2018 Olympic Games: ISU Predictions Game Round 3

[randomfan]

Men:
1. Yuzuru Hanyu (a bit of a stretch due to his condition but not impossible!)
2. Shoma Uno
3. Javier Fernandez
4. Boyang Jin
5. Nathan Chen
6. Patrick Chan
7. Adam Rippon

Ladies: risking it a little with this one - not much to lose since this wasn’t a great season of predictions for me
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Kaetlyn Osmond
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Alina Zagitova
5. Satoko Miyahara
6. Gabrielle Daleman
7. Maria Sotskova
8. Mirai Nagasu
9. Kaori Sakamoto

Pairs:
1. Sui/Han
2. Savchenko/Massot
3. Tarasova/Morozov
4. Duhamel/Radford
5. James/Cipres
6. Yu/Zhang
7. Scimeca-Knierim/Knierim

Ice Dance:
1. Virtue/Moir (I know P/C had the upper hand so far this season but something tells me that won’t happen this time)
2. Papadakis/Cizeron
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Bobrova/Soloviev
5. Hubbell/Donohue
6. Weaver/Poje
7. Cappellini/Lanotte

 

[Marin]

Men:

1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Nathan Chen
3. Javier Fernandez
4. Shoma Uno
5. Boyang Jin
6. Patrick Chan

Ladies:
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Gabrielle Daleman
4. Kaetlyn Osmond
5. Satoko Miyahara
6. Carolina Kostner


Pairs :

1. Tarasova/Morozov
2. Sui/Han
3. Savchenko/Massot
4. Duhamel/Radford
5. James/Cipres
6. Yu/Zhang





1. Papadakis/Cizeron
2. Virtue/Moir
3. Hubbell/Donohue
4. Shibutani/Shibutani
5. Chock/Bates
6. Bobrova/Soloviev

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I completely forgot about doing the predictions for the individual competitions!

Consequently, I am only doing Pairs right now, because that is the only category that I am finished watching from the Team Event (I am going to watch the Team Frees for Men, Ladies and Dance this afternoon).

I was really torn over who to put down for the win. Sui / Han are just amazing. BUT, they were beaten at the GP Final by Savchenko / Massot. I would love to see Aljona finally win an Olympic Gold Medal, because it is the only thing that is missing from her trophy cabinet.

On the other hand, I would love to see Tarasova / Morozov win because they have been so strong this season, and it would show that the GP Final was just a blip. Plus, I want the Russians to win everything that’s going to prove a point!

In the end, I went with my heart. And my heart is with Aljona. Then I went with Sui / Han and rounded off the podium with Zhenya and Volodya

There was no question over who I was having round off my scoring positions. Megan and Eric were going into 4th, because they haven’t been off the podium this season. And for 5th, I went with Yu / Zhang.

I probably should have put James / Cipres into 5th, but I’m getting all nostalgic about Zhang Hao. I know he’ll want to carry on until Beijing, but if he physically can’t, I want him to end his Olympic career on a high note.

With the rest, I kept them in absolute PB order, with one exception. I moved the lovely Miss Marchei and her Czech mate up from 13th to 10th. Come on, I had to!

The rest to follow at some stage.

CaroLiza_fan

OLYMPIC GAMES

Pairs

1. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT, GER
2. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN, CHN
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV, RUS
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD, CAN
5. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG, CHN

Just for fun:
6. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES, FRA
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU, CAN
8. Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM / Chris KNIERIM, USA
9. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT, RUS
10. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK, ITA

 

[NYscorp6]

My Olympic Predictions:

LADIES
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Kaetlyn OSMOND
5. Maria SOTSKOVA
6. Satoko MIYAHARA
(I miss Gracie)!

MEN
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Yuzuru HANYU
3. Javier FERNANDEZ
4. Shoma UNO
5. Boyang JIN
6. Mikhail KOLYADA

ICE DANCE
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
6. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE

PAIRS
1. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
5. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
6. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG

Good luck everyone!

 

[Antyv]

Men
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Boyang JIN
4. Javier FERNANDEZ
5. Yuzuru HANYU
6. Dmitri ALIEV

Ladies
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Gabrielle DALEMAN
4. Mirai NAGASU
5. Carolina KOSTNER
6. Kaetlyn OSMOND

Pairs
1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
4. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
5. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
6. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK

Ice dance
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES

Testing spreadsheet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/149oJ1kVvANJxocmGzKbfZIJrol5xatvY

 

[Starsfan84]

Ladies:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Kaetlyn OSMOND
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Maria SOTSKOVA
6. Mirai NAGASU

Men:
1. Shoma UNO
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Patrick CHAN
4. Yuzuru HANYU
5. Javier FERNANDEZ
6. Boyang JIN

Looks like I am the only person who put Patrick on the podium. My 1 and a half year old keeps running around yelling "PCHIDDY, PCHIDDY." I have to go with her favorite!


