Golden Skate

Skate Picks 2025 CS John Nicks

Skate Picks
Pairs
  1. Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV (USA)
  2. Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS (CAN)
  3. Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN (ARM)
  4. Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY (USA)
  5. Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE (USA)
 
Pairs
  1. Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS (CAN)
  2. Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV (USA)
  3. Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN (ARM)
  4. Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY (USA)
  5. Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE (USA)
 
Pairs
  1. Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS (CAN)
  2. Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV (USA)
  3. Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE (USA)
  4. Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN (ARM)
  5. Katie MCBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN (USA)
 
Pairs
  1. Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS (CAN)
  2. Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV (USA)
  3. Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE (USA)
  4. Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN (ARM)
  5. Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY (USA)
 
Pairs
  1. Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS (CAN)
  2. Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV (USA)
  3. Katie MCBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN (USA)
  4. Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE (USA)
  5. Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY (USA)
 
Congratulations to our 36 medalists!!! :laugh3:

MedalOverall | PairsPts
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@casualfan
@Debrah
@DemTuppesSeine
@DonnaR
@Karoltyna
@macy
65
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@AlyonasAxel
@invisiblespiral
@Marius
@norwegianfairytale
@Spiralgraph
@SubRosa
60
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@16Olympics
@4everchan
@AlexBreeze
@aroundtheworld778
@brblja
@cocteautwin
@elektra blue
@fia_nrt
@goldenwaltz
@Gourlie
@gsk8
@isamar
@Ivana
@Jeanie19
@Joe Mendoza
@labgoat
@lileychristie
@maofan
@Pandicorn
@Ruthypegs
@Sabsi
@tutkladidze
@Vemvane
@Walt FSHunter
55

Let's give a big welcome to our new Hall of Famers @Karoltyna, @brblja, and @cocteautwin 🍻:cheer:

Also, a big shoutout to @Spiralgraph, @fia_nrt, @isamar, and @aroundtheworld778 who leveled up to Intermediates! :cheer2:

Here are the Overall Standings for the Challenger series!

Hope everyone had a great time and don't forget the CS Kinoshita contest!🇯🇵
 
Thanks! I’ve been doing so abysmally in overall picks results, that an event with just one category seemed like the only chance to ever get an overall medal. 🤣

(Watch me out my feelings ahead of my head once again for Varese and Kinoshita, and be unsurprised if when I once again bomb 🤣).
 
ok... i had a 14 hour day... yeah... 14 hours of work... so, I come home and
1) Félix Auger-Aliassime won ! Woot (now into semi-finals at Us Open... )
2) Max and Deanna won ! Woot !!!!
3) I even won a bronze !!!

Making dinner now... and will crash and burn

Congrats to all winners and thanks to the organizers !
 
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Unfortunately, after waiting until the Entries / Results page to get populated before starting to make out my predictions, I didn't notice that the schedule had changed. So by the time I had finished making out my predictions and went to post them, the competition had already started! :palmf:

So, here are my predictions:

Pairs
  1. Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS, CAN
  2. Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV, USA
  3. Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN, ARM
  4. Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE, USA
  5. Katie McBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN, USA

And now for what I missed out on:

Name
Overall Pos
Overall Points
Pairs Pos
Pairs Points
CaroLiza_fan​
3
55​
3
55​

A 🥉 Bronze Medal! :drama: (Or, is it two 🥉 🥉 Bronze Medals? 🤔 )

Congratulations to those that did get their predictions in.

CaroLiza_fan
 
thank you for my medal!
I got the first three placements right. Barring disaster, no one was going to beat Stellato and Deschamps. And Efimova has a perennial problem with jump consistency.
I was off by one place with the Akop/Rahm the Armenians. I think they still did well and will be a legit contender at the Olympic qualifier.
I overestimated Izzo/Mair, as I thought they would get ahead with their splendid SBS jumps. But that wasn't enough. They are still working on basic elements like twists and death spirals.
 
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