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2015-16 Grand Prix assignments

Or a Hanyu-at-NHK. Or a Patrick circa 2010. Or . . .

The whole thing doesn't bear thinking about. Go everyone!

Well, to be honest I don't think it's even possible for Patrick to go back to himself of 2010 or mentally fall apart like Hanyu-at-NHK... :laugh: If he made the sort of mistakes he often does, a fall or two, a stepout, he would still win over Maxim. I hope to see everybody in their best form, though, TEB would be nothing short of amazing if everybody brought their game. :cheer2:
 
Notes:
19 231.67 Stephen CARRIERE USA - RETIRED
23 229.65 Jeremy ABBOTT USA - decided not to do GP this year
36 212.64 Jeremy TEN CAN - RETIRED
44 204.48 Douglas RAZZANO USA - RETIRED
50 201.74 Andrew TORGASHEV USA - JGP

Thanks, I made corrections.
 
Yes, very excited for Chanyu at Skate Canada! And for Tat and Max to put D/R in their place at NHK!
 
Is it odd to be this open about it this far in advance?

What I would say is that the pattern of Molina's openness regarding ISU scoop in general seems unique to me.

But narrowing the question to the types of stuff that Molina shares, tweeting well in advance about his own judging/tech assignments is not unusual for him.
 
Papadakis / Cizeron are skating at NHK, so it's good that Molina is the TC---that means the TS and ATS can't be from FRA. I have no problem with him as a judge or tech official at all.
 
Is it odd to be this open about it this far in advance?

Well, maybe he was amused by the people hanging anxiously for the skater assignments and thought he'd be all grand about his judge assignment. :)
 
I'm so excited for the GP to start! I can't wait for the triumphs and surprises!

Especially because I'm going to be there! (Didn't you say you were going/thinking about going to SA too?) And I'm really excited to see some of my favorite non-Americans live, like Satoko, Yulia, and G/P, since I've only seen Americans so far (nationals). And this year, I promise I will actually watch all the GPs on IceNetwork (last year, I watched all of SA, most of SC, a little bit of COC, and COR because they were on while I was working out, and the ladies' and dance events at NHK...I want to do better next year)! Although, I'd be more inclined to watch them if they weren't after my curfew and had commentary...SA did, and oddly enough, the SC exhibition did, but the rest didn't. Surely they have some commentators they could send? However, I'm super excited for the inevitable things that happen on every GP series: some breakout stars, some (okay, this isn't actually good) disasters, both great and bad programs...bring it, people!
 
Something to ponder starting next season...

1. Karen Chen, Evgenia Medvedeva, and Elizabet Tursynbayeva will be the first skaters making their debut under the new age rule.
2. Tursynbayeva will be the first skater born after the year 2000 making their debut.
3. All three of them(Tursynbayeva by just a few days if my math is correct) will be older than Yulia and Tara when they skated their Olympic Gold Medal winning performances.
4. And that will be true for 2/3rd(probably higher actually) of all skaters who make their Grand Prix debut in their first possible year...

For skaters skating in the Olympics their first year of eligibility, getting to skate in the last group will be extremely tough... though the 2nd to last group should be doable if they're a real medal contender with consistency.
 
Especially because I'm going to be there! (Didn't you say you were going/thinking about going to SA too?) And I'm really excited to see some of my favorite non-Americans live, like Satoko, Yulia, and G/P, since I've only seen Americans so far (nationals). And this year, I promise I will actually watch all the GPs on IceNetwork (last year, I watched all of SA, most of SC, a little bit of COC, and COR because they were on while I was working out, and the ladies' and dance events at NHK...I want to do better next year)! Although, I'd be more inclined to watch them if they weren't after my curfew and had commentary...SA did, and oddly enough, the SC exhibition did, but the rest didn't. Surely they have some commentators they could send? However, I'm super excited for the inevitable things that happen on every GP series: some breakout stars, some (okay, this isn't actually good) disasters, both great and bad programs...bring it, people!

I think my dad said it's a yes and now it's a matter of getting tickets. And I've been making hats for some of the skaters.
 
Something to ponder starting next season...

1. Karen Chen, Evgenia Medvedeva, and Elizabet Tursynbayeva will be the first skaters making their debut under the new age rule.
Medvedeva first competed at Senior Nationals at December 2011, being 12 years and 1 month old. 8th place, not so bad for early debut.
Now she is experienced Senior, bronze medalist of Senior Nationals.

2. Tursynbayeva will be the first skater born after the year 2000 making their debut.
Medvedeva was born 19 Nov 1999, so she is very close to girls born at 2000.
 
All the girls born in 2000 will be 18 by 2018, therefore two years older than when Yulia and Tara won their Olympics gold medal. The girls born in the June of 2002 making their JGP debut this year will be in that category.
 
Also, I just realized that Cannusico/McManus didn't get a GP-didn't they get two last year? Why aren't they competing?

Oddly, the US is sending five pair teams but only four dance teams...rather ironic. Total count:

9 ladies
6 men
5 pairs
4 dance teams
Total: 24 skaters/teams

Russia is sending the most dance teams (5). Canada (the only other major dance country besides France, which only has P/C) is sending 3.
 
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C/M did SA last season and came fifth. Really hoping that they get the SA TBA spot this year.
 
Also, I just realized that Cannusico/McManus didn't get a GP-didn't they get two last year? Why aren't they competing?
As TMC wrote, they got the Skate America host spot last season, and they will very likely get it this season too. They are definitely not high enough in the standings, on the season's best list and etc. to get two GP spots.

Russia is sending the most dance teams (5). Canada (the only other major dance country besides France, which only has P/C) is sending 3.
I think that Canada is going to give the Skate Canada host/TBA spot to Paradis/Ouellette, so they will have 4 dance teams on GP.
 
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