Let's start theorizing early! (Let's assume these people will be sent to the Olympics by their Feds because most of them will be)
Evgenia Medvedeva: Current World champion. If she goes clean on both programs, I do believe she's going to take home the gold.
Alina Zagitova: Current Junior World's champion. A very real threat. She's fairly musical, but needs to develop her artistry (especially lines) and her rippons are to die for. She skates consistently too.
Kaetlyn Osmond: Current World's silver medalist. Can she get it together and pose a threat?
Marin Honda: Current Junior World's silver medalist. Japan's new ice skating princess. Personally, a fan of her skating. Programs feel like a program, and has the natural ability to create "magic" organically.
Satoko Miyahara: Miss Quiet Artistry. Perpetually underscored, but will she have a breakthrough this season?
Anna Pogorilaya: The Amazon. Pogo herself to OGM?
The Others: Mai Mihara, Polina Tsurskaya, Maria Sotskova, Elena Radionova, Ashley Wagner, Karen Chen, Gabriel Daleman, Carolina Kostner
Edit: Added Carolina Kostner
Evgenia Medvedeva: Current World champion. If she goes clean on both programs, I do believe she's going to take home the gold.
Alina Zagitova: Current Junior World's champion. A very real threat. She's fairly musical, but needs to develop her artistry (especially lines) and her rippons are to die for. She skates consistently too.
Kaetlyn Osmond: Current World's silver medalist. Can she get it together and pose a threat?
Marin Honda: Current Junior World's silver medalist. Japan's new ice skating princess. Personally, a fan of her skating. Programs feel like a program, and has the natural ability to create "magic" organically.
Satoko Miyahara: Miss Quiet Artistry. Perpetually underscored, but will she have a breakthrough this season?
Anna Pogorilaya: The Amazon. Pogo herself to OGM?
The Others: Mai Mihara, Polina Tsurskaya, Maria Sotskova, Elena Radionova, Ashley Wagner, Karen Chen, Gabriel Daleman, Carolina Kostner
Edit: Added Carolina Kostner