Pairs:
1. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
3. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
4. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
5. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
6. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES

Ice dance:
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
4. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
5. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
6. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES

 

[jenaj]

Pairs:
1. Sui/Han
2. Savchenko/Massot
3. Tarasova/Morovoz
4. Yu/Zhang
5. Duhamel/Radford
6.James/Cipres

Men:
1. Nathan Chen
2. Yuzuru Hanyu
3. Shoma Uno
4. Boyang Jin
5. Javier Fernandez
6. Patrick Chan

Ladies:
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Kaetlyn Osmond
4. Maria Sotskova
5. Satoko Miyahara
6. Mirai Nagasu


Dance
1. Papadakis/Cizeron
2. Virtue/ Moir
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Hubbell/Donohue
5. Chock/Bates
6. Bobrova/Soloviev

 

[Hyena]

I feel like I'm getting away with breaking the rules by posting these after the team event...but I'll go with it!

Men
1. Shoma UNO
2. Yuzuru HANYU
3. Nathan CHEN
4. Javier FERNANDEZ
5. Boyang JIN
6. Patrick CHAN

Ladies
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Kaori SAKAMOTO
5. Kaetlyn OSMOND
6. Mirai NAGASU

Pairs
1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
5. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
6. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG

Ice Dance
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES

 

[LadyB]

Men:
1. Javier Fernandez
2. Shoma Uno
3. Nathan Chen
4. Yuzuru Hanyu
5. Boyang Jin
6. Dmitry Aliev

Ladies:
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Alina Zagitova
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Kaetlyn Osmond
5. Maria Sotskova
6. Mirai Nagasu

Pairs:
1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT

Ice Dance:
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
4. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
5. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
6. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE

Good luck and great Olympics everyone!

 

[Shandy]

Men:

1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Shoma UNO
3. Nathan CHEN
4. Boyang JIN
5. Javier FERNANDEZ
-
6. Mikhail KOLYADA

Ladies:

1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Alina ZAGITOVA
3. Kaetlyn OSMOND
4. Satoko MIYAHARA
5. Maria SOTSKOVA
-
6. Carolina KOSTNER
7. Bradie TENNELL


Pairs:

1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
5. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
-
6. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG

Dance:

1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI :luv17:
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
-
6. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV

 

[Sherlock Marple]

Men:
1. Nathan Chen
2. Yuzuru Hanyu
3. Shoma Uno
4. Javier Fernandez
5. Patrick Chan
6. Boyang Jin

Ladies:
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Alina Zagitova
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Kaetlyn Osmond
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Maria Sotskova

Pairs:
1. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT

Ice Dance:
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
6. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV

 

[Sabrina]

Pairs

1. Wenjing SUI & Cong HAN
2. Aliona SAVCHENKO & Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA & Valdimir MOROZOV
4. Megan DUHAMEL & Eric RADFORD
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAUIce

Dance:

1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
5. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
6. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES

Ladies:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Kaetlyn OSMOND
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Mirai NAGASU
6. Kaori SAKAMOTO

Men:

1. Shoma UNO
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Boyang JIN
4. Iuzuru HANYU
5. Javier FERNANDEZ
6 Patrick CHAN
7. Mikhail KOLYADA

 

[kresslia]

I think I'm too late, so just doing this for my own sake to see how I did.

MEN
1. Shoma UNO
2. Yuzuru HANYU
3. Javier FERNANDEZ
4. Nathan CHEN
5. Boyang JIN
6. Mikhail KOLYADA

LADIES
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Alina ZAGITOVA
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Gabrielle DALEMAN
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Kaetlyn OSMOND

PAIRS
1. Wenjing SUI & Cong HAN
2. Aliona SAVCHENKO & Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA & Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Xiaoyu YU & Hao ZHANG
5. Meaghan DUHAMEL & Eric RADFORD
6. Vanessa JAMES & Morgan CIPRES

ICE DANCE
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS & Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE & Scott MOIR
3. Alex SHIBUTANI & Maia SHIBUTANI
4. Ekaterina BOBROVA & Dmitri SOLVIEV
5. Madison HUBBELL & Zachary DONOHUE
6. Kaitlyn WEAVER & Andrew POJE

 

[Ice Diva]

MEN
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Shoma UNO
3. Nathan CHEN
4. Boyang JIN
5. Yuzuru HANYU
6. Patrick CHAN

LADIES

1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND
3. Alina ZAGITOVA
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Kaori SAKAMOTO
6. Gabrielle DALEMAN

PAIRS
1. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
5. Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
6. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG

DANCE
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
4. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
5. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
6. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV

 

[teamgoldengeese]

Aaaaaah! I completely forgot pairs was today!

Ladies
1 Evgenia Medvedeva
2 Alina Zagitova
3 Satoko Miyahara
4 Kaetlyn Osmond
5 Mirai Nagasu
6 Carolina Kostner

Men
1 Javier Fernandez
2 Yuzuru Hanyu
3 Nathan Chen
4 Shoma Uno
5 Boyang Jin
6 Patrick Chan

Dance
1 Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
2 Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir
3 Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
4 Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev
5 Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue
6 Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje

(I know this won't count, but still, just for fun)

Pairs
1 Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot
2 Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
3 Vanessa James Morgan Cipres
4 Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov
5 Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
6 Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I think I'm too late, so just doing this for my own sake to see how I did.

