With nearly all countries announcing their selections, there's already a lot of debate regarding who will do which team event. Post your predictions and thoughts here!
Qualified teams are:
Canada
OAR (Russia)
United States of America
Japan
People's Republic of China
Italy
France
Germany
Israel
Republic of Korea
The rules say each country can switch skaters in up to two disciplines (Ladies, Men, Ice Dance, Pairs) between short and free. They are not required to switch any skaters.
Scoring is as follows:
In each event (short, free) the first place finisher earns 10 points. Second place earns 9 points, third 8 etc. Tenth (last) place earns one point. Points won by a team in the short program competition are carried over to the free program. Top five teams from the short advance to the free where each skater can get 6-10 points (6 for fifth place, 10 for first).
Can Canada afford to change out pairs?
Would it be too risky for Canada to change out ice dance?
Is USA safe to change one dance team? (How do you not send Shibutanis with their track record or national champions Hubbel/Donohue?)
Medvedeva for short and Zagitova for free? (Presuming they both get cleared and make it to Korea.)
Can Canada get gold? USA anything but bronze?
If a country has a fairly safe silver if they skate their A team, but also a safe bronze if they use their replacements, should they go for silver or let a maximum number of skaters get Olympic medals?
Qualified teams are:
Canada
OAR (Russia)
United States of America
Japan
People's Republic of China
Italy
France
Germany
Israel
Republic of Korea
The rules say each country can switch skaters in up to two disciplines (Ladies, Men, Ice Dance, Pairs) between short and free. They are not required to switch any skaters.
Scoring is as follows:
In each event (short, free) the first place finisher earns 10 points. Second place earns 9 points, third 8 etc. Tenth (last) place earns one point. Points won by a team in the short program competition are carried over to the free program. Top five teams from the short advance to the free where each skater can get 6-10 points (6 for fifth place, 10 for first).
Can Canada afford to change out pairs?
Would it be too risky for Canada to change out ice dance?
Is USA safe to change one dance team? (How do you not send Shibutanis with their track record or national champions Hubbel/Donohue?)
Medvedeva for short and Zagitova for free? (Presuming they both get cleared and make it to Korea.)
Can Canada get gold? USA anything but bronze?
If a country has a fairly safe silver if they skate their A team, but also a safe bronze if they use their replacements, should they go for silver or let a maximum number of skaters get Olympic medals?
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