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I couldn't agree more and I'm most gutted for them. They were so mega looking forward to this, and with the new costumes, it would have been quite some show. I'm not saying that I believe they would have won a medal for sure, but I cannot completely rule it out either. Despite the GP Final, they had a smashing season and stranger things have happened.
Also, SinKats would have at least had a chance to seriously go for gold. Chock/Bates are in fantastic form, but even they can make mistakes (unlikely this time, I admit). Pap/Ciz had no chance to fight back after Europeans and I'm sure they're pretty peed off about it.
I also feel very sorry for Kevin Aymoz, who cannot redeem himself and ended his season on what I can only imagine as a huge personal disappointment. Beneficiary of the cancellation is Sasha Samarin, without any doubt. Although I'm sorry for Artur to have taken that opportunity away for now, but hey, is a teenager. If he continues like that, he'll make it to Worlds another time.
Boikova/Kozlovskii must be terribly gutted. They had a realistic chance to beat both Chinese pairs and T/M. For the latter, this could be a godsend. Zhenya and Vovan need to get their act together in the light of the enormous challenges they face in Russia alone. If the injury story is really true, this explains a lot and they have a chance to show their formidable skills again next year.
Mishina/Galliamov might not be too sad about the cancellation... It's the other way around for P/K, now the heat is on and I expect another season of well deserved Russian pairs domination. It's enormously tough for me as a fan, as I love all the Russian teams and wish they could all compete.
I also feel for Yuzu, who is definitely super disappointed. He dug up two of his (imo) best ever programmes and cannot perform them at, what is probably his last shot, at Worlds.
For me personally, this was one of the outstanding seasons that I'll never forget (another one was 2015/16 to me). I took time off work for next week and I've been looking forward to this for weeks now. Also to the live chat, as they got better and better this season too. Yeah, health comes first, but....
I wish all the skaters could perform exactly the same programmes again next season. Hone their skills and make them as perfect as possible. I want to see P/J's Alegria again!!!!
Maybe T and M can take say six weeks off and let her heal. And come back strong.