Me too! That will be fascinating, especially thrown in with the likes of Kanysheva and Tarakanova. It will be very interesting!!I'm excited to see Valieva and Liu debut as juniors.
Only ladies right now because doing men also would include a whole list containing only Yuzuru Hanyu, his poor ankles, crazy plans and that 4A. (even though that‘s more of a kinda-scared-of-but-also-intrigued-by list)
- 3A senior debut
- Zhenya‘s new SP and her working with Averbukh again while simultaneously showing the changes and improvements she‘s made
- Alina with new programs and hopefully more relaxed and herself now that she‘s won everything
- Kamila Valieva becoming the new junior star
- what Kanysheva can do under Eteri
- Alysa Liu and how she will perform in competition against the Russian girls
-Rika Kihira and her new programs. I think it will be difficult to surpass the masterpiece that was Beautiful Storm but I‘m excited nevertheless
- Satoko Miyahara. Just everything about her. (Even though I‘m scared of how low the judges will get with her PCS next year...)
- Eunsoo Lim. No idea what she‘s going to do after the Worlds drama but she‘s such a talent and I want to see her bloom this year
-Wakaba returning.
And I probably forgot a lot now.
What I‘m scared of:
Russian team selection and Russian Nationals. I feel like it gets harder every year.
Jun’s boots and Yuzuru‘s ankles.
I'm ready for the New Programs thread to get going.
Part of the fun is critiquing the choices before we've even seen the programs!
Uno landing that 3A4T. It is such a beautiful jump! I have a huge list of favs after just one year, but every time I see Uno skate it charges me with joy.
I am biting nails to see what is going to happen in Camp Russian Ladies, because I seriously can’t figure out which one blows my socks off. I will be looking for an opportunity to see RNationals because I just don’t think anything could possibly top that.
I might be the only person who looks forward to Junior Worlds - this year’s was so good.
Also, this past season the ‘substitute’ stories just impressed me so much, Gogolev at JGP, Sinitizina at JW, Lazukin at Team Trophy... I will be paying attention in the coming year again.
And, on a personal note, I am crazy about going to a skating competition live for the firs time since I was like seven or something like that.