With Mao choosing to sit out this season and Akiko Suzuki retired, the Japan Skating Federation will be fielding a much younger and inexperienced lineup in the women’s events.
With Sochi silver medalist Patrick Chan of Canada and Daisuke Takahashi taking the season off, it appears that Hanyu’s primary competition is likely to come from Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten, the surprise bronze medalist in Sochi.
That was clearly written by someone ho didn't watched too much figure skating events past season apart from olympics...
I disagree. Any of Reynolds, Mura, Voronov, Farris or Abbott could challenge if they hit and Hanyu was less than clean. But Hanyu will get home scoring, too, which has to be taken into account.
Pathetic article.
The Korean Skating Union’s understandable protest of the decision by a suspect panel of judges was recently denied by the International Skating Union in another miscarriage of justice. I
She had never won a Senior B, a GP event or Euros, or even stood on the podium at Worlds.
Sotnikova has never been that solid in her GP skates. Part of what made her Olympic win so controversial was it was the FIRST win she'd had in two seasons of senior competition. She had never won a Senior B, a GP event or Euros, or even stood on the podium at Worlds.
Adelina is welcome in
Japan, and Gallagher is not japanese