Are points cumulative or only for placements in this event? I think it will be for placements at the Olympics. Not sure about this one.
Gold: Canada. Chan will be heavily favored to for the men, Virtue and Moir will probably get first in dance and no worse than second, Duhamel and Radford are headed in the right direction.
Silver Japan: Japan's got a pairs team! They also have two strong men and two strong ladies (in fact, they have a choice of strong men and ladies).
Bronze: Russia
Fourth: USA. We got diddly, but we might stay ahead of Italy and France.
We just need a diddly to replace Alissa.
Are points cumulative or only for placements in this event? I think it will be for placements at the Olympics. Not sure about this one.
Are points cumulative or only for placements in this event? I think it will be for placements at the Olympics. Not sure about this one.
Placements is what counts.
Anyway Canada/Japan's going to be the 1st.
Are there any age requirements? If not, I'd like Russia to try their "juniors". Like Liza, Bush...in order to gain experience. Anyway Canada/Japan's going to be the 1st.
Other than US, Russia, Japan & Canada, which other 2 teams are going? Italy and China and France are all contenders. AFAIR, teams qualified with points from everything under the sun, so I'm going to wait to see rather than try to figure it out. ....
I don't know whether Meryl & Charlie will be skating the team championship. Charlie said in an interview, that it was sad to skate Der Fledermaus for the last time; did he forget, or are they not going?
Skater's in the top 10 at Worlds really can't refuse to go because of ISU rules without a medical reason, I believe?
So I guess that is D&W in dance ...
The most interesting about the teams will be whom they pick to send.
I don't know whether Meryl & Charlie will be skating the team championship. Charlie said in an interview, that it was sad to skate Der Fledermaus for the last time; did he forget, or are they not going?
I think it depends on what they and the USFSA figure their chances of winning Ice Dance are. Either D/W and S/S should be eligible to go. D/W should be sent to compete for 1st place in Dance but if that is conceded, then there is no difference which team goes if D/W wishes to rest.