It's Slutskaya's first appearance.
Hanyu is assigned to Finlandia Trophy (again).
Maybe Orser is going with him.
Are you sure Slutskaya is assigned to Japan Open and NOT Medal Winners Open?
It's Slutskaya's first appearance.
Hanyu is assigned to Finlandia Trophy (again).
Maybe Orser is going with him.
Are you sure Slutskaya is assigned to Japan Open and NOT Medal Winners Open?
Hanyu is assigned to Finlandia Trophy (again).
Maybe Orser is going with him.
WOW, in that case hopefully we will get Fernandez as well....
I'm sure Julia Lipnitskaya is not a type of skater who gets popularity in Japan. Among Russians, Slutskaya and Leonova are the most popular in Japan, because of their amiable image and smiles. Lipnitskaya has no facial expression and moves like a robot. Sotnikova could be popular to the Japanese audiences.
You can see who is popular in Japan by looking through who gets frequent invites to NHK trophy.
I think Adelina is invited to The Ice mostly because Mao has good relationship with TAT. Same reason why she also invited Kovtun this year.Adelina seems to be quite popular in Japan; she's skated in The Ice for the past two years and has a sizable following in that country. It would make sense to send her, but I also understand how Julia would be a good choice, as she hasn't competed internationally as a senior since TEB last year.
Japan Open is on saturday but i cant find any info anywhere, please post any infos on live streams YT videos and the schedule of the competition in this thread!
What a loaded skating weekend comming up.. finlandia, ondrej nepela, JGP in czech and japan open all in the same weekend!