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Alex Johnson had a great result at Nationals (6th) which bears a lot of weight with host picks. And generally they usually extend a host pick to someone in that 4-6 at Nationas range who isn't a guaranteed a pick otherwise.
Ah I didn't realize that about rewarding higher placed skaters at Nats, and I guess I forgot where Alex finished. He is a really beautiful skater.
So, it sounds like there isn't so much larger strategy involved, more a question of rewarding our highest finishers at nationals and trying to ensure that the skaters we invite from other countries are strong enough to make the competition interesting but still allow for a possible US medal or two?
ETA with respect to Adam v Kolyada or Chan, wouldn't that kind of depend on reciprocity - eg they might take Kolyada in exchange for Russia inviting a US guy?
With Nathan, I would guess a large part of it depends on his recovery, which we haven't heard much about I guess they'll know more by the end of June when decisions are made.
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