Official List Of Gp Participants!!

[boggartlaura]

ISU Listing: USA entry for Dance at CoR: Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT /Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT.

Who??

US Junior bronze medalists.

 

[Kypma]

somebody else wrote that, I just pick it up. The Amercians did get some 3 places in the GPs besides SA.

I would imagine they will have to name the two that they will be used for scoring totals.

I thought participation in 3 events was only allowed in pairs, but since they cut the contingent down, maybe not anymore... but the points were accumulated from the two designated events, even for pairs. They didn't get to choose which points to count in.


Kypma

 

[morninglight]

Rochette got 3 events! They can do that?

That's really interesting! She is going to have a lot of experience this coming season then

 

[PolymerBob]

That's really interesting! She is going to have a lot of experience this coming season then

Not interesting at all. Joannie got only 2 events; not 3.

 

[morninglight]

Not interesting at all. Joannie got only 2 events; not 3.

I see thanks for your correction.

 

[krenseby]

But the American girls got lucky, they could've gotten Mao or Yu-na, but only got Miki, whom both Caroline and Kimmie have a chance of beating with clean programs including 3/3's.:

In all fairness, neither Mao or Yuna did great in their first GP event last year. I think Mao lost to Kimmie in Skate America and Kim came in 3rd at Skate Canada. The two started the GP season on a definite low last year. Miki, on the other hand, tends to do strong at the beginning of the GP season and then tapers off later. She had her best performance of the year at Skate America last year and then progressively did worse and worse on the GP circuit... The other two managed to do better..

 

[morninglight]

In all fairness, neither Mao or Yuna did great in their first GP event last year. I think Mao lost to Kimmie in Skate America and Kim came in 3rd at Skate Canada. The two started the GP season on a definite low last year. Miki, on the other hand, tends to do strong at the beginning of the GP season and then tapers off later. She had her best performance of the year at Skate America last year and then progressively did worse and worse on the GP final... The other two managed to do better..

Yeah, Miki was brilliant in SA. Then she looked a bit tired in France. Then she was sick in GPF, was injured in Japanese Nationals, and had boots problems in Worlds. I hope she can recover from these and healthy and strong in SA.

Mao had a late start last season, because she couldn't decide one of her programs. She also moved to the US, which would have been a lot of work, too. But she says that she wants to be perfect from the beginning of this coming season. Yet, possible concerns for her would be the two triple axels, which might bring inconsistencies or possibly meltdowns (I hope not).

 

[carolinefan177]

Let's hope!

... Rumors have it that Caroline is getting her 3/3 clean in practices -- anyone got more reliable info on that? I think she has the potential to beat the last two world champions with solid programs containing 3/3's! How would that do as a senior debut for a 14-year-old?

As far as I know, she's been practicing 3F-3T and 3Lz-3T, but I don't know if she's got them consistent yet. She HAS, however, gotten some sequences under her belt like the 3L-3L and 3Lz-3T. I am really pulling for her at SA and CoC!! I wonder what music she is going to use?

http://www.skatetoday.com/articles07/021307.htm

 

[chuckm]

The Skate Today article says she is not planning to put even the 3/3 sequences into her programs this year, because with no 3S, she would be repeating too many triples.

 

[carolinefan177]

The Skate Today article says she is not planning to put even the 3/3 sequences into her programs this year, because with no 3S, she would be repeating too many triples.

Actually, it says,

"She is definitely planning a triple salchow or a triple axel in next year's jump layout, in order to be able to include a triple-triple combination."

I'm assuming they will be attempted this season.

 

[dutchherder]

Here are my predictions (as if you care )

Skate America
Men:
Gold/Silver: Takahashi or Lysacek
Bronze: Preaubert or Bradley

Ladies:
Meissner, Ando, Zhang in any order. This one could be really exciting!!!

Pairs:
Gold: Pang and Tong
Silver: Castile and Okolski
Bronze: Dube and Davison

Dance:
Gold: Belbin and Agosto
Silver: Davis and White
Bronze: Faiella and Scali

Skate Canada
Men:
Gold: Joubert
Silver/Bronze: Buttle or Oda

Ladies:
Gold: Mao
Silver: Nakano
Bronze: Rochette or Hughes

Pairs:
Gold: Savchenko and Szolkowy (easily)
Silver: Dube and Davison
Bronze: Duhamel and Buntin or maybe Kawaguchi and Smirnov

Dance:
Gold: Denkova and Staviski
Silver: Virtue and Moir
Bronze: Gregory and Petukhov

Cup of China
Men:
Gold: Lambiel
Silver: Lysacek
Bronze: Weir or Sawyer

Ladies:
Gold: Kim
Silver: Zhang
Bronze: Suguri or Kostner

Pairs:
Gold: Pang and Tong
Silver: Obertas and Slavnov
Bronze: Inoue and Baldwin

Dance:
Gold: Belbin and Agosto
Silver: Domnina and Shabalin
Bronze: Kerrs (I hope) or Faiella and Scali

Trophee Eric Bompard

Men:
Gold: Joubert
Silver: Verner
Bronze: Up for grabs!

