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I'm not optimistic about Carreira/Ponomarenko after their GP debut. They have a lot of work to do, but they're both talented skaters and a joy to watch, so I'm hoping they can pull it together and podium. Especially for Christina's sake. I know she's had immigration difficulties, and I'd hate for their ultimate Olympic dreams to be dashed due to a failure to make the podium so early in their careers.
Stepanova/Bukin would probably have to fall a few times not to win gold here. It's an exciting opportunity for C/P and H/K. We're guaranteed that at least two teams will win their first GP medal.
And compare this event with IdF next week, where there will four teams that have medaled on this GP series, in addition to Papadakis/Cizeron if he's cleared to travel and compete.
Can someone explain why this dance competition is so "open" compared to how stacked skate canada was? (not counting the withdrawals in other events) How are the top seeded teams/skaters distributed with their invites?
Well "stacked" is such a flexible word... Things can be stacked for you or against you.
But it's certainly the right word to describe this Senior GP Dance Season...
Well, for a start, according to the rules, there can be only one Worlds medalist (from the last Worlds) in each GP event, but Weaver/Poje are not doing the GPs this season, so only four of the six events could have Worlds medalists in them, and Rostelecom Cup happened to be one of the events with no Worlds ice dance medalists in it. The fourth team at Worlds - Cappellini/Lanotte - have apparently retired from competitive skating, so the fifth team at Worlds was invited instead. That was Chock/Bates who witdrew. The next highest rated skater/team should or can be from the top six at Worlds, but, again, considering that W/P and C/L are not competing and Gilles/Poirier were invited to other events, the seventh team at Worlds - Stepanova/Bukin - got the invite to this event. Which is also natural as they are the top Russian team now when Bobrova/Soloviev are not competing anymore.Can someone explain why this dance competition is so "open" compared to how stacked skate canada was? (not counting the withdrawals in other events) How are the top seeded teams/skaters distributed with their irnvites?
Well, for a start, according to the rules, there can be only one Worlds medalist (from the last Worlds) in each GP event, but Weaver/Poje are not doing the GPs this season, so only four of the six events could have Worlds medalists in them, and Rostelecom Cup happened to be one of the events with no Worlds ice dance medalists in it. The fourth team at Worlds - Cappellini/Lanotte - have apparently retired from competitive skating, so the fifth team at Worlds was invited instead. That was Chock/Bates who witdrew. The next highest rated skater/team should or can be from the top six at Worlds, but, again, considering that W/P and C/L are not competing and Gilles/Poirier were invited to other events, the seventh team at Worlds - Stepanova/Bukin - got the invite to this event. Which is also natural as they are the top Russian team now when Bobrova/Soloviev are not competing anymore..........
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...but the late split of Muramoto/Reed...