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- Jan 25, 2013
Now that Worlds is done, I wanna say, I'm really pleasantly surprised at the winners this year.
Liza Tuktamysheva - people wrote her off at the beginning of the season, and she takes the GPF, Euros, and Worlds, including a surprise 3A in the SP
Duhamel/Radford - it's not often that a "non-classical" pair wins Worlds thanks to sheer difficulty
Papadakis/Cizeron - obviously a jump from 13th to 1st in one season is unheard of in ice dance (let alone most disciplines)... and it's not often that a pair wins Worlds with pure, clean programs... usually it's dramatic, high-octane programs that win
Javier Fernandez - probably the least "unexpected" winner if people made predictions at the beginning of the season, but I think a lot of people wondered if he would ever get it together at Worlds, and a clean SP and just a single fall in his FS (that still had two quads and a 3A) is some of his best skating
Liza Tuktamysheva - people wrote her off at the beginning of the season, and she takes the GPF, Euros, and Worlds, including a surprise 3A in the SP
Duhamel/Radford - it's not often that a "non-classical" pair wins Worlds thanks to sheer difficulty
Papadakis/Cizeron - obviously a jump from 13th to 1st in one season is unheard of in ice dance (let alone most disciplines)... and it's not often that a pair wins Worlds with pure, clean programs... usually it's dramatic, high-octane programs that win
Javier Fernandez - probably the least "unexpected" winner if people made predictions at the beginning of the season, but I think a lot of people wondered if he would ever get it together at Worlds, and a clean SP and just a single fall in his FS (that still had two quads and a 3A) is some of his best skating