Predictions

skatingfan04 · Nov 30, 2008

The following are the entries for the senior grand prix final:

Men
Patrick Chan CAN
Takahiko Kozuka JPN
Johnny Weir USA
Brian Joubert FRA
Jeremy Abbott USA
Tomas Verner CZE

Ladies
Yu-Na Kim KOR
Joannie Rochette CAN
Mao Asada JPN
Carolina Costner ITA
Yukari Nakano JPN
Miki Ando JPN

Pairs
Savchenko/Szolkowy GER
Zhang/Zhang CHN
Kawaguci/Smirnov RUS
Pang/Tong CHN
Voloszohar/Morozov UKR
Mukhortova/Trankov RUS

Ice Dance
Delobel/Schoenfelder FRA
Domnina/Shabalin RUS
Faiella/Scali ITA
Khoklova/Novitski RUS
Davis/White USA
Belbin/Agosto USA

What does everyone think...

Audrey19 · Nov 30, 2008

Allright, here I go:

Ladies:
1. Mao Asada
2. Yuna Kim
3. Joannie Rochette since they were the strongest throughout the GP series

Men:
1. Brian Joubert
2. Johnny Weir
3. Jeremy Abott Although I would love Tomas to medal, but I don't see it happen...

Pairs:
1. Savchenko & Szolkowy
2. Zhang & Zhang
3. Pang& Tong

Dance:
very difficult to predict, but that's what I hope for:
1. Delobel & Schoenfelder
2. Belbin & Agosto
3. Davis & White

museksk8r · Nov 30, 2008

Men
1. Patrick Chan CAN
2. Takahiko Kozuka JPN
3. Brian Joubert FRA
4. Jeremy Abbott USA
5. Johnny Weir USA
6. Tomas Verner CZE

Ladies
1. Yu-Na Kim KOR
2. Joannie Rochette CAN
3. Mao Asada JPN
4. Yukari Nakano JPN
5. Carolina Kostner ITA
6. Miki Ando JPN

Pairs
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy GER
2. Zhang/Zhang CHN
3. Kawaguchi/Smirnov RUS
4. Pang/Tong CHN
5. Volosozhar/Morozov UKR
6. Mukhortova/Trankov RUS

Ice Dance
1. Delobel/Schoenfelder FRA
2. Khokhlova/Novitski RUS
3. Domnina/Shabalin RUS
4. Davis/White USA
5. Belbin/Agosto USA
6. Faiella/Scali ITA

singerskates · Nov 30, 2008

Skate Result that I think will happen.

Men
1 Patrick Chan CAN
2 Brian Joubert FRA
3 Takahiko Kozuka JPN
4 Johnny Weir USA
5 Tomas Verner CZE
6 Jeremy Abbott USA

Ladies
1 Yu-Na Kim KOR
2 Joannie Rochette CAN
3 Mao Asada JPN
4 Miki Ando JPN
5 Yukari Nakano JPN
6 Carolina Costner ITA

The Results that I Hope Will Happen

Men
1 Patrick Chan CAN
2Johnny Weir USA
3 Brian Joubert FRA
4 Takahiko Kozuka JPN
5 Tomas Verner CZE
6 Jeremy Abbott USA

Ladies
1 Joannie Rochette CAN
2 Yu-Na Kim KOR
3 Mao Asada JPN
4 Miki Ando JPN
5 Carolina Costner ITA
6 Yukari Nakano JPN

Hsuhs · Nov 30, 2008

My predictions are rarely correct, still:

Men:
1. Brian Joubert
2. Patrick Chan
3. Takahiko Kozuka
4. Johnny Weir
5. Tomas Verner
6. Jeremy Abbott

Ladies:
1. Mao Asada
2. Yu-Na Kim
3/4. Joannie Rochette
4/3. Carolina Costner
5. Miki Ando
6. Yukari Nakano

Pairs:
1. Savchenko / Szolkowy
2. Zhang / Zhang
3. Kawaguchi / Smirnov
4/5. Pang / Tong
5/4. Volosozhar / Morozov
6. Mukhortova / Trankov

Ice Dance:
1. Delobel / Schoenfelder
2. Domnina / Shabalin
3. Belbin / Agosto
4. Khokhlova / Novitski
5. Faiella / Scali
6. Davis / White

1795 · Nov 30, 2008

Men:
1. Brian Joubert
2. Patrick Chan
3. Takahiko Kozuka
4. Johnny Weir
5. Jeremy Abbott
6. Tomas Verner

Ladies:
1. Yu-Na Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Carolina Costner
4. Joannie Rochette
5. Miki Ando
6. Yukari Nakano

Pairs:
1. Savchenko / Szolkowy
2. Zhang / Zhang
3. Kawaguchi / Smirnov
4. Pang / Tong
5. Volosozhar / Morozov
6. Mukhortova / Trankov

