GP assigments 2013/2014

[venlac]

Entries are updated

http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html

 

[Moment]

Thanks venlac.

 

[vera01]

Radionova, Pogorilaya, Miyahara and Stepanova/Bukin are all skating as a senior in next GP season.

Assignments for 2013 Worlds medalists
Yuna:Skate Canada, TEB
Caro:CoC, CoR
Mao:SA, NHK Trophy

D/W:Skate America, NHK Trophy
V/M:Skate Canada, TEB
B/S:CoC, CoR

Chan:Skate Canada, TEB
Ten:Skate America, CoC
Fernandez:NHK Trophy, CoR

V/T:Skate America, NHK Trophy
S/S:CoC, CoR
D/R:Skate Canada, TEB

 

[abfab]

it wil be a great TEB for me
i'm interesting by 26 skaters for 34 on the lists
cooooooolllllllllllllll

 

[karne]

Josh got two! Jason got one!

And Gachinski got one which I'm so relieved about. Really cranky that Kovtun got two and Menshov only one.

I see the USFSA has wasted a GP slot on Lysacek. He won't show up, I can guarantee that, ESPECIALLY because he would have to skate against Aaron, who would demolish him.

 

[Kuan]

YEAH. What a lucky girl I am!!!! my intuition did not lie to me!!! Thank you figure skating god!!!!!!!

 

[ffionhanathomas]

And Gachinski got one which I'm so relieved about. Really cranky that Kovtun got two and Menshov only one.

Completely agree. Feel so sorry for Menshov.

Happy to see Radionova, Farris and Brown all moving up from junior though! Will be great to watch.

 

[Poice]

2013/2014 GPS's entries are really interesting. No Hanyu in NHK? I didn't expect that to happen. Wow, and Evan Lysacek and Evgeny Plushenko are on the list too...I'm quite sceptical about their come back. Anyway, I can't wait for new season!

 

[karne]

Oh, and Jason, if you're looking for a Senior B to prepare for TEB, there's going to be a great B in August by the name of Skate DownUnder...

 

[karne]

2013/2014 GPS's entries are really interesting. No Hanyu in NHK? I didn't expect that to happen. Wow, and Evan Lysacek and Evgeny Plushenko are on the list too...I'm quite sceptical about their come back. Anyway, I can't wait for new season!

I expect Plushenko plans to use CoR to test out his bionic back. Lysacek won't do SkAm, especially with Aaron there.

 

[gmyers]

How ridiculous that the worst Russian man gets two grand prix! Kovtun has two? They are totally convinced he will bomb his way to success I guess.

 

[karne]

How ridiculous that the worst Russian man gets two grand prix! Kovtun has two? They are totally convinced he will bomb his way to success I guess.

I guess it's fairly obvious now who they want to send to Sochi if Plushenko can't go...

 

[venlac]

only Ladies and Mens...

Skate America
Ladies
Mao asada / Ashley Wagner / Elena Radionova / Elizaveta Tuktamisheva / Elena Radionova / Elen Gedevanishvili / Valentina marchei / Viktoria helgesson / Caroline jhang / Mae meite
Men
Daisuke takahashi / Takahiko kozuka / Tatsuki machida / Max aaron / Evan lysacek / Denis ten / Brian joubert / Artur gachinski / Alexander mazorov

Skate Canada
Ladies
Yuna kim / Gracie gold / Kiira korpi / Christina gao / Suzuki akiko / Julia lipnitskaya / Alena leonova / kaetlyn osmond / Amelie lacoste
Men
Yuzuru hanyu / Patrick chan / Jeremy abbott / Ross miner / Joshua parris / Michal brezina / Nobunari oda / Takahito mura / Andrei rogozine / Elladj balde

Cup of china
Ladies
Carolina kostner / adelina sotnikova / kanako murakami / zijun li / agnes zawadzki / kexin jhang / pogorilaya(rus) / korobeynikova(rus) / joshi helgesson
Men
denis ten / Takahiko kozuka / maxim kovtun / kevin / richard dornbush / han yan / nan song / yi wang / florent amodio / Peter Liebers

NHK trophy
Ladies
Mao asada / akiko suzuki / gracie gold / zijun Li / Satoko miyahara / alena leonova / elena radionova / Mirai nagasu / valentina marchei / elena gedevanishvili
Men
Daisuke Takahashi / Javier Fernandez / Takahiko Mura / Nobunari Oda / Menshov / Max Aaron / Sergei Voronov / Jeremy Abbott / Adam rippon / Chafik bessegheir

Trophee Bompard
Ladies
Yuna kim / Ashley wagner / Adelina sotnikova / kiira korpi / christina gao / V. helgesson / Pogorilaya / Yretha silete / Mae Meite / Gorry(Fra)
Mens
Yuzuru Hanyu / Patrick chan / Ross miner / Jason brown / Michal brezina / Nan song / Han yan / Florent Amodio / Romain Ponsart

Rostelecom Cup
Ladies
Carolina kostner / kaetlyn osmond / kanako murakami / haruka imai / satoko miyahara / Elizaveta Tuktamisheva / Julia Lipnitskaiya / Mirai nagasu / Agnes Zawadzki
Men
Evegeny Plushenko / Javier Fernandez / Richard Dornbush / Joshua Farris / Maxim kovtun / Tatski Machida / Brian joubert / kevin reynords / Peter Liebers

 

[Moment]

SC will be a very exciting event for singles skaters.

