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Preliminary Entries 2013 Skate America

draqq

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Ladies

Mae Berenice Meite
Elene Gedevanishvili
Valentina Marchei
Mao Asada
Elena Radionova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Viktoria Helgesson
Ashley Wagner
Carolina Zhang
Samantha Cesario

Men

Brian Joubert - Withdrawn, Sanctioned by French federation for not participating in French Masters
Takahiko Kozuka
Tatsuki Machida
Daisuke Takahashi
Denis Ten - Withdrawn, Illness
Artur Gachinski
Alexander Majorov
Max Aaron
Jason Brown [Evan Lysacek INJURED]
Adam Rippon

Pairs

Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres
Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin
Felicia Zhang / Nate Bartholomay

Ice Dance

Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
Pernella Carron / Lloyd Jones
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
 

Chemistry66

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According to this press release, the USA ladies, men, and pairs TBA slots have been filled by Samantha Cesario, Adam Rippon, and Zhang/Bartholomay. That brings Rippon and Z/B to two assignments each!
 

deedee1

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draqq;749045[U said:
Men[/U]

Brian Joubert
Takahiko Kozuka
Tatsuki Machida
Daisuke Takahashi
Denis Ten
Artur Gachinski
Alexander Majorov
Max Aaron
Evan Lysacek
(Unannounced USA entry - Possibly Adam Rippon or Jason Brown)

Wow, Mens field is so DEEP. :rock: As the reigning Nats Champ, Max needs to prove himself here. But boy, there are the reigning Olympic Champion, 3 World Champions and 3 more World medalists to go head to head at the very first Grand Prix comp! :eek:
 

draqq

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Thanks for the update info! First posted has been edited.
 

Sara

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Could someone pls explain why Zhang and Cesario were chosen over Hicks? Based on the results so far, I think she should have been selected. What's the criteria that usfsa uses? I'm not a huge fan of Hicks but I think they should have given her the opportunity to skate.
 

Jammers

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SA seems to like to give one of their spots to a US Lady like Flatt or Zhang who are on the way out. Plus they want Ashley to have as little competition as possible so they give spots to weaker US skaters.
 

Sara

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I found out that there's another thread about this issue.. I also don't understand why the usfsa is sending Lam to Finlandia Trophy instead of Hicks! According to its website Lam is one of the "reserve team" skaters...
 

Chemistry66

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I found out that there's another thread about this issue.. I also don't understand why the usfsa is sending Lam to Finlandia Trophy instead of Hicks! According to its website Lam is one of the "reserve team" skaters...

Lam withdrew from Nationals last year though. So who knows where she would have been envelope-wise had she actually skated there.
 

hippomoomin

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Really look forward to see how the ladies competition will play out. Ashely's chance of repeat her gold medal is not going to be easy (Mao, Radionova, Tuk).
 

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More from Flade:
L'Equipe writes that on Saturday Joubert still planned to come and that the French Fed withdrew him to sanction him.
2:23 PM - 14 Oct 13​
 
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