Ice Dance:
#1. Delobel / Schoenfelder
2. Domnina / Shabalin
3. Davis / White
4. Khokhlova / Novitski
5. Belbin / Agosto
6. Faiella / Scali

verysmuchso · Nov 30, 2008

Ladies only,
Purely based on 'poetic justice (within the ISU saga)'
I would say

1. Yu-na (how can you deny it to this girl who could have got gold at the two last worlds, especially when the GF is in Korea)
2. Joannie (I sense a very good vibe from her (smell and feel of success) and she's got a lot going for her this season)
3. Mao (all her triple axel hype makes her look like a next-generation fuel-cell car which should perform far better than traditional ones, but not quite there yet)
4. Carolina (Yawn, but I respect her, and more importantly, 'they' respect her)
5. Yukari (another hugely underrated skater)
6. Miki (well, what can I say?)

yuriyuri · Nov 30, 2008

Ladies
1. Mao Asada JPN
2. Joannie Rochette CAN
3. Yu-Na Kim KOR
4. Miki Ando JPN
5. Carolina Kostner ITA
6. Yukari Nakano JPN

Germanice · Dec 1, 2008

Predictions:

Men
1. Brian Joubert FRA
2. Johnny Weir USA
3. Tomas Verner CZE
4. Takahiko Kozuka JPN
5. Jeremy Abbott USA
6. Patrick Chan CAN

Ladies
1. Yu-Na Kim KOR
2. Mao Asada JPN
3. Yukari Nakano JPN
4. Carolina Costner ITA
5. Miki Ando JPN
6. Joannie Rochette CAN

Pairs
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy GER
2. Zhang/Zhang CHN
3. Mukhortova/Trankov RUS
4. Kawaguci/Smirnov RUS
5. Pang/Tong CHN
6. Voloszohar/Morozov UKR

Ice Dance
1. Khoklova/Novitski RUS
2. Domnina/Shabalin RUS
3. Delobel/Schoenfelder FRA
4. Faiella/Scali ITA
5. Belbin/Agosto USA
6. Davis/White USA

Bennett · Dec 1, 2008

Men... I do not know. Everyone looks so good and so wonderful.....

Gold: Either Joubert (if his LP has improved) or Tomas (unless nerves get the best of him).

Silver: Either Weir (if he is nearly clean. it seems that he needs to increase base value to get Silver or Gold) or PatChan (if he suddenly becomes consistent on 3A);

Bronze: Either Kozuka or Abbott

Ladies
1./2. Yu-Na Kim KOR (she seemed to be nearly perfect at the last events).

2./1. Mao Asada JPN (she is very unpredictable, but I put her here because she did well at 4CC in Korea after skating well at Nationals in Japan last season. yet, I still believe that Yuna has a much better chance)

3. Joannie Rochette CAN (I wish she takes Gold, but it does not seem to happen unless Yuna and Mao mess up)

4. Carolina Costner ITA (I'd wish if she is on the podium, but too many more consistent competitors here. I'd love to see her clean someday, somewhere though)

5. Yukari Nakano JPN (She is consistent, but does not seem to have the quality in her techniques comparable to a clean Yuna, a clean Mao, a clean Joannie, and a clean Caro, except for her superb spins)

6. Miki Ando JPN (Her major strength is her jumps. Her recent tendency to get DG on her 3R in her combo really hurts her).

berrycute · Dec 1, 2008

MEN
1. Patrick Chan
2. Takahiko Kozuka
3. Brian Joubert
4. Johnny Weir
5. Jeremy Abbott
6. Tomas Verner

LADIES
1. Yuna Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Joannie Rochette
4. Miki Ando
5. Carolina Kostner
6. Yukari Nakano

PAIRS
1. Zhang/Zhang
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy
3. Kawaguchi/Smirnov
4. Pang/Tong
5. Volosozhar/Morozov
6. Mukhortova/Trankov

DANCE
1. Delobel/Schoenfelder
2. Domnina/Shabalin
3. Belgin/Agosto
4. Khokhlova/Novitski
5. Davis/White
6. Faiella/Scali

bethissoawesome · Dec 1, 2008

I'm just going to put in ladies for now...

