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- Nov 7, 2006
The World Championships in Tokyo I think will definately be huge for most of the Japanese Skaters!
Ladies:
Mao Asada, if she could pull of that triple axel here, she could be like Kimmie Meissner winning the gold medal on her first trip
Miki Ando, if she skated to her full potential I think she's in for at least a medal
Fumie Suguri, maybe she'll finally win the world title after a long long career!
I think that we will definately see at least one Japanese World Title won somewhere.
Men:
Daisuke Takahashi i think is up for challenging Joubert or Lambiel for the world title.
Nobunari Oda, maybe after last year just missing the podium this'll finally be his year.
I think that because of the World Being in Tokyo this will not only heat up the competition at worlds but at Japanese Nationals as well. Don't forget that when Shizuka Arakawa won the World Title in 2004 she was only Japanese Bronze Medallist and also when she won the Olympic Gold this past february she was only Japanese Bronze Medalist. So Japanese Nationals are definately like a mini world championship. I think that we are going to see at least ONE Japanese World title here, the last was in 2004 Shizuka Arakawa maybe we'll also get the first man from Japan to finish higher than 3rd which was Takeshi Honda in '02 and '03.
So I definately think that the top 5 in the men will be these not in any specific order though:
Stephane Lambiel
Brian Joubert
Daisuke Takahashi
Nobunari Oda
Johnny Weir
Ladies:
Mao Asada
Kim Yu-Na
Miki Ando
Fumie Suguri
Kimie Meissner
we'll see we'll see only time will tell!
Ladies:
Mao Asada, if she could pull of that triple axel here, she could be like Kimmie Meissner winning the gold medal on her first trip
Miki Ando, if she skated to her full potential I think she's in for at least a medal
Fumie Suguri, maybe she'll finally win the world title after a long long career!
I think that we will definately see at least one Japanese World Title won somewhere.
Men:
Daisuke Takahashi i think is up for challenging Joubert or Lambiel for the world title.
Nobunari Oda, maybe after last year just missing the podium this'll finally be his year.
I think that because of the World Being in Tokyo this will not only heat up the competition at worlds but at Japanese Nationals as well. Don't forget that when Shizuka Arakawa won the World Title in 2004 she was only Japanese Bronze Medallist and also when she won the Olympic Gold this past february she was only Japanese Bronze Medalist. So Japanese Nationals are definately like a mini world championship. I think that we are going to see at least ONE Japanese World title here, the last was in 2004 Shizuka Arakawa maybe we'll also get the first man from Japan to finish higher than 3rd which was Takeshi Honda in '02 and '03.
So I definately think that the top 5 in the men will be these not in any specific order though:
Stephane Lambiel
Brian Joubert
Daisuke Takahashi
Nobunari Oda
Johnny Weir
Ladies:
Mao Asada
Kim Yu-Na
Miki Ando
Fumie Suguri
Kimie Meissner
we'll see we'll see only time will tell!