Japan Open
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The website is here:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/japanopen2010/
Team Japan is Asada-Ando-Takahashi-Kozuka, already announced.
Team North America and Team Europe not yet given, but some skaters have mentioned about the possibilities.
This year the game seems to be all eligible skaters competing.
Takeshi Honda is a "guest skater" so he's not in the team.
If Lambiel comes, he'll also be a "guest skater", I think.
This Japan Open should be a try-out chance for the top Japanese skaters to get accustomed to the new rules, because those top members usually aren't assigned to international B comps.
Maybe not the case for the members of other teams but still a season-opening challenge for sure.
Rochette did very well last year in this comp.
JO is somewhat a cheesefest but the judging is IJS and the protocol comes out for the individual skaters, so never an event to be thrown away.
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/japanopen2010/
Team Japan is Asada-Ando-Takahashi-Kozuka, already announced.
Team North America and Team Europe not yet given, but some skaters have mentioned about the possibilities.
This year the game seems to be all eligible skaters competing.
Takeshi Honda is a "guest skater" so he's not in the team.
If Lambiel comes, he'll also be a "guest skater", I think.
This Japan Open should be a try-out chance for the top Japanese skaters to get accustomed to the new rules, because those top members usually aren't assigned to international B comps.
Maybe not the case for the members of other teams but still a season-opening challenge for sure.
Rochette did very well last year in this comp.
JO is somewhat a cheesefest but the judging is IJS and the protocol comes out for the individual skaters, so never an event to be thrown away.
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Rochette will dominate this one like last year if she participates
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I think she has a shot, but I feel like the Ladies' field here is very strong. Apart from the obvious strength of the Japanese, Lepisto's coming off of a bronze at World's and Nagasu a 4th-place finish at Olympics. The only person that we can safely say she'll beat is Meier.
Why? What happened?
Well, when he appeared on the TV Show "Thin Ice" ISU banned him from competitions for 2 years
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4th place at olympics,but lower at world's, sadly she's not that great like she proved last season,she shouldn't be any threats to anyone at all.
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I thought Nagasu has a stress fracture in her foot and has been off the ice for a few weeks. If so, she's got more immediate problems and things to worry about than not being invited to IMG events in Japan in the future. So far, she's still on the roster for GP events, the first of which is CoC in November.
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Poor Mirai.
I'm not sure about that. They say just "injury" and no idea how it's "serious". One thing true is that this is the 4th cancellation in one year. It surely affects her popularity in Japan.
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I don't find any words blaming Mirai for her cancellation in the Japanese board. Do you? People just worry her injury.
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