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2019 Worlds: Pairs' Pregame Chat
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Here are the projected entries 
As of february 25th, only 21 pairs can enter, but 2 (the australian and the japanese) withdrew. Compared to the 28 pairs from 2017 and 2018 edition, the number of expected entries is significantly lower this year, because of some retirements (the israelis, koreans, hungarians) and the poor results of North-American teams last year, which allows Canada and USA to send each one pair less.
Pairs who meet the SP TES only : Camille MENDOZA / Pavel KOVALEV (FRA)
Pairs who meet the FS TES only : Anna VERNIKOV / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI (ISR), Liubov EFIMENKO / Dmitry EPSTEIN (NED)
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.
- European Championships, Belarus (none)
- Four Continents Championships, USA (none)
- Bavarian Open, Germany (Jones/Boyadji)
- Ice Mall Cup, Israel (Abrazhevich/Bidar)
- Challenge Cup, The Netherlands (none)
| AUS | 1 | Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR |
| AUT | 1 | Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER |
| CAN | 2 | Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO and Evelyn WALSH / Trennt MICHAUD |
| CHN | 2 | Cheng PENG / Yang JIN and Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN |
| CRO | 1 | Lara PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA-KORDEIRU |
| CZE | 1 | Hanna ABRAZHEVICH / Martin BIDAR |
| PRK | 1 | Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM |
| FRA | 1/2 | Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES |
| GER | 2 | Minerva HASE / Nolan SEEGERT and Annika HOCKE / Ruben BLOMMAERT |
| GBR | 1 | Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI |
| ITA | 2 | Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE and Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI |
| JPN | 1 | Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA |
| RUS | 3 | Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV, Natalia ZABIJAKO / Aleksandr ENBERT and Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitri KOZLOVSKI |
| ESP | 1 | Lara BARQUERO / Aritz MAESTU |
| USA | 1 | Ashley CAIN / Timothy LEDUC |
As of february 25th, only 21 pairs can enter, but 2 (the australian and the japanese) withdrew. Compared to the 28 pairs from 2017 and 2018 edition, the number of expected entries is significantly lower this year, because of some retirements (the israelis, koreans, hungarians) and the poor results of North-American teams last year, which allows Canada and USA to send each one pair less.
Pairs who meet the SP TES only : Camille MENDOZA / Pavel KOVALEV (FRA)
Pairs who meet the FS TES only : Anna VERNIKOV / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI (ISR), Liubov EFIMENKO / Dmitry EPSTEIN (NED)
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.
- European Championships, Belarus (none)
- Four Continents Championships, USA (none)
- Bavarian Open, Germany (Jones/Boyadji)
- Ice Mall Cup, Israel (Abrazhevich/Bidar)
- Challenge Cup, The Netherlands (none)
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Canada has two entries for Worlds in Pairs.
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Yes!! I’m so happy! Worlds is gonna be awesome!
Found it, they are gonna compete at Ice Mall Cup.
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Glad to find this out! Yay for Zoe and Chris!
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Some preliminary thoughts on podium contenders:
The Big Three
In a short program where everybody skates well (as if!), you'd expect these three to be in the final flight for the free skate, and they'd be most people's default choices for the podium, in some order.
James/Cipres
Strengths: Undeniably the team with momentum this season; great performance ability; programs people love.
Weaknesses: Used to be the throws, particularly in the short program, but they seem to have fixed that by getting rid of the cool-but-too-difficult entry; that -1 deduction for the end of the free program, which so far hasn't mattered, but in a knife fight it might.
Tarasova/Morozov
Strengths: They have probably the highest-quality elements in the field when executed properly; after midseason course correction, their programs are now tailored to what they can do well.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps; they let mistakes get to them.
Sui/Han
Strengths: Great programs; all-around quality elements and performance ability; don't let mistakes get to them.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps; late start compared to everybody else.
The Chase Pack
The teams that will be angling to be the fourth team in the final flight, assuming the top three skate well in the short, and from there the plan would be to skate well in the free and hope one or more of the top teams flames out (a strategy that has already worked for Peng/Jin and very nearly worked for Moore-Towers/Marinaro earlier in the season).
Peng/Jin
Strengths: The best pairs short program of the season (yes, that's objective fact
); generated a lot of momentum for themselves in the Grand Prix season, which was kind of a breakout for them after being very much "the third Chinese team" for their first two seasons.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps.
