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FS in Italy is certainly bigger than in Finland. And with Russia is out for God knows how long, if I were the Italian Fed I would use the moment to establish themselves on the GP circuit. Yes, as you rightly said there are costs but also opportunities to give chances to own skaters via host pics and such. And with the Olympics approaching there was never a better time... surprised to be honest the chance was not taken.
Well, why would Italy invest money and other resources in hosting a GP if Russia comes back ? I think that's why it's been hosted in different locations like UK and Finland.... You bet the ISU will not stay out of Russia as soon as it's decided that they are back in the game. So is there another country you would kick out ? France ? Canada ? Not happening either.
 
Well, why would Italy invest money and other resources in hosting a GP if Russia comes back ? I think that's why it's been hosted in different locations like UK and Finland.... You bet the ISU will not stay out of Russia as soon as it's decided that they are back in the game. So is there another country you would kick out ? France ? Canada ? Not happening either.
No intention/interest of/in kicking anyone out. Just thought it would be good for the Italian skaters to have a home event.
In terms of Russia I personally do not see the end of war in Ukraine anytime soon. I would be very happy to be wrong on that account. And yes, ISU financial situation without Russian money is a worry, though it is not much spoken of.
 
Remember that GP events are expensive to host. The police and army schemes mean that there is more funding available for Italian skaters than is the case in many countries, but that does not necessarily mean that the Fed wants to spend money hosting a GP.
 
Well done! With that in mind I'll try to assign the women.

The SB Top 24 usually gets two spots:
Sakamoto, Liu, C Kim, Glenn, Chiba, Lin-Gracey, Levito, Petrokina, Higuchi, Nakai, Tennell, Sumiyoshi, Everhardt, Yoshida, Pinzarrone, Matsuike, Gubanova, Gutmann, Watanabe, Repond.
20 skaters x 2 = 40 spots.

We also know that the Top 12 from Worlds get two:
Lee, Schizas
2 skaters x 2 = 4 spots - Total 44 spots

I think Hendrickx will get 2 spots as she is a former World medalist - Total 46 spots.
For women, I fear Yuna Aoki and Sofia Samodelkina might only get one GP. They are just outside SB24. Everyone inside SB24 usually gets two.

The only ones outside the SB50, but with a high WS ranking, are Hendrickx, Ziegler, Kurakova. So they will get a spot (Hendrickx probably two).
Seniuk, Sauter, Mikutina might not get any spots.


Skaters not in the SB24 but inside the WS 24 typically only gets one spot.
Pezzetta, Schild, Kurakova - Total 49 spots.

Host spots for Finland, China, France, Canada
Obviously, France and Canada shouldn't name Schild and Schizas here.
12 spots - Total 61 spots.

Host spots for USA, Japan
This one is tricky as both federations has 2 host spots to play with. Hopefully they use them wisely...;)
Ziegler? Thorngren? Aoki and/or Takagi? (Japan will then be maxed out)
2-4 spots - Total 63-65 spots.

The rest usually gets assigned to skaters further down the SB list just outside top 24. 7-9 spots to fight for.
(25. Aoki), 28. Samodelkina, 29. Shin, 30. Kaiser, (34. Takagi), 35. Yun, (36. Pezzetta), (39. Schild), 41. Medland Spence, 42. Serna, 46. Thorngren, 48. Shiryaeva, 50. Dupuis, 51. Karhunen 52. Mihara, 54. Seniuk, 55. Sauter, 57. S Kim, (58. Kurakova), 61. Mikutina... These 20 skaters will fight for 7-9 spots. Some might get two.
7-9 spots - Total 72 spots.

We'll see how off I am with these predictions later in June...:ROFLMAO:
I believe that Yuna Aoki has retired. But I checked the Retirements thread and did not see her name there. Perhaps I am mistaken?
 
Skate Canada knows how we feel


they chose not only the best facial expression but also, LaLa are not seeded this year and their assignments could hurt some of the lower seeded teams... or pushed them out completely of the GPF depending who they face in position 4-6.
 
this early????
Honestly this doesn’t feel that bad, especially for an Olympic season. Last time things got a bit delayed because of Covid but for 2017/18 apparently the assignments came out in May.

Also, I wouldn’t necessarily count on the ISU for consistency and reliability 🤣
 
And if I remember correctly it was first half of June last year as well
 
Last year the list was announced 9th June European time, or at least local fed wrote an article about it then.
 
At what time (if at all) should we expect them tomorrow? i cant recall the time they usually post them around, im just always jumping at every twitter notification:laugh:
 
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