You're actually just in time. Nobody had started skating, so your predictions are all valid.

Everybody after you is too late for Pairs, but alright for the other categories.

I'm doing the rest of my predictions now.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

With all the other categories I have gone for leftfield choices based on nostalgia. And I would love to do the same with the Ladies. But, we all know nobody is going to touch Zhenya and Alina. So, much as I would love to put Carolina on top, I am putting her in third.

There was no question over who I was going to put as my remaining two scoring positions. My wives!

The remaining Top 10 positions were the problem. All of them are from outside Europe. And, as usual, I was biased towards the ethnic Japanese girls.

As you know, I have a big soft spot for Mirai. So, I opted to put her as my alternate. But, I was torn over the order to put the two girls from Japan. At Nationals, Satoko won with Kaori in 2nd. But at 4 Continents, Kaori won with Satoko in 3rd. In both cases their winning score was their absolute PB. But since Satoko’s Nationals score was quite a bit higher than Kaori’s 4 Continents score, I opted for the former.

For the remaining places in my Top 10, I had skaters from North America – Bradie then Gabby then Karen.

When I came to do the Men, I knew who I was putting in my Top 7. But, the order they were in changed so many times! Because I want them all to get onto the podium!

In the end, I decided to throw my brain out the window, and go with who I would love to see win the Gold Medal. As with Aljona in Pairs, an Olympic Gold medal is the only thing missing from Patrick’s trophy cabinet. And with everything he has given the sport, he deserves to have one (I know he has a team medal from a few days ago, but you know what I mean!)

The rest of my Top 10 were in the order I think they will finish. So, hopefully elevating Patrick to Gold won’t do too much damage.

It really did pain me to put Hanyu so far down. But, like with Medvedeva when making out my European predictions, I didn't know how well he has recovered from his injury. If we had seen him at a competition between the Cup Of Russia and now (any competition - even a small obscure one), I would have put him higher. But, we haven't.

With Dance, I again went all nostalgic when choosing who to give a Gold Medal to. I know Katie Perry and Scott Moir already have a Gold Medal from Vancouver. But, Grishuk / Platov are the only Ice Dance partnership to win the Olympics twice. And I feel Virtue / Moir deserve to do the same.

Of course, with putting Tessa and Scott on top, that meant Gabby and Will went into second. But then I reached a dilemma over who to put into 3rd.

I have made a point of having Russians on the podium in all my predictions. But, much as I like them, I don’t think Katia and Dima will manage it. I think the bronze will be going to North America. But, there are a few partnerships that are capable of doing it, and it was hard to choose which one.

In the end, I went for the Shibs, ahead of Hubbell / Donohue. Mainly because of what the British Eurosport guys have been complaining about Madison and Zachery being marked lower than they deserved all season.

I dithered over Bobrova / Soloviev and Capellini / Lanotte for my final scoring place. And, in the end, I went with the Russians. Partly to make up for not putting them on the podium, but mainly because they beat the Italians in the Team SD.

Next I put Weaver / Poje and Coomes / Buckland, because I want both of them to get close to the Top 5. And then the remaining North American teams, because they are also capable of getting close to the Top 5.

CaroLiza_fan


OLYMPIC GAMES

Ladies

1. Alina ZAGITOVA, RUS
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA, RUS
3. Carolina KOSTNER, ITA
4. Maria SOTSKOVA, RUS
5. Kaetlyn OSMOND, CAN

Just for fun:
6. Mirai NAGASU, USA
7. Satoko MIYAHARA, JPN
8. Kaori SAKAMOTO, JPN
9. Bradie TENNELL, USA
10. Gabrielle DALEMAN, CAN


Men

1. Patrick CHAN, CAN
2. Shoma UNO, JPN
3. Nathan CHEN, USA
4. Mikhail KOLYADA, RUS
5. Boyang JIN, CHN

Just for fun:
6. Javier FERNANDEZ, ESP
7. Yuzuru HANYU, JPN
8. Dmitri ALIEV, RUS
9. Vincent ZHOU, USA
10. Han YAN, CHN


Ice Dance

1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR, CAN
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON, FRA
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI, USA
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE, USA
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV, RUS

Just for fun:
6. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE, ITA
7. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE, CAN
8. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND, GBR
9. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES, USA
10. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER, CAN

 

[Antyv]

Change my prediction.
Men
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Yuzuru HANYU
4. Boyang JIN
5. Javier FERNANDEZ
6. Patrick CHAN

 

[russianfan]

Ladies only

1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Maria SOTSKOVA
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Mirai NAGASU
6. Kaori SAKAMOTO

 

[icybear]

Ladies
1. Dabin Choi
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Bradie Tennell
6. Alina Zagitova
6. Satoko Miyahara
7. Mirai Nagasu
8. Kaori Sakamoto
9. Karen Chen
10. Maé Méité