Works for me (I'm not really a fan, but if he wants to keep going it's up to him). Wonder who will get the TBD spot at SA then? I'd love to see Alexander Johnson.
Maybe Nathan Chen?
Works for me (I'm not really a fan, but if he wants to keep going it's up to him). Wonder who will get the TBD spot at SA then? I'd love to see Alexander Johnson.
NHK is like a mini 2012-2013 JGP reunion. First head-to-head match up between Boyang Jin and Jason Brown since 2012 Courchaval (Boyang won) and the 3 out of the 4 JGPF folks from that season (Maxim, Josh and Jason. Obviously they faced each other at Worlds, but this is the first GP head-to-head matchup.)
I bet Shoma will get the host pick. With Yuzuru there also, and Dornbush, shoukd be fun to watch.
What about Adelina?? When is she planning to rejoin the circuit?
So, my main concern with Mao doing the GP was if it would mess with Gracie's highly possibly qualification for the GPF. But at SA, the only ladies I can see posing a threat are Medvedeva and Lipnitskaya, and even those are big question marks. Yulia is coming off of a devastating growth spurt and few skaters ever come back from that (Liza being a rare exception), although it's possible, and Evgenia is just starting a growth spurt and very young. Although a reigning JWC (think Elena) can dominate in seniors their first year, it's never a guarantee with teenagers. However, I'd guess at least one of them is going to be good, and I'd predict Gracie winning either gold or silver, which, in the right combination of colors, could certainly qualify for the GPF. At Bompard, she's pretty much guaranteed not to win because Liza is in it, and so is Yulia, although Yulia is a big question mark and again, I can't see her beating Gracie if she's in the form she was last year. I'd say silver again, so it's either gold/silver or silver/silver. My GPF predix:
1 Tuktamysheva-gold, gold
2 Asada-gold, gold (if back in form)
3 Radionova or Medvedeva-silver, gold
4 Gold-silver, silver
5 Miyahara-silver, silver
6 Radionova, Medvedeva, Lipnitskaya, Pogorilaya-silver, bronze
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I gotta ask my dad about all-event tickets.
She had no guaranteed spot and best she can hope for is the host spot at Rostelecom.
So do I, actually! (Well, in fairness, I've been asking since April, but...details, details!)
Shoma already has Skate America and TEB so no more assignments for him
You have Gold and Miyahara both with a silver at SA. Miyahara could be a spoiler for Gold.
+1. For some reason, that's the best news out of this whole thing for me. I guess I really, really liked him last year.
Why did Hannah Miller get two over Karen Chen, Mariah Bell, and Mirai? Hope the TBA at SA goes to Karen!
OMG! Jason, Alaine, Piper and Paul, and Gracie doing Skate America?! I WANNA GO!!!!!
Why did Hannah Miller get two over Karen Chen, Mariah Bell, and Mirai? Hope the TBA at SA goes to Karen!
I am wondering why she got two over her getting one and one for Ashley Cain, or Amber Glenn or Leah Keiser. I don't see her being a threat to make the final so it seems sharing the love might have made more sense. I am not the biggest Ashley Cain fan, but she had two last year and none this year. That sucks.
Her season best was higher than the others, but who the heck knows what they are thinking when they do this.
Hannah didn't get the SA pick though, right? So it was other federations that decided to choose her.
yay for Misha getting two assignments
I am wondering why she got two over her getting one and one for Ashley Cain, or Amber Glenn or Leah Keiser. I don't see her being a threat to make the final so it seems sharing the love might have made more sense. I am not the biggest Ashley Cain fan, but she had two last year and none this year. That sucks.
Her season best was higher than the others, but who the heck knows what they are thinking when they do this.