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:yes: This! These two really couldn't ask for anything better.
EDIT: I really really hope that Hawayek/Baker do well this season as well!! (I had to add this in bc I remembered that they're going to Osaka too!)
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:yes: This! These two really couldn't ask for anything better.
EDIT: I really really hope that Hawayek/Baker do well this season as well!! (I had to add this in bc I remembered that they're going to Osaka too!)
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Volosozhar & Trankov also get pretty good assignments considering they arent even a seeded team. Skate America pairs is a pretty deep and competitive field, but there still isnt a single pair who could really challenge them (that would be only Stolbova & Klimov and maybe on a super off day Duhamel & Radford or Sui & Han).
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COC for the men will be the battle of the Teenagers!
It will be a very interesting show.
It will be a very interesting show.
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That's because all of the ones who shone in the JGP last year are still too young for the GP.
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Great job Mrs. P. Saves me from my own number crunching. I would give Wagner the nod for the final spot over Edmunds and Miyahara, and Murakami is too inconsistent and has UR problems. Though it will be sad to see no Japanese girl in the GPF, don't know when the last time that happened.
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Hmm, I have a feeling Gracie won't win Skate America after all. Radionova and an on-form Liza can both seriously challenge her. Seems like a great field in Skate America for all the disciplines. Machida + Ten + Nam + Adian + Jeremy + Jason in the men's field--it'll be interesting to see how the veterans, current top skaters, and fresh-out-of-juniors kids compare to each other. Peng/Zhang, Kavaguti/Smirnov, and V/T in pairs, which will be super fun (V/T will win barring major disaster, but great pairs all of them).
However, CoR has the best ice dance field. I'm so looking forward to the drama.
The choice of Voronov, Kolyada, and unannounced slot in CoR (probably won't go to Plush--he confirmed he's not competing next season), with no Kovtun in sight, is the most baffling one to me. Apology to Voronov for missing both Olympics and Worlds? Kovtun no longer their best hope? Or, conversely, they're so confident in Kovtun now that they're certain he'll make GPF without CoR? Glad to see Majorov there. The Sochi crowd seemed to totally adore him, like he's one of their own! I hope he skates well, good ol' Russian split and all.
Doesn't seem like the most exciting competition here in Skate Canada. :disapp: Glad to see Ashley there though. I hope she wins.
However, CoR has the best ice dance field. I'm so looking forward to the drama.
The choice of Voronov, Kolyada, and unannounced slot in CoR (probably won't go to Plush--he confirmed he's not competing next season), with no Kovtun in sight, is the most baffling one to me. Apology to Voronov for missing both Olympics and Worlds? Kovtun no longer their best hope? Or, conversely, they're so confident in Kovtun now that they're certain he'll make GPF without CoR? Glad to see Majorov there. The Sochi crowd seemed to totally adore him, like he's one of their own! I hope he skates well, good ol' Russian split and all.
Doesn't seem like the most exciting competition here in Skate Canada. :disapp: Glad to see Ashley there though. I hope she wins.
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TBD is surely for Gachinski if he can show them in pre-season monitoring that he's on his way back. All I can say is, if Gachinski DOES make it back, Russian Nationals is going to be...interesting!
Oops, didn't notice that Artur had only one assignment (and I left him out of my "people to watch in Skate America" list, silly me). Yeah, this makes sense. More sense than Plush coming back next season, anyway.
I saw them at an ice show in Korea last May. They looked great.
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I think Mirai only competed at Skate America once. She's got 2 GPs - it's up to her to do what she can with it! Good assignments for all of the Americans too. It will be interesting to see if Sotnikova shows up for her GPs.
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I'm relieved he got one at all! And the Skate America field is a nice one for him, not too difficult if he should hit form. Oh gosh, I've got my fingers crossed so tight for him. I would give anything to see him back where he belongs, standing on podiums, skating clean and well...
Why would he get no assignments? Kovtun, Voronov, and Menshov have two assignments. Who else would they send in Artur's stead? It's not like they have a huge pipeline in men the way they do in ladies.
And c'mon, what's the point of getting TAT as a coach if she can't even politik you into one spot? I'm not sure if the Skate America field will be easy though. True, Nam and Pitkeev are likely too young and inexperienced, and we can probably count on Abbott to bomb (*sigh*). But Machida and Ten likely will place 1-2. Artur can get bronze if he fends off Jason--I dunno what kind of shape Jason will show up in next season, jumps-wise--will he attempt the quad, or will try to do a clean all-triple performance? Anyway, it'll be really exciting.
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