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Winter Olympics: Predictions Game Round 4

CaroLiza_fan

EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA
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Here is the thread where you can make your predictions for the Winter Olympics.

Entries/Results Page:
http://www.sochi2014.com/en/figure-skating-schedule-and-results

Timetable:


The competitions start on Tuesday 11th February 2014 at 19:00 MSK (15:00 GMT) with the Pairs SP.

So, predictions need to be in 1 hour before that, i.e. 18:00 MSK (14:00 GMT)

Entries

The provisional entry lists for the Olympics yet have not been posted yet. But, I will post the entries here once they become available.

In the meantime, here are the lists from Wikipedia.

Ladies:



Men:



Pairs:



Dance:



Let the fun begin!!! :D

CaroLiza_fan
 

Isabel_O'Reilly

Final Flight
Joined
Nov 30, 2013
Ladies
1) Yuna Kim
2) Julia Lipnitskaia
3) Mao Asada
4) Adelina Sotnikova
5) Gracie Gold
6) Carolina Koster
7) Akiko Suzuki
8) Ashley Wagner
9) Kanako Murakami
10) Zijun Li
11) Valentina Marchei
12) Katelyn Osmond
13) Gabrielle Daleman
14) Polina Edmunds

Men
1) Patrick Chan
2) Yuzuru Hanyu
3) Jeremy Abbott
4) Javier Fernandez
5) Daisuke Takahashi
6) Pluxhenko (or Russian man)
7) Tatsuki Machida
8) Jason Bown
9) Kevin Reynolds
10) Brian Joubert
11) Denis Ten
12) Michal Březina
13) Liam Firus
14) Thomas Verner

Pairs
1) Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
2) Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
3) Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
4) Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
5) Pang Qing / Tong Jian
6) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
7) Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
8) Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir
9) Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
10) Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers
11) Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
12) Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek
13) Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
14) Stacey Kemp / David King

Dance
1) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
2) Meryl Davis / Charlie White
3) Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
4) Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
5) Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
6) Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
7) Madison Chock / Evan Bates
8) Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
9) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
10) Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
11) Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
12) Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
13) Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
14) Penny Coomes / Nick Buckland
 

Becki

Medalist
Joined
Nov 28, 2011
Men

Gold: Daisuke Takahashi
Silver: Patrick Chan
Bronze: Yuzuru Hanyu
4th: Brian Joubert
5th: Tatsuki Machida

Ladies

Gold: Mao Asada
Silver: Yuna Kim
Bronze: Julia Lip.
4th: Akiko Suzuki
5th: Kanako Murakami
6th: Adelina Sotn.
 

CaroLiza_fan

EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA
Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 25, 2012
Country
Northern-Ireland
For most of the Nationals Game rounds, and for Four Continents, a lot of my predictions were based on combination of looking at PB’s, and past results in those Championships. There were just too many skaters that I was not familiar with!

But, for the Olympics, I am going to do something dangerous. I am not going to look at past results or PB’s or anything. I am going to go with a combination of my heart and gut instinct.

In other words, I am not going to score well!!! :laugh:

Like I did for Four Continents, I am doing a Top 15 in each category. There are just so many that could make the Top 10, and not enough positions for them all!

CaroLiza_fan


Ladies:

1. Mao Asada, Japan
2. Kim Yun-A, South Korea
3. Julia Lipnitskaia, Russia
4. Akiko Suzuki, Japan
5. Carolina Kostner, Italy
6. Adelina Sotnikova, Russia

Just for fun
7. Valentina Marchei, Italy
8. Ashley Wagner, United States
9. Gracie Gold, United States
10. Kanako Murakami, Japan
11. Li Zijun, China
12. Kaetlyn Osmond, Canada
13. Maé Bérénice Méité, France
14. Elena Glebova, Estonia
15. Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgia


Men:

1. Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan
2. Daisuke Takahashi, Japan
3. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia
4. Patrick Chan, Canada
5. Javier Fernández, Spain
6. Michal Březina, Czech Republic

Just for fun
7. Tatsuki Machida, Japan
8. Tomáš Verner, Czech Republic
9. Florent Amodio, France
10. Denis Ten, Kazakhstan
11. Jason Brown, United States
12. Brian Joubert, France
13. Kevin Reynolds, Canada
14. Jeremy Abbott, United States
15. Yan Han, China


Pairs:

1. Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, Russia
2. Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy, Germany
3. Pang Qing / Tong Jian, China
4. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, Russia
5. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, Canada
6. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov, Russia

