Russian Champs: Predictions Game Round 1

Damn, lapsus calami

Florencito said:

Men

1) Kovtun
2) Kolyada
3) Voronov
4) Samarin
5) Petrov
6) Aliev
7) Erokhov


Ladies

1) Medvedeva
2) Pogorilaya
3) Zagitova
4) Tuktamysheva
5) Sotskova
6) Radionova
7) Gubanova


Pairs

1) Stolbova/Klimov
2) Tarasova/Morozov
3) Zabijako/Enbert
4) Astakhova/Rogonov
5) Kavaguti/Smirnov
6) Mishina/Mirzoev
7) Ustimkina/Volodin


Ice Dance

1) Bobrova/Soloviev
2) Sinitsina/Katsalapov
3) Stepanova/Bukin
4) Ilinykh/Katsalapov
5) Zahorski/Guerreiro
6) Evdokimova/Bazin
7) Stavitskaya/Bagin


Edit: See new post

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Men

1) Kovtun
2) Kolyada
3) Voronov
4) Samarin
5) Petrov
6) Aliev
7) Erokhov


Ladies

1) Medvedeva
2) Pogorilaya
3) Zagitova
4) Tuktamysheva
5) Sotskova
6) Radionova
7) Gubanova


Pairs

1) Stolbova/Klimov
2) Tarasova/Morozov
3) Zabijako/Enbert
4) Astakhova/Rogonov
5) Kavaguti/Smirnov
6) Mishina/Mirzoev
7) Ustimkina/Volodin


Ice Dance

1) Bobrova/Soloviev
2) Sinitsina/Katsalapov
3) Stepanova/Bukin
4) Ilinykh/Zhigansgin
5) Zahorski/Guerreiro
6) Evdokimova/Bazin
7) Stavitskaya/Bagin

ladies

1. medvedeva
2. pogorilaya
3. gubanova
4. sotskova
5. zagitova
6. tuktamysheva

men

1. voronov
2. kolyada
3. kovtun
4. petrov
5. aliev
6. dmitriev

pairs

1. stolbova/klimov
2. tarasova/morozov
3. zabijako/enbert
4. mishina/mirzoev
5. astakhova/rogonov
6. kavaguti/smirnov

ice dance

1. bobrova/soloviev
2. stepanova/bukin
3. sinitsina/katsalapov <- more consistent but hindered with injuries. May change this
4. Ilinykh/zhiganshin <- vibrant + emotional but inconsistent. May change this
5. zahorski/guerreiro
6. evdokimova/bazin

sunnystars said:

ladies

1. medvedeva
2. pogorilaya
3. gubanova
4. zagitova
5. tuktamysheva
6. tsurskaya

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Thanks for faith in the angel Nastya! But about Polina Tsurskaya - she's out.

Ladies:

1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Anna Pogorilaya
3. Alina Zagitova
4. Elena Radionova
5. Maria Sotskova
6. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Men:

1. Sergei Voronov
2. Maxim Kovtun
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Alexander Samarin
5. Dmitri Aliev
6. Alexander Petrov

Pairs:

1. Tarasova/Morozov
2. Stolbova/Klimov
3. Zabijako/Enbert
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Kavaguti/Smirnov
6. Mishina/Mirzoev

Ice Dance:

1. Bobrova/Soloviev
2. Stepanova/Bukin
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
5. Zahorski/Guerreiro
6. Evdokimova/Bazin

Ladies
1. MEDVEDEVA
2. POGORILAYA
3. SOTSKOVA
4. TUKTAMYSHEVA
5. RADIONOVA
6. LEONOVA

Men
1. KOLYADA
2. VORONOV
3. KOVTUN
4. PETROV
5. ALIEV
6. SAVOSIN

Pairs
1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
5. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
6. Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV

Ice Dance
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN

Ladies:

1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
4. Alina ZAGITOVA
5. Elena RADIONOVA
6. Maria SOTSKOVA


Men:

1. Sergei VORONOV
2. Dmitri ALIEV
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Maxim KOVTUN
5. Alexander SAMARIN
6. Alexander PETROV

