Not going to go into a deep analysis of my predictions as I have Junior Worlds still to do. And it will take some time due to the sheer number of entries. But I do want to say few things.
I would love to see Maria Sotskova win this, just to remind the Fed that she is still here. But, I don’t think she will. Based on what we have seen this season, I think it will be a good battle between Mihara, Tursynbaeva and Konstantinova for the podium positions, with Sotskova having a tight with Méité and the Koreans over the remaining Top 6 positions.
That said, if Stasya does her usual trick of 1 poor routine and 1 great routine, it could open the door to a step on the podium for one of these girls. So, I have taken a chance on this happening, and Maria taking advantage.
Kovtun is the question mark in the Men. You never know what you are going to get from him. So, I decided to be cautious and put him towards the bottom of the Top 6.
In Pairs, I am only really familiar with 2 of the Russian partnerships. Given that they were entered in the last Universiade before the Pairs competition was cancelled due to lack of entries, it would be nice if Efimova / Korovin won this time.
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I picked Popova / Mozgov for the win in Ice Dance just to be sure that they got invited to the Gala, because I want to see their Gala routine again!
I know absolutely noting about Synchro, so I just put them in their ISU SB order!
CaroLiza_fan
WINTER UNIVERSIADE
Ladies
1. MIHARA Mai, JPN
2. TURSYNBAYEVA Elizabet, KAZ
3. SOTSKOVA Mariia, RUS
4. KONSTANTINOVA Stanislava, RUS
5. PARK Soyoun, KOR
6. KIM Nahyun, KOR
7. MEITE Semanglae Mae-Berenice, FRA
8. KUCVALSKA Angelina, LAT
9. TAKENO Hina, JPN
10. GALUSTYAN Anastasiya, ARM
Men
1. SAMARIN Aleksandr, RUS
2. TOMONO Kazuki, JPN
3. KVITELASHVILI Morisi, GEO
4. RIZZO Matteo, ITA
5. KOVTUN Maksim, RUS
6. LAZUKIN Andrei, RUS
7. LEE June Hyoung, KOR
8. NAKAMURA Shu, JPN
9. TESSON Adrien Aurele Patric, FRA
10. SATO Hiroaki, JPN
Pairs
1. Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN, RUS
2. Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Dmitry SOPOT, RUS
3. Alexandra KOSHEVAIA Dmitry BUSHLANOV, RUS
4. Zhansaya ADYKHANOVA / Abish BAYTKANOV, KAZ
Dance
1. Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV, RUS
2. Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN, RUS
3. Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK, DEU
4. Anastasia SHPILEVAYA / Grigory SMIRNOV, RUS
5. Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS, FIN
6. Adelina GALYAVIEVA Louis THAURON, FRA
7. Julia WAGRET / Pierre SOUQUET, FRA
8. Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER, SUI
9. Emily MONAGHAN / Ilias FOURATI, HUN
10. Chiara CALDERONE / Pietro PAPETTI, ITA
Synchro
1. MARIGOLD ICE UNITY, FIN
2. TEAM UNIQUE, FIN
3. TATARSTAN , RUS
4. DREAM TEAM , RUS