Just for fun
7. Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch, Canada
8. Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek, Italy
9. Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès, France
10. Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao, China
11. Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers, Canada
12. Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende, Germany
13. Andrea Davidovich / Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israel
14. Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise, Italy
15. Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara, Japan


Dance:

1. Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Canada
2. Meryl Davis / Charlie White, United States
3. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, Russia
4. Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat, France
5. Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, Russia
6. Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, Canada

Just for fun
7. Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte, Italy
8. Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russia
9. Penny Coomes / Nick Buckland, Great Britain
10. Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones, France
11. Madison Chock / Evan Bates, United States
12. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, United States
13. Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov, Azerbaijan
14. Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi, Germany
15. Cathy Reed / Chris Reed, Japan
 

YesWay

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Record Breaker
Joined
Sep 28, 2013
But, for the Olympics, I am going to do something dangerous. I am not going to look at past results or PB’s or anything. I am going to go with a combination of my heart and gut instinct.
Haha! Brave man! Good for you! :-D

I am doing something similar... or at least, something equally crazy... and basing my choices on such nebulous things as who I think are the better and more worthy skaters... which skaters/programs might appeal more to the masses... who I think is psyched, and who is psyched out... who I think is going to peak, and who has left it too late or peaked too early... one or two random-chance "OMG who'd have believed it?" surprise events... etc etc.

This gives a very different result, than basing my predictions on recent history... PB's... statistics... or who I think the judges will favour (or in two or three cases, just close their eyes and hit the "throw points like confetti" button :-D)... etc etc.

In doing so, I expect to score VASTLY MORE than everybody else!
Or VASTLY LESS than everybody else! :-D

I'm waiting until after the team event to post my predictions though - because I think things may look a bit different after that. In particular, I'm worried that Plushenko won't make it past the team event without injuring himself...
 

katymay

Medalist
Joined
Mar 7, 2006
Okay, I'll play. LOL.

Ladies:

1) Julia Lipnitskaia
2) Mao Asada
3) Gracie Gold
4) Adelina Sotnikova
5) Kanako Murakami
6) Yuna Kim
7) Polina
8) Akiko S.
9) Caro Costner
10) Ashley Wagner


I'll do the guys later!
 

Ptichka

Forum translator
Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 28, 2003
Ladies
  1. Kim Yu-na
  2. Mao Asada
  3. Julia Lipnitskaia
  4. Gracie Gold
  5. Carolina Kostner
  6. Akiko Suzuki
  7. Adelina Sotnikova
  8. Polina Edmunds
  9. Elene Gedevanishvili
  10. Ashley Wagner
  11. Kanako Murakami
  12. Valentina Marchei

Men
  1. Patrick Chan
  2. Daisuke Takahashi
  3. Yuzuru Hanyu
  4. Javier Fernández
  5. Denis Ten
  6. Brian Joubert
  7. Jeremy Abbott
  8. Evgeni Plushenko
  9. Tatsuki Machida
  10. Florent Amodio
  11. Michal Březina
  12. Jason Brown

Ice Dance
  1. Meryl Davis / Charlie White
  2. Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
  3. Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
  4. Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
  5. Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
  6. Madison Chock / Evan Bates
  7. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
  8. Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
  9. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
  10. Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
  11. Penny Coomes / Nick Buckland
  12. Cathy Reed / Chris Reed

Pairs
  1. Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
  2. Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
  3. Pang Qing / Tong Jian
  4. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
  5. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
  6. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
 

SashaJuliaSpins

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 10, 2014
Long time lurker, first time poster - just based on instincts.

DISCLAIMER:
I totally disagree with this ranking, my head is screaming noooooooo!

LADIES
1Gracie Gold
2Mao Asada
3Ashley Wagner
4Yuna Kim
5Julia Lip

MEN
1Patrick Chan
2Yuzuru Hanyu
3Jeremy Abbott
4Jason Brown
5Kevin Reynolds
6Javier Fernandex

PAIRS
1Savchenko/Szolkowy
2Volosozhar/Trankov
3Duhamel/Radford
4Moore-Towers/Moscovitch
5Pang/Tong

DANCE
1Davies/White
2Virtue/Moir
3Bobrova/Soloviev
4Pechalat/Bourzat
5Weaver/Poje
 

SubRosa

I love Lussi
Final Flight
Joined
Mar 22, 2004
Country
Canada
Pairs

1. Volosozhar / Trankov
2. Savchenko / Szolkowy
3. Pang / Tong
4. Moore-Towers / Moscovitch
5. Stolbova / Klimov
6. Bazarova / Larionov

