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saine said:
Training in France and then showing up on the entries for Skate Ontario October was why I thought it could be Canada.
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and not showing up at French Masters, though it could have been that they were not yet ready...

Small clues... no real data.. but now, it's clear. I think it's the right choice for them to train in France most of the time but compete for Canada. I like that idea for Nadiia.
 
4everchan said:
Regarding Anderson and Dawson chances for JGPF....

Here are the results so far :
1Jasmine ROBERTSON / Chase ROHNERUSA1115SSS261304.352185.3694.44118.9935
2Charlie ANDERSON / Cayden DAWSONCAN1313SSS262300.562181.8791.14118.6929
3Lea HIENNE / Louis VARESCONFRA1111SSS223285.612171.5386.39114.0829
4Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYSCAN15SXS151161.83197.6797.6764.1615
5Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVALUKR15X151155.14192.0692.0663.0817
6Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHINUSA15SSX151153.96192.9692.9661.0012
7Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HUUSA59SSS144268.112167.3985.97100.7227
8Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOVUSA77SSS145280.252168.4284.91111.8337
9Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOTFRA13SSX132160.13195.7895.7864.3515
10Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMANFRA13XSS132147.18194.0094.0053.1820
11Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOWCAN11XSS11


There are 3 teams with a win and 15 points still waiting for a second JGP

Two of them are skating in Poland and normally, should take 1-2. This is where scores matter because if the Canadians (V/B) win and Ukrainians are second, the Ukrainians would also have 26 points... and scores would be the tie breaker between Anderson and Dawson and them. Considering that Thailand was a low scoring event... It may be that these two teams both pass our Canadians who would now be in 4th place after Poland. In Poland, there is also the Belgian team of Sofiia BEZNOSIKOVA / Max LELEU who may have something to say about JGPF. They are only starting their quest next JGP.

Then Azerbaijan is a relatively easier event. The French, Ambre and Samuel who had a fluke double fall in their first event but managed to get a silver will certainly win. I would think that Summer and Nick would place 2nd.

The French would then have 28 points and also pass Charlie and Cayden who would now be 5th.

Finally, Abu Dhabi should see Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN on top of the podium. Our Canadians would be 6th.

The question mark will be the following will Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT be 2nd and beat our Canadians on the scoring tie breaker ?

It's quite likely. Or will the Belgian take the second place and eliminate the French ? And if they did, (I doubt it) it may mean that both the Belgian and French team at Abu Dhabi would end with a silver and a bronze... so that would mean JGPF for 2 Canadian teams.

Where it all went wrong for Anderson and Dawson = When Ambre and Samuel lost their event. It gave Robertson Rohner a gold medal and 26 points but moreover, the edge over all winners of two silvers.

Conclusion : there is a much higher chance that Canada will have 3 pairs teams in JGPF than 2 dance teams.
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How about Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW winning, thus getting them to JGPF and giving Charlie ANDERSON / Cayden DAWSON a good shot too. :laugh3:

Ice is slippery.
 
Ziotic said:
How about Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW winning, thus getting them to JGPF and giving Charlie ANDERSON / Cayden DAWSON a good shot too. :laugh3:

Ice is slippery.
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If Summer and Nicholas were to win, they would indeed edge out Ambre and Samuel. However, they would also edge out Charlie and Cayden. So that doesn't really help Charlie and Cayden. However, that would mean that Summer and Nich, may qualify. You lose one but you gain the others.

There is also a good chance that Ambre and Samuel would still win the total score tie-breaker.. But let's say they wouldn't...

That would mean that Robertson and Rohner, and Summer and Nich would be at 26 points with a 1st place tie-breaker.
Charlie and Cayden would be third with 26 points.

There would still be the Ukrainians, Layla and Alexander as well as the Americans Hana and Daniil probably scoring 28-30 points.

That way, Charlie and Cayden would still be in sixth place and more likely, would lose a total score tie-breaker against Mouaden Bigot.

For Charlie and Cayden to qualify, they need a big disaster from all teams at 13 points : so both French teams... and that disaster needs to not favour the Belgians too much.

I am trying to remain hopeful but it seems to me that the best path for qualification doesn't come from Summer and Nich winning. I think it would come from the Belgians winning both of their events while both French teams place in 3rd spot. Ice would need to be very mean to these French teams. There might be other scenarios but I think that's the most likely from the unlikely.
 
saine said:
The Grand Prix assignments were updated with the SCI TBDs.

Ice Dance - Lauriault/Le Gac
Women - Uliana Shiryaeva
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YES!!! Two well earned spots.
I’m glad Skate Canada is picking athletes that battle and fight for their spots. Both of these spots were well earned.
 
saine said:
The Grand Prix assignments were updated with the SCI TBDs.

