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2019 Worlds: Ice Dance Pregame Chat
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Here are the projected entries 
Ice dance : 28 teams
As of february 25th, compared to the average between 30 and 32 teams during the last olympiade, the number of entries could be a bit lower this year, after the retirement of the turkish, korean, armenian, slovak and czech teams. From the team competing at Euros and 4 Continents, only the bulgarian Markova/Dazé can't go to Worlds because of not having reach both TES segments.
Pairs who meet the RD TES only : Teodora MARKOVA / Simon DAZE (BUL), Nicole KELLY / Berk AKALIN (TUR)
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 (Manni/Röthlisberger)
- European Championships, Belarus (none)
- Egna Dance Trophy, Italy (Calderone/Papetti, Zhata/Lukouski, Loboda/Shibnev)
- Four Continents Championships, USA (none)
- Bavarian Open, Germany (none)
- Jegvirag Cup, Hungary (no senior event)
- Ice Mall Cup, Israel (Bunina/Frolov)
| AUS | 1 | Chantelle KERRY / Andrew DODDS |
| BLR | 1 | Anna KUBLIKOVA / Yuri HULITSKI |
| CAN | 3 | Laurence FOURNIER-BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN, Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER and Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE |
| CHN | 1 | Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU |
| EST | 1 | Katerina BUNINA / German FROLOV |
| FIN | 1 | Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS |
| FRA | 2 | Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC and Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON |
| GER | 1 | Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN |
| GBR | 1 | Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON |
| HUN | 1 | Anna YANOVSKAYA / Adam LUKACS |
| ISR | 1 | Shira ICHILOV / Vadim DAVIDOVICH |
| ITA | 2/3 | Charlène GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI and Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI |
| JPN | 1 | Misato KOMATSUBARA / Tim KOLETO |
| LTU | 1 | Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS |
| POL | 1 | Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV |
| RUS | 2 | Viktoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV and Aleksandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN |
| ESP | 1 | Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN |
| SUI | 1 | Victoria MANNI / Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER |
| UKR | 1 | Aleksandra NAZAROVA / Maksim NIKITIN |
| USA | 3 | Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES, Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER, Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE |
Ice dance : 28 teams
As of february 25th, compared to the average between 30 and 32 teams during the last olympiade, the number of entries could be a bit lower this year, after the retirement of the turkish, korean, armenian, slovak and czech teams. From the team competing at Euros and 4 Continents, only the bulgarian Markova/Dazé can't go to Worlds because of not having reach both TES segments.
Pairs who meet the RD TES only : Teodora MARKOVA / Simon DAZE (BUL), Nicole KELLY / Berk AKALIN (TUR)
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 (Manni/Röthlisberger)
- European Championships, Belarus (none)
- Egna Dance Trophy, Italy (Calderone/Papetti, Zhata/Lukouski, Loboda/Shibnev)
- Four Continents Championships, USA (none)
- Bavarian Open, Germany (none)
- Jegvirag Cup, Hungary (no senior event)
- Ice Mall Cup, Israel (Bunina/Frolov)
After Egna Dance Trophy, 3 new teams reached their TES for Worlds :
- the italian Chiara Calderone and Pietro Papetti, so now Italy has the choice between 4 pairs for 3 spots. They even scored better than Moscheni/Fabbri in Egna.
- the ukrainian Yulia Zhata and Yan Lukouski, who probably will be substitute for Popova/Byelikov (except if Nazarova/Nikitin are back)
- the russian Alla Loboda and Anton Shibnev for their first international event, but they have obviously no chances to be selected for Worlds this year.
- the italian Chiara Calderone and Pietro Papetti, so now Italy has the choice between 4 pairs for 3 spots. They even scored better than Moscheni/Fabbri in Egna.
- the ukrainian Yulia Zhata and Yan Lukouski, who probably will be substitute for Popova/Byelikov (except if Nazarova/Nikitin are back)
- the russian Alla Loboda and Anton Shibnev for their first international event, but they have obviously no chances to be selected for Worlds this year.