Men

1. Chan
2. Hanyu
3. Takahashi
4. Fernandez
5. Machida
6. Plushenko

Dance

1. Davis / White
2. Virtue / Moir
3. Weaver / Poje
4. Ilinykh / Katsalapov
5. Cappellini / Lanotte
6. Pechalat / Bourzat

Ladies

1. Kim
2. Lipnitskaia
3. Asada
4. Sotnikova
5. Murakami
6. Wagner
 

rosacotton

Final Flight
Joined
Mar 2, 2012
Men
1. Chan
2. Hanyu
3. Takahashi
4. Plushenko
5. Fernández
6. Machida

Ladies
1. Kim
2. Asada
3. Lipnitskaia
4. Sotnikova
5. Murakami
6. Gold

Pairs
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Savchenko /Szolkowy
3. Stolbova/Klimov
4. Qing/Jian
5. Duhamel/Radford
6. Bazarova/Larionov

Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Davis/White
3. Bobrova/Soloviev
4. Ilynikh/Katsalpov
5. Pechalat/Bourzat
6. Cappellini/Lannotte

Team
1. Russia
2. Canada
3. Japan
4. USA
5. French
 

pangtongfan

Match Penalty
Joined
Jun 16, 2010
Ladies:

1. Kim
2. Lipnitskaya
3. Suzuki
4. Asada
5. Gold
6. Sotnikova
7. Kostner
8. Wagner
9. Murakami
10. Li


Men:

1. Hanyu
2. Takahashi
3. Chan
4. Fernandez
5. Machida
6. Plushenko
7. Brown
8. Abbott
9. Reynolds
10. Ten
 

sky_fly20

Match Penalty
Joined
Nov 20, 2011
Ladies

1 Gracie Gold
2 Yuna Kim
3 Mao Asada
4 Julia Lipnitskaya
5 Adelina Sotnikova
6 Kanako Murakami
7 Zijun Li

Men

1 Yuzuru Hanyu
2 Javier Fernandez
3 Patrick Chan
4 Tatusuki Machida
5 Evgeni Plushenko
6 Jason Brown
7 Daisuke Takahashi
 

zamboni step

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 14, 2013
Ladies-Realistic

1. Kim Yu-Na
2. Mao Asada
3. Julia Lipnitskaya
4. Adelina Sotnikova
5. Carolina Kostner
6. Kanako Murakami
7. Akiko Suzuki
8. Gracie Gold
9. Li Zijun
10. Kaetlyn Osmond

Men-Realistic

1. Patrick Chan
2. Yuzuru Hanyu
3. Javier Fernandez
4. Evgeni Plushenko
5. Tatsuki Machida
6. Daisuke Takahashi
7. Jason Brown
8. Yan Han
9. Kevin Reynolds
10. Jeremy Abbott

Ladies-Dream

1. Akiko Suzuki
2. Mao Asada
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Kim Yu-Na
5. Adelina Sotnikova
6. Kanako Murakami
7. Li Zijun
8. Kaetlyn Osmond
9. Julia Lipnitskaya
10. Ashley Wagner

Men-Dream
1. Daisuke Takahashi
2. Javier Fernandez
3. Patrick Chan
4. Jason Brown
5. Yuzuru Hanyu
6. Yan Han
7. Kevin Reynolds
8. Jeremy Abbott
9. Evgeni Plushenko
10. Tatsuki Machida

Ladies-Dream on acid

1. Mae-Berenice Meite
2. Valentina Marchei
3. Elene Gedevanishvili
4. Elene Glebova
5. Brooklee Han
6. Jenna McCorkell
7. Park So-Youn
8. Natalia Popova
9. Peggy Flemming
10. Kim Kardashian


Ladies

1 Gracie Gold
2 Yuna Kim
3 Mao Asada
4 Julia Lipnitskaya
5 Adelina Sotnikova
6 Kanako Murakami
7 Zijun Li

Woah, looks like you skipped straight to the predictions on acid. :eek:
 

Sabrina

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 13, 2013
In girls skating I just loved 3 skaters Julia, Carolina and Kaetlin, in no particular order. I think Kaetlin paid a price for being the first to skate. Julia did her usual perfect program. Carolina was so beautiful, words are too poor.... Mao was mesmerizing as always but her jumps were not so good. The rest of the girls were OK but not so interesting...at least for me. In pairs I think the Russians were deeply over scored.
 

