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Men's
Uno or Chen beats Hanyu
In the 4-5 quad era, a layout that *no one* can do consistently, I think it's basically random who among Chen, Uno, Fernandez, or Hanyu wins. The upset would be if Kolyada sneaks the win.
Men's
Uno or Chen beats Hanyu
Err...yes. P/C have been super overscored especially in their sd this season and last season
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4) Patrick Chan winning gold by doing 4T and 4S in the short and long without under-rotating any jump.
Olympics doesn't seem to treat its ex-champions very well.
In men, it's anyone's game. Right now, Nathan is the frontrunner only if he cleans up his FS and gets actual costumes.
I always find myself rooting for the underdogs during the Olympic year and 2018 is no different.
Here are my upsets that can possibly happen in each discipline.
Ladies
Zagitova beats Medvedeva
Men's
Uno or Chen beats Hanyu
Pairs
Savchenko/Massot beat Sui/Han (This one I hope doesn't happen-lol)
Dance
Papadakis/Cizeron beat Virtue /Moir
What upsets do you think will happen?
This is why I don't think Yuzu and V/M will win if they, and their main competitors are clean.
My gut tells me that Medvedeva will be upset. There's something worrying to me in how she started the season with that extremely backloaded LP with all those rippons that just screams "insecurity". She seems very nervous. Then you have the hurt foot, the attention from being the favorite, and the whole "Olympic Athlete from Russia" business. And there have been a lot of Olympic upsets.
I put Medvedeva's chance of winning gold at about 50%, Zagitova's at 25%, Osmond's at 20%, and someone else at 5%.
If T/M get on the pairs podium with that ridiculous Candyman free program and yellow polka dots, I’ll be upset.
Hah, oh that’s not what you’re asking?
I came up with a funny conspiracy theory this weekend in the GPF FP thread: Robin Szolkowy, who is one of T/M’s coaches, is secretly batting for Aljona’s OGM, so he’s convinced them to stick with this ridiculous program. Nina Mozer has no idea of this diabolical scheme and approves.
Don’t take me too seriously guys, I’m just a jerk.
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And you're not a jerk.
Just like beauty, the amount of jerk-like behaviour is in the eye of the beholder.
Here are some upsets:
- Ladies: Med loses, but not to Zag ... to Osmond. That'll really rile up the anti-Canadian posters, who will then make Kaetlyn the new Adelina on social media. Or, Gabby Daleman or Ashley Wagner win bronze.
But to be honest, anyanka, there is a huge difference from being the 9th placed skater at the previous Worlds as Adelina (@ 176 total score), versus a Silver medalist from the last Worlds (@ 218 total score), to an OGM. This was a surprise in 2014, ...heck, the Russian Federation didn't even select her to compete in the Team event.