2019-20 Canadian Figure Skating
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Team Canada at JGP Latvia
Men
Eric Liu
Joseph Phan
Ladies
Kaiya Ruiter (JGP debut)
Ice dance
Natalie D'Alessandro & Bruce Waddell
Isabel McQuilkin & Jacob Portz (JGP debut)
Kaiya indeed makes her debut. I can't recall the last time Canada sent somebody that young out to the ladies' JGP.
Looks like a good field for Natalie and Bruce; they could win the silver medal there.
I'm glad it looks like Joseph will be able to compete, though boy is that a tough field, by comparison.
Men
Eric Liu
Joseph Phan
Ladies
Kaiya Ruiter (JGP debut)
Ice dance
Natalie D'Alessandro & Bruce Waddell
Isabel McQuilkin & Jacob Portz (JGP debut)
Kaiya indeed makes her debut. I can't recall the last time Canada sent somebody that young out to the ladies' JGP.
Looks like a good field for Natalie and Bruce; they could win the silver medal there.
I'm glad it looks like Joseph will be able to compete, though boy is that a tough field, by comparison.
Going to younger skaters, I really liked Reese Rose and Tara Maria Ienciu. They are both pre novices, but have nice 3T, 3S and 2A (Tara). Reese triple jumps are generally URs, but she is so young. I am not sure how old is Tara. She looks quite young.
| More likely bronze: Kazakova/Reviya (6th at JW) and Ukrainians Golubtsova/Belobrov will likely outscore them in Latvia. |
Obviously, Grassl is the top player here. Russian Mozalev had a slightly higher SB than Phan whose SB is higher than Torgashev's. But Mozalev was inconsistent last year, winning gold in his first outing, but placing 6th in his second. And you never know what to expect from Andrew Torgashev.
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I wouldn't call that "likely". The Ukrainians competed at two events last year and lost to Bronsard/Bouaraguia at one of them. They're potentially competitive.
Bronsard / Bouaraguia beat the Ukrainians at the Czech event, but Golubtsova / Belobrov beat the Canadians in Armenia. I'd give the Ukrainians the edge simply because like Armenia, Latvia is a former SSR where the judging panel is likely to contain several judges from former SSRs.
e.g., the Armenian panel: HUN BLR GEO UKR EST USA CAN GER RUS--hardly a well-balanced group.
The panels at JGP events tend to reflect to some extent the countries competing there. At the Latvian event, in addition to CAN USA RUS UKR FRA there are also teams from BLR EST GEO UZB, so you might expect to see some of those countries represented on the panel, as well as LAT. It's a lot cheaper to import judges from close neighboring countries than from Western Europe.
e.g., the Armenian panel: HUN BLR GEO UKR EST USA CAN GER RUS--hardly a well-balanced group.
The panels at JGP events tend to reflect to some extent the countries competing there. At the Latvian event, in addition to CAN USA RUS UKR FRA there are also teams from BLR EST GEO UZB, so you might expect to see some of those countries represented on the panel, as well as LAT. It's a lot cheaper to import judges from close neighboring countries than from Western Europe.
Feds with a skater entered in the event are asked to nominate a judge. If more than 9 are nominated, they will make a drawn before RD. Those not drawn for RD will be used in the FD.
So yes, the panel in Riga will reflect the teams entered, depending on which Feds have judges available/interested for that particular week.
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While there are always political factors in dance, in Armenia Aissa stepped out of his twizzles, which cost them a few points in the RD and meant they skated outside the final FD group; so those results are not just about who's on the judging panel. And Natalie and Bruce are a more experienced and probably overall better team, at least they were when we last saw them (stay tuned!).
for KaiyaInteresting thought...maybe Sarah Tamura? In 2014, making her debut at 13 (but possibly closer to 14 than Kaiya)
In other news, Keegan got married this past weekend! Someone posted in his fan fest, but I thought I'd add it here too:
https://twitter.com/KeeganMOnline/status/1158123763189321728?s=19
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The Quebec Summer Skate is happening this weekend. I think Hannah Dawson and Véronik Mallet are scheduled. When is the ladies sp?
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Lubov did not miss a single jump in the warm up and the sp. Charlie was the one having tight landings. It seems to me that timing on the ice is more in synch than when she skated with dylan. I liked the music. You will not see a lp from them tomorrow. They were planning to only skate the short.
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Ravi posted a clip of Aurora's 3Lz yesterday.
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Sadly, we had a few big withdrawals, so we'll have to wait to see how Marjorie & Zach stack up in seniors, as well as what Laurence & Nikolaj are skating to this year.
Carolane & Shane's RD
Alicia & Paul's RD