Zabiyako/Enbert
Strengths: Strong all-around on the elements, had a very good Grand Prix series (up until the Final, at least, but that was a flukey mistake).
Weaknesses: Are they even going to be here? And if they are, they'll have lost a lot of training time to injury, unlikely to allow them to be in top form.
Moore-Towers/Marinaro
Strengths: KMT's sheer determination; their side-by-sides are some of the more reliable in the field, particularly now that they've stopped the over-ambitious three-jump combination.
Weaknesses: Unbalanced talent level between partners; lifts.
Boikova/Kozlovskii
Strengths: Team on the rise; programs play to the best of classical Russian tradition.
Weaknesses: Their free skate scores are on the lower end compared to what others in this group have achieved; these two feel destined for the Worlds podium, but maybe not quite yet.
Della Monica/Guarise
Strengths: Solid all-around.
Weaknesses: It's been a bit up-and-down for them this season; small fed, so if it's close between them and one of these other teams, it's likely to break against them.
The Big Three
In a short program where everybody skates well (as if!), you'd expect these three to be in the final flight for the free skate, and they'd be most people's default choices for the podium, in some order.
James/Cipres
Strengths: Undeniably the team with momentum this season; great performance ability; programs people love.
Weaknesses: Used to be the throws, particularly in the short program, but they seem to have fixed that by getting rid of the cool-but-too-difficult entry; that -1 deduction for the end of the free program, which so far hasn't mattered, but in a knife fight it might.
Tarasova/Morozov
Strengths: They have probably the highest-quality elements in the field when executed properly; after midseason course correction, their programs are now tailored to what they can do well.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps; they let mistakes get to them.
Sui/Han
Strengths: Great programs; all-around quality elements and performance ability; don't let mistakes get to them.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps; late start compared to everybody else.
The Chase Pack
The teams that will be angling to be the fourth team in the final flight, assuming the top three skate well in the short, and from there the plan would be to skate well in the free and hope one or more of the top teams flames out (a strategy that has already worked for Peng/Jin and very nearly worked for Moore-Towers/Marinaro earlier in the season).
Peng/Jin
Strengths: The best pairs short program of the season (yes, that's objective fact
); generated a lot of momentum for themselves in the Grand Prix season, which was kind of a breakout for them after being very much "the third Chinese team" for their first two seasons.Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps.
Zabiyako/Enbert
Strengths: Strong all-around on the elements, had a very good Grand Prix series (up until the Final, at least, but that was a flukey mistake).
Weaknesses: Are they even going to be here? And if they are, they'll have lost a lot of training time to injury, unlikely to allow them to be in top form.
Moore-Towers/Marinaro
Strengths: KMT's sheer determination; their side-by-sides are some of the more reliable in the field, particularly now that they've stopped the over-ambitious three-jump combination.
Weaknesses: Unbalanced talent level between partners; lifts.
Boikova/Kozlovskii
Strengths: Team on the rise; programs play to the best of classical Russian tradition.
Weaknesses: Their free skate scores are on the lower end compared to what others in this group have achieved; these two feel destined for the Worlds podium, but maybe not quite yet.
Della Monica/Guarise
Strengths: Solid all-around.
Weaknesses: It's been a bit up-and-down for them this season; small fed, so if it's close between them and one of these other teams, it's likely to break against them.
Some preliminary thoughts on podium contenders:
The Big Three
In a short program where everybody skates well (as if!), you'd expect these three to be in the final flight for the free skate, and they'd be most people's default choices for the podium, in some order.
James/Cipres
Strengths: Undeniably the team with momentum this season; great performance ability; programs people love.
Weaknesses: Used to be the throws, particularly in the short program, but they seem to have fixed that by getting rid of the cool-but-too-difficult entry; that -1 deduction for the end of the free program, which so far hasn't mattered, but in a knife fight it might.
Tarasova/Morozov
Strengths: They have probably the highest-quality elements in the field when executed properly; after midseason course correction, their programs are now tailored to what they can do well.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps; they let mistakes get to them.
Sui/Han
Strengths: Great programs; all-around quality elements and performance ability; don't let mistakes get to them.
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps; late start compared to everybody else.
The Chase Pack
The teams that will be angling to be the fourth team in the final flight, assuming the top three skate well in the short, and from there the plan would be to skate well in the free and hope one or more of the top teams flames out (a strategy that has already worked for Peng/Jin and very nearly worked for Moore-Towers/Marinaro earlier in the season).