Pairs:

1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
6. Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV


Dance:

1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
3. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN

Ladies
1. Medvedeva
2. Pogorilaya
3. Sotskova
4. Radionova
5. Zagitova
6. Tuktamysheva

Men

1. Kolyada
2. Kovtun
3. Aliev
4. Voronov
5. Samarin
6. Petrov

Pairs
1. Tarasova/Morozov
2. Zabijako/Enbert
3. Stolbova/Klimov
4. Mishina/Mirzoev
5. Kavaguti/Smirnov
6. Astakhova/Rogonov

Dance
1. Bobrova/Soloviev
2. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin (#WishfulThinking )
3. Stepanova/Bukin
4. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
5. Zahorski/Gurriero
6. Evdokimova/Bazin

men
Mikhail KOLYADA
Sergei VORONOV
Dmitri ALIEV
Maxim KOVTUN
Alexander PETROV
Alexander SAMARIN

pairs
Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT
Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV

ladies
Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
Anna POGORILAYA
Elena RADIONOVA
Maria SOTSKOVA
Alina ZAGITOVA
Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA

dance
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Anton SHIBNEV

Just a quick note to let you know that I have re-designed the tables in the Original Post.

Since I kept the Club column in the Japanese tables, I have re-instated the Club column here as well. I have also added links to the fskate.ru Bios to the column containing the skaters' names in Cyrillic characters.

The SP Start Order draws are not until tonight, so the tables will be updated again at some time after that.

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

CaroLiza_fan said:

Just a quick note to let you know that I have re-designed the tables in the Original Post.

Since I kept the Club column in the Japanese tables, I have re-instated the Club column here as well. I have also added links to the fskate.ru Bios to the column containing the skaters' names in Cyrillic characters.

The SP Start Order draws are not until tonight, so the tables will be updated again at some time after that.

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

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thx a lot again for all your work CL

Men;
1. Mikhail KOLYADA
2. Sergei VORONOV
3. Artur DMITRIEV
4. Maxim KOVTUN
5. Dmitri ALIEV
6. Alexander SAMARIN
7. Alexander PETROV

Ladies;
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Anna POGORILAYA
3. Maria SOTSKOVA
4. Alina ZAGITOVA
5. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
6. Elena RADIONOVA
7. Anastasia GUBANOVA

Pairs;
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
6. Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV
7. Alina USTIMKINA / Nikita VOLODIN

Ice Dance;
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Anton SHIBNEV
7. Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN

Men;
1. Mikhail KOLYADA
2. Sergei VORONOV
3. Maxim KOVTUN
4. Artur DMITRIEV
5. Dmitri ALIEV
6. Alexander SAMARIN

Ladies;
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Anna POGORILAYA
3. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
4. Maria SOTSKOVA
5. Alina ZAGITOVA
6. Elena RADIONOVA

Pairs;
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT
4. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
5. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
6. Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV

Ice Dance;
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Anton SHIBNEV

Men;
1. Mikhail KOLYADA
2. Maxim KOVTUN
3. Sergei VORONOV
4. Artur DMITRIEV
5. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Alexander PETROV

Ladies;
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Anna POGORILAYA
3. Alina ZAGITOVA
4. Elena RADIONOVA
5. Maria SOTSKOVA
6. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA

Pairs;
1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT
5. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
6. Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV

Dance:
1. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Anton SHIBNEV

MEN
1.Sergei Voronov
2. Mikhail Kolyada
3. Maxim Kovtun
4. Dmitri Aliev
5. Alexander Samarin
6. Alexander Petrov

LADIES
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Anna Pogorilaya
3. Elena Radionova
4. Maria Sotskova
5. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
6. Alina Zagitova

PAIRS
1. Tarasova/Morozov
2. Stolbova/Klimov
3. Zabiako/Enbert
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Kavaguti/Smirnov
6. Mishina/Mirzoev

ICE DANCE
1. Bobrova/Soloviev
2. Stepanova/Bukin
3. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
4. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
5. Zahorski/Guerreiro
6. Evdokimova/Bazin

You know, for the Ladies, I was tempted to just copy my predictions for the GP Final. The problem was that they didn’t work out too well. Especially with Radionova’s poor showing.