1. Yu-Na Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Miki Ando
4. Carolina Kostner
5. Joannie Rochette
6. Yukari Nakano

I think Mao will also skate a slightly different program during the GPF, she will replace the 3T with 3Lz and then possible add a 3T to her final double axel. I highly doubt she will only skate a 6 triple program instead of a 7.

ks777 · Dec 1, 2008

Ladies

1. Yuna Kim
2. Joannie Rochette
3. Mao Asada
4. Miki Ando
5. Yukari Nakano
6. Caroline Kostner

Men

1. Brian Joubert
2. Patrick Chan
3. Takahiko Kozuka

samba · Dec 1, 2008

Ladies: Kim, Asada, Rochette, Nakano, Ando, Kostner

Men: Chan, Weir, Joubert, Kozuka, Abbott, Verner

Dance: Del/Sch, K/N, B/A, D/W, Dom/Sha, F/S

Pair: Z/Z, S/S, P/T,K/S, V/M, M/T

Good luck to all :clap:

Daena · Dec 1, 2008

My predictions:
Men: Joubert, Chan, Weir, Kozuka, Abbot, Verner (Tomas hates to skate first. And he will skate first)
Ladies: Kim, Asada, Rochette, Nakano, Kostner, Ando
Pairs: Zhangs, Savchenko/Szolkowy, Pang/Tong, Kawaguchi/Smirnov, VolosozharMorozov, Mukhortova/Trankov (why, Jessica, why?)
Dance: Delobel/Schoenfelder, Domnina/Shabalin, Belgin/Agosto, Khokhlova/Novitski, Davis/White, Faiella/Scali

harmy18 · Dec 1, 2008

Ladies:
Kim:coz it's held in Korea, and she's in good state(sounds she's healthy so far, and I'm really tired of the everlasting "perfect" discussion) so I think it would be less meaningless "discussion" here if she wins....

Rochette: I wish she got gold considering what she did in the past few years. competetion is often affected by many situations, but what if she landed perfect triple combos, I'll put her first...

Kostner or Asada :well... considering Kosrner did have a great comeback, I think she's more competitive; while Asada, say I doubt her stability, and she has neither triple combo nor lutz in her recent FS

Ando or Nakano: If Ando could land quad in the FS, then I'll put her in the first place. Nakano, since she's still suffering from ankle-ache (?), I think she won't try her best

Men:
Chan,Joubert, Kozuka: I think the chance for them to win is equal
Weir: I wish he can stand on the podium
Abbott, Verner: they will win whenever the other four are not in good status, or they have a better performance while others do make some mistakes

Overall, I think the competition between men is fierce, not easy to predict

SXTN · Dec 1, 2008

Ladies only:

1. Yuna Kim ( She just owns the GPF)
2. Joannie ( small glitches here and there, but nothing serious)
3. Carolina Kostner ( she is looking pretty good in this early season in contrast to the years before)
4. Yukari Nakano ( 1-2 downgrades will have her in 4th place, as usual :-( )
5. Mao Asada ( stumble throughout or she won't even participate if some koreans plan attacks on her :rofl:

: )
6. Miki Ando ( downgrades and uninspiring programs)

propronia · Dec 1, 2008

Men
1 Joubert
2 Verner
3 Kozuka
4 Weir
5 Abbott
6 Chan

Ladies
1 Asada
2 Ando
3 Kostner
4 Nakano
5 Rochette
W Kim

Pairs
1 Z/Z
2 S/S
3 P/T
4 K/S
5 M/T
6 V/M

Dance
1 D/S(RUS)
2 D/S(FRA)
3 B/A
4 K/N
5 F/S
6 D/W

Joesitz (RIP) · Dec 1, 2008

At the beginning of the GP series, I thought Mao and YuNa had the gold and silver sewed up in whatever order. The bronze was a battle for the other Ladies. However, I am now thinking that Joannie might even get a gold but Carolina is such a judge favrorite that for me, the whole field is a bit topsy turvy.And there are other gals there who do some really good skating. I think it could be a very interesting comp.

Without Buttle, Lambiel and Daisuke, the Men's event is not as compelling as when that trio was still around. However, a good contest with Brian, Patriick and Johnny in whatever order you think. For me, no one has a lock on this. Verner is so iffy and I believe Jeremy is not ready for this as much as he will be next year.
I would like to see Yannik in this to continue building his confidence but he's a skater in waiting.

The Pairs are the least interesting. Same teams as in the past. Pick your
choice!

Six well-eperienced Skate Dance Teams battle for the Gold. Unfortunatley, no Virtud/Moir to make my day. So I will pick Khoklova/Novitsky.whom I enjoy most from this lot.

Medusa · Dec 1, 2008

Ice-Dance
1. Delobel / Schoenfelder
2. Khokhlova / Novitski
3. Domnina / Shabalin

Ladies
1. Miki Ando
2. Joannie Rochette
3. Mao Asada

Pairs
1. Pang / Tong
2. Savchenko / Szolkowy
3. Kawaguchi / Smirnov

Men
1. Jeremy Abbott
2. Tomas Verner
3. Patrick Chan

Predictions

skatingfan04

Audrey19

museksk8r

I said what I SAID!

singerskates

Hsuhs

1795

verysmuchso

yuriyuri

Germanice

Bennett

berrycute

bethissoawesome

ks777

samba

Daena

harmy18

SXTN

propronia

Match Penalty

Joesitz (RIP)

Medusa

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