All this talk and implying that V&T are worried about S&K is so crazy it makes me break into an uncontrollable fit of laughter each time I read it. V&T fell three times at Europeans and easily beat a 2 clean program S&K last year, even nearly winning the LP a well. S&K would have lost to Duhamel & Radford at worlds had D&R gone, and a cautious S&S easily crushed them.
I never said they were afraid. I think it's an issue of motivation and having other opportunities. I don't think they'll show up untrained and while they committed to the GP in an interview, they seemed less certain on Worlds. I also don't think they'll beat S&K with 3 falls again now that S@K are a known proven entity which they weren't yet at Euros.
Also D/R did go to Worlds. Perhaps you meant if they had gone clean but they didn't as was often the case this season