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- Jan 8, 2018
At the Games. The mens looks pretty crazy and open. Hanyu, Uno, and Chen are probably the first 3 favorites in any order, but any of the 3 could win or be right off the podium easily. Fernandez could win the gold or be off the podium too. Kolyada also has a real shot of a medal IMO, especialy if the men stay as inconsistent as they have been this season. Patrick Chan and Boyang Jin cannot win, but Boyang could surprise with a bronze if he peaks and the others make mistakes, just as happened at the last 2 worlds. Chan would need a miracelous upgrade to medal, plus help from his competitiors, but it is not impossible. There are probably a couple other dark horses for a bronze, Denis Ten if he comes up with one of his unexpected great showings in a messy event for instance.
The pairs, ladies, and dance seem more straight forward though.
Dance most of all. It is clearly only Virtue & Moir vs Papadakis & Cizeron for the gold and silver with Papadakis & Cizeron having a slight edge now. Even a big fall by either team would not jeapordize them being in the silver spot at this point. Then the bronze is open between all 3 U.S teams, Weaver & Poje, as the main 4 contenders and very outside shots for Capellini & Lanotte and Bobrova & Soloviev perhaps.
Ladies is almost as sure. Medvedeva vs Zagitova for the gold and silver, unless Medvedeva is so injured she misses the game or is extremely hurt while competing. Medvedeva if reasonably healthy and ready is still the heavy favorite, and would need to make major mistakes for even Alina to beat her, but rustiniess and pressure could be a factor. Then the bronze is pretty close between Maria (presumably 3rd Russian at Games), Kaitlyn Osmond, possibly Miyahara, and possibly a couple others, although IMO those are the main hopefuls.
Pairs is most likely to be Sui & Han and Savchenko & Massot in a 2 way battle for gold and silver, although it is a bit less set than the dance and ladies. Still either team would have to have a subpar competition like S&M had at Skate Canada for someone else to sneak in. The bronze is probably mainly between Tarasova & Morozov vs Duhamel & Radford with an outside shot for Stolbova & Klimov, Yu & Zhang, and maybe the French.
The pairs, ladies, and dance seem more straight forward though.
Dance most of all. It is clearly only Virtue & Moir vs Papadakis & Cizeron for the gold and silver with Papadakis & Cizeron having a slight edge now. Even a big fall by either team would not jeapordize them being in the silver spot at this point. Then the bronze is open between all 3 U.S teams, Weaver & Poje, as the main 4 contenders and very outside shots for Capellini & Lanotte and Bobrova & Soloviev perhaps.
Ladies is almost as sure. Medvedeva vs Zagitova for the gold and silver, unless Medvedeva is so injured she misses the game or is extremely hurt while competing. Medvedeva if reasonably healthy and ready is still the heavy favorite, and would need to make major mistakes for even Alina to beat her, but rustiniess and pressure could be a factor. Then the bronze is pretty close between Maria (presumably 3rd Russian at Games), Kaitlyn Osmond, possibly Miyahara, and possibly a couple others, although IMO those are the main hopefuls.
Pairs is most likely to be Sui & Han and Savchenko & Massot in a 2 way battle for gold and silver, although it is a bit less set than the dance and ladies. Still either team would have to have a subpar competition like S&M had at Skate Canada for someone else to sneak in. The bronze is probably mainly between Tarasova & Morozov vs Duhamel & Radford with an outside shot for Stolbova & Klimov, Yu & Zhang, and maybe the French.