So, although the top was largely similar to the GP Final positions, I did do a bit of shuffling. I still put Pogo on top, but this time I put Zhenya into 2nd (again, because I know fine well she will win).

The problem was who to put into the remaining Top 10 positions. I knew who they were going to be, but I kept changing my mind over the order. In the end, I decided to put my faith in Lena and put her into bronze (rather than silver). Then I had my Maria in 4th.

The complicating factor was adding in the Juniors. I had used my scientific method at the Junior GP Final, and got it completely wrong. So, this time, I went with my gut.

The first decision involving a Junior was a real gut-wrencher: which way round to put the Udmurt girls. In the end, I went with the one from the capital. Sorry Liza, but Alina is just in too good form at the moment compared to you.

For the remaining 4 girls I wanted to put in the Top 10, I knew what order I wanted to put three of them in. I just wasn’t sure where to put Sima, as it has been a while since I saw her. However, as it turned out, the order I had put the other 3 in just happened to be absolute PB order (according to fskate.ru). So I thought “sod it, since the others are in absolute PB order, I’ll slot Sima in according to her absolute PB as well”.

I’ll probably regret not putting Konstantinova in my Top 10, but there were just too many girls that I could have put in the Top 10.

When it came to the Men, I knew the 7 guys I was putting at the top, and in what order. Except for one thing – which way round to put Aliev and Samarin in 3rd and 4th. At the Junior GP Final, I put Samarin in 1st and Aliev in 2nd, and they finished the other way around. So, this time, I put Aliev in front of Samarin.

After Kovtun in 7th, I hadn’t a clue what order to put the rest in. So, I kept them in absolute PB order.

With the Pairs, I knew who I was putting on the podium. But, there was an awful lot of mind changing over what order to put them in. Normally I would put Kavaguti / Smirnov at top, but we all saw Yuko having bother getting off the ice at the Skate Canada. And there were still question marks over her fitness at the Cup of China.

We haven’t seen Stolbova / Klimov this season, and Tarasova / Morozov winning the GP Final really threw the cat amongst the pigeons.

In the end, I went with the order I would go for all things being equal.

For the two partnerships I was putting in 4th and 5th, it was a toss up which way round to put them because they are so well matched. Like, there was only a point between their absolute PB’s. But, they both scored their absolute PB’s at last year’s Nationals, so putting them the way round that they finished was good enough for me.

The next 2 partnerships on the absolute PB list were spaced out enough to not justify a change. But the 2 partnerships that I was putting in 8th and 9th were in a similar situation to the partnerships in 4th and 5th. Both scored their absolute PB’s at the Junior GP Final a couple of weeks ago. So, I used the same logic as previously.

For the rest, I was not familiar enough with them. One of them (Poluianova / Selkin) competed at a single Junior GP this season, where they finished 4th. So I had them completing my Top 10, ahead of the partnerships I have never heard tell of. Since I couldn’t even find any scores for Zhuk / Britkov on ISU Results or Stats On Ice, I put them at the bottom.

Dance was really hard. I knew exactly who was going to be in my Top 5, but it was so hard to choose an order. Bobrova / Soloviev were definitely going on top, but there is not much to choose between the other four couples. Tiff and Jon had lower absolute PB’s than the others, but they are rapidly improving and I wouldn’t put it past them getting on the podium.

Bukin / Stepanova seemed the sensible choice for second, so I went for them. With Ilinykh / Zhiganshin / Sinitsina / Katsalapov (my goodness, I wrote them in order of their old partnerships before realising and correcting it!), I don’t like putting one couple on the podium and the other not. So, I took a chance with our favourite English / Australian partnership.

For the rest, I hadn’t a clue. But, since I’ve seen Evdokimova / Bazin this season (at the Cup of Russia), but haven’t seen the others, I put them as my alternate.

