4CC Predictions

[mylastduchess]

Men:

1.) Takahashi
2.) Weir
3.) Lysachek
4.) Buttle

Ladies:

1.) Kim
2.) Asada
3.) Ando
4.) Rochette

Dance:

1.) V/M
2.) D/W
3.) N/B

 

[kandidy]

I don't think both Mao and Miki will attend.Maybe one of them will. Since Mao is training in US.

 

[chuckm]

I don't think both Mao and Miki will attend.Maybe one of them will. Since Mao is training in US.

Miki is training in the US as well, with Nikolai Morozov.

In any case, they are both attending 4CC:

http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00010323.htm

Ladies:

1. Yu-Na Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Miki Ando
4. Ashley Wagner
5. Joannie Rochette

Men:

1. Daisuke Takahashi
2. Johnny Weir
3. Evan Lysacek
4. Jeff Buttle

Pairs:

1. Zhang/Zhang
2. Pang/Tong
3. Inoue/Baldwin
4. Castile/Okolski
5. Langlois/Hay
6. Vise/Trent

Dance:
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Davis/White
3. Navarro/Bommentre
4. Wester/Barantsev
5. Weaver/Poje
6. Hann-McCurdy/Coreno
7. Reed/Reed

 

[sorcerer]

Miki is training in the US as well, with Nikolai Morozov.

At this moment, Miki is training in Japan.

1. Yu-Na Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Miki Ando
4. Ashley Wagner
5. Joannie Rochette

If she lands her quad, it will be (hopefully )
1. Miki Ando
2. Yu-Na Kim
3. Mao Asada
4. Ashley Wagner
5. Fumie Suguri

Suguri will put in all she has, its her last bet.

 

[luckyguy]

At this moment, Miki is training in Japan.

If she lands her quad, it will be (hopefully )
1. Miki Ando

How many times did she land her quad at an international event?

 

[Ptichka]

I'll hold off on predictions until skaters actually begin to announce their intentions to attend.

 

[sorcerer]

How many times did she land her quad at an international event?

IIRC, twice, 2002 JGPF and 2004 SA.
Another in 2004 nats, I think...

Miki is actually practicing her quad with the music towards 4CC, the rate is getting up.

It all depends on Morozov's last minute decision.
He says her quad is now much better than in 2004.

 

[mylastduchess]

I'll hold off on predictions until skaters actually begin to announce their intentions to attend.

My god, they have announced they are participating since the Japanese Nationals what more do you want?

 

[mylastduchess]

How many times did she land her quad at an international event?

How many times have she tried it?

 

[chuckm]

IIRC, twice, 2002 JGPF and 2004 SA.
Another in 2004 nats, I think...

The only quad ratified by the ISU was the one at the 2002 JGPF, when Miki was 14 years old. She made several attempts after that in international competition, including the 2004-2005 GP, but all were ruled underrotated. A quad landed at Japanese Nationals would not be counted for international purposes.

 

[demarinis5]

I'll hold off on predictions until skaters actually begin to announce their intentions to attend.

Good idea. I suspect in the the next few days a lot of the big names will start dropping like flies.

 

[kandidy]

Good idea. I suspect in the the next few days a lot of the big names will start dropping like flies.

ITA!

 

[skatingfan04]

Men

Takahashi
Lysachek
Buttle

Ladies

Kim
Asada
Ando

Pairs

Zhang/Zhang
Pang/Tong
Langlois/Hay

Dance

Virtue/Moir
Davis/White
Navarro/Bommentre? Weaver/Poje?

 

[Jaana]

Men
1. Lysacek
2. Takahashi
3. Buttle
4. Abbott
5. Carriere

Ladies
1. Asada
2. Ando
3. Rochette
4. Suguri
5. Wagner

Pairs
1. Pang & Tong
2. Zhang & Zhang
3. Castile & Okolski
4. Vise & Trent
5. Inoue & Baldwin

Dance
1. Virtue & Moir
2. Davis & White
3. Navarro & Bommentre
4. Weaver & Poje
5. Yu & Wang

 

[flying camel]

Ladies

1. Asada
2. Wagner
3. Ando
4. Rochette

 

[Pikachuusb]

This is a toughie, I never pick well....

Ladies:
1)Mao
2)Miki (I hope she lands her quad)
3)Wagner
4)Rochette
5)Suguri
Hopefully Bebe & Katrina Hacker do well as well.

Men:
1)Takahashi
2)Lysacek
3)Buttle
4)Carriere
5)Abbott
I hope Shawn Sawyer does well

Pairs: wow theres almost noone left
1)Zhang/Zhang
2)Pang/Tong(I like Zhang/Zhang, but want Pang/Tong to win)
3)Castile/Okolski
4)Vise/Trent
5)Inoue/Baldwin

Dance:
1)Virtue/Moir(1st easy prediction Ive had to make)
2)Davis/White
3)couldnt tell you
Hopefully Navarro & Bommentre do well

 

[singerskates]

My picks and hopes.

Mens (possible)
1 Jeff Buttle
2 Lysacek
3 Takahashi

Ladies (dreaming if Joannie's program still has those sequences instead of all combinations)
1 Joannie Rochette
2 Mao ASADA
3 Miki ANDO

Dance (Don't need hope because this one is reality)
1 Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir
2 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE
3 Could be either one of the other two Canadian teams

Pairs (not Canadian for sure as our top three are not going)
1 and 2 are a toss up between Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG and Qing PANG / Jian TONG
3 belongs to the team that brings it on freeskate day.

 

[chuckm]

Dance (Don't need hope because this one is reality)
1 Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir
2 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE
3 Could be either one of the other two Canadian teams

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3. Could also be Navarro/Bommentre, who outscored both Canadian teams in the GP series.

159.93, 156.08 Navarro/Bommentre
148.77, 154.20 Weaver/Poje
152.16 Hann-McCurdy/Coreno

Also, Wester/Barantsev won Nebelhorn, beating Hann-McCurdy/Coreno, who finished 4th.

157.03 Wester/Barantsev
143.82 Hann-McCurdy/Coreno

 

[Wrlmy]

Dream Podium:

Men:
1. Jeffrey Buttle
2. Evan Lysacek
3. Shawn Sawyer

Ladies:
1. Joannie Rochette
2. Mao Asada
3. Fumie Suguri

Pair:
1. Pang/Tong
2. Inoue/Baldwin
3. Zhang/Zhang

Ice Dancing:
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Davis/White

And I'm not even Canadian LOL. Anyway, one can dream, no?

 

[fumie_fumie]

The real pipe dream podium

Men

1. Jeffrey Buttle
2. Shawn Sawyer
3. Vaughn Chipeur
4. Lysacek
5. Takahashi

Ladies
1. Joannie Rochette (3-3C in short, 3-3S in long)
2. Mao Asada
3. Fumie Suguri
4. Ashley Wagner (My favourite Yankee girl)
5. Miki Ando
6. Cynthia Phaneuf (she will better her performance at Nationals)
7. Mira Leung

Dance
1. VM
2. Davis/White
3. Weaver/Poje
4. McCurdy/Coreno

Pairs
1. Pang/Tong
2. American sweep in no particular order.
3. Zhang/Zhang: I'm not so keen on this pair for no reason: they skate like two single skaters and I don't see anything in them other than technically difficult elements.