Peng/Jin
Strengths: The best pairs short program of the season (yes, that's objective fact
Weaknesses: Side-by-side jumps.
Zabiyako/Enbert
Strengths: Strong all-around on the elements, had a very good Grand Prix series (up until the Final, at least, but that was a flukey mistake).
Weaknesses: Are they even going to be here? And if they are, they'll have lost a lot of training time to injury, unlikely to allow them to be in top form.
Moore-Towers/Marinaro
Strengths: KMT's sheer determination; their side-by-sides are some of the more reliable in the field, particularly now that they've stopped the over-ambitious three-jump combination.
Weaknesses: Unbalanced talent level between partners; lifts.
Boikova/Kozlovskii
Strengths: Team on the rise; programs play to the best of classical Russian tradition.
Weaknesses: Their free skate scores are on the lower end compared to what others in this group have achieved; these two feel destined for the Worlds podium, but maybe not quite yet.
Della Monica/Guarise
Strengths: Solid all-around.
Weaknesses: It's been a bit up-and-down for them this season; small fed, so if it's close between them and one of these other teams, it's likely to break against them.
Based on Cain/LeDuc's performances by winning U.S. Nationals and their 196 point score at 4CC, they are probably the no. 1 chasers of the chase pack. They moved ahead of the Austrians, North Koreans and Germans at this point.
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I really hope Z/E are back. I need to see their insane Spamalot programme again. They haven't really interested me this much in previous years
I also hope that teams from countries with strength in depth like Canada and USA do well enough to earn extra spots for their team-mates. It's a bit frustrating to have such a thin field, and know that there are skaters who would fit right in.
I also hope that teams from countries with strength in depth like Canada and USA do well enough to earn extra spots for their team-mates. It's a bit frustrating to have such a thin field, and know that there are skaters who would fit right in.
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Such a shame that France has 2 spots but only 1 pair
I think Hamon/Strekalin got their minimums, but it was in an international competition that ended up having only having French teams in it due to withdrawals, so they couldn't use them. Strekalin's been injured since Nationals, so they haven't had another chance to go out and get them (they were slated for Bavarian Open but withdrew).
Yes, and it's even more frustrating that everybody knew only 3 french pairs had registered. They skated, thought they reached the minima, and some weeks after realized it hasn't count. French Fed asked for a derogation for Euros, which has been refused. At this time it was probably too late to send Hamon/Strekalyn and Mendoza/Kovalev to another competition, and now Strekalyn is injured and for Mendoza/Kovalev we don't know (unfortunately they are often injured too - and often snubbed by French Fed too).
One more topic to add to the French Fed's amateurism trial, after the announcement of a fake GP final in France and - it's still the worst they did IMO - when they forgot to register a speed skating athlete to 2014 Olympics
One more topic to add to the French Fed's amateurism trial, after the announcement of a fake GP final in France and - it's still the worst they did IMO - when they forgot to register a speed skating athlete to 2014 Olympics
Yes, and it's even more frustrating that everybody knew only 3 french pairs had registered. They skated, thought they reached the minima, and some weeks after realized it hasn't count. French Fed asked for a derogation for Euros, which has been refused. At this time it was probably too late to send Hamon/Strekalyn and Mendoza/Kovalev to another competition, and now Strekalyn is injured and for Mendoza/Kovalev we don't know (unfortunately they are often injured too - and often snubbed by French Fed too).
One more topic to add to the French Fed's amateurism trial, after the announcement of a fake GP final in France and - it's still the worst they did IMO - when they forgot to register a speed skating athlete to 2014 Olympics
I thought it was in Strasbourg next year but I saw on wikipedia that it would finally take place in Italy. What happened ?
The French federation is a joke, the organization of events is always bad while we have some amazing skaters.
It's probably off topic but I don't understand that all these things do not change.
We had no official explanation... Problem with Strasbourg is that all the hotels are booked one year in advance in december because of the Christmas Market, so it's not the best period to host this kind of event. Then it was rumoured Metz, Marseille or Paris... And finally organized by Italian Fed.
Back to the pairs topic, if Vanessa and Morgan rank #1 or #2, France will have 3 spots next year, so the opportunity of not using one more spot than this year
Back to the pairs topic, if Vanessa and Morgan rank #1 or #2, France will have 3 spots next year, so the opportunity of not using one more spot than this year
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