I always liked Stavitskaya as a Singles skater, so even though it is a brand new partnership that none of us have seen before, I put her higher than I would if it was anybody else.

Davankova was brilliant when she was partnering Bobrova’s husband in Pairs. But, I have no idea what she would be like as an Ice Dancer. And her partner has a pretty low absolute PB from his previous partnership with Ekaterina Bocharova.

So, I decided to put Stavitskaia in 7th, with Davankova in 8th.

Wrote far too much here, so the Japanese will be a bit more rushed than I would have liked.

Caroliza_fan


RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ladies

1. Anna POGORILAYA, МОС
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA, МОС
3. Elena RADIONOVA, МОС
4. Maria SOTSKOVA, МОС
5. Alina ZAGITOVA, МОС

Just for fun
6. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA, С/У
7. Anastasia GUBANOVA, СПБ
8. Serafima SAKHANOVICH, СПБ
9. Alisa FEDICHKINA, СПБ
10. Alena LEONOVA, СПБ


Men

1. Mikhail KOLYADA, СПБ
2. Sergei VORONOV, МОС
3. Dmitri ALIEV, СПБ
4. Alexander SAMARIN, МОС
5. Artur DMITRIEV, С/К

Just for fun
6. Alexander PETROV, СПБ
7. Maxim KOVTUN, М/С
8. Ilia SKIRDA, МОС
9. Alexey EROKHOV, МОС
10. Vladimir SAMOILOV, МОС


Pairs

1. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV, С/Т
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV, МОС
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV, МОС
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV, МОС
5. Natalja ZABIJAKO / Alexander ENBERT, СОЧ

Just for fun
6. Anastasia MISHINA / Vladislav MIRZOEV, СПБ
7. Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN, МОС
8. Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitry KOZLOVSKII, С/Т
9. Alina USTIMKINA / Nikita VOLODIN, СПБ
10. Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Maksim SELKIN, ПРМ


Ice Dance

1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV, МОС
2. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN, МОС
3. Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO, МОС
4. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN, МОС
5. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV, МОС

Just for fun
6. Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN, ТОЛ
7. Maria STAVITSKAYA / Andrey BAGIN, МОС
8. Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Anton SHIBNEV, МОС
9. Ludmila SOSNITSKAIA / Pavel GOLOVISHNIKOV, МОС
10. Anastasia SAFRONOVA / Ilia ZIMIN, СПБ

THIS IS YOUR ONE AND A QUARTER HOUR WARNING.

You have just 1 hour 15 minutes left until the target time to get your predictions in, i.e. until 13:00 YEKT (08:00 GMT / 09:00 CET)

But, as usual in my Games, this is just a target time so that you are not rushing about at the last minute. Predictions for each category will still be accepted up until the start of that category’s Short Programme.

(Sorry, I was timing this to be put up an hour ago, but then started into my Japanese predictions and forgot all about pressing the "post" button!)

CaroLiza_fan

I'll do ladies and then the others if I have time:

1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Anna Pogorilaya
3. Maria Sotskova
4. Alina Zagitova
5. Elena Radionova
6. Anastasiia Gubanova
7. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Ladies:

1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Anna Pogorilaya
3. Alina Zagitova
4. Elena Radionova
5. Maria Sotskova
6. Anastasiia Gubanova
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For fun:
7. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
8. Alisa Fedichkina
9. Stanislava Konstantinova
10. Sofia Samodurova
11. Alena Leonova
12. Serafima Sakhanovich
13. Alisa Lozko
14. Natalia Ogoreltseva
15. Valeria Mikhailova
16. Anastasia Kolomiets
17. Anastasia Yatsenko
18. Ekaterina Guseva

Men Results

The scores were low this round: Many predicted Voronov to medal but he ended up 7th, while Samarin finished higher than expected.

GOLD: rosacotton with 50 points
SILVER: ines42575, noctiluca, LadyB, Hyena, sunnystars, matmuh, ssffww with 45 points
BRONZE: pasha74, Ares, icekiwi, eta with 40 points

Congratulations everyone!:hap93:

If there are any mistakes please let me know.