Be careful about relying upon the rosters until the event starts -- the grid for dance was updated the other day for Drobiazko/Vanagas' withdrawal and the substitutions at SA and SC, but the rosters were still showing D/V on the them.
I am glad Lambiel is in this event. If he is healthy it will be a pretty easy win for him against this field. The womens will feature a real Japanese battle. The pairs will feature a head to head duel between Shen/Zhou and the Zhangs which should be interesting to see what happens in.
Anastasia Gorshkova / Ilia Tkchenko (RUS) have withdrawn from TEBC and NHK competitions because they have retired.
No replacements announced as of this date.
Alexandra Kauc / Michal Zych (POL) are added in the TBA position.
Yang/Gao have been the #1 team in China in 2001 and 2003-5. They were 22nd and 23rd at the 2004 and 2005 World Championships, and10th, 6th, and 10th at the 2003-5 4C's
Rebecca Hande / Daniel Wende (GER) have withdrawn from the GP series and Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev (UZB) have withdrawn from the NHK event. They will be completing in the Cup of China event.
There are no announced replacements for either team as of this date. ISU GP Pairs Roster
Fang Yang / Chongbo Gao (CHN) have withdrawn from the GP series with no replacement announced as yet. ISU GP Ice Dance