2019 Worlds: Men's Pregame Chat

GS Forum Staff · Jan 10, 2019

This thread will be moved to the Competition Forum approximately five days prior to the start of the event.

Entries as of 3/14/19

1	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM
2	Brendan KERRY	AUS
3	Luc MAIERHOFER	AUT
4	Vladimir LITVINTSEV	AZE
5	Keegan MESSING	CAN
6	Nam NGUYEN	CAN
7	Boyang JIN	CHN
8	Michal BREZINA	CZE
9	Aleksandr SELEVKO	EST
10	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN
11	Kevin AYMOZ	FRA
12	Morisi KVITELASHVILI	GEO
13	Paul FENTZ	GER
14	Peter James HALLAM	GBR
15	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR
16	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR
17	Matteo RIZZO	ITA
18	Yuzuru HANYU	JPN
19	Keiji TANAKA	JPN
20	Shoma UNO	JPN
21	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT
22	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS
23	Donovan CARRILLO	MEX
24	Igor REZNICHENKO	POL
25	Junhwan CHA	KOR
26	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS
27	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS
28	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS
29	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE
30	Lukas BRITSCHGI	SUI
31	Burak DEMIRBOGA	TUR
32	Ivan SHMURATKO	UKR
33	Jason BROWN	USA
34	Nathan CHEN	USA
35	Vincent ZHOU	USA

Nirti · Jan 13, 2019

Here are the projected entries

ARM	1	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN
AUS	1	Brendan KERRY
AUT	1	Luc MAIERHOFER
AZE	1	Vladimir LITVINTSEV
CAN	2	Keegan MESSING and Nam NGUYEN
CHN	1	Boyang JIN
CZE	1/2	Michal BREZINA
EST	1	Aleksandr SELEVKO
FIN	1	Valtter VIRTANEN
FRA	1	Kevin AYMOZ
GEO	1	Morisi KVITELASHVILI
GER	1	Paul FENTZ
GBR	1	Peter-James HALLAM
ISR	2	Alexei BYCHENKO and Daniel SAMOHIN
ITA	1	Matteo RIZZO
JPN	3	Yuzuru HANYU, Keiji TANAKA and Shoma UNO
LAT	1/2	Deniss VASILJEVS
MAS	1	Julian Zhi Jie YEE
MEX	1	Donovan CARRILLO
POL	1	Igor REZNICHENKO
KOR	1	Junhwan CHA
RUS	3	Mikhail KOLYADA, Maksim KOVTUN and Aleksandr SAMARIN
SWE	1	Alexander MAJOROV
SUI	1	Lukas BRITSCHGI
TUR	1	Burak DEMIRBOGA
UKR	1	Ivan SHMURATKO
USA	3	Jason BROWN, Nathan CHEN and Vincent ZHOU

As of february 25th, 35 skaters can enter. It’s 2 skaters less than in 2018, but still more than in 2015 and 2016 (30 skaters).

Skaters who meet the SP TES only : Yakau ZENKO (BLR), Nicky OBREYKOV (BUL), Chih-I TSAO (TPE), Jiri BELOHRADSKY (CZE), Matyas BELOHRADSKY (CZE), Sondre ODDVOLL BOE (NOR), Michael NEUMAN (SVK), Javier RAYA (ESP), Micah Kai LYNETTE (THA)
Skaters who meet the FP TES only : Aleksandr LEBEDEV (BLR), Abzal RAKIMGALIEV (KAZ)
Uzbekistan’s 2 spots will not be filled after Misha GE’s retirement.

Here’s the list of 2019 competitions where the skaters can earn their TES for Worlds. In brackets, the skaters concerned. In bold, the ones who obtained these TES.
- Mentor Torun Cup, Poland (Frangipani)
- EDU Sport Trophy, Romania (none)
- Skate Helena, Serbia (none)
- European Championships, Belarus (Siao Him Fa)
- Reykjavik International Games, Iceland (no senior men event)
- Four Continents Championships, USA (Carrillo)
- Bavarian Open, Germany (none)
- Sofia Trophy, Bulgaria (Murashov)
- The Nordics, Sweden (none)
- Dragon Trophy, Slovenia (none)
- Jegvirag Cup, Hungary (none)
- Ice Mall Cup, Israel (none)
- TallinK Hotels Cup, Estonia (Naurits, Selevko)
- Challenge Cup, The Netherlands (Hallam)

Nirti · Feb 10, 2019

One more entry after this weekend's competitions : Donovan Carrillo (Mexico)

el henry · Feb 10, 2019

Nirti said:
One more entry after this weekend's competitions : Donovan Carrillo (Mexico)

and he was such a hit at Worlds last year, and even made the free :biggrin:

So proud!

elektra blue · Feb 11, 2019

we need more donovan! :hap57:

century2009 · Feb 12, 2019

Have the Russian man been decided?

