I’m trying to do the alternate lists :
For each replacement, the alternate has to be chosen between the 10 best ranked skaters available, of course if they don’t already compete in the same GP and if there are not already 3 entries from the same country as the alternate. So the alternate list will be different for each replacement, especially for the ladies where 5 of the top10 alternates are russian and can only replace another russian skater.
(In brackets, the position on the Season’s Best 75 list)
Men
01 (27) 230.84 Vladimir LITVINTSEV (AZE) – GP RUS
02 (28) 230.54 Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR) – GP FRA
03 (29) 230.30 Anton SHULEPOV (RUS) – GP FRA, possible RUS TBA spot
04 (34) 225.31 Artur DMITRIEV (RUS) – GP JPN possible RUS TBA spot
05 (35) 224.44 Brendan KERRY (AUS) – GP CAN
06 (39) 220.57 Paul FENTZ (GER) – GP CAN
07 (40) 220.50 Aleksei BYCHENKO (ISR) – GP JPN
08 (41) 220.45 Koshiro SHIMADA (JPN) – GP USA possible JPN TBA spot
09 (44) 217.78 Irakli MAYSURADZE (GEO)
10 (46) 214.59 Aleksei EROKHOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
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11 (47) 213.40 Sota YAMAMOTO (JPN) – GP JPN
12 (48) 212.94 Conrad ORZEL (CAN) – GP JPN
13 (49) 211.47 Aleksei KRASNOZHON (USA) – GP RUS, possible USA TBA spot
14 (50) 209.58 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN (ARM)
15 (50) 209.58 Mitsuki SUMOTO (JPN) - still junior-eligible
16 (52) 209.02 Timothy DOLENSKY (USA) – retired?
17 (54) 208.19 Bennet TOMAN (CAN)
18 (55) 207.51 Zhi Jie YEE (MAS)
19 (56) 206.76 Lukas BRITSCHGI (SUI)
20 (57) 206.10 Jimmy MA (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
21 (60) 205.15 Ryuju HINO (JPN) – possible JPN TBA spot
22 (64) 199.75 Alexander JOHNSON (USA) – retired?
23 (65) 199.19 Konstantin MILIUKOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
24 (69) 195.83 Sean RABBITT (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
25 (70) 195.40 Chih-I TSAO (TPE) – GP CHN
26 (74) 193.38 Se Jong BYUN (KOR) – has to score over 194.05 at a challenger
27 (75) 192.01 Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (NOR) – has to score over 194.05 at a challenger
Out of the list
Retired : Fernandez (ESP, #7), Kovtun (RUS, #20), Majorov (SWE, #31), Reynolds (CAN, #66)
Will do JGP : Grassl (ITA, #24), Siao Him Fa (FRA, #43)
Will probably do JGP : Danielian (RUS, #38), Gumennik (RUS, #42), Mozalev (RUS, #45), Phan (CAN, #52), Iakovlev (RUS, #58), Gorodnitsky (ISR, #59), Kagiyama (JPN, #61), Torgashev (USA, #62), Kovler (CAN, #63), Maierhofer (AUT, #67), Tsuboi (JPN, #68), Dunk (USA, #71), Selevko (EST, #72), Belohradsky (CZE, #73)
Not age-eligible : Gogolev (CAN, #26)
Ladies
01 (18) 202.62 Serafima SAKHANOVICH (RUS) – GP CAN, only eligible to replace a russian skater
02 (20) 198.76 Anna TARUSINA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater, but will stay junior ?
03 (21) 198.65 Anastasia GUBANOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
04 (24) 196.34 Yelim KIM (KOR) – GP CAN
05 (26) 194.15 Alena LEONOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
06 (30) 188.90 Anastasia GULIAKOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
07 (32) 188.61 Marin HONDA (JPN) – GP CHN, possible JPN TBA spot
08 (33) 184.09 Yuhana YOKOI (JPN) – GP RUS, possible JPN TBA spot
09 (34) 183.98 Young YOU (KOR) – GP CAN
10 (39) 180.55 Marina PIREDDA (ITA) - junior-eligible, will do JGP?
