Qualifiers for the GPF / Event Info

[humbaba]

OT, but the medal of GPF in Nagoya was revealed.

https://twitter.com/halhal0216/status/935084132740120577

Go skaters, get that medal!

Very attractive medals.

 

[icedance]

Franca Bianconi is going to be the TS for Ladies.
https://twitter.com/stefionice/status/935896494456090624

 

[xeyra]

Boyang Jin has unfortunately withdrawn from the men's final. Jason Brown will replace him.
http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpjgpf1718/Entries_Men.htm

 

[Anyasnake]

Evgenia Medvedeva just WD from GPF. Satoko Miyahara is in.

 

[NoNameFace]

sad for both withdrawals...and as a side note, predicting singles in GPF round got much more difficult for me...

 

[MaiKatze]

Me too, Satoko and Jason could get on the podium. This changes things.

 

[Crossover]

Realistically speaking, the contention for the bronze in men will be fierce and unpredictable as Jason joins the GPF. Whereas as Satoko joining the GPF, the lineup becomes quite difficult to predict. Anything can happen, so the ladies' event can be very exciting.

Which Osmond will be out for GPF?
Can Kostner finally bring back her 3lutz and 3f-3t?
Can Zagitova finally make a clean SP performance?
Can Higuchi shake off her burden in front of her home crowd, so that she can raise her PCS?
Can Miyahara continue her stride after her return at SA?

 

[Mrs. P]

Updated country breakdown

County breakdown:

SENIORS
Russia: 6 (2 ladies, 2 men, 2 pairs)
USA: 6 (3 dance, 3 men)
Canada: 3 (1 lady, 1 pair 1 dance)
Japan: 3 (1 man, 2 lady)
China: 2 (2 pair)
Italy: 2 (1 lady, 1 dance)
Germany: 1 (1 pair)
France: 1 (1 dance)
Alternates: Men: ESP (Javier Fernandez) Ladies: JPN (Kaori Sakamoto) Pairs: FRA (James/Cipres) Dance: RUS (Bobrova/Soloviev)

Juniors:
Russia: 15 (5 ladies, 4 pairs, 4 dance, 2 men)
USA: 4 (3 men ; 1 dance)
Japan: 2(1 men, 1 ladies)
China: 1 (1 pair)
Australia: 1 (1 pair)
Canada: 1 (1 dance)
1st alternates: Men: CAN (Joseph Phan); Ladies: JPN (Mako Yamashita); Pairs RUS (Kostikovich/Ialin); Dance: RUS (KONKINA / YAKUSHEV)

Overall:
Russia: 21
USA: 10
Japan: 5
Canada: 4
China: 3
Italy: 2
Germany: 1
France: 1
Australia: 1

 

[YesWay]

Japan: 2 (1 man, 2 lady)

Something doesn't look right, but I can't quite put my finger on it...? ;-D

 

[Mrs. P]

Something doesn't look right, but I can't quite put my finger on it...? ;-D

corrected.

 

[YesWay]

Russian dominance in juniors is just mind-boggling...!

SENIORS
Japan: 3 (1 man, 2 lady)

Juniors:
Japan: 2(1 men, 1 ladies)

Overall:
Japan: 4

Nearly there now... ;-D

 

[Mrs. P]

i think i'm there, lol.

 

[cheerknithanson]

I just realized that BOTH the qualifiers for the men for the GPF AND JGPF consists of 3 Americans, 2 Russians, and 1 Japanese.

 

[NoNameFace]

does anybody know if practices will be streamed live? I do not recall this from NHK, but want to make sure if getting up earlier is needed, thank You in advance!

*it would be great to see live stream at practices*

 

[Anyasnake]

does anybody know if practices will be streamed live? I do not recall this from NHK, but want to make sure if getting up earlier is needed, thank You in advance!

*it would be great to see live stream at practices*

Aren't NHK and Japanese comps usually not showing practice ? I never recall seeing practice from them, except in the Japanese news on TV.

We should make practice streams mandatory... for us skating fans Skate Canada did the right thing, I hope some other competitions can have that too :thumbsup:

 

[Andrea82]

Panels of Judges

MEN

Technical Controller: Ms. Julia ANDREEVA (Russia)
Technical Specialist: Ms. Pirjo UIMONEN (Finland)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Ms. Katerina KAMBERSKA (Czech Republic)

Referee: Mr. Fabio BIANCHETTI (Italy)


Judge No.1 Ms. Deveny DECK USA
Judge No.2 Ms. Sakae YAMAMOTO JPN
Judge No.3 Ms. Olga KOZHEMIAKINA RUS
Judge No.4 Mr. Kersten BELLMANN GER
Judge No.5 Ms. Weiguang CHEN CHN
Judge No.6 Ms. Leanna CARON CAN
Judge No.7 Ms. Saodat NUMANOVA UZB
Judge No.8 Ms. Emilie BILLOW SWE
Judge No.9 Mr. Anthony LEROY FRA


LADIES

Technical Controller: Ms. Hermi OTTEMANN (Netherlands)
Technical Specialist: Ms. Franca BIANCONI (Italy)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Ms. Evelyn ROSSOUKHI-SCHNEIDER (Austria)

Referee: Mr. Rolf PIPOH (Germany)

Judge No.1 Mr. Kenji AMAKO JPN
Judge No.2 Ms. Chihee RHEE KOR
Judge No.3 Ms. Emilie BILLOW SWE
Judge No.4 Ms. Olga KOZHEMIAKINA RUS
Judge No.5 Ms. Deveny DECK USA
Judge No.6 Ms. Weiguang CHEN CHN
Judge No.7 Ms. Elizabeth ALEXANDRE AUS
Judge No.8 Mr. Paolo PIZZOCARI ITA
Judge No.9 Mr. Jeff LUKASIK CAN

PAIRS


Technical Controller: Ms. Anna SIEROCKA (Poland)
Technical Specialist: Mr. Simon BRIGGS (Great Britain)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Mr. Todd SAND (USA)

Referee: Ms. Rita ZONNEKEYN (Belgium)

Judge No.1 Ms. Tomiko YAMADA JPN
Judge No.2 Ms. Elena FOMINA RUS
Judge No.3 Mr. Anthony LEROY FRA
Judge No.4 Mr. Jeff LUKASIK CAN
Judge No.5 Mr. Kersten BELLMANN GER
Judge No.6 Ms. Tamie K. CAMPBELL USA
Judge No.7 Mr. Paolo PIZZOCARI ITA
Judge No.8 Ms. Elizabeth ALEXANDRE AUS
Judge No.9 Mr. Feng HUANG CHN

ICE DANCE


Technical Controller: Ms. Halina GORDON POLTORAK (Poland)
Technical Specialist: Ms. Ayako HIGASHINO (Japan)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Mr. Sergei BARANOV (Ukraine)


Referee: Ms. Rossella CECCATTINI (Italy)

Judge No.1 Ms. Chihee RHEE KOR
Judge No.2 Mr. David MUNOZ ESP
Judge No.3 Mr. Feng HUANG CHN
Judge No.4 Mr. Richard DALLEY USA
Judge No.5 Mr. Walter ZUCCARO ITA
Judge No.6 Ms. Leanna CARON CAN
Judge No.7 Ms. Kaoru TAKINO JPN
Judge No.8 Ms. Christine HURTH FRA
Judge No.9 Ms. Elena FOMINA RUS

The judges are the same for Junior event, but numbered in a different order.