Ice Dance - Lauriault/Le Gac
Women - Uliana Shiryaeva
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So which Challenger is Uliana getting to prepare for SCI ?

I think Lauriault/Le Gac was a safe bet after how they have been competing so early in the season.

Uliana is deserving too of course. She's not my favourite but she is more stable than many of our other women which is crucial for the level of a GP. I think it's smart to give her a GP because she has a good chance to be at 4CC this year and she will need more exposure to get ready for an ISU championship.

Do I prefer Fée Ann ? Yes, but she hasn't been as steady especially since Nationals.
Do I prefer Kaiya, yes also. But same, since her coaching change, she has improved on some aspects but is still not near where she needs to be.
Do I prefer KMS ? Yes but she seems to be having a slow start and her getting the GP just after SCI isn't a good idea.
Of course, Sara-Maude and Maddie already have SCI. Breken was the other contender but she's also not consistent.

It must have been a difficult choice for SCI.
 
Maybe Uliana team have decide to focus on the preparation of Skate Canada Grand Prix competition instead of doing a Senior B. I approuve this idea since that she already beat Sara-Maude Dupuis at Quebec Summer. And, have great summer result in general, so she have nothing to prove to do a Senior B right now and already is looking strong for competing at Skate Canada. Maybe, she prefer having a Senior B after Skate Canada to be ready for national.
 
Skate Ontario has an interview with Gogolev, hopefully he'll keep staying healthy this season :pray:
skateontario.org

Stephen Gogolev back at full-strength to kick off Olympic season - Skate Ontario

By: Dylan Nazareth At just 20 years old, Stephen Gogolev has already had a storied skating career, coloured with record-breaking scores and international medals. But he’s also faced great adversity in battling a number of season-ending injuries, including over the past two years. Now, things are...
skateontario.org skateontario.org
 
Robert Brodie interviews Kemp/Elizarov:
“We are doing a domestic senior competition (Ontario Sectionals) and that’s in the middle of October, to kind of feel out how our senior long feels and the senior short, stuff like that,” said Elizarov. “And then if that goes well, I’m pretty sure we have a chance of going to a Challenger or a Senior B international. That’s kind of our goal and hopefully, we can get that based on our results in Barrie.”

Warsaw Cup, if that ends up happening, would fit right in with their plans to “flip back to junior for two weeks” before the Final. It’s an event in which they earned a silver medal back in 2023, but clearly they’d like to turn that colour to gold in Japan. Not that such baubles are front of mind for these two this season.
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Ziotic said:
They really shouldn’t have to earn the bench mark score in a senior comp. Doing it in a Jr one should more than show they can have a senior B
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I think it's more to test out the programs before doing their first Senior International competition than getting the benchmark since they've met it several times already.
 
For them in the SP, they now can do a triple jump.
In the LP, they will have to add a lift.

So indeed, there is a need to test their programs out but at the same time, what if they didn't want that extra competition ? I agree that they shouldn't have to hit that benchmark to get a challenger. Skaters who do a mixed season already have a lot of work ahead of them. Skate Canada should offer them the Challenger right away. If they decide to skate an extra event to get their programs tested, that would be up to them .
 
4everchan said:
For them in the SP, they now can do a triple jump.
In the LP, they will have to add a lift.

So indeed, there is a need to test their programs out but at the same time, what if they didn't want that extra competition ? I agree that they shouldn't have to hit that benchmark to get a challenger. Skaters who do a mixed season already have a lot of work ahead of them. Skate Canada should offer them the Challenger right away. If they decide to skate an extra event to get their programs tested, that would be up to them .
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Or maybe this is part of their plan that they discussed with Skate Canada since they mentioned that doing the first two JGPs back-to-back was to give them time to work on their senior programs. If they're talking about Warsaw Cup being the one that fits with their plan the best, I think they have a good idea of what they're doing.

Looking at this quote about competing as a Senior at Nationals:
“I’m a little nervous, actually. We’ve been in junior for four years now and we’ve adjusted (to that). We know how junior works, we know how junior competitors are but now that we’re transitioning to senior, it’s a little scary,” admitted Elizarov. “All the teams are so fast and so strong, so intense and that third lift … I’m sure we'll be trained, our coaches know what to do to train us, so I'm not really worried about that. But just being on the ice with those really good teams will be will be a little nervous but exciting.”
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If someone's nervous about moving up to Senior and adding in that third lift, it's probably a good idea to have them do a low-stakes domestic competition before making their Senior international debut. Give them the chance to test it out and see how they feel before throwing them in.
 
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