I'm happy for Jason but sad that yet another top skater is injured. Where is it all going to stop? Is it my imagination or are there more injuries across the board than ever before!
Well everyone has their day of blues and highs and lows. Just being human. Glad to hear he seems to be doing okay and enjoying wine shopping while smooching some young lady.... how the heck do you know these things VB lol...
I am sad for Boyang but also relieved he is taking time to recover. The end game is the Olympics and while I am sad he has to miss I hope that means we will see him healthy in South Korea. But seriously, what cursed this season?
I am also happy for Jason- I think it will be an interesting test to see the three US men compete against each other- especially Jason and Adam. It will also be interesting to see if Nathan can put two clean programs together.
Also- can Jason conquer his competing in Japan curse?
Get better Boyang..:hopelessness: Such a champ for skating in SA with those ankles and I'm happy he withdrew so he can heal.
When was the last time the US had 3 Men in the GPF? Has it ever happened?
My guess is the rulebook states the deadline for calling in a sub for the GPF.
For regular GP events, I believe the host has to fill a spot if the withdrawal is more than 2 weeks out. Less than 2 weeks, the host Federation can decide what to do. With S.A., it appeared that they tried to fill up the spots with US based international skaters.
nopenopenopenopenope - see this is the attitude we have to working on getting rid of in skating if we want to combat the injury toll. Skating with an injury isn't being a "champ" or being "brave" or whatever. It's foolish.
2009 - Abbott, Lysacek and Weir all qualified. Lysacek won, Weir was third, and Abbott was fourth.
...and Yuzuru Hanyu was JGPF champion, with Song Nan and Ross Miner on the podium. The US also had three JGPF men that year - Miner, Hochstein and Dornbush. Gachinski finished sixth (there were eight JGPF qualifiers at that time).
Unless there was a step in between that I'm unfamilar with, that is completely false. In the last few weeks before Skate America 2017:
1. Russian Serafima Sakhonovich replaced W/D Russian Anna Pogorilaya.
2. Canadian Roman Sadovsky replaced W/D Korean Cho. (sorry I don't recall Cho's full name)
3. Canadian Liam Firus replaced W/D Belgian Jorik Hendrickx.
I suppose it's fun for people to always assume the worst about America and Americans.
Please correct me if I missed something.
It's not really a criticism though. Lots of people thought they'd go with skaters nearby. They had a competition on Thanksgiving weekend. Of course it's easier for them to choose skaters in North America, especially Montreal since you can drive from there. Both Liam and Roman are based in Canada (Liam's in Montreal and Roman's in Toronto). And Liam only found out he got invited on Wednesday morning. I doubt he could have gotten there if he hadn't been able to drive.
Unless there was a step in between that I'm unfamilar with, that is completely false. In the last few weeks before Skate America 2017:
1. Russian Serafima Sakhonovich replaced W/D Russian Anna Pogorilaya.
2. Canadian Roman Sadovsky replaced W/D Korean Cho. (sorry I don't recall Cho's full name)
3. Canadian Liam Firus replaced W/D Belgian Jorik Hendrickx.
I suppose it's fun for people to always assume the worst about America and Americans.
Please correct me if I missed something.
I wrote the original comment and it was taken completely out of context. ....
I was applauding the US trying to maximize on the number of skater, but still watching it bottom line. Not sure how my comment got twisted into that I was dissing the USFS.
I read the comment. The person meant skaters based in US or nearby that didnt require visa application.The other person said that Skate America officials only offered the opportunity to US skaters. That clearly is not the case. Two Canadian men and one Russian lady had the opportunity to compete at SA when others unfortunately had to withdraw.