Absolute Dream Podiums

[screech]

Ladies:
1. Kim
2. Rochette
3. Phaneuf

Men:
1. Joubert
2. Chan (because history doesn't let the reigning world champ win worlds)
3. Oda

Pairs
1. Duhamel/Buntin
2., 3. Anyone else

Dance
1-3. Doesn't matter to me as long as not Belbin/Agosto (Sorry, not a fan of her skating)

 

[skatingbc]

Ladies:
1. Kim
2. Rochette
3. Phaneuf

Men:
1. Joubert
2. Chan (because history doesn't let the reigning world champ win worlds)
3. Oda

Pairs
1. Duhamel/Buntin
2., 3. Anyone else

Dance
1-3. Doesn't matter to me as long as not Belbin/Agosto (Sorry, not a fan of her skating)

Ummm...he wasn't the world champ! Jeff Buttle was!

 

[figuristka]

Did you mean the reigning world champion win Olympics? Yes happened to alot especially Canadian men.

 

[Eurofan]

I think the last reigning world champion to win the OGM was Scott Hamilton. For the men, anyway.

 

[screech]

Whoops. yeah, I meant Olympics. My bad!

 

[Tonichelle]

I think the last reigning world champion to win the OGM was Scott Hamilton. For the men, anyway.

you are correct. last lady to do it was Tara Lipinski... I think?

 

[Eurofan]

you are correct. last lady to do it was Tara Lipinski... I think?

Yes, and that's where the "rule" reverses itself:

1987 World Champion: Katarina Witt
1991 World Champion: Kristi Yamaguchi
1993 World Champion: Oksana Baiul
1997 World Champion: Tara Lipinski

After that:

2001 World Champion: Michelle Kwan
2005 World Champion: Irina Slutskaya

 

[adagio879]

Ladies:
1. YuNa Kim
2. Joannie Rochette
3. Laura Lepisto

Men:
1. Brian Joubert
2. Tomas Verner
3. Patrick Chan

Pairs:
1. Pang / Tong
2. Savchenko / Szolkowy
3. Zhang / Zhang

Ice Dance:
1. Delobel / Schoenfelder
2. Domnina / Shabalin
3. Virtue / Moir

 

[1795]

Men:
1. Abbott
2. Joubert
3. Mroz

Dance:
1. Delobel/Schoenfelder
2. Davis/White
3. Kerr/Kerr



8. Virtue/Moir ( i am dreaming)

Pairs:
1. Mukhortova/Trankov
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy
3. Pang/Tong

Ladies:
1. Yuna Kim
2. Kiira Korpi
3. Alissa Czisny

 

[moonfs]

dream podiums

Ladies:

1. Mao Asada
2. Laura Lepisto
3. Alissa Czisny

Men:

1. Tomas Verner
2. Takahiko Kozuka
3. Evan Lysacek

Dance:

1. Kerr & Kerr
2. Belbin & Agosto
3. Delobel & Schoenfelder

Pairs:

1. Savchenko & Szolkowy
2. Kawaguchi & Smirnov
3. Pang & Tong

 

[GiuliaPlum]

Pairs:
1. Mukhortova/Trankov
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy
3. Pang/Tong

yesssss! they're the best!

Dance:
1. Delobel/Schoenfelder
2. Davis/White
3. Kerr/Kerr



8. Virtue/Moir ( i am dreaming)

ouch...don't you like the out-of-this-world Tessa and Scott?

 

[Kinga]

Pairs:
Vol/Morozov (she is the best female pair skater and I cant wait until they get medals!)
D/D (although people say that their programs lack the choreography, I still like them. They have the grace, flow, and she so dignified!)


Men:
Abbott
Chan
? Oda/Kozuka

Dance:
Del/Sch (their Pink Floyd program is one of my favourites ever. Sorry, V/M, but this time the veterans made it better! I hope they will come to LA.. It would be so great to see V/M and Del/Sch programes in one event!)
D/W (absolutely stunning this year!)
Kerrs (stunning more than ever)

Ladies:
Sarah Meier (I adore her, she is the most charming, musical and emotional skater in the world. Thus the best IMO).
Rachael Flatt (my new favourite)
Joannie Rochette (mature, elegant and powerful)

 

[jennylovskt]

Men:

Joubert - gold
Chen - silver
Kozuka - bronze

Dance:

Virtue & Moir - gold
Belbin & Agosto - silver
Kerr & Kerr - bronze

 

[demarinis5]

Joannie
YuNa
Rachael


Brian
Evan
Tomas

B/A
D/W
Kerrs

S/S
P/T
Mc/B

 

[Medusa]

Ice Dance
1. Delobel / Schoenfelder
2. Kokholova / Novitski
3. Kerr / Kerr

Ladies
1. Asada
2. Lepistö
3. Kostner

Pairs
1. Savchenko / Szolkowy
2. Duhamel / Buntin
3. Pang / Tong

Men
1. Kozuka
2. Ponsero
3. Joubert

 

[jcoates]

I think the last reigning world champion to win the OGM was Scott Hamilton. For the men, anyway.

Very true. In fact only three male reigning world champs over the last 50 years have won the Olympics the following season. (1960-David Jenkins, 1972-Ondrej Nepala, 1984-Scott Hamilton)

For the women, until the last decade, there had only been one other period in the last half century when the reigning champ did not win, 1976-1984 (Dorothy Hamill, Annett Potzsch and Katarina Witt).

 

[victoria90]

Ladies
Yu-Na Kim
Carolina Koster
Sarah Meier

Men
Brian Joubert (I'll just hope the winning-worlds-before-olympics curse not to affect him )
Tomas Verner
I don't really know... I guess Abbott or Mroz or Lysacek

Pairs
Mukhortova & Trankov
Savchenko & Szolkowy
Dube & Davison

Ice Dance
Davis & White
Kerr & Kerr
Delobel & Schoenfelder
Crone & Poirier
etc...

well not in that exact order but there are just so many teams I like I can't decide a podium for this except Davis and White, I really want them on the podium

 

[Pikachuusb]

Since Nationals changed things Ive altered my dream podium for the ladies:

1) Mao Asada
2) Alissa Czisny
3) Fumie Suguri
4) Yu-Na Kim
5) Rachel Flatt
6) Miki Ando
7) Joannie Rochette
8) Cynthia Phaneuff
9) Sarah Meier
10) Susanna Poykio

 

[envogue]

Ladies:

1. Yu-Na KIM
2. Laura LEPISTO
3. Joannie ROCHETTE

 

[NatachaHatawa]

Ladies

Brian Joubert (I'll just hope the winning-worlds-before-olympics curse not to affect him )

That's my whole dilema this season!!! I'd love to see Brian win worlds, but I'd love to seem him win the Olys even more!