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This is supposed to be a positive thread where you can only talk about your favorite skaters.:disapp:
Sure but some people are positive about skaters they hate - lol
This is supposed to be a positive thread where you can only talk about your favorite skaters.:disapp:
Did not Viktoria Helgesson retire?I bet Skate America looks something like: Gold, Cesario, Keiser, Meite, Marchei, Tuktamysheva, Helgesson (Viktoria), Miyahara, Daleman, Weinzeirl.
Marchei won't probably compete next year (she will probably announce retirement soon, since she's 27 and her lifetime goal was going to the Olympics, even if she could stay around a couple of seasons more now that she'll be Italy #1 for sure), but... Keiser?!I bet Skate America looks something like: Gold, Cesario, Keiser, Meite, Marchei, Tuktamysheva, Helgesson (Viktoria), Miyahara, Daleman, Weinzeirl.
Men:
- Hanyu will dominate, and in the style of Chan can afford mistakes and still win, however he will be pushed by Machida and Fernandez
Is it a curse? And please confirm this for me, is Yuzuru even your favorite skater?
I think she already did. Can't remember where I read about it, though, so don't trust me 100% on this.Marchei won't probably compete next year (she will probably announce retirement soon
There should be a petition to bring Yulia to Skate America.
Dance- 1. Chock & Bates 2. Hawayek & Baker 3. Shibs 4. Hubbell & Donohue
That will never happen, unfortunately for the fans. USFSA would forbid it. I'm surprised they brought Mao last season, given that Wagner was all but guaranteed the win with decent skates. But inviting Julia would likely deny Gold a win, and reduce the latter's GPF chances. I mean, everyone knows Mao would beat Wagner (and it's fine because nobody expects Wagner to be as good as Mao), but Gold is hoping to make up ground on Julia, and with Julia skating well in the early season usually, and Gold not skating well in the early season (at least going by the past few seasons), a silver for Gold would be inevitable and a setback in cementing herself as someone who is at least on par with Julia (which right now she definitely is not).
We know Gracie wants to win a medal, but how do you know she even thinks about Julia? I'm sure she wants to be better than every up and coming skater, as does any competitive skater. I think Julia is getting too much credit, too soon.
Her body changed at that time because she had had an injury and was off the ice; she was also off her strict diet and gained weight as a result. Ilya Averbuch has said that Julia has to maintain a very strict diet to keep her weight down. He said he didn't know if Julia's skating would be able to handle the body changes that come with puberty. Part of the reason why she hasn't exhibited the usual body changes that go with puberty is because of that very, very strict diet she is on. Staying very, very thin plus lots of exercise can delay puberty, even for years. But eventually, Julia's body will change. She may not develop a large bust, but she will have hips and a changed center of gravity.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the seeding once all the retirements and changes are made official over the next month or two. Some retirements are not official yet, and we still don't know for sure what some of the final partnerships may be.
In dance, since P&B are retiring and I&K and S&Z appear to be breaking up, that may mean that Gilles/Poirier and Coombes/Buckland move up to seeded status. That was not originally expected, so we will see if that affects anything.