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- Dec 17, 2014
too bad for Ashley she just give away GPF to Japanese girl. Either Sakoto or Wakaba is going to GPF after NHK.
For Pairs, Aliona/Bruno, Evgenia/Vladimir, and Yu/Zhang are in.
Peng/Jin are in if they finish 2nd/3rd at NHK trophy (doable).
Seguin/Bilodeau are in as long as Wang/Wang finishes no higher than 3rd.
Meagan/Eric are a no brainer
Mens will include:
Uno
Chan
Fernandez
Brown, Hanyu, Bychenko, Chen, and Kolyada will fight for the remaining 3 spots. Technically Rippon is still in the running depending on who places where :think: Mens is way to complicated for me Good luck to them all :thumbsup:
Updated standings: http://www.isuresults.com/events/gp2016/gpsmen.pdf
Yeah, I tried to figure that one out too, and realized at one point, if in the unlikely event that the results of NHK are Kolyada or Chen (going 1/2 or 2/1), followed by Bychenko, Brown, and Hanyu in that order - the 2nd through 5th place skaters at NHK, and Rippon would all have 22 points to fight out for the final 2 spots. (Not that Hanyu is likely to finish that far down).
Basically (using the "control your own destiny" numbers here), Hanyu and Brown need to finish in the top 3 to be guaranteed a place in the GPF; Bychenko needs to finish in the top 2 for a guarantee; Chen and Kolyada need to win to be guaranteed. But mix those placements up, and it's chaos (Chen/Kolyada could still make GPF with 2nd place, but it would then depend on where everyone else placed, and probably go into tie breakers).
Sorry if this question is raised before, but what results would make Wakaba and Satoko together qualified for GPF? Probably Satoko wins, Wakaba in 2nd (or vice versa?), Anna in 3rd and Sotskova off the podium at NHK scenario as Anna is secure enough with a result of above 4th?
Since Boyang's qualification to GPF is crashed, I wonder about any possibility of Nathan and Mikhail going to GPF too.
Kaetlyn Osmond is already in, as there is no possibility there will be 4 better ladies than her at NHK as she has 26 points. 4 ladies at NHK will fight for 3 spots (Satoko, Wakaba, Anna & Maria Sotskova). Anna needs to be 5th and she qualifies. There is huge possibility we will have 4 Russian Ladies at GPF, as Maria will qualify with third place easily. And with right circumstances, even 4th will be enough. Let's how it goes, there are many podium contenders in NHK, including those who did badly at previous GPS (like Mirai Nagasu) and while not qualifying themselves, they can be spoilers.
Actually there is a chance Anna could be out with a 5th if Wakaba/Satoko finishes 1 and 2 (whichever order) and Maria 3rd, Anna is out with a 5th placement. If Anna is 4th, then Maria, even with a 3rd could be out as she would enter a tiebreak with the 2nd place Japanese skater which might not be in her favor.
The Russians just needs to assure that Wakaba/Satoko don't go 1/2 Lets see how it goes