I'm pretty sure Japan and China will be in the free skate. But I still like a Mirai-Bradie combo.
No matter what we will thank Team Korea for beating Team Japan in pairs and Team China in ladies.
I'm pretty sure Japan and China will be in the free skate. But I still like a Mirai-Bradie combo.
If Ryom/Kim of PRK is allowed to skate for Team Korea, it will guarantee to push down JPN's pair to last in the SP. So we may have Hanyu 10, Miyahara 7, Muramoto/Reed 4, Suzaki/Kihara 1 (only 22 points in the SP) and Team JPN not making the FS.
USA ladies have to hope that France and China make the free skate rather than Italy and Japan. That way Mirai can do the SP and hope that by landing the triple Axel she can get a decent placementt, while reliable Bradie can do the LP and at least not give anything away.
Karen may have higher scoring potential than Bradie but Mirai has higher scoring potential than Karen. A Bradie-Mirai combination makes the most sense to me.
I'm pretty sure Japan and China will be in the free skate.