The Eurosport Schedules have confused me so much that I haven’t a clue when things start any more!
So, that’s why I’m putting in my predictions now.
This is cruel! Three of my wives, and one of my intended wives, in the same competition!
Like, how am I supposed to arrange them into an order?! It’s akin to asking me who is my favourite wife. Can you imagine the trouble that would cause?!
(For those newer members here, if you are wondering what on Earth I am on about, read
this post and the 4 posts that follow it).
Needless to say, I had to put them into the Top 4 positions here.
As for the order, I think this is the most likely order for them to finish in. Nothing more to it than that!
The problem was that there are 5 other girls that I would love to see get into the Top 5! And, they can’t all fit in! And, to complicate things further, none of them are the most likely of the remaining girls to make it into the Top 5! (That would be Ashley Wagner).
So, what do I do?!
In the end, I went with my heart and picked the girl I would most like to see get into the Top 5 – Kailani! But as an insurance policy, I put Wagner as my alternate, before returning to the order I was going to go for.
With the Men, I knew who I was putting in my Top 5, and the order for the podium. I did dither over which way round to put Jason and Jorik in 4th and 5th. But in the end I went for Jorik, because he has been improving so much since he came back from his injury.
I know, it is weird for me to not have any Russians in my Top 5. Yes, he has done quite a few Senior competitions already, and has won some of them. But I need some more competitions to go by.
That said, just in case he does excel, I put him as my alternate.
After that, it was a choice between everybody’s favourite Alaskan, everybody’s favourite Aussie, and everybody’s favourite potato king. In the end, I went for that order. But, then I remembered that Jun Hwa was pretty good, so I put him in ahead of Březina.
In Pairs, I knew who I was putting on the podium, but I kept changing the order. Aljona and Bruno were always going on top, but I kept changing my mind over Duhamel / Radford and Peng / Jin. In the end, I went for the Chinese over the Canadians.
Same happened over the next 3 positions. In the end, I gave the Canadian representatives the nod for 4th, ahead of the French representatives. I know, this left me with another set of predictions without somebody representing Russia in the Top 5. But, Lubov is in there to make up for it!
I felt bad putting Haven and Brandon as low as I did, but I do think that the ones that I put ahead of them will be ahead of them. And as for the remaining Canadian partnership, I know absolutely nothing about Deschamps’ new partner.
For Dance, the Top 4 were slotted in straight away. But, after that I was being pulled in so many directions, because I like practically all of them!
(With the other partnership, I just cannot remember what they are like…
)
So, I went with my head. Although, I did let my heart have a bit of a say, putting Alla and Pavel into the Top 5 despite them being so inexperienced at Senior level.
Caroliza_fan
SKATE CANADA
Ladies
1. Kaetlyn OSMOND, CAN
2. Anna POGORILAYA, RUS
3. Maria SOTSKOVA, RUS
4. Rika HONGO, JPN
5. Kailani CRAINE, AUS
Just for fun:
6. Ashley WAGNER, USA
7. Laurine LECAVELIER, FRA
8. Karen CHEN, USA
9. Marin HONDA, JPN
10. Alaine CHARTRAND, CAN
11. Courtney HICKS, USA
12. Larkyn AUSTMAN, CAN
Men
1. Shoma UNO, JPN
2. Patrick CHAN, CAN
3. Takahito MURA, JPN
4. Jorik HENDRICKX, BEL
5. Jason BROWN, USA
Just for fun:
6. Alexander SAMARIN, RUS
7. Keegan MESSING, CAN
8. Brendan KERRY, AUS
9. Jun Hwan CHA, KOR
10. Michal BREZINA, CZE
11. Paul FENTZ, GER
12. Nicolas NADEAU, CAN
Pairs
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT, GER
2. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN, CHN
3. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD, CAN
4. Liubov ILYUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH, CAN
5. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES, FRA
Just for fun:
6. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT, RUS
7. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER, USA
8. Sydney KOLODZIEJ / Maxime DESCHAMPS, CAN
Ice Dance
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR, CAN
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE, CAN
3. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE, USA
4. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER, USA
5. Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD, RUS
Just for fun:
6. Kavita LORENZ / Joti POLIZOAKIS, GER
7. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV, POL
8. Olivia SMART / Adria DIAZ, ESP
9. Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR, TUR
10. Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS, CAN
, this bleach especially, because well - what was seen already, cannot be unseen
