2017 Cup Of Russia: GP Predictions Game Round 1

[Gia_Sesshoumaru]

Men

1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Nathan Chen
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Nam Nguyen
5. Misha Ge
6. Dmitri Alice

Ladies

1. Evgenia Medvedev a
2. Wakaba Higuchi
3. Carolina Koster
4. Mirai Nagasu
5. Elena Radionova
6. Elizabet Tursynbaeva

Pairs

1. Tarasova/Morozov
2. Marchei/Hotarek
3. Ashtokova/Rogonov
4. Stolbova/Klimov
5. Seguin/Bilodeau
6. Castelli/Tran

Ice Dance

1. Shibutani/Shibutani
2. Bobrova/Soloviev
3. Guignard/Fabbri
4. Gilles/Poirier
5. Stepanova/Bukin
6. Parsons/Parsons

 

[Mrs. P]

Men
1.) Nathan Chen
2.) Yuzuru Hanyu
3.) Mikhail Kolyada
4.) Dmitri Aliev
5.) Misha Ge
--
6.) Nam Nguyen
7.) Grant Hochstein
8.) Denis Ten

Ladies
1.) Evgenia Medvedeva
2.) Wakaba Higuchi
2.) Carolina Kostner
3.) Elena Radionova
4.) Mirai Nagasu
5.) Elizabet Tursynbaeva
---
6.) Mariah Bell
7.) Kaori Sakamoto

Pairs
1.) Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov
2.) Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
3.) Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau
4.) Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek
5.) Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
---
6.) Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran

Dance
1.) Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
2.) Ekataerina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev
3.) Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
4.) Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
5.) Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons
---
6.) Betina Popova/Sergey Mozgov
7.) Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri

 

[Pippuripihvi]

Men:
1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Dmitri ALIEV
5. Nam NGUYEN
6. Misha GE

Ladies:
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Mirai NAGASU
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Kaori SAKAMOTO
6. Elena RADIONOVA

Pairs:
1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Ice Dance:
1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
3. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
6. Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS

 

[FTnoona]

MEN
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Yuzuru HANYU
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Denis TEN
5. Dmitri ALIEV
6. Nam NGUYEN

WOMEN
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Elena Radionova
5. Mirai NAGASU
6. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA

PAIRS
1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
4. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
5. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
6. Marissa CASTELLI / Mervin TRAN

DANCE
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
3. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
4. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
5. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
6. Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS

 

[sequinsgalore]

Men
1. Yuzuru Hanyu JPN
2. Nathan Chen USA
3. Mikhail Kolyada RUS
4. Nam Nguyen CAN
5. Misha Ge UZB
6. Dmitri Aliev RUS

Ladies
1. Evgenia Medvedeva RUS
2. Wakaba Higuchi JPN
3. Elena Radionova RUS
4. Carolina Kostner ITA
5. Mirai Nagasu USA
6. Kaori Sakamoto JPN

Pair
1. Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov RUS
2. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS
3. Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau CAN
4. Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov RUS
5. Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek ITA
6. Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran USA

Ice Dance
1. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA
2. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS
3. Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier CAN
4. Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin RUS
5. Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri ITA
6. Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons USA

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Ladies
1.) Evgenia Medvedeva
2.) Wakaba Higuchi
2.) Carolina Kostner
3.) Elena Radionova
4.) Mirai Nagasu
5.) Elizabet Tursynbaeva
---
6.) Mariah Bell
7.) Kaori Sakamoto

I realise it's a typing error, but seeing this started me wondering: Is it possible to have a dead heat in figure skating? Or does it go to a tie-breaker? And if it does, what is the tie breaker?

CaroLiza_fan

 

[ragdoll]

I've never done this before and generally suck at predictions but here goes:

Ladies:

1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Kaori SAKAMOTO
5. Elena RADIONOVA
6. Mirai NAGASU


MEN:

1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Denis TEN
5. Dmitri ALIEV
6. Moris KVITELASHVILI


PAIRS:

1. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV
3. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA/Alexei ROGANOV
5. Valentina MARCHEI/Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Miriam ZIEGLER/Severin KIEFER

iCE DANCE:

1. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV
3. Alexandra STEPANOVA/Ivan BUKIN
4. Piper GILLES/Paul POIRIER
5. Charlene GUIGNARD/Marco fABRI
6. Rachel PARSONS/Michael PARSONS


Whatever the final result, I wish the best of luck to all skaters!

