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How many skaters have legitimate chances at 2014 Olympic Gold as it looks now.
I was just thinking that right now it is looking like more skaters than any other Olympics in history will have a legitimate chance of the gold medal. Right now I would Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold, Adelina Sotnikova, Yu Na Kim, Julia Lipnitskaia, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Mao Asada, Caroline Kostner, all have a chance at the gold at next years Olympics. Then I would say additional skaters who have no chance at the gold but a chance at a medal would be Akiko Suzuki, whoever the #3 Japanese is (Murakami, Imai, maybe in an unlikely event Ando), possibly even the #3 American, Korpi, Kexin, if she makes the Russian team Leonova, but that would drop the # of gold contenders to only 7 as she will bump off one of them. So basically as many as 8 gold contenders, and as many as 13 medal contenders. It is an interesting contrast to past Olympics:
1980:
Gold contenders- Poetzsch, Fratianne, Lurz. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Watanabe, Marie Allen, Biellmann. (6)
1984:
Gold contenders- Sumners, Witt. (2)
Medal/non gold contenders- Zayak, Chin, Kondrashova, Ivanova, Voderezova, Leistner, Rueben. (9)
1988:
Gold contenders- Thomas, Witt, Manley. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Ivanova, Trenary, Kadavy. (6)
1992:
Gold contenders- Yamaguchi, Ito, Harding. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Bonaly, Kerrigan. (5)
1994:
Gold contenders- Kerrigan, Bauil, Bonaly. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Sato, Chen, Chouinard. (6)
1998:
Gold contenders- Kwan, Lipinski. (2)
Medal/non gold contenders- Butyrskaya, Chen, Slutskaya, Bobek, Hubert, Gusmeroli, Szewcenko. (9, really 8 since Tanja withdrew)
2002:
Gold contenders- Kwan, Slutskaya, Hughes. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Cohen, Butyrskaya. (5)
2006:
Gold contenders- Slutskaya, Arakawa, Cohen. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Suguri, Kwan, Kostner, Meissner. (7, really 6 since Kwan withdrew)
2010:
Gold contenders- Kim. (1)
Medal/non gold contenders- Rochette, Asada, Ando. (4)
I was just thinking that right now it is looking like more skaters than any other Olympics in history will have a legitimate chance of the gold medal. Right now I would Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold, Adelina Sotnikova, Yu Na Kim, Julia Lipnitskaia, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Mao Asada, Caroline Kostner, all have a chance at the gold at next years Olympics. Then I would say additional skaters who have no chance at the gold but a chance at a medal would be Akiko Suzuki, whoever the #3 Japanese is (Murakami, Imai, maybe in an unlikely event Ando), possibly even the #3 American, Korpi, Kexin, if she makes the Russian team Leonova, but that would drop the # of gold contenders to only 7 as she will bump off one of them. So basically as many as 8 gold contenders, and as many as 13 medal contenders. It is an interesting contrast to past Olympics:
1980:
Gold contenders- Poetzsch, Fratianne, Lurz. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Watanabe, Marie Allen, Biellmann. (6)
1984:
Gold contenders- Sumners, Witt. (2)
Medal/non gold contenders- Zayak, Chin, Kondrashova, Ivanova, Voderezova, Leistner, Rueben. (9)
1988:
Gold contenders- Thomas, Witt, Manley. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Ivanova, Trenary, Kadavy. (6)
1992:
Gold contenders- Yamaguchi, Ito, Harding. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Bonaly, Kerrigan. (5)
1994:
Gold contenders- Kerrigan, Bauil, Bonaly. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Sato, Chen, Chouinard. (6)
1998:
Gold contenders- Kwan, Lipinski. (2)
Medal/non gold contenders- Butyrskaya, Chen, Slutskaya, Bobek, Hubert, Gusmeroli, Szewcenko. (9, really 8 since Tanja withdrew)
2002:
Gold contenders- Kwan, Slutskaya, Hughes. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Cohen, Butyrskaya. (5)
2006:
Gold contenders- Slutskaya, Arakawa, Cohen. (3)
Medal/non gold contenders- Suguri, Kwan, Kostner, Meissner. (7, really 6 since Kwan withdrew)
2010:
Gold contenders- Kim. (1)
Medal/non gold contenders- Rochette, Asada, Ando. (4)
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