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11 (42) 179.88 Ekaterina RIABOVA (AZE) – GP RUS
12 (43) 179.72 Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS) – GP FRA, only eligible to replace a russian skater
13 (45) 178.07 Courtney HICKS (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
14 (46) 177.22 Yi Christy LEUNG (HKG)
15 (52) 174.72 Starr ANDREWS (USA) – GP JPN, possible USA TBA spot
16 (54) 173.61 Daria PANENKOVA (RUS) – only eligible to replace a russian skater
17 (55) 172.17 Alaine CHARTRAND (CAN) – possible CAN TBA spot
18 (56) 172.02 Emmi PELTONEN (FIN)
19 (57) 170.68 Veronik MALLET (CAN) – GP USA, possible CAN TBA spot
20 (58) 170.56 Nicole SCHOTT (GER)
21 (60) 170.33 Megan WESSENBERG (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
22 (61) 169.03 Nicole RAJICOVA (SVK)
23 (62) 167.84 Kailani CRAINE (AUS)
24 (63) 166.77 Eliska BREZINOVA (CZE)
25 (64) 166.25 Amber GLENN (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
26 (66) 165.40 Brooklee HAN (AUS)
27 (68) 165.31 Alexandra FEIGIN (BUL) – still junior-eligible
28 (71) 164.68 Yasmine YAMADA (SUI)
29 (72) 162.80 Yujin CHOI (KOR) – still junior-eligible
29 (74) 161.58 Pernille SORENSEN (DEN)
30 (75) 161.16 Dasa GRM (SLO)
Out of the list:
Retired : Austman (CAN #69)
Will probably do JGP : Tarakanova (RUS #29), Vasilieva (RUS #35), Harrell (USA #47), Araki (JPN #49), Yoshioka (JPN #50), Sumiyoshi (JPN #51), Kawabata (JPN #53), Arkhipova (UKR #58), Urushadze (GEO #67), To (KOR #70), Kim (KOR #73)
Not age-eligible : Kanysheva (RUS #22), Sinitsyna (RUS #31), Lee (KOR #40), Wi (KOR #48)
Not eligible due to country switching : Lin (CHN #38)
Pairs
01 (16) 187.95 Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM (PRK) – GP CHN
02 (20) 183.89 Alisa EFIMOVA / Aleksandr KOROVIN (RUS) – GP CHN, possible RUS TBA spot
03 (23) 174.40 Evelyn WALSH / Trennt MICHAUD (CAN) – GP RUS, possible CAN TBA spot
04 (24) 172.31 Jessica CALALANG / Brian JOHNSON (USA) – GP CAN, possible USA TBA spot
05 (25) 168.77 Feiyao TANG / Yongchao YANG (CHN) – GP CAN, possible CHN TBA spot
06 (26) 166.95 Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAIA / Harley WINDSOR (AUS) – GP USA
07 (28) 166.11 Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Dmitri SOPOT (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot (still active ?)
