Yes, they changed it because of the timing, and I have absolutely no clue as to why 4CC was scheduled when it was. It's a combo of the competition being right after US Nationals, and needing to get the paperwork done for visas in China. I'm pretty sure the Canadians are naming their 4CC teams before their Nationals, too which is also not their norm.
Popping in from the Canadian thread since we've discussed it too. Entries are due January 9th, so Canada has to get their entries in before Nationals ends. At least they get a bit of a break before 4CC starts and don't have to fly to Shanghai the moment their Nationals ends.
He'll be doing an ice show in Italy at the beginning of January...but then again, that's a 6 hour difference and not a 13-hour difference.
I am going throw out a wild card. I think Lucas Brousard, if he has the minimums to compete in 4CC's, should go. He already has the visa from the cup a china that he was in last month and let's be honest his chances of getting a spot on the world team this year are very low. I could be wrong here but that what I have seen this year shows that he about a year from that. I mean he needs the experience this is a good way to do it. I think that the USFS should keep him out of Nationals and just let focus on this and Junior Worlds, because it only thing that he does not have medal at that level and Kao Mura did the same last year, and the more competitions he can have the better. He could be solid third man on worlds teams and the Olympics are couple of years so he needs to get as much international exposure as possible. Ilia should not bear the entire load of Olympic expectations.for US Figure skating in 2026. I do not want what happened after 2022 where basically Ilia had to hold up the mantel of US mens figure skating at 17 years old. Thank God that Jason came back to complete part time, it helped. So the USFS needs to needs to create a bench of talent where if they send someone to a GP that they have a chance to crack the top 5 Everytime they go out. Lucas could do that he certainly has the talent and ability to do that in the next few years. So I say send the young ones out to get it that experience that they need so they can be ready for the future.
I don't think Lucas qualifies for the 4CC selection pool, as per how the USFS draws up their criteria for it. Only seven men do, and Lucas wasn't one of them. That's really okay because he's very young and has time to get to the point where he will be in that selection pool one day.
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The US will have spots at Skate America to negotiate with. They will get other skaters spots. Camden is also 18 in the WS. I think he will get two on the initial picks.
Only four men got two spots this season and Ma only got his second spot because of a withdrawal. (I can’t remember if Kapeikis had two originally.)
