi
- Ge
- Balde
Source:
Photo tweeted by Misha Ge @Sk8Prince:
https://twitter.com/Sk8Prince/status...88646165934082
2013 Four Continents Gala Exhibition
The men invited to perform are:
- Reynolds
- Hanyu
- Yan
- Takahashi
- Ge
- Balde
Source:
Photo tweeted by Misha Ge @Sk8Prince:
https://twitter.com/Sk8Prince/status...88646165934082
How great for Misha Ge and Balde for having been invited
It was pretty obvious that the JSF would invite hometown favourite Daisuke to skate in the gala but I'm so happy that they also chose Elladj and Misha as the other guests in the exhibition. Great choices by the JSF
Wow that's cool that they invited Ge and Blade. Do they usually invite people that far off the podium or are they very popular in Japan?
What happened to the Americans? Cold war?
That's funny...I can understand Misha, but why Balde?
Balde's got one of those fun and interesting exhibition programs, perhaps the JSF is looking to put on a good show is all.
Think Balde's MJ program would go over well.
full list
http://pigeon-post.net/events/2013Fo...ionProgram.pdf
Miu HONDA Local
Elladj BALDE CAN
Christina GAO USA
Han YAN CHN
Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN
Gracie GOLD USA
Felicia ZHANG / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY USA
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
Kanako MURAKAMI JPN
Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN
Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN
Taichiro YAMAKUMA Local
Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
Misha GE UZB
Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN
Zijun LI CHN
Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR USA
Yuzuru HANYU JPN
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN
Akiko SUZUKI JPN
Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
Kevin REYNOLDS CAN
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA
Mao ASADA JPN
Surprise to see Miu Honda. I've thought Marin could be invited though.
Thanks, NMURA.Originally Posted by NMURA
Why no Aaron and Dornbush who did place 4th and 5th overall?They surely deserve get invited. Especially Aaron, who actually was 2nd in the Free with such a good performance...I don't understand. at. all.
Re Aaron: You would understand, if you had seen his exhibition at U.S. Nationals to "Black Betty," skating in a t-shirt with fake tattoo arms. To be fair to Max, the U.S. Nationals Gala was immediately after the men's free skate, so it's not surprising that his jumps were all over the place, but the ex was not a particular joy, IMO.
I don't know whether Dornbush has an exhibition. He was not shown at U.S. Nationals. (I assume he does; they all have their hopes).
An anonymous Japanese fan telephoned JSF this morning and asked why Misha and Balde are on the list.Thanks, NMURA.
Why no Aaron and Dornbush who did place 4th and 5th overall?
JSF said both boys are directly recommended by ISU.
Could be that the US boys just declined the offers themselves for some reason or another. I'm betting on that because after all, I've NEVER seen the 4th and 5th placements passed over deliberately.
YAY Zijun is performing!! I'm a happy camper.
Mostly.
Gracie got picked over Christina... why? Christina has done fun exhibitions and she placed higher than Gracie...
Balde has fun, entertaining exib programs. He's a showman. Maybe TPTB want the 4CC Gala to be entertaining.
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