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Natalia and Maxim are good team with great technical skills and original dances, they deserve their place at Europeans , also Sara and Kiril made mistake in the RD twizzles and still received very very good score. I also would like Sara and Kiril to be at the top 10 so we can see next year both Spanish teams at worlds so very deserved, but this does not change the fact that polish team is a good one with interesting elements and deserve its scores nevertheless they are not training at the most prominent coaches. Anyway I still think that Hurtado/Khaliavin will be placed among the top 10 if clean
Tweedale/Buckland are substitutes.
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Natalia and Maxim are good team with great technical skills and original dances, they deserve their place at Europeans , also Sara and Kiril made mistake in the RD twizzles and still received very very good score. I also would like Sara and Kiril to be at the top 10 so we can see next year both Spanish teams at worlds so very deserved, but this does not change the fact that polish team is a good one with interesting elements and deserve its scores nevertheless they are not training at the most prominent coaches. Anyway I still think that Hurtado/Khaliavin will be placed among the top 10 if clean
Based on loose calculations/predictions, top 10 will probably consist of: 1 French team, 3 US teams, 3 Canadian teams, 2 Russian teams which leaves one place inside of top 10, my bet would be on Lewis/Gibson or Hurtado/Khaliavin. Poles, as you said, are solid technicians and I can't deny them that, HOWEVER - the level of inflation they get lately in GOEs is quite astonishing to see, saying this as a Pole myself. Their tech capability (to get levels etc.) does not exactly equal the quality of their skating nor the sophistication/coherency level of their programs, especially for FD which for me could be perceived as 'original' per idea of it (in sea of contemporary/lyrical material this season), but the construction/design/arrangement of it leaves quite a lot to desire for in terms of polish, flow, nuance, attention to detail, body movement. As for their team...these days in my opinion it is more about knowing who to approach and how to approach than being perceived as 'prominent' or not which seems like the case lately. I just wish politicking in this situation would be less apparent and more 'subtle', if this is even possible at all.
But we will see, the bizarre level of this season's scores makes me anticipate everything possible.
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I agree about Natalia and Max that their levels are good and have room to progress in the flow and polish, but I dont thing that the teams they left behind are far more superior than them. They are all close and all depends on the day of the performance and of course the judges.
About the standings I think we have to add 1 Italian in top 10. I have my personal preference to Lewis/Gibson rather than Hurtado/Khaliavin, but I would rather have Sara and Kiril in top 10 because of Smart Diaz Anyway If someone goes wrong (Canadian or US team for example) and Kiril and Sara are clean perhaps they will be in top 10. During one competition it was said that Zhulin teams always have a bit advantage and I tend to believe in Zhulin connections too
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I agree about Natalia and Max that their levels are good and have room to progress in the flow and polish, but I dont thing that the teams they left behind are far more superior than them. They are all close and all depends on the day of the performance and of course the judges.
About the standings I think we have to add 1 Italian in top 10. I have my personal preference to Lewis/Gibson rather than Hurtado/Khaliavin, but I would rather have Sara and Kiril in top 10 because of Smart Diaz Anyway If someone goes wrong (Canadian or US team for example) and Kiril and Sara are clean perhaps they will be in top 10. During one competition it was said that Zhulin teams always have a bit advantage and I tend to believe in Zhulin connections too
OMG forgot about Guignard/Fabbri, I am honestly ashamed of myself right now
. Yes, they sure will make top 10 at Worlds, without a doubt.For the moment, based on international scores, we have this ranking :
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON 217,98
2. Aleksandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN 206,41
3. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE 205,35
4. Viktoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV 201,37
5. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER 201,27
6. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI 199,84
7. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES 197,42
8. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE 197,27
9. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksim SPODYRIEV 186,57
10. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER 184,63
11. Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON 182,05
12. Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN 180,67
13. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC 180,32
* Laurence FOURNIER-BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN
There's a clear top8, then 6 other teams. Lauriault/Le Gac were a bit outrun at Euros because of some mistakes so I don't see them in the race for the top10. About Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen, we'll see in some days where they are in the "hierarchy". At 2018 Euros they were in the same points as Hurtado/Khaliavin and Kaliszek/Spodyriev.
