Lots of last-minute withdrawals:
Ladies: Julia Sebestyen-HUN
Pairs:
Castile/Okolski-USA
Krasilnikova/Bezmaternikh-RUS
I can imagine that the ISU will fill up the vacancies with top tier teams from Asia or a top Europeqn team willing to travel who already have 2 assignments.
Hmmm, Was hoping maybe Czisny could have been invited. Best chance really is if a USA skater drops out...
Not necessarily. Host nations don't have to fill a US vacancy with another US skater. They can pick ANY skater in the top 75 on the SB list.
Yu-Na will win no matter what her anti-fans want to happen.
Yes, very true. But it'll probably help her case (plus her Nelb. Trophy win, and recent bronze medal performance) to be selected if a skater drops out. We'll see!