I assume Samarin is going to be pick.

I think it would be Kolyada and Kotvun as the other 2?

Nirti · Feb 13, 2019

Kolyada is in the team for sure... I'll have more doubts about Kovtun. Kovtun and Lazukin (#4 at Rus' Nats) will be both at the Universiade... If I'm right Russian Fed announced that the decision will be done after this event.

century2009 · Feb 13, 2019

Nirti said:
Kolyada is in the team for sure... I'll have more doubts about Kovtun. Kovtun and Lazukin (#4 at Rus' Nats) will be both at the Universiade... If I'm right Russian Fed announced that the decision will be done after this event.

Really? Didn't Kovtun win the National title.

I really hope Koyada goes to Worlds but not sure given his difficult season.

chuckm · Feb 13, 2019

Last weekend Lazukin skated at Dragon Trophy and lost to Alexander Petrov. Lazukin bombed the FS there, falling on both quad attempts and on the 3A as well.

Nirti · Feb 13, 2019

century2009 said:
Really? Didn't Kovtun win the National title.

I really hope Koyada goes to Worlds but not sure given his difficult season.

And after that Kovtun finished 14th at Europeans :rolleye:

Kolyada bombed the FS too, but finished 5th overall, and scored 100 points during the SP.

However, sending Lazukin to Worlds would be indeed risky, as he has no "ISU Championships" experience. And I don't see the Russian Fed calling back Voronov...

coldblueeyes · Feb 13, 2019

There's Aliev too, but it's not like he's had the best season/Nats. Maybe he's in a better state, tho.

Dreamer57 · Feb 13, 2019

century2009 said:
Have the Russian man been decided?

I assume Samarin is going to be pick.

I think it would be Kolyada and Kotvun as the other 2?

There is the Russian Cup final on Feb 18 - 22. Most likely, they will decide after this. (I heard that Evgenia and Stanislava will be there to try and earn a ladies worlds spot.)

moonvine · Feb 13, 2019

Nirti said:
One more entry after this weekend's competitions : Donovan Carrillo (Mexico)

I hope he has enough money to go.

I hope Bychencho gets to go. Did not realize there were that many Israeli figure skaters.

And of course, my favorite event of any which features Hanyu - the unleashing of the Poohs!

Nirti · Feb 13, 2019

Carrillo is skipping Junior Worlds, maybe to keep money for Worlds?

moonvine said:
And of course, my favorite event of any which features Hanyu - the unleashing of the Poohs!

TontoK · Feb 13, 2019

Is Moris not locked in for Georgia's entry?

i've never heard of the other gentlemen who is in the running. Does anyone know anything about him?

ragdoll · Feb 14, 2019

Alexander Majorov announced that Euros was his last competition so unless he has changed his mind, he is not going to Worlds. By the way, does anyone know if the Russian cup final is streamed online? I would love to watch it.

Nirti · Feb 14, 2019

Majorov announced it's his last season, but said he had 2 or 3 more competitions after Euros, so Nordics and Worlds.

TontoK said:
Is Moris not locked in for Georgia's entry?

i've never heard of the other gentlemen who is in the running. Does anyone know anything about him?

He's probably locked

But until there's no known official announcement, I list all the skaters who has the possibility to skate at Worlds. In this case, Maysuradze will probably be the 1st alternate. He ended #23 at the Euros this year, #17 last year.

khtmyzr · Feb 14, 2019

moonvine said:
And of course, my favorite event of any which features Hanyu - the unleashing of the Poohs!

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I heard they only allow those in Premium seats to throw things on to the ice. That is a very small portion of the audience. So sadly there’ll at best be only a sprinkle of Poohs on ice.

ankifeather · Feb 14, 2019

You are right, Japan for some bizarre reason, decided to restrict throwing to a handful of seats. These days you even need to pay to have the right to throw Pooh.

DSQ · Feb 14, 2019

ankifeather said:
You are right, Japan for some bizarre reason, decided to restrict throwing to a handful of seats. These days you even need to pay to have the right to throw Pooh.

That’s crazy but gotta make them $$$$/¥¥¥¥.

2019 Worlds: Men's Pregame Chat

GS Forum Staff

Nirti

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