 

[kresslia]

LADIES:

1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Mirai NAGASU
5. Elena RADIONOVA
6. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA

MEN:

1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Dmitri ALIEV
5. Daniel SAMOHIN
6. Moris KVITELASHVILI

PAIRS:

1. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA/Alexei ROGANOV
4. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU
5. Valentina MARCHEI/Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Marissa CASTELLI/Mervin TRAN

ICE DANCE:

1. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV
3. Piper GILLES/Paul POIRIER
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA/Ivan BUKIN
5. Charlene GUIGNARD/Marco FABRI
6. Rachel PARSONS/Michael PARSONS

 

[nikki51]

Ladies:
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Elena RADIONOVA
4. Mirai NAGASU
5. Carolina KOSTNER
6. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA

Men:
1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Denis TEN
5. Nam NGUYEN
6. Grant HOCHSTEIN

Pairs:
1. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA/Alexei ROGANOV
4. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU
5. Valentina MARCHEI/Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Marissa CASTELLI/Mervin TRAN

Ice dance:
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
3. Piper GILLES/Paul POIRIER
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA/Ivan BUKIN
5. Charlene GUIGNARD/Marco FABRI
6. Rachel PARSONS/Michael PARSONS

 

[Xorasy]

Ladies:
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Wakaba HIGUCHI
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Mirai NAGASU
6. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA

Men:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Yuzuru HANYU
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Nam NGUYEN
5. Denis TEN
6. Dmitri ALIEV

Pairs:
1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
6. Marissa CASTELLI / Mervin TRAN

Dance:
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
3. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS
6. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Here we go!!!

Since I haven’t seen the vast majority of routines yet, I decided to go purely with my gut. I didn’t even look up the PB’s or World Standings or anything.

I know this is going to backfire, but hey!

With the Ladies, I kinda dug myself a hole when Sam mentioned in the ladies thread that he had put Carolina at the top of his predictions, and I posted the following reply:

I so want to do the same, but I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to.

There again, I haven't seen anybody's programmes yet. So, I don't have a specific reason to think they will be the better than Carolina's...

OK, then! I'm having Caro on top too!

CaroLiza_fan

I know fine well she isn’t going to win, but I can but dream.

I knew who I was putting in my Top 5, and the order. The dilemma I had was over who to have as my alternate. It was between Bell, Radionova and Tursynbaeva. I know Lena didn’t have a great time last season, but I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Next I put a skater I like to champion on GS, Nastya Galustyan. And I rounded off my Top 10 with the spoiler in the field – Mikhailova, who has just come up from Juniors.

When it came to the Men, I remember that Yuzu doesn’t normally score as high at the start of the season as he does when at the Majors towards the end of the season. So, I went with Chen to win.

But, just in case Yuzu does get off the blocks running, I put him in 2nd.

I was always putting Kolyada in 3rd. But, I dithered over what order to put the 3 guys I wanted to round off my Top 6 in. Ten either scores very high, or else very low; there is no in between. Ge is very enjoyable to watch, but the judges don’t seem to appreciate it as much as we do. And although Aliev has done a good few international competitions at Senior level, he has been concentrating on Juniors the past couple of seasons, and it may take a while to adjust.

That said, I rate Aliev, so I put him into 4th. Just in case he does do well, I put Ten into my final scoring position, and Ge as my alternate. I probably should have had Nguyen or Hochstein as my alternate, but I am living in hope that the judges will finally start to appreciate Misha.

And, no. Putting Lazukin towards the bottom has absolutely nothing to do with me being jealous of him for having Liza as a girlfriend. I just rate the others more.

Everybody knows I’m a Russophile anyway, but I really can’t see an alternative to an all-Russian podium in Pairs. And I am probably being harsh on Séguin / Bilodeau, but I really wanted to put Marchei / Hotárek and Ziegler / Kiefer in my Top 5.

Ice Dance was surprisingly straightforward. I knew exactly what order I was going to put everybody in, except for 3rd and 4th positions. I dithered between Gilles / Poirier and Stepanova / Bukin or a long time. But, in the end, I opted for the latter couple because, well, it is Russia we are in after all.

Notice that I didn’t say I “wanted” to put them in this order. I like Kuzmich / Sinicyn, and so would have preferred to put them higher than last place.

So glad to be playing the Predictions Game again. It has been too long.

Caroliza_fan


CUP OF RUSSIA

Ladies

1. Carolina KOSTNER, ITA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA, RUS
3. Wakaba HIGUCHI, JPN
4. Mirai NAGASU, USA
5. Kaori SAKAMOTO, JPN

Just for fun:
6. Elena RADIONOVA, RUS
7. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA, KAZ
8. Mariah BELL, USA
9. Anastasia GALUSTYAN, ARM
10. Valeriia MIKHAILOVA, RUS
11. Mae Berenice MEITE, FRA
12. Nicole SCHOTT, GER


Men

1. Nathan CHEN, USA
2. Yuzuru HANYU, JPN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA, RUS
4. Dmitri ALIEV, RUS
5. Denis TEN, KAZ

Just for fun:
6. Misha GE, UZB
7. Nam NGUYEN, CAN
8. Grant HOCHSTEIN, USA
9. Deniss VASILJEVS, LAT
10. Moris KVITELASHVILI, GEO
11. Andrei LAZUKIN, RUS
12. Daniel SAMOHIN, ISR


Pairs

1. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV, RUS
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV, RUS
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV, RUS
4. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK, ITA
5. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER, AUT

Just for fun:
6. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU, CAN
7. Marissa CASTELLI / Mervin TRAN, USA
8. Sumire SUTO / Francis BOUDREAU-AUDET, JPN


