Predictions

[reynycpr]

Entries
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011302.htm

Men:
1. Patrick Chan
2. Kevin Reynolds
3. Nan Song
4. Michal Brezina
5. Florent Amodio
6. Chafik Besseghier
7. Brian Joubert
8. Nobunari Oda
9. Alexander Majorov
10. Adam Rippon

Ladies:
1. Lena Marrocco
2. Mae Berenice Meite
3. Yretha Silete
4. Carolina Kostner
5. Kanako Murakami
6. Elizaveta Tuktamisheva
7. Sonia Lafuente
8. Viktoria Helgesson
9. Alissa Czisny

Pairs:
1. Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE
2. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
3. Huibo DONG / Yiming WU
4. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
5. Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
7. Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV
8. Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG

Ice Dance:
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG
3. Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT
4. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
5. Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV
6. Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV
7. Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ


Looked into the Crystal Ball and this is what I got:

Men
1. Patrick Chan
2. Michal Brezina
3. Nobunari Oda
4. Brian Joubert
5. Adam Rippon
6. Florent Amodio

Ladies
1. Carolina Kostner
2. Elizaveta Tuktamisheva
3. Alissa Czisny
4. Kanako Murakami
5. Viktoria Helgesson
6. Mae Berenice Meite

Pairs
1. Volososhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Duhamel/Radford
4. Evora/Ladwig

Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Pechalat/Bourzat
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov

 

[Mathman]

Go Victoria Helgesson to land on the podium and make the GP finals!

 

[FTnoona]

Men
1. Chan
2. Oda
3. Song

Ladies
1. Tuktamisheva
2. Kostner
3. Czisny

Does anyone know how it works if a skater competes in more than 2 GP events? I remember when Weir competed in 3 in 2005 the ones that were going to be counted toward his GPF points were already predetermined. Is it still the same or am I remembering completely wrong. I'm just curious b/c Brezina is skating in CoR too.

 

[MikiAndoFan#1]

Ladies:
1. Alissa
2. Carolina
3. Elizaveta

Men:
1. Patrick
2. Nobunari
3. Michal

Pairs:
1. Volosozhar & Trankov
2. Duhamel & Radford
3. Bazarova & Larionov

Ice Dance:
1. Virtue & Moir
2. Péchalat & Bourzat
3. Cappellini & Lanotte

 

[dorispulaski]

It's a very tough dance field. Of course, V&M will run away with the gold, and at home, I think it is a given that P&B will take the silver. However, the bronze will be difficult. I like C/L's programs better, particularly their FD, than I&K's.

Pechalat/Bourzat, from Skate America where Fabian had bronchitis
SD 60.07, but with a -1 deduction for the fall, and bronchitis
FD 96.22 with the bronchitis

Capellini/ Lanotte from Skate Canada
SD 61.92 (and a nice one it is)
FD 92.95

Ilinykh/Katsalapov from NHK, where Elena bruised her knee badly prior to the FD
SD 61.83
FD 87.65

 

[colleen o'neill]

I'm hoping for C/L to medal here..I ,too, prefer their programs to I/K and it was so good to see them skating so well at SC , and really on the comeback trail.

 

[chuckm]

Joubert has withdrawn---his back hasn't healed enough for him to chance competition.

 

[reynycpr]

Does anyone know how it works if a skater competes in more than 2 GP events? I remember when Weir competed in 3 in 2005 the ones that were going to be counted toward his GPF points were already predetermined. Is it still the same or am I remembering completely wrong. I'm just curious b/c Brezina is skating in CoR too.

I've been wondering that too...:think:

 

[Violet Bliss]

I believe the best 2 of 3 results may be applied towards GPF qualification, considered an unfair advantage by many. However, there is financial penalty against the the earnings from 2 participated events if the skater/team withdraws from an event for whatever reason, even medical. The French Dance team of P/B has already suffered the consequences when they withdrew from SC after he skated in SA while sick with bronchitis. Ironically, they entered 3 events for financial reasons.

 

[colleen o'neill]

I believe this time it's best 2 out of 3.

ETA : cross-posting..

 

[burntBREAD]

Go Victoria Helgesson to land on the podium and make the GP finals!

Even if she does it's not 100% because she's tied with Sotnikova and Leonova right now!

 

[BackStage Barbie]

My Podium Predictions:

1) Chan
2) Oda
3) Rippon

1) Kostner
2) Czisny
3) Tuktamisheva

1) Volosozhar/Trankov
2) Bazarova/Larionov
3) Duhamel/Radford

1) Virtue/Moir
2) Pechalat/Bourzat
3) Cappellini/Lanotte

 

[CoyoteChris]

I will cheer for Viktoria too as I enjoyed seeing her relate with her sister and her mom at SkateAmerica.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Wow the Ladies at this event are stacked. Three winners.....don't even wanna try predicting that.

 

[russell30]

I would love to see Viktoria do well here too, her programs are lovely this year, she just needs to nail those jumps

Very tough for her though, Alissa and Carolina should be top 2

 

[mikiandorocks]

Dance
1 - Tessa & Scott
2 - Nathalie & Fabian
3 - Anna & Luca
4 - Elena & Nikita

Pairs
1 - Tatiana & Maksim
2 - Vera & Yuri
3 - Amanda & Mark

Ladies
1 - Liza
2 - Carolina
3 - Alissa

Men
1- Patrick
2 - Oda
3 - Song

 

[Buttercup]

I believe Chock and Bates are also entered for TEB - Bates tweeted about it a few days ago.

 

[icellist]

Men:
1. Patrick Chan
2/3. Nobunari Oda/Michal Brezina
4. Adam Rippon

Ladies:
1. Alissa Czisny
2. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
3. Carolina Kostner

Pairs:
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Evora/Ladwig
4. Duhamel/Radford
Really want Evora/Ladwig to do well. Love their programs.

Dance:
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Pechalat/Bourzat
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov

 

[prettykeys]

Men:
1. Chan
2. Oda
3. Song

Ladies:
1. Kostner
2. Tuktamysheva
3. Czisny

Pairs:
1. Volososhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Duhamel/Radford

 

[Layfan]

Hmm. Everyone is picking the same the top three for the ladies. They were my thought too but what about Murakami?