Ladies:
Gold: Mao
Silver: Meissner
Bronze: Meier

Pairs:
Gold: Zhang and Zhang
Silver: Castile and Okolski
Bronze: Crapshoot!!

Dance:
Gold: Delobel and Schoenfelder
Silver: Davis and White
Bronze: Khoklova and Novitski

Cup of Russia
Men:
Gold: Lambiel
Silver: Buttle
Bronze: Weir

Ladies:
Gold: Kim
Silver: Suguri
Bronze: Nakano

Pairs:
Gold: Zhang and Zhang
Silver: Savchenko and Szolkowy
Bronze: Kawaguchi and Smirnov

Dance:
Gold: Denkova and Staviski
Silver: Domnina and Shabalin
Bronze: Chait and Sakhnovski

NHK Trophy
Men:
Gold: Takahashi
Silver: Verner
Bronze: Sawyer

Ladies:
Gold: Ando
Silver: Meier
Bronze: Kostner

Pairs:
Who knows???

Dance:
Gold: Delobel and Schoenfelder
Silver: Virtue and Moir
Bronze: ????

Award for Most Exciting Competition: Skate America and Cup of China (tie)
Award for Most Boring Competition: NHK Trophy

 

[slutskayafan21]

Here are my early predictions:

Skate America

Pairs

Gold: Pang and Tong
Bronze: Dube and Davison
Bronze: Putnam and Wirtz

Men

Gold: Takahashi
Silver: Lysacek
Bronze: Berntsson

Dance
Gold: Belbin and Agosto
Silver: Davis and White
Bronze: Faiella and Scali

Ladies

Gold: Ando
Silver: Meissner
Bronze: Hughes


Skate Canada

Pairs

Gold: Savchenko and Szolkowy
Silver: Dube and Davison
Bronze: Kawaguchi and Smirnov

Men

Gold: Joubert
Silver: Oda
Bronze: Abbott

Dance

Gold: Denkova and Staviski
Silver: Virtue and Moir
Bronze: Weaver and Poje

Ladies

Gold: Mao
Silver: Rochette
Bronze: Hughes


Cup of China

Pairs

Gold: Pang and Tong
Silver: Inoue and Baldwin
Bronze: Nam and Leftheris

Men

Gold: Lambiel
Silver: Lysacek
Bronze: Weir

Dance

Gold: Domnina and Shabalin
Silver: Belbin and Agosto
Bronze: Faiella and Scali

Ladies

Gold: Kim
Silver: Kostner
Bronze: Zhang


Trophee Eric Bompard

Pairs

Gold: Zhang and Zhang
Silver: Mukhortova and Trankov
Bronze: Volosozhar and Morozov

Men

Gold: Verner
Silver: Joubert
Bronze: Oda

Dance

Gold: Delobel and Schoenfelder
Silver: Davis and White
Bronze: Khoklova and Novitski

Ladies

Gold: Mao Asada
Silver: Meissner
Bronze: Meier


Cup of Russia

Pairs

Gold: Savchenko and Szolkowy
Silver: Zhang and Zhang
Bronze: Kawaguchi and Smirnov

Men

Gold: Lambiel
Silver: Weir
Bronze: Buttle

Dance

Gold: Domnina and Shabalin
Silver: Denkova and Staviski
Bronze: Gregory and Petukhov

Ladies

Gold: Kim
Silver: Rochette
Bronze: Korpi


NHK Trophy

Pairs

Gold: Volosozhar and Morozov
Silver: Inoue/Baldwin
Bronze: Langlos/Hay

Men

Gold: Verner
Silver: Takahashi
Bronze: Abbott

Dance

Gold: Delobel and Schoenfelder
Silver: Virtue and Moir
Bronze: Khoklova and Novitski

Ladies

Gold: Ando
Silver: Kostner
Bronze: Meier