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But that is not how the system works, AFAIK.
Spots that are unused by Spain and Uzbekhistan will not be given to other countries.
How good was Worlds this year??
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But that is not how the system works, AFAIK.
Spots that are unused by Spain and Uzbekhistan will not be given to other countries.
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I'm not sure if that's how it works, I think the countries just leave those spots open and nobody replaces them (like when Gedevanishvili qualified 2 spots for Georgia several times, they just never used a spot).
EDIT: Oops! Someone beat me to it.
But that's really too bad. Worlds spots should be offered in such cases to skaters who just missed making the World team from countries where there is great depth, and/or to high performing skaters on GP who don't make World team from their countries. Or else, offer to decent up-and-coming skaters who have the skills to compete in countries where further skating program development is needed.
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I guess we will see
I reckon ISU will break its own rule in this case for Russia and Japan, if something is not already in motion already.
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I'd rather just see the minimum TES lowered a bit - I felt so bad for skaters like Javier Raya and Justus Strid who were doing a bunch of competitions in a row trying to qualify unsuccessfully. It certainly feels more like a "Worlds" when there are more countries represented.
As for the question posed by the thread...I'd call it a mixed bag. Maybe because some of my favorites could not deliver their best due to injury/illness, and the ice seemed to be poor quality. But there were many happy moments, too, and better performances by some skaters than I expected.
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I guess we will see
Would be a stupid and dangerous precedent.
The rule was not waived in 2014 when Russia had ONE slot in men's for its home Olympics.
So why would the ISU waive the rule now?
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Let's hope you are right.
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Think of it this way. There will be two more skaters from smaller countries making the FS because there will be one less Russian and one less Japanese skater.
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OK! I like the way you think.
I was actually a bit bummed along those lines. If Japan and Russia not having three spots would have allowed more skaters in, I would have been more ok with it. But as it stands, it is more an issue of minimum TES than anything else, so I was expecting a smaller filed overall. But you put a wonderful spin on it! There is a silver lining. Not just the free skate, but later groups too. We could have a total wild card end up in the final flight!
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I think Worlds was pretty great this year. A lot of unexpected results, and quite a few strong performances.
Normally post-Olympics Worlds is blah, and a cakewalk technically-speaking. But there were some excellent performances.
No clean skates from any of the winners, but still pretty strong ones.
Normally post-Olympics Worlds is blah, and a cakewalk technically-speaking. But there were some excellent performances.
No clean skates from any of the winners, but still pretty strong ones.
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Pretty bad and boring except the pair event which saved me greatly although I compromise myself with the fact that at least the winners in every discipline are correct. Three years after the Worlds 2012, I feel the World title of the men's event finally went to the rightful skater. I'm especially disappointed at the ladies event which used to be my favorite discipline, sigh. I didn't see any spectacular performance, fierceness or a hunger from the top contenders aiming for standing on the podium, especially in the free segment. I was happy with Liza's successful 3A, but other than that, what a lackluster event. The tech and judge panels for men, ladies and ice dance again didn't earn enough credibility to be trusted as well which is never new to the sport though, considering the utter fiasco in judging at the Sochi Olympics. I feel the media hype over the strength of Russian ladies and Japanese men's discipline should be reevaluated. Only each one skater in their respective squad showed a relatively strong performance in one segment, not both.
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I just read Angelina Kuchvalska's comments about Shanghai. It added some extra detail.
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...vian-skaters&p=1139826&viewfull=1#post1139826
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...vian-skaters&p=1139826&viewfull=1#post1139826
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Worlds sucked this year. Some of the most forgettable programs to date and almost nobody skated their best. 
I enjoyed them a lot, especially the clean free skates!
I am not sure how that would rank among other Worlds as I was able to spend much more time than usual watching this year's competition in details. It sure looked good for a post-Olympic season.
And many surprises and unexpected turns added some extra spice.
Some skaters surprised us both positively and negatively, notably Misha Ge/Kiira Korpi (although she was injured before).
I am not sure how that would rank among other Worlds as I was able to spend much more time than usual watching this year's competition in details. It sure looked good for a post-Olympic season.
And many surprises and unexpected turns added some extra spice.
Some skaters surprised us both positively and negatively, notably Misha Ge/Kiira Korpi (although she was injured before).
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I suspect the flowers will be trashed. They would have been wilted by now. Stuffed animals are probably donated, I can't imagine any skater keeping more than 1-2 of their favorite stuffed animals.
Besides... can you imagine getting through customs? "Sir, please explain this absurd quantity of Pooh bears."
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