No Olympic champion?Hmm) And if there is Mao participating, that will be
1) Adelina/clean Mao
3)Yulia
Adelina will pull out before the worlds. It's inevitable.
The thing is...if the insane inflation from the Olympics doesn't go away by Worlds then Mao would have no chance to win even if she skates completely clean. Julia beat Mao's 8 triples 1 3A FS in PCS with 2 falls...
1. Adelina
2. Julia
3. Akiko
In Japan, probably Sotnikova's olympic skates would be only a few points higher than Asada. Lipnitskaya is about 13 points lower. The Home advantage is unwritten rule in this sport. I'm not going to defend that though, the Russians should worry about beating Murakami. She will have more "push" than 4CC in Taiwan.
We'll see whether home advantage or reputation advantage will win in a month, shall we?