Please do a report! It is probably the only opportunity we in the US will get to "see" the event!
Please do a report! It is probably the only opportunity we in the US will get to "see" the event!
You should go to gala too! I still have hope that with the absence of Mao they will invite Yuzuru. I want to see him live again! I know he couldn't compete because he was injured. But gala is not a competiton. Well, it seems like my dreams will be dreams. Team Russia, with Leonova as a captain, is flying to Tokyo on 16th night. Hope they will have a good flight.Actually I am going! :yay: for three days except the Gala on Sunday.
Been a while since I attended an international competition last, which was Grand Prix Final in Tokyo end 2009.
they can switch federations and skate for Canada, Mervin is canadian and his partner has already been living in Canada for 5 years the coaching team is canadian as well.
There have been a few comments in Canadian publications that it is time to bring Mervin Tran back skating for Canada and get him a Canadian partner.
The WTT prize money is generous not only in its amount ($1M) but also in its rather even distribution so any participant will wins an nice equitable amount. A winning team member will win $25,000 while a skater from the last placed team will receive $16,250, assuming a prize is shared equally by all eight members including each of the Pairs and Dance partners. This is such an opportunity for some skaters not usually on the big event podium.
The skating federation of each country is allowed to keep up to 10% of the team's prize money.
That is an interesting rule. I believe the wording is that the federation can take no more than ten per cent. (In the past, some federations, like Russia, tended to take the whole thing in such shows. Maria Butyrskaya in particular lost a bundle over the years that wound in Piseev's pocket.) I wonder how much, if any, the various federations will actually take.
Updates on skaters:
-Kanako
Hitting 3-3 a couple pf times. Looked delighted and in a great shape.
Was all smiling and doing some funny steps!
-Patrick
Showed up in the Mens practice today.
Though it took him 13 hrs flight to Japan, he slept very well last night, he said.
Hitting 4T. Looks in a great shape, too. :agree:
You can also follow the TV Asahi's official twitter, though it's in Japanese:
https://twitter.com/#!/figureskate5ch
I am so happy there will be a live stream!! http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/site/index.html
That is an interesting rule. I believe the wording is that the federation can take no more than ten per cent. (In the past, some federations, like Russia, tended to take the whole thing in such shows. Maria Butyrskaya in particular lost a bundle over the years that wound in Piseev's pocket.) I wonder how much, if any, the various federations will actually take.