2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy: Ice Dance pre-game chat

[GS Forum Staff]

Pre-game chat and predictions for 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy: Ice Dance

Here is a link to the entries for the Ice Dance (Updated 9/12)
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108802.htm

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[TR]
[TD]Anna KUBLIKOVA / Yuri HULITSKI[/TD]
[TD]BLR[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS[/TD]
[TD]FIN[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Adelina GALAYAVIEVA / Louis THAURON[/TD]
[TD]FRA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Elise MONTANIER / Laurent ABECASSIS[/TD]
[TD]FRA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK[/TD]
[TD]GER[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON[/TD]
[TD]GBR[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robynne TWEEDALE / Joseph BUCKLAND[/TD]
[TD]GBR[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shira ICHILOV / Vadim DAVIDOVICH[/TD]
[TD]ISR[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI[/TD]
[TD]ITA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV[/TD]
[TD]RUS[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV[/TD]
[TD]RUS[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]SUB[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[elbkup]

All the best McNamara & Carpenter!!

 

[LadyB]

Popova/Mozgov could be a surprise winner here, but it should be a good competition between the three leading teams.

 

[AlexRus]

Main Entries in order of Personal Best

1 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 177.15
2 Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV RUS 164.07
3 Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER USA 163.65
4 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 150.46
5 Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK GER 150.14
6 Robynne TWEEDALE / Joseph BUCKLAND GBR 143.82
7 Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI ITA 133.00
8 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 128.39
9 Anna KUBLIKOVA / Yuri HULITSKI BLR 119.42

Adelina GALAYAVIEVA / Louis THAURON FRA - (new couple)

WD Elise MONTANIER / Laurent ABECASSIS FRA -

 

[Hyena]

Based on their previous scores, this should be Sinitsina/Katsalapov's. But I'm thinking Popova/Mozgov and McNamara/Carpenter will be close behind them; both teams were on the rise last season.

 

[ancientpeas]

I feel as if Nikita and Victoria don't win this it will be a huge upset.

People were saying that they have a great PD (from the Russian test skates maybe?)