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- Feb 17, 2010
GP assignments will be interesting, because only S/B & S/K are guaranteed 2 I think? I/Z are guaranteed 1 from the SB list, but should easily get 2 anyway. Then B/S are guaranteed one if they aren't suspended still (if her case isn't heard by the time assignments come out I guess they are out even if it's resolved later?), plus Popova/Vlasenko, Yanovskaya/Mozgov & Monko/Khaliavin (if her injuries are resolved). Do we know if Loboda/Drozd are going senior, because the fed would want to get them something as well. So thats a lot of teams with 1 spot, and the fed needs to be clever about its host spots to make sure as many as possible can have 2. Normally the highest finishing team/national champion would get CoR - maybe S/K would want it, but maybe the fed would rather use all the host spots to get as many of their teams out as possible, plus it would be more convenient for the teams actually based in Russia to have it.
If I/Z are staying with Igor, I hope they have something like SA & TEB so they aren't travelling all the time. NHK would also be good. And yes, I want them to do senior Bs! if they're already working on the FD, they should be ready to go for SLC, and then hopefully something else in Europe too. Mordavian Ornament would be helpful in terms of getting a good SB score - they still have the highest of any Russian team this year thanks to Saransk!- but Nebelhorn or Finlandia would probably allow them to get more realistic feedback.
After Junior Worlds Loboda/Drozd said that they want to stay Juniors. Anna Pogorilaya came very close to her scores from Saransk at Worlds. Ah, what could have been, if the National judges had rewarded the actual skating.
I think I/Z have a chance to get one of the COR spots. Last year, they invited the first, second and fourth placed team, so maybe it`s going to be SK, SB and IZ, if Bobrova gets a suspension. SA is also fine, it has usually an easier line-up compared to the other GPs and the scores tend to be high.
Have you guys ever see Lena dance Swing? She is perfection in a bottle, absolutely feels it and understands it to the core. I hope they do a blues swing mash up to show off their SKILLS!!!