 

[ice coverage]

ISU's text overview (also published today) of GP assignments:

http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/...3,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1327​

Excerpts:

141 skaters/couples from 19 ISU Members have been invited.

In order for a skater/couple to be eligible to compete at a Grand Prix event, a minimum total score or minimum technical score must have been achieved in the previous or current season in an ISU event (Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix, ISU Championships, World Team Trophy or U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, Nebelhorn Trophy, Ondrej Nepala Trophy, Finlandia Trophy, Coupe de Nice). Exceptions apply to host country skaters, previously ranked skaters or split ranked couples who return with new partners. The minimum score for the 2013/14 season is as follows:

• 130.98 points for Ladies
• 160.68 points for Men
• 135.42 points for Pairs
• 113.73 points for Ice Dance

The overview gives highlights, organized by event:

Skate America in Detroit (USA)

• Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA)
• Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS)
• Denis Ten (KAZ) + Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) + Brian Joubert (FRA) + Evan Lysacek (USA)
• Mao Asada (JPN) + Elena Radionova (RUS)

Skate Canada in St. John (CAN)

• Patrick Chan (CAN) + Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)
• Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) + Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) + Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin (RUS)
• Yuna Kim (KOR) + Akiko Suzuki (JPN)
• Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) + Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS)

Cup of China in Beijing

• Aljona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) + Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN)
• Carolina Kostner (ITA)
• Ten + Han Yan (CHN)
• Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) + Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA)

NHK Trophy in Tokyo (JPN)

• Volosozhar/Trankov
• Asada + Suzuki + Radionova
• Takahashi + Javier Fernandez (ESP)
• Davis/White + Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS)

Trophée Bompard in Paris (FRA)

• Kim + Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) + Ashley Wagner (USA)
• Chan + Hanyu + Florent Amodio (FRA)
• Virtue/Moir + Pechalat/Bourzat
• Duhamel/Radford + Pang/Tong

Rostelecom Cup of Russia

• Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) + Kevin Reynolds (CAN) + Joubert + Fernandez
• Savchenko/Szolkowy + Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN)
• Bobrova/Soloviev
• Kostner + Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) + Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS)

 

[npavel]

Assignments for 2013 Worlds medalists
Yuna:Skate Canada, TEB
Caro:CoC, CoR
Mao:SA, NHK Trophy

D/W:Skate America, NHK Trophy
V/M:Skate Canada, TEB
B/S:CoC, CoR

Chan:Skate Canada, TEB
Ten:Skate America, CoC
Fernandez:NHK Trophy, CoR

V/T:Skate America, NHK Trophy
S/S:CoC, CoR
D/R:Skate Canada, TEB

It's somehow strange the top 3 skaters skaters have the same couple of events,
SC, TEB for YuNa Kim, V/M, Chan, D/R
CoC, CoR for Kostner, B/S, S/S
SA, NHK for Mao, D/W, V/T
only Ten and Fernandez have messed it up

 

[silverlake22]

How ridiculous that the worst Russian man gets two grand prix! Kovtun has two? They are totally convinced he will bomb his way to success I guess.

Or maybe the Fed doesn't want to make the same mistake twice by punishing him the way they did with Gatchinski...just a thought. Menshov is old, frail, and injury-prone anyways. I doubt RuFed wants a repeat of WTT at the Olympics...

 

[figureskate]

I can't fully understand why Savchenko/Szolkowy have been assigned COR instead of Volosozhar/Trankov...

 

[ice coverage]

I can't fully understand why Savchenko/Szolkowy have been assigned COR instead of Volosozhar/Trankov...

Didn't Trankov say a while back that V/T chose Skate America and NHK?

I don't know whether he explained why at the time -- but wouldn't getting their two GP events out of the way earlier than CoR be a good strategy in an Olympic season?
Although it means missing the GP in their own country, their home crowd in Russia will have the opportunity to cheer for Volosozhar/Trankov in Sochi.

ETA:

Davis/White (presumably by their choice) will compete at the same events as V/T ... likely for the same reason.
But D/W are lucky that they do not have to sacrifice skating in their own country's GP, which this year even is located specifically in their hometown area.​

 

[spikydurian]

YEAH. What a lucky girl I am!!!! my intuition did not lie to me!!! Thank you figure skating god!!!!!!!

Happy for you.
There are some veterans and very promising newcomers in TEB indeed. Probably will be the last time to watch Yuna, Patrick, V&M and Kiira(?) skate competitively. Hope you get your tickets and enjoy their skates, Kuan.