Ice Dance

1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI, USA
2. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV, RUS
3. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN, RUS
4. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER, CAN
5. Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR, TUR

Just for fun:
6. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI, ITA
7. Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS, USA
8. Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV, RUS
9. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC, FRA
10. Nicole KUZMICHOVA / Alexandr SINICYN, CZE

 

[bobbob]

Ladies:
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Carolina Kostner
3. Wakaba Higuchi
4. Elena Radionova
5. Mirai Nagasu
6. Kaori Sakamoto

Men
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Nathan Chen
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Denis Ten
5. Dmitri Aliev
6. Misha Ge

Pairs
1. Evgenia Tarasova/Vladmir Morosov
2. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
4. Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK
5. Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau
6. Marissa CASTELLI / Mervin TRAN

Dance
1. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
2. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
3. Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
6. Rachel Parsons / Michael parsons

 

[daphenaxa]

so do we get a small medal if we guessed the SP podium correctly??

 

[[email protected]]

Some unexpected results in ladies event so far outside Medvedeva's lead. Biggest setbacks for participants are Nagasu's meltdown and Sakamoto's success. 2 people "saw" it and, hence, they are leading with 65: mis751 and ragdoll. Poice correctly placed 4 out of 5 but included Mirai in the list. Hence, 60 points. About 10 people have 55.

Let's see if tomorrow brings changes to that.

 

[[email protected]]

Yes, there are changes

Rostelecom Ladies Results


GOLD: with the perfect score 75 points mis751
SILVER: 65 points MaiKatze, Fish in the sea, lovaticcanada, lost3iron
BRONZE: 60 points tulosai, xibsuarz, surimi, HR4, bobbob

Congratulations!

 

[MaiKatze]

Yes, there are changes

Rostelecom Ladies Results


GOLD: with the perfect score 75 points mis751
SILVER: 65 points MaiKatze, Fish in the sea, lovaticcanada, lost3iron
BRONZE: 60 points tulosai, xibsuarz, surimi, HR4, bobbob

Congratulations!

My debut prediction game (Yes, really, I never participated before!) and I start with a silver in Ladies!! Yes!

 

[whatif]

I never win @#$%....Corrupt judging I say......

 

[Weathergal]

Men’s Results

GOLD with 65 points (very impressive!): Curious Quip, xibsuarz

SILVER with 60 points: Daniel1998, icellist, Marius, MalAssada, Mrs. P, skylark, SubRosa, Weathergal

BRONZE with 55 points: 4everchan, cer, daphenaxa, Debrah, Ftnoona, glorybox6, Hyena, itofan, jiawen2016, Lyssa, Pandicorn, silverfoxes, Skye, SnowWhite, voolfee, yume

Congratulations to all the medalists! :hap36:

The most frequent combination of guesses (in order) was Hanyu, Chen, Kolyada, Aliev, and Nam – with a variation of Chen, Hanyu, Kolyada, Aliev, and Nam also being popular.

The top five finisher that the fewest people had anywhere in their picks was by far Moris Kvitelashvili. He didn’t get too much love from everyone this week so I’d guess he was the biggest surprise in the predictions.

Many people had Chen and Hanyu reversed although quite a few people did predict this slight upset.

Kolyada in third was the most frequently predicted correct guess.

There were a few people, particularly in the first several pages of guesses, who still had Keiji Tanaka in their predictions even though he withdrew from the event. Fortunately they all had a reserve guess so they were covered. It’s a good idea to include one as sometimes sadly there are last-minute withdrawals or injuries.

There were quite a few last-minute changes to the Men’s and Ladies entries for Skate Canada so make sure you use the updated list when you make your predictions next week (the one I saw most recently on the Skate Canada website wasn’t up to date, but the one on the ISU site is).

I've added the scores to the spreadsheet. If you have any corrections, feel free to PM me – please be kind it is my first time scoring. :

 

[xibsuarz]

A bronze in ladies and a gold in men?! Yay, off to a good start :yes:

 

[ines42575]

Ice Dance results

Gold medallists, with 75 points: Poice, Skategmt, ragdoll, desertskates, Moxiejan, jiawen2016, liv, Yatagarasu, chapis, selene16angie, semosk8tfan and breynows.

Silver medallist, with 70 points: Pandicorn.

Bronce medallists, with 65 points: Alyssamarie, Anyasnake, CanadianSkaterGuy, casualfan, Caustica, change of edge, corynna, Daniel1998, danse, draqq, ejnsofi, Ftnoona, Greta, Hannah555, hydroblader, Hyena, icedance, icellist, itofan, Kirei, Kittosuni, kresslia, LA143, Lightstar, LKGwennire, lost3iron, LoveSkater, mindatwork, mis751, Mrs.P, noctiluca, NoNameFace, NYscorp6, OneFlutzAway, Pippuripihvi, randomfan, Roast Toast, [email protected], SashaJuliaSpins, sequinsgalore, Shayuki, sisy, Skye, slider11, ssffww, Sugarpova, sunnyyouyang, Tastetherianbow, tosca, VIETgrlTerifa and whatif.