08 (29) 164.10 Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE (CAN) – GP USA, possible CAN TBA spot
09 (30) 163.74 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI (ITA) – GP RUS
10 (31) 163.44 Sarah FENG / Tommy-Jo NYMAN (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
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11 (33) 159.54 Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
12 (35) 157.28 Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV (USA) – GP RUS, possible USA TBA spot
13 (36) 157.12 Lina KUDRIAVTSEVA / Ilia SPIRIDONOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
14 (37) 153.99 Lana PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA-KORDEIRU (CRO)
15 (38) 153.70 Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI (GBR)
16 (39) 151.21 Nica DIGERNESS / Danny NEUDECKER (USA) – possible USA TBA spot
17 (44) 141.40 Riku MIURA / Shoya ICHIHASHI (JPN) – possible JPN TBA spot
Out of the list:
Split : Stellato-Dudek/Bartholomay (USA #22), Hocke/Blommaert (GER #27), Barquero/Maestu (ESP #32), Suzaki/Kihara (JPN #40), Kops/Tsoglin (ISR #42)
Will probably do JGP : Kostiukovich/Ialin (RUS #14), Panfilova/Rylov (RUS #15), Akhantieva/Kolesov (RUS #18), Pepeleva/Pleshkov (RUS #34), Kvartalova/Sviatchenko (RUS #41), Hamon/Strekalin (FRA #43)
The pairs ranked 45-67 on the SB list will have to reach more than 140.90 points at a challenger event in order to have a chance to be selected as an alternate. Here are the few ones who aren’t junior-eligible anymore and not reported to have split :
18 (47) 136.91 Jessica PFUND / Joshua SANTILLAN (USA)
19 (52) 131.20 Vivienne CONTARINO / Marco PAULETTI (ITA)
20 (57) 121.44 Lori-Ann MATTE / Thierry FERLAND (CAN)
21 (64) 102.14 Sara DANA / Livio MAYR (AUT)
Ice dance
01 (28) 170.47 Betina POPOVA / Sergei MOZGOV (RUS) – GP CAN, possible RUS TBA spot
02 (29) 168.34 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS (FIN) – GP RUS
03 (30) 168.06 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS (LTU) – GP RUS
04 (31) 168.02 Adelina GALIAVIEVA / Louis THAURON (FRA) – GP RUS, possible FRA TBA spot
05 (32) 167.94 Anastasia SHPILEVAIA / Grigori SMIRNOV (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
06 (34) 165.31 Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN (GER)
07 (36) 162.94 Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI (ITA)
08 (37) 162.50 Robynne TWEEDALE / Joseph BUCKLAND (GBR)
09 (38) 161.40 Anna YANOVSKAYA / Adam LUKACS (HUN)
10 (40) 158.11 Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK (GER)
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11 (42) 156.16 Aleksandra NAZAROVA / Maksim NIKITIN (UKR)
12 (44) 154.27 Jennifer URBAN / Benjamin STEFFAN (GER)
13 (46) 152.49 Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Jeremie FLEMIN (POL)
14 (47) 152.46 Ellie FISHER / Simon-Pierre MALETTE-PAQUETTE (CAN)
15 (50) 151.55 Annabelle MOROZOV / Andrei BAGIN (RUS) – possible RUS TBA spot
16 (51) 150.23 Haley SALES / Nikolas WAMSTEEKER (CAN) – GP CAN
17 (55) 147.51 Anna KUBLIKOVA / Yuri HULITSKI (BLR)
18 (56) 147.03 Julia WAGRET / Pierre SOUQUET (FRA) – possible FRA TBA spot
19 (59) 143.04 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER (CAN)
20 (62) 141.98 Evgenia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD (FRA) – possible FRA TBA spot
21 (67) 138.97 Molly LANAGHAN / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVS (CAN)
22 (68) 138.81 Victoria MANNI / Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER (SUI)
23 (69) 138.53 Chantelle KERRY / Andrew DODDS (AUS)
Out of the list:
Skipping GP season : Weaver/Poje (CAN #6)
Retired : Manta/Johnson (USA #21)
Split : Parsons/Parsons (USA #14), Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov (RUS #26), Green/Green (USA #45), Gropman/Somerville (USA #53), Konkina/Vakhnov (RUS #54), Kuts/Mikhailov (RUS #60), Ichilov/Davidovich (ISR #61), Buga/Pokhiliuk (AZE #63), Moscheni/Fabbri (ITA #65), Stairs/Graham (CAN #74), Gunter/Wein (USA #75)
Will probably do JGP : Ushakova/Nekrasov (RUS #24), Nguyen/Kolesnik (USA #33), Kazakova/Reviya (GEO #35), Popova/Byelikov (UKR #43), Shanaeva/Naryzhny (RUS #48), Ivanenko/Karpov (RUS #49), Davis/Smolkin (RUS #52), Demougeot/Le Mercier (FRA #57), Golubtsova/Belobrov (UKR #58), Bronsard/Bouaraguia (CAN #64), D’Alessandro/Waddell (CAN #70), Righi/Dubrovin (ITA #71), Elder/Elder (USA #72), Andreeva/Desiatov (RUS #73)