7/14 teams from this list train in Montreal... + Wang/Liu and Komatsubara/Koleto, one third of all the participants will come from the same club!
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON 217,98
2. Aleksandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN 206,41
3. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE 205,35
4. Viktoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV 201,37
5. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER 201,27
6. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI 199,84
7. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES 197,42
8. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE 197,27
9. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksim SPODYRIEV 186,57
10. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER 184,63
11. Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON 182,05
12. Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN 180,67
13. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC 180,32
* Laurence FOURNIER-BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN
There's a clear top8, then 6 other teams. Lauriault/Le Gac were a bit outrun at Euros because of some mistakes so I don't see them in the race for the top10. About Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen, we'll see in some days where they are in the "hierarchy". At 2018 Euros they were in the same points as Hurtado/Khaliavin and Kaliszek/Spodyriev.
7/14 teams from this list train in Montreal... + Wang/Liu and Komatsubara/Koleto, one third of all the participants will come from the same club!
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I agree about the clear top 8 teams (P/C, H/D, S/B, W/P, S/K, C/B, G/F and G/P). Then I think there are 5 teams I could see getting those last two top 10 spots: Hawayek/Baker, Fournier Beaudry/Sorensen, Kaliszek/Spodyriev, Fear/Gibson and Hurtado/Khaliavin. I'm not sure K/S's scores will hold with a different panel, but they have the highest SB of these teams. H/B have a GP gold and made the GPF. For FB/S, we'll have a better sense after 4CCs where they'll stack up (both score-wise and compared to H/B), but they did look strong at Nationals.
The head to heads we have between these teams this season are:
- Euros: K/S (5), F/G (6), H/K (7)
- CoR: H/K (2), K/S (5)
- NHK: H/B (1), F/G (4)
- SA: F/G (5), K/S (6)
- Nebelhorn: F/G (4), K/S (8)
The head to heads we have between these teams this season are:
- Euros: K/S (5), F/G (6), H/K (7)
- CoR: H/K (2), K/S (5)
- NHK: H/B (1), F/G (4)
- SA: F/G (5), K/S (6)
- Nebelhorn: F/G (4), K/S (8)
Ice Mall have Markova/Daze and Bunina/Frolov. Also Nazarova/Nikitin are still entered.
I don't see the Turkish team entered in the Spring events
I think Komatsubara/Koleto are now training in Japan, I remember seeing a Twitter post about them being excited to move back.
Just looking back at previous worlds, I thought that Russia would have more than 2 spots in ice dance. I'm sure that they will be determined to earn a third spot for the next championships.
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They are still part of the Gadbois team, but they have to spend part of the year in Japan to give him a chance to get citizenship.
Russian ice dance is really lucky to have 2. No one can deny the program has been largely abandoned to focus on ladies.
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Oh dear, that squeeze for the bottom end of the top ten is fierce. As a Brit, I'd love to see Lilah and Lewis make it, as we do actually have a second pair capable of skating at an international level, and that's a rare thing in British figure skating.
But, I really feel that it'd be a horrible shame for the Spanish not to have two spots for next year. I want to see both those couples skate.
I kind of hate the ISU's qualification criteria.
But, I really feel that it'd be a horrible shame for the Spanish not to have two spots for next year. I want to see both those couples skate.
I kind of hate the ISU's qualification criteria.
I agree. France will always have 3 spots just because P/C have placed in the top 2 at worlds every year since 2015 even though they have a weaker dance program overall compared to countries such as russia and even spain who have less spots.
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