Sabrina

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 13, 2013
In girls skating I just loved 3 skaters Julia, Carolina and Kaetlin, in no particular order. I think Kaetlin paid a price for being the first to skate. Julia did her usual perfect program. Carolina was so beautiful, words are too poor.... Mao was mesmerizing as always but her jumps were not so good. The rest of the girls were OK but not so interesting...at least for me. In pairs I think the Russians were deeply over scored.
 

YesWay

四年もかけて&#
Record Breaker
Joined
Sep 28, 2013
Ladies:
1. Julia Lipnitskaia
2. Mao Asada
3. Kim Yuna
4. Adelina Sotnikova
5. Gracie Gold

6. Akiko Suzuki

Men:
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Patrick Chan
3. Tatsuki Machida
4. Javier Fernandez
5. Evgeni Plushenko

6. Daisuke Takahashi

Pairs:
1. Volosozhar / Trankov
2. Savchenko / Szolkowy
3. Duhamel / Radford
4. Stolbova / Klimov
5. Pang / Tong

6. Peng / Zhao

Dance:
1. Davis / White
2. Virtue / Moir
3. Bobrova / Soloviev
4. Péchalat / Bourzat
5. Ilinykh / Katsalapov

6. Cappellini /Lanotte
 
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alebi

Medalist
Joined
Jan 11, 2014
Pairs:
1. Volosozhar / Trankov
2. Savchenko / Szolkowy
3. Duhamel / Radford
4. Stolbova / Klimov
5. Pang / Tong

6. Peng / Zhao


Men:
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Patrick Chan
3. Javier Fernandez
4. Evgeni Plushenko
5. Kevin Reynolds

6. Daisuke Takahashi


Dance:
1. Davis / White
2. Virtue / Moir
3. Ilinykh / Katsalapov
4. Bobrova / Soloviev
5. Péchalat / Bourzat

6. Weaver / Poje


Ladies:
1. Julia Lipnitskaia
2. Kim Yu-Na
3. Gracie Gold
4. Carolina Kostner
5. Mao Asada

6. Kanako Murakami
 

sequinsgalore

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Do we have to do the predictions for all the disciplines already, seeing as ice dance and ladies first begin next week?

Men
1. Yuzuru Hanyu JPN
2. Patrick Chan CAN
3. Evgeni Plushenko RUS
4. Javier Fernandez ESP
5. Tatsuki Machida JPN
6. Daisuke Takahashi JPN

Ladies
1. Yuna Kim KOR
2. Julia Lipnitskaia RUS
3. Mao Asada JPN
4. Adelina Sotnikova RUS
5. Gracie Gold USA
6. Carolina Kostner ITA

Pairs
1. Volosozhar/Trankov RUS
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy GER
3. Stolbova/Klimov RUS
4. Pang/Tong CHN
5. Duhamel/Radford CAN
6. Peng/Zhang CHN

Ice Dance
1. Davis/White USA
2. Virtue/Moir CAN
3. Bobrova/Soloviev RUS
4. Pechalat/Bourzat FRA
5. Ilinykh/Katsalapov RUS
6. Weaver/Poje CAN
 

tulosai

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 21, 2011
Men
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Patrick Chan
3. Evgeni Plushenko
4. Javier Fernandez ESP
5. Tatsuki Machida JP
6. Daisuke Takahashi JPN

Ladies
1. Yuna Kim
2. Julia Lipnitskaia
3. Mao Asada
4. Carolina Kostner
5. Akiko Suzuki
6. Adelina Sotnikova

Pairs
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy
3. Pang/Tong
4. Duhamel/Radford
5. Moore-Towers/Mostovich
6. Stolbova/Klimov

Ice Dance
1. Davis/White
2. Virtue/Moir
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov
4. Bobrova/Soloviev
5. Pechalat/Bourzat
6. Capellini/Laconte (def messing up his name, but you all know who I mean... the Italians...)
 

pitterpatter

On the Ice
Joined
Oct 25, 2012
Can't make up my mind...

Men
1. Hanyu
2. Chan
3. Plushenko
4. Machida
5. Fernandez
6. Takahashi

Ladies
1. Kim
2. Lipnitskaia
3. Asada
4. Kostner
5. Gold
6. Li

Pairs
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy
3. Pang/Tong
4. Duhamel/Radford
5. Bazarova/Larionov
6. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch

Ice Dance
1. Davis/White
2. Virtue/Moir
3. Ilynikh/Katsalapov
4. Bobrova/Soloviev
5. Pechalat/Bourzat
6. Cappellini/Lanotte
 
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