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I wonder if Leonova was actually offered Worlds and turned it down for that reason..
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I wonder if Leonova was actually offered Worlds and turned it down for that reason..
You have to reach the minimum score at least once in the current or preceding season.
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Oh ok, thanks. I didn't know she hadn't. :disapp:
How come Pang & Edwards are listed as Canada's substitute in Ice Dance? I would have thought it would be Orford & Williams or Ralph & Hill.
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028070.htm
I haven't checked but I imagine that her last FS where she had reached the minimum score was two seasons ago. So it was enough for Worlds last year but not this year.
No idea, it looks really strange to me as well.
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It's a strange situation with Leonova. She was the first substitute to the OG, so i thought she should have been the first substitute for the Worlds too. And i think that it was very predictable that one Adelina or Julia won't go to Worlds, so Leonova should have been prepared. But she didn't show up at the Russian Cup final (Anna was there and performed good). I don't know what is wrong with Leonova, there is no information about injuries. Maybe her coach was so busy with his others.
Yeah, that's why I thought I'd ask if anyone else knew what it was about.
Of course, it only matters in the unlikely event that one of the 3 ice dance teams gets injured before Worlds, but I found it odd that Canada's #7 team was chosen as the Substitute. Edwards & Pang only came out of Juniors within the last year. I would have thought Orford & Williams or Ralph & Hill would be next in line, since the latter 2 teams were at 4 Continents and did fairly well, and R&H have already been to a Worlds.
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Re Pechalat/Bourzat, for anyone still wondering whether to believe the official entry list:
@PechalatBourzat
En route pour les championnats du Monde ! Worlds, we are definitely coming !! http://fb.me/1df5aqeNx
2:16 PM - 7 Mar 2014
https://twitter.com/PechalatBourzat/status/442061174797246465
2:16 PM - 7 Mar 2014
https://twitter.com/PechalatBourzat/status/442061174797246465
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Weird, but maybe R&H and O&W didn't have the min. scores in one of the programs?
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By this rationale, the team should be Max and Jason.
Jeremy needs neither ISU points nor rankings nor exposure as he's retiring anyway. Jason & Max need all these things, as well as that 3rd spot for next year...
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I know...but it's too bad for the kids. Right now, Jeremy is doing this for himself and himself only, while if he retired he'd do a favour for the young 'uns (allowing them that exposure and those points) and open a door for three spots next year (Jason & Max both are more likely to place in top ten).
I don't dislike Jeremy in any way shape or form & really hope he'll do well, but it's very unlikely. For this reason, I'd love to see him leave on a high note after a great FS in Sochi. I really don't want to see another implosion, I'd feel bad for him AND for the up-and-coming skaters who would be affected by it.... If he gets awful scores, it'll be sad to think that he'll look back to his last competition and cringe instead of smiling. Right now, I think he has every reason to smile looking back at his last performance
Perhaps we could merge both worlds entries threads?
Yes, it's in the USFS' rules.
I think Abbott should not even attempt the quad and focus on skating two clean programs. If he does all his triples, he will place very well and his 4toe is so inconsistent it's not worth the risk.
Yes, it's in the USFS' rules.
I think Abbott should not even attempt the quad and focus on skating two clean programs. If he does all his triples, he will place very well and his 4toe is so inconsistent it's not worth the risk.
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Done. I would have merged these threads earlier, except that I've been on the road, and I hesitate to do a merge on a tablet while bouncing over ruts in a car-incorrectly-done merges can't be undone easily.
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Agree. Would love to see him do a nice clean program without a quad but with confidence & grace! The risk is too great, and as we saw in Sochi, he can rack up the points even without the quad.
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Disagree. Although Wagner has had some extra post-Sochi visibility, I would not assume that she has been neglecting her training.
The morning after the Oscars, Rippon and she were at the rink as usual, according to IceNetwork. Living in southern California means that Wagner also could appear on Arsenio, for example, without missing a beat.
I would think that Wagner is as hungry as ever for a World medal, and would not squander any opportunity to give it her best shot.
(As for Nagasu, seems that she was/is visiting Colorado Springs this week -- for training purposes, I would guess.)
bleu_idealist said:
Piseev said that they need to work on another Olympic cycle and Pogorilaya was participating at Grand Prix Final. So Leonova didn't get any chance at all. The Russian Federation once again focus on kids and shoot senior ladies. Very wise indeed (especially in moment when all those kids start to face such problems with grown-up body like Tukhtamysheva and will have to learn a totally new jumping technique to get triple jumps back with new body, which will take at least two seasons).
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